Author Topic: Summer nights in the Kuril's (Read 465 times)

Sabre · « **on:** May 20, 2002, 09:24:06 AM »

I've changed the settings in the CT to simulate the short, short summer nights in the extreme northern latitudes of the Sea of Okutsk (forgive the spelling:)), the inland sea that lies between the Kuril Islands and Siberia. Full darkness now lasts a mere 30 minutes, with about a half hour of twilight on either side. Actually, this will probably be the new default settings for the CT, at least until we get night-fighter variants;).

Sabre
CT Staff

oboe · « **Reply #1 on:** May 20, 2002, 12:21:01 PM »

Sabre!

I like the idea of minimizing darkness, but can you make the settings even shorter? Like, 5-10 minutes of twilight/dawn and
10 min of full night? 1.5 hours of it strikes me as a bit too much, esp. seeing how there are no nightfighters. I'm not sure how many people love flying in twilight/darkness, but I have the impression they are a minority. I'm sure I've read more than one person state they just log off when darkness falls, and the CT really needs every reason it can get to keep flyers in there.

Just my thoughts. I appreciate all the work you put it making the CT a great place to spend time.

Thanks!

brady · « **Reply #2 on:** May 20, 2002, 01:18:42 PM »

I have actualy seen a number of people say they kinda like a bit of night, 30 min does not seam to long to me howeaver we shall soon see how it works out.

HFMudd · « **Reply #3 on:** May 20, 2002, 03:24:08 PM »

While I like the *idea* of night, the day glow icons and the knowledge that my opponent might have tweaked the gamma setting ruin the immersiveness (sp?) it might otherwise have had.

I find that more and more, the fall of night means it is time to land and find something else to do for a while.

Tac · « **Reply #4 on:** May 20, 2002, 03:46:42 PM »

gawd no. orange.. aaaaaaaugghhh.

Oldman731 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 21, 2002, 11:11:34 AM »

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Originally posted by HFMudd
I find that more and more, the fall of night means it is time to land and find something else to do for a while.

I'm with the Mudman on this one. Lots of people only have thirty minutes or so to fly, and few have more than an hour. Spending all or much of that time in darkness is (in my opinion only, of course) a colossal waste of time.

- oldman

Lephturn · « **Reply #6 on:** May 21, 2002, 11:19:23 AM »

Darkness and no radar are the two things that I can't deal with in the short time I normally have to fly. If it's either dark, or their is no radar, I switch arenas or log.

I think 5 minutes of dark, with 5 mins of twilight on either end would be tolerable. Or no full darkness, just 10 minutes of twilight... or less. It's kinda neat, and I'll put up with it for 15 minutes or so max. After that it's just a pain in the butt.

IMHO