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LCQ_SH
12-05-15, 06:04 PM
Can somebody tell me, how and which files I can modify to get real dark nights as like in Traveller's mod? As my current game has a light bluish nights capable of seeing almost everything.

Tnx!

Rockin Robbins
12-05-15, 08:35 PM
Environmental mods are something I just don't mess with. I haven't seen one yet which actually improves the game at all and I've seen terrible effects on gameplay.

In my book gameplay is KING. Eyecandy is okay, but only if it has no impact on gameplay.

james_nix
12-05-15, 10:29 PM
Use a Sweetfx preset that will make the nights darker. It is only changes graphics so it won't mess with the sensor detection.

LCQ_SH
12-05-15, 10:47 PM
Environmental mods are something I just don't mess with. I haven't seen one yet which actually improves the game at all and I've seen terrible effects on gameplay.

In my book gameplay is KING. Eyecandy is okay, but only if it has no impact on gameplay.

Use a Sweetfx preset that will make the nights darker. It is only changes graphics so it won't mess with the sensor detection.

Uhm, I have not idea what those things are. Are those mods, apps or what? :hmmm:

Fish40
12-06-15, 05:07 AM
SweetFx is a graphics utility that gets installed in the main game folder. You could tweak just about any graphics option you could think of. Youtube has some great tutorials on how to use, and set up. It's not hard at all. I use it in several games, including this one. The only drawback that I could think of, is to my knowledge SweetFx only works with Direct X based games. I don't think it works on Open GL based games.

TorpX
12-06-15, 06:08 AM
Can somebody tell me, how and which files I can modify to get real dark nights as like in Traveller's mod? As my current game has a light bluish nights capable of seeing almost everything.

Tnx!

You could tinker with the scene.dat file, but I wouldn't advise it. Most likely you would mess up your game.

More sensibly, you could simply change your monitors settings, or the game's graphics settings, so it's darker.

LCQ_SH
12-06-15, 10:16 AM
You could tinker with the scene.dat file, but I wouldn't advise it. Most likely you would mess up your game.

More sensibly, you could simply change your monitors settings, or the game's graphics settings, so it's darker.




I was thinking more on extracting from Traveller's mod only the "weather" or n"night" files which will only make my nights darker without affecting all of the other game specs.

Would any of you have an idea which files are those or if it is possible?

Kilo
12-06-15, 12:47 PM
SweetFx is a graphics utility that gets installed in the main game folder. You could tweak just about any graphics option you could think of. Youtube has some great tutorials on how to use, and set up. It's not hard at all. I use it in several games, including this one. The only drawback that I could think of, is to my knowledge SweetFx only works with Direct X based games. I don't think it works on Open GL based games.

I saw SweetFX working with OpenGL. It was for a flight sim, though... I'll post a link to that if interest is shown for conversion.

TorpX
12-06-15, 11:24 PM
I was thinking more on extracting from Traveller's mod only the "weather" or n"night" files which will only make my nights darker without affecting all of the other game specs.

Would any of you have an idea which files are those or if it is possible?

Use Traveller's version of the scene.dat file. However, it affects waves, fog, etc. There is no night file, or such.

Armistead
12-07-15, 11:13 PM
I have a mod for darker nights, basically cuz i didn't like travs, you're welcome to try it if I can find it. I basically used TMO, just changed the water in the day and pretty much redid the nights to darker and you could make more realistic night surface attacks based on moonlight.

LCQ_SH
12-07-15, 11:41 PM
I have a mod for darker nights, basically cuz i didn't like travs, you're welcome to try it if I can find it. I basically used TMO, just changed the water in the day and pretty much redid the nights to darker and you could make more realistic night surface attacks based on moonlight.

That is exactly what I am looking for! Let me know if you can find it! :arrgh!:

:salute:

Armistead
12-24-15, 09:31 PM
That is exactly what I am looking for! Let me know if you can find it! :arrgh!:

:salute:

pm me your email and i'll send it to u