hannibaldaplaya 1095 Posted April 17, 2014 ... is the flashlight. Dear lord the flashlight is so ineffective. It is fine when you're walking down a road, sure, it is fine out in the open, but you take that fucker inside and you can't see ANYTHING. It is nearly impossible to do anything inside during the night, as you get so little light from your flashlight or headtorch it is just frustrating and pointless. I'd play a lot more at night, if the flashlight would actually give us some shine, but right now it lights up like 1/50th of my screen- Even though this is outside, the only way to get light out of the flashlight is to point it at the ground and sort of let it spread, which you can't do inside. Plus, I'm pretty sure flashlights give a bit more light then that. Thoughts? 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianBrooks 38 Posted April 17, 2014 Grab a gas lantern and some fuel, turn it on and put it down on the floor of what ever building your looting. Lights the whole place up and frees your hands to use a weapon. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kichilron 8550 Posted April 17, 2014 I would like the headtorch to be adjusted, personally. Because I am playing 1st person only / hardcore and with TrackIR the headtorch actually shines in different depending on your head-movement - which is a nice feature, but it's off. I always have to look up to see what's in front of me. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hannibaldaplaya 1095 Posted April 17, 2014 Grab a gas lantern and some fuel, turn it on and put it down on the floor of what ever building your looting. Lights the whole place up and frees your hands to use a weapon. Still, this is a temporary fix to the flashlight lacking the ability to do what a flashlight does. I'm pretty sure no one would buy flashlights and just go with handheld lanterns if they were this bad in real life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murlough 192 Posted April 17, 2014 Agree with your post Aradia but even if flashlights were useful the only eay to get batteries is by fresh spawning(or just killing a fresh spawn but thats usually frowned upon) as far as i know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianBrooks 38 Posted April 17, 2014 Fix until the fix I suppose :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
p4triot 207 Posted April 17, 2014 Agree. Also, combined animations like holding a gun and a flashlight at the same time, or having the ability to attach a normal flashlight to your rifle with duct tape (im sure this one is going to be added with crafting system). Also, flashlight no only iluminates in front of you, but also sides. Two days ago light went off on my street and I had to move around my house with a flashlight xD Sure I see a lot clearly where Im pointing my flashlight, but I was also able to see better anything surrounding me (like furniture) just for turning on flashlight, regardless of where I aim with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianBrooks 38 Posted April 17, 2014 The lack of residual light cast from a torch makes me not play night servers, just like the lack of peripheral vision stops me from playing 1pp (Not to go off topic), hopefully with time, these thing will be sorted out, until then stick with what makes the game enjoyable I suppose and avoid what makes it not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jex 1104 Posted April 17, 2014 The lack of residual light cast from a torch makes me not play night servers, just like the lack of peripheral vision stops me from playing 1pp (Not to go off topic), hopefully with time, these thing will be sorted out, until then stick with what makes the game enjoyable I suppose and avoid what makes it not. Yes I have said this before in another topic. If I light a candle in my house it lights up the entire room. A flash light is brighter than a candle and should do the same like the picture below.. In Dayz the centre bright spot is all you see them complete black around it which does not reflect reality at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katana67 2907 Posted April 17, 2014 "Is my television on or off?" ~ Me whenever I play DayZ at night Honest to god, they just need to brighten the nights just a smidge more from "black hole." And yeah, one of the most elegant solutions I saw on Reddit was to just layer the "lamp" glow over the "flashlight" glow. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monolith1985 109 Posted April 17, 2014 could do with more lighting, but my problem is not being able to quick switch the torch on and off, used to just be L in the mod, then it was scroll and select in standalone, but last night when i tried i could only right click in inventory also in experimental last night it seemed darker than usual...just me? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaeg 136 Posted April 17, 2014 Night time is back? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kichilron 8550 Posted April 17, 2014 Night time is back? On experimental branch the accelerated time is being tested, meaning you have everything all the time. ;) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036 Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) Night time is back?Only on experimental Bah, kichilron beat me to the punch Edited April 17, 2014 by Caboose187 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaeg 136 Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) =(On experimental branch the accelerated time is being tested, meaning you have everything all the time. ;)Hurry up already =P Edited April 17, 2014 by Shaeg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036 Posted April 17, 2014 could do with more lighting, but my problem is not being able to quick switch the torch on and off, used to just be L in the mod, then it was scroll and select in standalone, but last night when i tried i could only right click in inventory also in experimental last night it seemed darker than usual...just me?The head torch and weapon flashlights have no on/off switch implemented. Only the flashlight. This does make it rather difficult for when needing to conceal yourself from another quickly. And like you said, just making a single button, "L", would suffice for any form of lighting utensil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kichilron 8550 Posted April 17, 2014 =(Hurry up already =P I can only dream of being a DayZ-Dev, I am Forum-Staff, me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DMack 60 Posted April 17, 2014 The problem I have with night is the whole darkness part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monolith1985 109 Posted April 17, 2014 yeah my reasoning is for concealment, I felt like such a noob running around the east coast with my flashlight on, surprisingly didnt attract any attention Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cuwe 66 Posted April 17, 2014 Agree with your post Aradia but even if flashlights were useful the only eay to get batteries is by fresh spawning(or just killing a fresh spawn but thats usually frowned upon) as far as i know. Use your PTT and ASK a freshie for a battery. I had two geared up guys spot me coming out of a house and they ran up I thought "Damn.. dead meat" and they said, "hey.. got a batery we can have??" I dropped it and they said thanks and went on their way. There is a reason we have the ability to talk in game lol... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murlough 192 Posted April 17, 2014 Use your PTT and ASK a freshie for a battery. I had two geared up guys spot me coming out of a house and they ran up I thought "Damn.. dead meat" and they said, "hey.. got a batery we can have??" I dropped it and they said thanks and went on their way. There is a reason we have the ability to talk in game lol... Lol Im impressed the fresh spawn didnt try to knock out the guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeChat 131 Posted April 17, 2014 yeah my reasoning is for concealment, I felt like such a noob running around the east coast with my flashlight on, surprisingly didnt attract any attention I "always" (quite often anyway) find them in the piano building, top floor. Sure varying condition, but still. I see them there more often than not.Albeit, I probably haven't checked the house in a couple of weeks so I guess it could be changed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadAsh (DayZ) 1513 Posted April 17, 2014 The one problem I have with nighttime is the gamma exploit. We can begin discussing light sources after that is fixed, because they aren't really essential until then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cuwe 66 Posted April 17, 2014 Lol Im impressed the fresh spawn didnt try to knock out the guys. As a freshie i don't generally go on the attack on geared up guys. I tend to do more roleplay and as a civilian in a zombie warzone I imagine my character would be a little timid towards guys decked out in military gear with "machine guns" pointed at him and just try to talk his way through the encounter... of course if sh!t hit the fan then fight or flight kicks in and I make my death worthwhile ;) Sorry to get off topic, but I agree that the way the flashlight works definitely needs tweaking (more spread on the beam) but as mentioned, until the gamma level slider is locked server side it matters not as you will have guys on full gamma running around like it is daytime :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frothyboot18 46 Posted April 17, 2014 Use your PTT and ASK a freshie for a battery. I had two geared up guys spot me coming out of a house and they ran up I thought "Damn.. dead meat" and they said, "hey.. got a batery we can have??" I dropped it and they said thanks and went on their way. There is a reason we have the ability to talk in game lol...Same thing happened to me in svetlo, two mil-geared guys gave me a yellow container full of food for my batteries lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
