Darker Nights

[scarlet pier]

A simple yet highly demanded mod, that ii finally managed to deliver, all it does is tweak some tonemapping settings and boom, you got night combat back! Hope yall enjoy it especially the folks looking to recreate the Vietnam experience, make night fighting great again! https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/5F340B3613F49010-DarkerNights

[scarlet pier]

tested the mod with RHS NVG's, and oh boy, they look really nice

[modern swan]

THANK GOD

[pallid canopy]

I will test when home

[neon nebula]

Thank you

[weary wave]

Might use this on DarkGru servers thank you!

[scarlet pier]

good to hear, i love playing those servers, the NVG's look really nice with the mod thankfully

[scarlet pier]

lmao, I expected the devs to fix this sooner, but cant wait any longer, hopefully this mod isnt needed in future

[compact pollen]

a christmas miracle!

[cinder moth]

@halcyon spear

[shrewd rapids]

Excellent

[modern swan]

The scary thing is I still hear people fussing about it being too dark sometimes

[desert ocean]

i understsnd why they made nights brighter

[neon nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/ipad-kid-ipad-kid-tristan-gif-20938121

[desert ocean]

for the pc shitters just turning up gpu giving thrm advantage

[neon nebula]

It’s cat and mouse use a flashlight you the cat refuse you a mouse

[desert ocean]

but now nods work well darker nights can return on some servers

[neon nebula]

Not how that works, and how dose one turn up there gpu?

[desert ocean]

idk not gpu gamma or something

[neon nebula]

💀

[desert ocean]

i dont play pc but thats all some pc players would talk about in pbs and that

[neon nebula]

We can’t just turn up the game brightness, it’s the monitor you play on, you can do that on a tv

[modern swan]

Personally of the opinion that sure some people like on xbox were simply making their screen brighter to have the advantage but if you buy the realism game you should expect realistic levels of darkness

[desert ocean]

especially at winter

[neon nebula]

If you complaining about people turning up there gama, maybe you should look through the settings on your tv/monitor and find it there, it’s nothing to do with pc, it’s the screen you have.

[desert ocean]

tbf i think us console players would ve too lazy to turn up brightness, and i like it being dark i wouldnt change it, i just dont understand why other ppl would turn up brightness in a milsim game

[scarlet pier]

lmao

[scarlet pier]

then they are really going to hate my mod 😆

[neon nebula]

Yh, back in the first days of the game where there was 4 conflict servers and 4738383838 capture and hold servers it was a common truck because 90% of the lobbies where Xbox 💀

[desert ocean]

xbox gamers are winners except the ones who spam fake accounts to troll

[scarlet pier]

i do agree that it was a problem, but now that they have NV they can hopefully get a life

[desert ocean]

yeah i think this mod would be good for servers with nvgs mainly but itd be cool on that vietnam server to add fear factor

[scarlet pier]

indeed, only problem now is AI being able to see so well in the dark, thats up to the devs to fix though

[desert ocean]

yeah it is unless you turn down their skill level so they miss most their shots

[scarlet pier]

i would love the larger server owners to use this mod, especially with plenty of players, since they removed the darker nights it has ruined muzzle flashes, flashlights, vehicle lights, floodlight tactics and many other fun features to a degree

I am hoping this mod brings those moments back where you could be in pitch black having enemy right next to you

those were the days

[short cloak]

Are the AI affected? How is their vision in the darkness?

[scarlet pier]

AI are affected in no way, which is going to be a pain, i might ask around with some AI modders and see if a solution can be made

[short cloak]

I’ll mix it with CRX to decrease their perception both vigilant and safe

[scarlet pier]

good idea, hopefully that does the trick, is there any way to make it rely on ambient lighting levels or is that not a thing yet?

[short cloak]

That’s a very good question to which I don’t have an answer for 😄

[short cloak]

I'll be honest it could even be a bit more darker. Tho it's definitely a good change! 😄

[orchid copper]

does it really work?

[scarlet pier]

yeah try it, your NVG's look a lot more natural with the mod enabled

the only changes made were the HDR tonemapping so everything should render like normal but darker obviously

[orchid copper]

👍

[serene ether]

I agree, it could be a little darker even. @scarlet pier The GM's can set the night to full moon or half moon to get almost bright night again. Dark moon could imo be almost pitch black.

[scarlet pier]

i could tune it to be even darker for sure

at the moment it is at that sweet spot between pitch black like before and the lighter nights now

[viral drum]

I fr like it how it is

[scarlet pier]

i was just really impressed with how well the NVG's look through it, lights from torches or helmet cat eyes or tritium sights can be seen from ages away, this was a great feature reforger had but the devs just threw it away

[serene ether]

yes it's correct, and i understand the choice. But GM's can use the moon the make the night brighter if they want.

[serene ether]

I was very happy when i could see all the stars in their full glory again 🙂

[scarlet pier]

glad to hear, now the everonians can get some quality sleep without being blinded at night

[soft tapir]

Can we get an Even Darker Nights mod 💀

[scarlet pier]

lol you want it darker

[fast breach]

Yes

[limpid grove]

^ darker would be cooler, i remember when the game first came out you could make it actually pitch black and then they made it a bit brighter and gave the sky a blue hue at night which is basically how the current darker nights mod looks now, but at least it’s still better than what we have now in the vanilla game.

[soft tapir]

Yes… 💀

[scarlet pier]

ok i will darken the nights further

update will be released today hopefully

[soft tapir]

Def wasn’t talking about making a new map

[scarlet pier]

Ok folks i released a better flashlights mod that improves the vanilla flashlights, i highly recommend running it with the better nights mod for best results, the mod currently is in its first version and offers inspection and swapping of lenses for both the US and USSR flashlights, it also makes flashlights non stackable inventory items

[sand slate]

Will you ever fix your darker nights mod?

[halcyon spear]

It just updated 2 days ago, works great now

[scarlet pier]

good to hear

[halcyon bay]

Hi any shot we can have this mod back?

[neon nebula]

No need Bohemia did it themselves, the option is in world settings

[halcyon bay]

true but its still not dark enough on custom maps... hell my boys did cqb with out nvgs or flashlight lol...

[scarlet pier]

will look into it again some time

[halcyon bay]

thanks, is it a fix the map modder needs to do? meaning you know why its diffrent then everon?

[untold herald]

Where exactly is this setting?

[neon nebula]

I think they are in the weather tab if not it might be in the general world settings

[halcyon bay]

It’s apparently darker only on base game maps

[raw sand]

Hi,
i am wondering that you do not get those ugly light cones on that streetlight. Is it modded or something?

[scarlet pier]

light cones are based off a pretty solid gradient texture, and tbf the fake volumetric effect it gives does seem a little flat, look in common textures folder and you should find it. If I had access to shaders I would prolly put some noise over it to particles passing bc it looks very flat atm

[solid leaf]

This is my terrain and the street lights and light are vanilla

[raw sand]

I know, i just had to find a picture with lights on it, has nothing to do with your work or the quality of it. 🙂