Arena lighting

[715]

Same thing when we had night and people complained. When we had night everything at worst should have looked like a harvest moon night.

I have no doubt than on an LCD monitor night did look like a harvest moon.  On a CRT, however, it looked the same as if you unplugged your monitor.

[DREDIOCK]

I have no doubt than on an LCD monitor night did look like a harvest moon.  On a CRT, however, it looked the same as if you unplugged your monitor.

I had a CRT at the time. And had the same problem. And I didnt know just how out of calibration it was till I calibrated it.
Then it was fine.

Also. The older your CRT is the more likely it is out of calibration as it tends to degrade over time.

[Slash27]

Does it always seem a quarter past  or a quarter to gloom.  The lighting within the arena even at high noon appears to be very dark. 

[kilz]

So you haven't adjusted your head positions, nor any of the stick settings including the default button setting, because obviously AH knows how you like it.

EDIT: Re read this after posting and it sounded a bit nasty to me. All I'm saying is that HTC has added a bunch of ways to adjust settings in the game BECAUSE everyone is different, and everyone's computer is different. It's not a bad thing to adjust the settings, use them.

you bully

[The Fugitive]

you bully

 

[AAJagerX]

Have you played with your Gamma?

It's a natural act and you shouldn't be ashamed of doing it.

   

[Traveler]

Maybe it depends on whether you have a CRT or LCD monitor.  The two do not have the same color/intensity curves, and it can't be made the same by adjusting a sofware gamma.  Gloominess was much more pronounced back during the first implementation of the new terrain engine.  Then, at least on CRT's, things were very, very dark.  It is better now, but out of curiosity -- Traveler, do you have a CRT or LCD monitor?

LCD, ViewSonic

[kculon]

It's WAR, and as such it should be gloomy! If you look under the options in game, adjust the gloomy - cheery slider.
If you turn cheery all the way up you will see pretty flowers and butterfly's on your low passes. Also I think you'll get a smiley face on your gun sight. I keep gloomy turned all the way up, just my personal preference.
~kc

[Traveler]

It's WAR, and as such it should be gloomy! If you look under the options in game, adjust the gloomy - cheery slider.
If you turn cheery all the way up you will see pretty flowers and butterfly's on your low passes. Also I think you'll get a smiley face on your gun sight. I keep gloomy turned all the way up, just my personal preference.
~kc

Having fought in actual combat for 18 months, I know what a war zone is like first hand.  It was never as dark as is portrayed within the arena.  I can understand the author wishing to instill a sense of gloom , a dark foreboding, however, I think they  have moved to fare in that direction.   On my worst day in combat it was bright & sunny, perfect summer day for Vietnam It was 8AM, 90 degrees, 90 percent humidity .  As you looked up that hillside you could make out all the hundreds of fighting positions they had dug in, the neatly lined sandbags, you could see the grenades as they bounced down the hill.   You had no trouble seeing the rounds impact all around you.   When they stopped rolling down the grenades, it wasn’t because they were out, it just meant  you had reached spider hole country.  When they popped out and thrust at you with their bayonet or slashed at you with a machete, you could see them clear as day. 

[Jayhawk]

Having fought in actual combat for 18 months, I know what a war zone is like first hand.  It was never as dark as is portrayed within the arena.  I can understand the author wishing to instill a sense of gloom , a dark foreboding, however, I think they  have moved to fare in that direction.   On my worst day in combat it was bright & sunny, perfect summer day for Vietnam It was 8AM, 90 degrees, 90 percent humidity .  As you looked up that hillside you could make out all the hundreds of fighting positions they had dug in, the neatly lined sandbags, you could see the grenades as they bounced down the hill.   You had no trouble seeing the rounds impact all around you.   When they stopped rolling down the grenades, it wasn’t because they were out, it just meant  you had reached spider hole country.  When they popped out and thrust at you with their bayonet or slashed at you with a machete, you could see them clear as day. 

Ok...

But have you read all of the suggestions as to why the screen might appear dark to you?

[Traveler]

So you haven't adjusted your head positions, nor any of the stick settings including the default button setting, because obviously AH knows how you like it.

I use TrackIR so adjusting head positions is not necessary.  I’ve mapped some keys and things to my joystick. 

EDIT: Re read this after posting and it sounded a bit nasty to me. All I'm saying is that HTC has added a bunch of ways to adjust settings in the game BECAUSE everyone is different, and everyone's computer is different. It's not a bad thing to adjust the settings, use them.

I do understand that I have the option to reset the settings.  I just thought that the author of the game and arena had an intent with certain effects and lighting being part of that I didn’t want to mess with the delivered product. 

The intent of my question was more to see if others had noticed what I noticed and that is the lighting within the arena has become darker.  To the point that when it’s high noon it’s still very dark.  I’ve used several different flat screen LCD  and it appears dark on both of them.     

I’m sure I can remove the intent of the developers lighting  settings but then what’s the point of them delivering it.

[68ZooM]

The Sun is annoyingly bright

[Traveler]

Since its obviously not effecting many if anyone else. Your monitor is probably set up incorrectly.

Same thing when we had night and people complained. When we had night everything at worst should have looked like a harvest moon night. If you couldnt see because it was too dark. Then your monitor was set up incorrectly. Alot of people refused to believe that.Or admit it (take your pick) but it was in fact the case.

I have a like for a monitor calibrating utility somewhere around here on the boards from a few years ago.
But all sorts of helpers can be found using google

http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=monitor+calibration&btnG=Google+Search

My viewsonic has it's only utility and I've run it a few times,   I have no problem when we had night.   I'm saying that in the last few major releases the arena's appear to have become darker. 

[Traveler]

Maybe take a screenshot, this seems very relative to personal opionion.

Wouldn't you be looking at the screen shot with YOUR Gamma settings????

[Jayhawk]

Since words don't work:



See the gamma slider?

Also, if you think it would appear fine on my monitor, doesn't that mean you admit something wrong with yours?