Make Shadows Useful

[Jex =TE= (DayZ) 218]

I would like to see a reduction in visibility when the player is in a shadowed area (be it in woods or using the shadow of a building) to add another element when sneaking around.

[RachetSmurf 2]

I would like to see a reduction in visibility when the player is in a shadowed area (be it in woods or using the shadow of a building) to add another element when sneaking around.

I agree with this, however this might be a limitation of the engine and hard to implement. Especially when a lot of people turn off shadows to increase FPS.

I do think that visibility should be altered by environment. It used to work fine but now every environment puts of a ton of visibility.

ZOmbies see right through trees and bushes even when crouching and moving slowly.. prone is good and all but you shouldn't have to use it in dense foliage/trees.

[humbleuk 76]

all shadows do is eye candy, turn them off, why sit in a shadow when other people turn them off and you stick out like an idiot.

[[email protected] 22]

It would be nice if the game/mod could enforce the lowest level of shadows so that at least you can have them on. Without enforcing shadows, any player that doesn't turn shadows off (or turn their brightness/gamma up,) is handicapping themselves.

In competitive gaming, turning effects down/off, or gamma up, isn't cheating, its leveling the playing field. Carebears/noobs disagree, and hence they are killed easier. It isn't pretty (literally), but its an absolute fact.

I also dislike it(low graphic settings), because I paid a ton for my crossfired and eyefinitied rig, and would love to see this game look better then Quake1. But alas, I am not playing against AI... I am against other people, and people actually want to win/live...

[leo235 2]

wanting good grafics =/= carebear

Game has high expectations on hardware idea not possible