what is the point of the darkness at night in the game ?

[magic_gandalf_007]

Did not play for some time.
Noticed some changes.
When i play now (playing RA) most of the time i enter it is night in RA and dark so i hardly see anything. Reason of course to stop playing right away.
Anyone got any clue what the point of this is, or is there a time frame on which it is prefered no players are in the game ?
Everyone i spoke dislikes the darkness at night so do not see what the point of this is.
Anyone got a clue ?

[Casting_beast]

Yep, i have to admit it as well that the night is way to dark after the the "new engine" update, cant see anything, neither mobs nor trees, rocks and such, and pulling up gamma isnt the way to go.
As i noticed day and night are both 1hr long in-game which also isnt fair imho, days should last longer and nights should be shorter....
Not to mention mobs awfully low spawn rate at nights which makes grinding even slower, especially when theres a boost, in fact its impossible then to grind, since everyone else is grinding and no mobs at all to kill. Waste of bought boosters :bangin:.
Id really like to see mob spawn boosts added too to the xp boosts at least for lv50+ areas (lower lvls dont need that insanely high xp to lvl up :D), but im affraid that will never happen...

[pieceofmeat]

Yep, i have to admit it as well that the night is way to dark after the the "new engine" update, cant see anything, neither mobs nor trees, rocks and such, and pulling up gamma isnt the way to go.

For me it was fixed in the last hotfix.

But i also lowered terrain and object veiw distance to make it better.

[andres81]

The point is that now you know when it is night while in version 1.9.5 you had always daylight like at midday. I like the darkness xD
days should last longer and nights should be shorter....
Why?
Over the whole year you have exactly as many hours with sunlight (=day) as without (=night) - that's how it works in reality.

[Aries202]

You can't see at night, makes sense. It is hard to see, but it doesn't bother me.

[Psynocide]

I suppose that's why they call it night time.

Night-vision goggles premium item, anyone?

[Silent Rock]

I suppose that's why they call it night time.

Night-vision goggles premium item, anyone?

Ofc Psy,trolol.

And yeah,i hate night ,they made it way darker.When I see it's night I just stay at CS and chat or go Afk. xD

[Rising_Cold]

yh those extremely dark nights are well.. anoying
but fun ^^

hunting with some low lvls.. suddenly run into a big group of angry gelfs
you run, they chase
a tree
bye gelfs :3

[Shwish]

You guys scared of the dark?

[Hayir]

Here is a temporary solution until they fix it:

few changes in the game.cfg.
you cange "dbg_ignore_server_time = 0" to "dbg_ignore_server_time = 1"
and you have to set "env_time_of_day = x" to which time you want.
(I use "6", it is sunrise, looks best imo you have sun and moon at the same time :P)
You can also change the weather "env_weather = total_clear"

[Casting_beast]

Here is a temporary solution until they fix it:

few changes in the game.cfg.
you cange "dbg_ignore_server_time = 0" to "dbg_ignore_server_time = 1"
and you have to set "env_time_of_day = x" to which time you want.
(I use "6", it is sunrise, looks best imo you have sun and moon at the same time :P)
You can also change the weather "env_weather = total_clear"

Mobs spawn is also affected by this change? I mean will i have permanent yetis and fast respawn at imp? xD

[magic_gandalf_007]

Thanks for all the answers/replies.
Seems i am not the only one that prefers to see by whom i am killed :wink: .

RO is a just a game to play for fun for me. Hope they fix it soon. Untill then i simply stop playing when it is night in the game because then it is no fun for me.
Already noticed on RA that the amount of players online is much much less at the game 'night time' so guess more players think the same about it.

[Hayir]

Thanks for all the answers/replies.
Seems i am not the only one that prefers to see by whom i am killed :wink: .

RO is a just a game to play for fun for me. Hope they fix it soon. Untill then i simply stop playing when it is night in the game because then it is no fun for me.
Already noticed on RA that the amount of players online is much much less at the game 'night time' so guess more players think the same about it.

You should try what i said. It is just a simple change in the game.cfg. Solving all your problems! :P

[magic_gandalf_007]

You should try what i said. It is just a simple change in the game.cfg. Solving all your problems! :P

Thanks for the tip Hayir.
I just got another tip too, under option, video if you push up 'gamma' then it also gets much better.
Although it still is a pitty that the game is so empty with players compared to normal.

[Phlue4]

Here is a temporary solution until they fix it:

few changes in the game.cfg.
you cange "dbg_ignore_server_time = 0" to "dbg_ignore_server_time = 1"
and you have to set "env_time_of_day = x" to which time you want.
(I use "6", it is sunrise, looks best imo you have sun and moon at the same time :P)
You can also change the weather "env_weather = total_clear"

thank you so much!

edit: wait.. <.<
time is changing while playing. So after some time, it is dark again.

[ieti]

Changing in config file! Cheaters, hax0rs...this may give unfair advantage? :D

[andres81]

:lol: what do you think why there is a config file if not to change the values there? xD

[Vaylos]

Hmm, if the nights are that much of a problem, why not just add a torch item as either an offhand and maybe a 15m radius, or do like daoc and add it as a radial glow around the character.

However the downside, is that turning on the light also lights up your character at night, so you stand out like a beacon. :P So using the torch would be a double-edged sword. (and I always liked that about DAoC which had pretty dark nights as well) Of course back then I'd just let myself get used to the dark, and stealth-kill torch users when I found them out and alone. xD

Also, since it's a double-edged sword, and can be potentially as much a disadvantage as an advantage (being able to see around you better vs. being seen better) that might make it a good candidate as a permanent-use premium item like horses. You don't -have- to use it, and sometimes it's better -not- to use it, but it's a nice thing to have. I think the horses/mounts also follow this concept in a way.

[Orimae]

Why not just move the bar for the Gamma setting in the options menu? thats all i had to do, when dark, i see everything just fine.