Dean Hall did not cover improvements to the lighting engine

[Pokerguy12 218]

I thought of this while doing my daily manly workout of one thousand pushups. DH did not mention or even vaguely refer to how he and his team plan to improve the lighting engine in DayZ. The current version of lighting and source rendering during night time is horrible, light does not refract of surfaces, the rays don't even illuminate objects properly. Considering that night time is a core gameplay aspect of the RV engine and in turn Dayz, shouldnt this be one of the more important topics to elaborate his plans for the future on.

 

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

Fix the gamma exploit before working on lighting or do both.  Personally the lighting doesn't bother me as much as the gamma exploit but it should definitely be looked at.

[Mr Sinister 167]

I could actually deal with no reflections, the thing that really bugs me is the glare of the sun, it is horrific and for all that they go on about "realism" its another thing that isnt realistic at all. 

[Katana67 2907]

He discussed it in the last devblog, and went into more detail in the subsequent Q/A and interviews coming out of Rezzed.

 

HDR revamp appears to be a big thing they're looking into.

 

Apparently, it only renders the scenes in flat black, rather than a gradient.

Edited April 1, 2014 by Katana67

[St. Jimmy 1631]

I hope they do something about the lighting. It feels so old and ugly after playing Arma 3. The current night time feels greyed and unatural.

Rocket has talked about DX11 also and look what Bohemia did with the lighting in A3.I really hope they'll go for it.