Night time is tedious because of narrow light cone (tiring for the eyes)

[alleycat 135]

Night time is TEDIOUS.

 

Not because of the pitch black darkness. Because of the narrow cone of the flashlight. The eyes are forced to focus on a small part of the screen all the time, and that is even worse indoors when you look at close objects, because the cone is even smaller.

 

I find it very tiring, Small circle in center of screen, surrounded by darkness.

A fix would be to make the flashlight cone wider and reduce the range to balance it out.

[Owain1122 218]

Night time is TEDIOUS.

 

Not because of the pitch black darkness. Because of the narrow cone of the flashlight. The eyes are forced to focus on a small part of the screen all the time, and that is even worse indoors when you look at close objects, because the cone is even smaller.

 

I find it very tiring, Small circle in center of screen, surrounded by darkness.

A fix would be to make the flashlight cone wider and reduce the range to balance it out.

 

The headlight/headtorch gives you a much wider arc of light than the flashlight.

[Target Practice (DayZ) 1335]

I have to say, I do agree that the current situation with light sources at night-time isn't ideal -  I'd like to see a return of some of the old-school 'trash' light sources from the mod like chemlights and road flares. That kind of thing would be super useful right about now.

[Owain1122 218]

I have to say, I do agree that the current situation with light sources at night-time isn't ideal -  I'd like to see a return of some of the old-school 'trash' light sources from the mod like chemlights and road flares. That kind of thing would be super useful right about now.

 

I think Rocket said that they're re adding them in later but want to do them properly.

[Target Practice (DayZ) 1335]

Oh yeah, I don't doubt they'll be in at some point, it just would maybe have been an idea to hold fire on night-time until they were added.

 

Still, hindsight is a wonderful thing I guess. :)

[Owain1122 218]

Oh yeah, I don't doubt they'll be in at some point, it just would maybe have been an idea to hold fire on night-time until they were added.

 

Still, hindsight is a wonderful thing I guess. :)

 

I agree completely. There needs to be more and better lightsources in the SA!

[daze23 549]

it is pretty annoying indoors

[FAAmecanic 5]

Agreed.....  ambient night is better than Arma 2 and Dayz Mod, but the light beam is quite a headache.

[ken@thekab.com 37]

Problem is the lighting.  I don't know if it can be fixed with the engine.  A flashlight in a small room should illuminate the room, not be bright in one point and pitch black an inch over.  If that can't be fixed, then they need to have a wider, softer beam.

[alleycat 135]

They can simply widen the cone

Edited December 17, 2013 by alleycat

[Maxgor 2314]

I hope there does come a fix for it, the flashlight was always pretty awful in the mod, especially if you needed to use it in any enclosed space.