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

[Paul Riley]

I know UBoats carried lights in order to communicate with other UBoats or friendly/neutral ships,but could they have used them as sort of navigational/safety aid?,during such dark nights?

Probably not,as their location would then be discovered.Still...

[KeptinCranky]

I used to have an ATI x800 card, and yes the nights were very very dark, exactly as you described in fact, this works as intended (sort of) but does make things fiendishly difficult at times.

I didn't really find a solution except tweak the brightness and gamma a little, eventually i switched to an Nvidia (temporarily) and the problem went away.

Now that I have an ati 4870 I also don't have the extremely dark nights anymore,

sorry mate, but I don;t think there's an easy fix

[sharkbit]

Originally Posted by KeptinCranky

I used to have an ATI x800 card, and yes the nights were very very dark, exactly as you described in fact, this works as intended (sort of) but does make things fiendishly difficult at times.

I didn't really find a solution except tweak the brightness and gamma a little, eventually i switched to an Nvidia (temporarily) and the problem went away.

Now that I have an ati 4870 I also don't have the extremely dark nights anymore,

sorry mate, but I don;t think there's an easy fix

On my previous computer, I had an ATI card and the nights were very dark, but I felt it was realistic. I could start making shapes of my targets out at a couple thousand meters although identifying flags could be a problem. I tweeked the brightness and it was pretty bearable.

My new rig has a NVIDIA card and it is not near as dark. Sometimes I think it may be too light now. I don't have to touch my nose to the screen to see anything now, especially when trying to identify flags.

[Jimbuna]

Try putting the SS back into the ammo CFG and have your crew fire one every couple of minutes

[Paul Riley]

i'm hoping its not related to ATI cards,I mean sometimes it is impossible to make anything out,even with my face close to the monitor.

I tried disabling the 16k atmosphere and reverted back,the graphics were awful without it,cameras were all screwed,the sky and sea looked terrible with no detail,and it looked TOO bright also,not as moody looking.

I guess it is normal after all,and I will get used to it.

[Paul Riley]

All in all,no further problems yet,no more CTDs,no corrupt saves (apart from missing save,putting an x cured that),no graphical problems (other than this issue,which seems normal),and just a few performance issues when close to ports,which everyone will probably experience.

[Jimbuna]

What monitor are you using Paul?

Personally speaking mine is a 22" flatscreen and whilst it's dark, it's never pitch black

http://www.new-monitors.co.uk/fulldetail.asp?ID=253

[John O]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Try putting the SS back into the ammo CFG and have your crew fire one every couple of minutes

I'm one of the few that liked the Star Shell in the locker. I know it was not realistic but it was convienent to light up a lone target on a dark night for gun action. I haven't tried lately with the new GWX but can it be done? In the past I could get star shells added to the locker but could not load them in the deck gun. Any Ideas?

[RoaldLarsen]

Originally Posted by John O

I'm one of the few that liked the Star Shell in the locker. I know it was not realistic...

Don't know why you think having star shells on board is not realistic. GWX designers didn't put SS in their mod because they couldn't find any reference to any boats carrying them. However, several months ago a few references were cited in this forum, of subs carrying SS IRL. So, some boats had SS on board on some trips, others did not. We don't have enough data to say much more regarding timelines or frequency.

Different boats used different loads. Some carried only AA shells for their deck gun. Some carried AP or SAP. Most had some HE.

Sorry, cannot help re shells in lockers not being loadable.

[USS Rustbucket]

I also need some guidence in this area. Night time even under cloudless full moon calm sea is almost completely black. I can see the stars the moon, but as for ships not a chance. I can bearly make out the silloutte of the bridge crew. This makes for night time engagements almost imposible.


I'm guessing this is a graphics card issue. I'm running with the ATI x1900. Is it possible to adjust the video card brightness settings some how?

[mookiemookie]

It can get pretty dark in GWX, but that's pretty close to what it's like being on a boat in the middle of the ocean on a moonless night.

You may want to fiddle with the contrast/brightness settings on your video card and monitor to see if that helps. If not, I do recall some mods being made that lightened things up, but those were for GWX 2.1 and I'm not sure if they're compatible with 3.0.

As far as making underwater visibility better, if you really want to, you can adjust the water clarity in SH3 Commander's options screen under "gameplay settings"

Good luck.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

I know UBoats carried lights in order to communicate with other UBoats or friendly/neutral ships,but could they have used them as sort of navigational/safety aid?,during such dark nights?

Probably not,as their location would then be discovered.Still...

Doubtful. I've heard that crews of merchant ships were not allowed to smoke on deck at night for fear of the lit cherry on their cigarette betraying their position. A U-boat, or merchant ship for that matter, using their navigational lights would have been like saying "Here I am! Come torpedo me!"

[Paul Riley]

Yes,just as I thought

[lafeeverted]

the only way i could fix the night visibility issue was to disable the 16k Atmosphere mod, you could try that as well.