Another [Discussion] Surviving Dusk/Nighttime in general - video related

[en1mal 12]

As i really (would) like to play at nighttime, i thought about starting (another) discussion thread about this topic.

 

SA made a huge step already. Dusk/Nighttime are super immersive and beautiful and i wish there

would be something that makes you WANT to play during these. I dont want to discuss the situation

we have right know, because its a WIP as we all know. What came to my mind was, when we try to

keep DayZ authentic but playable, theres a contradiction. When i had to survive in a Chernarus like

area, nights would be pretty cold. I live in the same climatic area, and right now temperatures are

between 0° and 15° degrees night/day. The only way to survive this would be to seek shelter,

make a fireplace and sleep to keep warm. In DayZ this would be equal to logging off, and thats

not desired imo. When its raining and dusky, and its like 4°C you'll start to tremble.

I could imagine something similar to the "pain" effect of the mod.

 

I just want to share some collective thoughts on this topic. What could make the night more playable?

A full moon all the time would be unrealistic imo, but a prolongued dusk maybe (just an example),

wich looks awesome immersive btw. Clouds reflect city lights in RL, brightening the environment,

but we have none in DayZ. Share some of your thoughts! Torches? Street lights? And in the woods?

Maybe we need to carry extra clothing with us, we could fold them.

 

Give the devs some input on this.  Please no "ghetto night vision" and "Disable clouds" answer,

because those are just workarounds for the current state of the game.

 

Video Related: the transition of a beatiful scene, to a unsatisfying pitch black night.

 

 

 

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

Stop throwing away your flashlight  :rolleyes:

[en1mal 12]

I have one :D i need it quite often since im working late, and most servers i join are either only day

(dont like that) or just at dusk/night (about 16:00pm server time). I couldn't stand the fact that i died because

i had no flashlight. But thats a good point you're starting with. Would you run around with a flashlight in

your hands, in a fairly populated Chernarus? Weapon flashlights could change alot, but even with those

i would get very paranoid. Anyone could spot you right away. In my imagination i would rather stumble through

darkness, than being an target. I could imagine giving morse codes when i see another person, trying to

communicate, showing that i'm giving away my position but i want to interact, just as an example.

[k2kstar 3]

Day verse Night gameplay. When the players are able to sacrifice their control over gamma and brightness, Id consider playing at night more than I do. Unfortunately, they feel that adding HDR effect's and everything as such will increase the player base to play more at night. The problem does not lie in the lighting mechanics but more in the mindset of the user. If a user is going to play at a night and has the option to either turn on his flashlight to try and be a legitimate player, add to the immersion and use the mechanics the developers have worked hard to create OR the user decides to turn up his gamma and brightness to see in the night as if it were daytime without any other light source. The user will do the latter therefor breaking immersion and at the same time, breaking my interest in investing any sort of seriousness into night time gameplay.

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

So should they just get rid of night time as it will put legitimate players at a severe disadvantage against people who are going to increase their gamma?

[pasilius 3]

What they should do is not have night time so dark. That imo, is quite unrealistic.

[ibherb 38]

they should make it possible for server admins to lock gamma and brightness to presets ....if you don't like it, them you play a different server ..  then there can at least be one server somewhere, even if it's mine, that will have a darkness the way it was meant to be.

[sYs 133]

4 real life hours should be in game 24

[Hetstaine 10852]

4 real life hours should be in game 24

 

 

If they ever make night/day cycles shorter there needs to be a way to keep the two hours around sunrise and sunset in real time as a super fast gta style day/night  would remove the nicest and most immersive times in the game.

 

I'm a weirdo who likes the threat of the dark and collects lanterns and head torches. Fuck all the pussies (in the nicest possible way of course) who need their hands held and log off when it is dark to venture to 24/7 servers.