Petition for day light

[LLv34_Snefens]

I was flying a bit last night, and about an hour before the sun set I was unable to tell my FM2 wing from the sea. Both were pitch black. Gamma was at 1.25.

[SELECTOR]

it is really too dark.....

[RELIC]

Pretty dark on my system too.  Is this perhaps something that could be fixed with a different vid card?  I am using an older GeForce 2 MX400.  I heard one player mention he was not having any problems with it being too dark, so maybe its my card?

[Batz]

Only bad thing I have to say about AH2 is the the lighting....

[Ecke-109-]

The sea is too dark for me to fight at low alt or on the deck. Land could be brighter too.
When i play with gamma settings, the sky is MUCH too bright.

Ecke

[DREDIOCK]

Glad to see Im not alone

[Eagler]

no not you, AH2

yes, it needs to be brighter

maybe they have to keep it that dark to get the sun glare effect

[vorticon]

Originally posted by GODO
With the sun at the top it is still like the darkest winter day I've ever seen.

winter days are usually quite bright because of the reflective qualities of snow...a completly overcast winter day is brighter than a similarily overcast summer day

[GODO]

Originally posted by vorticon
winter days are usually quite bright because of the reflective qualities of snow...a completly overcast winter day is brighter than a similarily overcast summer day

Now try to imagine a winter day without snow ...

[Zanth]

Would running gamma up make the sun wash-out effect brighter (bigger) too?  If so that would be a bad trade.

[Citabria]

you guys might not be aware of this but there is a tradeoff between terrain brightness and contrast and the level of eyestrain it gives off.

thats my theory on why ah2 terrain is so dark but I think at this point the ambient lighting is fine and it is the actual texture colors that could be altered more colorfully and brighter.

currently it is very eyestrain conservative lighting and contrast.

id never thought about this till i played for a while on ozkansas map, I made the clipboard to bright and the thing is so bright compared to everything else in the screen and terrain that its painful to look at.  hopefully htc will update it for next time its up with the patch i sent in that fixes that.

[vorticon]

Originally posted by GODO
Now try to imagine a winter day without snow ...

there we go...

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by vorticon
winter days are usually quite bright because of the reflective qualities of snow...a completly overcast winter day is brighter than a similarily overcast summer day

that is assuming you have snow right? LOL