Constant Low Light conditions and Fog

[Mugzeee]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
The clock is linear, from dusk to dawn.  What times do you typically play Mugz?

The 'haze' effect is not a hack at all.  If it was not there, at all, then the entire world would have to be rendered all the time.
The use of the word FOG is quite correct, in terms of 3D design/graphics.  This is how the video card companies, and 3D standards (OpenGL/DirectX) have labelled the effect.

I dont remember calling the "Haze" a Hack. Just that it doesnt make a difference close up when it counts. My FR is the same as before while over bzy feilds or over Cv's. No change in FR at all in those cases.
I play mornings and evenings...Sometime off and on all day.
Most of the time the sun is On the horizon. or maybe 30 Deg above.

[Rino]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
The clock is linear, from dusk to dawn.  What times do you typically play Mugz?

The 'haze' effect is not a hack at all.  If it was not there, at all, then the entire world would have to be rendered all the time.
The use of the word FOG is quite correct, in terms of 3D design/graphics.  This is how the video card companies, and 3D standards (OpenGL/DirectX) have labelled the effect.

     Maybe it's just me, but it feels like the clock is binary,
dawn straight to dusk.

[Mugzeee]

Its probably just me Rino. I guess the Game has just gotten too many little irritations for me to enjoy any more. The fighting is only a very small part of the game. You have to enjoy the scenery the modeling among other things to keep it fun...and its just not appealing to my eye much these days. The overall feel is just gettin un_fun for me i think.

[Kev367th]

Originally posted by Mugzeee
Its probably just me Rino. I guess the Game has just gotten too many little irritations for me to enjoy any more. The fighting is only a very small part of the game. You have to enjoy the scenery the modeling among other things to keep it fun...and its just not appealing to my eye much these days. The overall feel is just gettin un_fun for me i think.

Considering the scenery NEVER changes whats there to enjoy?
No clouds, fog now greatly reduced etc, back to the same old perfect Summer days - YAWN.

[Casca]

How bout perk pointed Ray-Bans?

[Furious]

Originally posted by Skuzzy
....Have no idea what you are referring to about the time.  The arena time is the same as it has been for, at least, the last 6 months.  It goes from morning to afternoon, then back again.

It's a matter of when you log on.  For me, it seems that during the vast majority of the times that I log in it is either dawn or dusk.   It is almost never mid day.

The AH clock is not a real 24 hour clock anyway, why not fudge it some?  

6am (dawn) to 9am = 2x normal (1.5 hours)
9am to 3pm = .5x normal (12 hours)
3am to 6pm (dusk) = 2x normal (1.5 hours)

[Mugzeee]

I didn’t intend for this to be an attack on AH2 in general. Its just that the visibility seems worse than it used to be. Add that to all the other little quirks that I despise. Itsy bitsy hit sprites, GV damage model and GV model in general) to name a few. It’s just is becoming more than I care to tolerate I think.

PS...If its all relitive? ( Everyone is effected the same), why make it a pain in the Arse?

[Swoop]

What's the clock speed set at Skuzzy?


See.....if it gets set to 1:1 then players would notice the sun always being in the same place when they log on at 6pm after work, however, the amount of real time the sun stays well above the horizon would be....well lots.  If the clock is set to 2:1 then we'd see 4 sunsets per actual day (cos of no night time) but again, the sun would always be in the same place on first login for regular players who log in at the same time every day.  If it's 3:1 then those set-your-clock-by-them players would find the sun's position pretty random......but 6 sunsets a day means that a very large amount of the (real) time the sun will be close to the horizon.

So what's the clock speed in the MA?

If it's 1:1 then.......damn I've been unlucky cos I agree with everyone above, whenever I log in it's either early morning or late afternoon.

[moto61]

The Fog doesn't bother me nearly as bad as the sun.

I agree I dont remember any high noons lately. Flying in to the sun constantly is very annoying then you pull up the clipboard and it glows like a welders arc basically useless untill you fiddle with the pg up or down. Once you get a window frame piece in front of the sun you can read the map.

This is about the 3rd or fourth time I have asked but, "Why is the clipboard letting all the sunlight through?" Why can't it be opaque and block the sun? And why is it neccessary for the clipboard to mimic the surroundings at all? I can remember flying thru clouds and not being able to find my plane icon. Can you change the color of that silver plane marker to something like International Orange? Or make it solid Black with a white outline so it can be seen when over water.

[GreenCloud]

yes the sun SUKS...


I vote ..turn this crap off please..

It is ALWAYS ..setting or rising...


Its constanly in your eyes..and it suks..

If the nigth was there we would get a break from constant ..suns on Horizons...\



Before thsi we didnt have the sun glare ..so it wasnt a problem..BUT NOW!!!>.


Ya ..I hate it..


PLEASe..either....1) Extend High noon if you can...

                           2) Bring night back and thsi will give us longer periods of no frikn sun on the horizon




PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE...do your best to extend High noon times..


We really are fighting the majority of the tiem when the sun is on the HORIZON..!!

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[mars01]

Dude I can't take it!  First a snow ball goes for 3 mil on ebay and now BGBs post are readable.  Cmon thats too much in one day.

What next?

Fess up who's using BGBs account?  Cmon your busted who is it?

[TalonX]

It's all good....makes higher frame rates....   16 miles is far enough away.

IT'S THE SUN THAT SUCKS.

I would think, in real life, they wore sunglasses.   Just as with the ability to look around (a real pilot can crane his neck, sit up or sit down QUICKLY, etc).   I know there are limitations in the ability to change views quickly - and I dont mean just whipping the hat switch around, I mean "moving in the seat" at the same time, but the sun is overmodelled given we don't have sun glasses or visors to use.

I think the sun should run 10 AM to 2 PM and take 12 hours to traverse that angle.