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Title: Petition for day light
Post by: GODO on May 16, 2004, 05:27:16 AM
With the sun at the top it is still like the darkest winter day I've ever seen.
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Saintaw on May 16, 2004, 06:02:34 AM
Up your gamma a bit, worked for me.

I had a hard time seeing the carrier on the sea textures, it's better now
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Ghosth on May 16, 2004, 07:41:20 AM
I did a bit of playing with the color schemes offline.

Setting all colors to white except sky it got a LOT lighter.

Looked like a nice day with a bit of haze.

HT lighten it up please if possible.
Hate flying with my head hunched cause I feel like Its going to rain any second.
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: TDeacon on May 16, 2004, 08:47:29 AM
Agree it needs to be lightened up; it seems too dark when compared to AH1.
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Flossy on May 16, 2004, 08:51:58 AM
LOL!  It's a lot brighter than earlier betas!  :)
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: mipoikel on May 16, 2004, 09:51:13 AM
You guys (and girls) are playing in the dark side?? (bishops or knits)


:D :D :rofl
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Flossy on May 16, 2004, 10:02:20 AM
Actually I've been playing as Rooks in AH2.....  ;)
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: GODO on May 16, 2004, 10:12:40 AM
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Originally posted by Saintaw
Up your gamma a bit, worked for me.


Howdy Sawon. Gamma is not the answer, may be gamma + contrast, but gamma alone gives weird results.
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Ecliptik on May 16, 2004, 10:14:04 AM
I think it's largely the landscape textures that are too dark and dreary, not the ambient light.
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Saintaw on May 16, 2004, 10:43:25 AM
MandoCete, is that you? :D

I played with Gamma (not in AH, but in the Geforce menu).... I'm colourblind anyway, so my apreciation might not be 100% accurate :)
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Soulyss on May 16, 2004, 10:58:05 AM
you're not 100% accurate period.

:D
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Saintaw on May 16, 2004, 12:24:20 PM
You git, taking advantage of the less sighted is not nice :o


:D
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Soulyss on May 16, 2004, 12:50:19 PM
Lol, I'm in the same boat I'm red/green colorblind.
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Dlitz on May 16, 2004, 08:21:00 PM
Too dark for sure on land and the water seems almost black
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: nopoop on May 16, 2004, 08:28:11 PM
Land ambient light is ok on my rig, might even turn it back a notch but the sea soaks up the light  Down on the deck fighting I can't see a thing. Blue black like dusk in AH1.
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: LLv34_Snefens on May 17, 2004, 03:26:58 AM
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.
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: SELECTOR on May 17, 2004, 04:36:28 AM
it is really too dark.....
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: RELIC on May 17, 2004, 10:57:43 PM
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?
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Batz on May 17, 2004, 11:46:32 PM
Only bad thing I have to say about AH2 is the the lighting....
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Ecke-109- on May 18, 2004, 07:16:46 AM
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
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: DREDIOCK on May 18, 2004, 08:10:18 AM
Glad to see Im not alone
Title: lighten up
Post by: Eagler on May 18, 2004, 08:51:08 AM
no not you, AH2 :)

yes, it needs to be brighter

maybe they have to keep it that dark to get the sun glare effect
Title: Re: Petition for day light
Post by: vorticon on May 18, 2004, 01:29:27 PM
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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
Title: Re: Re: Petition for day light
Post by: GODO on May 18, 2004, 01:41:48 PM
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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 ...
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Zanth on May 18, 2004, 02:29:58 PM
Would running gamma up make the sun wash-out effect brighter (bigger) too?  If so that would be a bad trade.
Title: Petition for day light
Post by: Citabria on May 18, 2004, 02:36:32 PM
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.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Petition for day light
Post by: vorticon on May 18, 2004, 04:13:33 PM
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Originally posted by GODO
Now try to imagine a winter day without snow ...



there we go...
Title: Re: Re: Petition for day light
Post by: DREDIOCK on May 18, 2004, 07:34:18 PM
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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