GWX3G - Is it normal to experience this level of darkness?I mean ZERO visibility!

[Paul Riley]

I know this has been explained before,and I know the nights are meant to be darker in GWX3G,but is it normal to be that dark you cant even see any of your watch crew?,I mean I cant see ANYTHING,vis is zero!.All I can see is the lightning strikes.Weather is overcast mind you,and rain looks imminent.Starts getting noticably lighter about 04:00 (northern Europe)

This has forced me to submerge to avoid any collisions (again,I have been told the Watch Officer should do his job and warn me),then to surface again due to dangerously shallow water (NW tip of Germany,just south of Norway),10km off the coast.

The same goes for underwater,its totally black.I would have liked to have at least SOME visibility,like in stock SH3,but I appreciate what the GWX team have tried to do here,and that is make things much harder and more demanding about decision making.

Thanks for any info here

NOTE: Initially I was thinking a conflict with my AGP card (Sapphire ATI X800 Pro 256MB),but its looking doubtful.Latest drivers are installed.