Arena lighting

[Traveler]

Since words don't work:

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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?

My slider is set at 1.0 also.  I didn't say it would appear fine on your monitor.  I have no idea how it will appear, it doesn't mean that anything is wrong.  But looking at movies that were made of earlier versions of AH the arena appears to be much brighter.  What I have said from the begining and this is my last post on this, is that the arena lighting appears to have gotten darker.  I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with any hardware, I just think that is the way that AH wishes the game to appear.  bye

[Jayhawk]

But it's not dark.

[Brooke]

Comparisons of screenshots from 2004 forward.  No gamma adjustment or color balance was done other than resizing the screen shot to 800x600 and converting it to a jpg.  This isn't the greatest comparison, since it's not of the same area on the same map, but since it was easy to do (because of archive of screenshots from scenarios), I thought I'd put it up.

2004


2006


2008


2010

[Brooke]

It looks like pre-2008 was much brighter.  That 2008 is the darkest, and 2010 is a little brighter than 2008.  Again, not the best-controlled comparison, however.

[Jayhawk]

The sky is a lighter blue, but I don't see "much" brighter.  You can still see the airplanes fine, the hangers fine, details fine, just a more elaborate sky. I see more contrast, not necessarily a darker environment.  It's hard to tell if that 2008 version was taken in the daytime or not.

Remember, the game sun doesn't actually give us the light, sky color doesn't necessarily determine brightness.  The sky could be black but you could see things, it's about the contrast between objects. 

I see better realism.

[Brooke]

I see much better realism and a better look to the game, too.  I love AH and what they've done with the improvements over the years, and this game is *vastly* (in terms of enjoyment and time spent) my most-important and valued hobby.

The 2008 one, as you say, might not be high noon -- that is a good point.  I do think the 2008 terrain is darker, though -- that the greenery on the ground absorbs more light than the old system or the latest system.