Ship ID at night

[Hitman]

Cheers Steve

I meant primarily tweaking monitor settings, but yes in SH4 we know also have that in-game gamma setting which is great

[NeonsStyle]

Do what I do. Turn off the light. Playing at night with a light on, or in the day (real) is very difficult, as you can't see squat. Much better than upping gamma, which sort of defeats the purpose in my eyes. Besides, with the light off, its more immersive.

[LeeVanSpliff]

Originally Posted by Venus

Do what I do. Turn off the light. Playing at night with a light on, or in the day (real) is very difficult, as you can't see squat. Much better than upping gamma, which sort of defeats the purpose in my eyes. Besides, with the light off, its more immersive.

Yeah ... with daylight streaming through my windows many a ship that my crew spots during night looks suspiciously like a reflection of my face. Mostly I save the game and load it up again when it's dark outside.

[Frying Tiger]

I've discovered if I move my head a foot or so to the right or left, I can make out more on my 19" LCD screen... Sort of like averting your eyes at night to see better! (Grin)

[Arclight]

As far as I figure your not supposed to see anything. I think best (most immersive and realistic) solution is to DL scope mod to give you a night scope, like in RL. I did some modding on it myself and made my obs. scope a little brighter and gave it a green filter. Great nightvision without messing with gamma every time and sticking to realism.

Maybe I could make it available as mod if you can't find anything to suit your taste?

Attack scope: http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...013130_875.jpg
Night scope: http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...013151_906.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

The problem people have isn't just with the scopes - sometimes they can't see anything from the bridge either. The observation scope let in more light than the attack scope, but still wasn't as good as a surface attack. They didn't have night-vision equipment like they do today.

[Arclight]

Well, on a cloudless night I can make out just enough to see my target, but then I don't want to be on the surface, because he can see me too. If it's cloudy, I can't see squat either, but I still think it's supposed to be that way.

I didn't create nightvision, just added a coloured filter, like they had for real.

Anyway, the Nvidia control panel has a wizard that lets you optimize your display. Results aren't super, usually a bit too dark, but it's better then the standard "overexposed" setup. Don't know for ATI.

A lot of games also have a greyscale bar (?); Bars that get gradually lighter, with a line above which the bars should all be black. You can use that to set up your screens brightness correctly. Should have added such a thing to SH.

Well, it works for CRT, don't know for LCD, but you should be able to determine if your screen is to dark or to bright.