Author Topic: Nightime -- Pros and Cons (Read 820 times)

fullback · « **Reply #30 on:** June 17, 2003, 10:49:27 AM »

acetnt: Actually, I think we missed each other's point.

"I think you missed the point. I have an ATI Radeon card and when it gets dark you do not see anything unless you alt tab out of the game and go throught the tedious process of changing the gamma. The game is unplayable if you dont."

We have the same point - the game is unplayable. You are treating the symptom while I'm trying to cure the cause. Make sense?

Curval · « **Reply #31 on:** June 17, 2003, 11:37:49 AM »

Pros: I get to play the CT or the H2H servers for a while.

Cons: I can't see a thing and have more fun picking my nose than flying around in the dark.

acetnt · « **Reply #32 on:** June 17, 2003, 12:00:36 PM »

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Originally posted by fullback
acetnt: Actually, I think we missed each other's point.

"I think you missed the point. I have an ATI Radeon card and when it gets dark you do not see anything unless you alt tab out of the game and go throught the tedious process of changing the gamma. The game is unplayable if you dont."

We have the same point - the game is unplayable. You are treating the symptom while I'm trying to cure the cause. Make sense?

You are quite right - the game is unplayable if you don't change the gamma. I know that I am treating the symptom but this is truely all I wanted to do since there are some players who like the night. I just could not play at all before without going through quite a few steps to change gamma. It was great when I was directed to this software by some friends . Just wanted to share the find is all.

Acetnt

Toad · « **Reply #33 on:** June 17, 2003, 12:34:52 PM »

Yeah, it's a wonderful feature.

Those that really don't like it... just log off.

Those that really don't like it but may only have this one period of time to play goober the gamma up to where it is something kinda like day, but not as good. It's a weird colored world that is at least semi-playable.

Of those that like night, a large percentage of them probably goober the gamma as well, thus negating their "like it" claim really.

There probably is some tiny minority that likes it and doesn't goober the gamma. But that HAS to be a tiny group.

zipity · « **Reply #34 on:** June 18, 2003, 10:38:07 PM »

OK, I missed the point.

Rolling eyes at myself, it happens sometimes.

My not to well made point earlier in this thread is that because I like to fly jabo and bombers, night is a time when I can get to target a bit easier. I've never had a problem seeing a field or targeting a hanger at night with a set of bombs. If your into furballing I can see where night might not be as much fun but believe me, I still get shot down enough at night to know that some folks don't have a problem getting an angle that allows them to see the outline of my plane.

Yeager · « **Reply #35 on:** June 18, 2003, 11:30:52 PM »

Oh hell ya, lets all go DL some program to make night into day.

I think night is a powerfull tool for special events or scenarios where Icons would be disabled and in flight radar, manned ground radar would allow for some INTENSE stuff but as far as a GAME is concerned, I cant use the night for any worthwhile time spent playing.

Is it just me or did they disable the 5 minutes of black inky darkness giving just the dusk/dawn play time? In any event, even the dusk/dawn stuff is less than fun to play in, even though it looks good. After a spell even dweebs should get sick of it.

AKcurly · « **Reply #36 on:** June 20, 2003, 02:40:53 AM »

I know of one benefit that dawn and dusk bring. If you are tooling along in a buff at 10k and you get in the nose gun, max zoom it, the CV shows up long before you would be able to see it in the daytime. It looks like a big orange rectangle. At first, I thought I was seeing a graphic artifact or something.

curly