I. Like. Night Vision!

[JetsonRING]

[up] Headlights? We don' need no steenkin' headlights!

Who needs 'em, unless you have an unreasonable desire to get seasick. Night vision reveals the terrain all the way to the horizon:

Without Night-Vision:

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With Night-Vision:

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Awesome.

 

[agentmoo]

It's got combat related uses too.

 

[Number2]

Love it, does it make me more or less stealthy?

 

[Krash]

A haz res in its planet's shadow used to be dreaded and avoided. Now its fun. Thank you NV.

 

[60mm]

Total Godsend for us Railgunners! No more relying on just the Module Targetbox.

 

[Krash]

Love it, does it make me more or less stealthy?

No more silent running. NV will light you up like a firefly.

 

[JetsonRING]

No more silent running. NV will light you up like a firefly.

Well, FDev always said there was nothing keeping CMDRs (and security) from looking out through the canopy glass and seeing another ship except the darkness of the universe itself, the NV certainly does eliminate that.

Elite Dangerous NV lights a planet's surface to the horizon. IRL most civilian NV does not work that well, it attenuates over distance. Be on the lookout for a NV nerf at some point . . .

 

[thistle]

Well, FDev always said there was nothing keeping CMDRs (and security) from looking out through the canopy glass and seeing another ship except the darkness of the universe itself, the NV certainly does eliminate that.

Elite Dangerous NV lights a planet's surface to the horizon. IRL most civilian NV does not work that well, it attenuates over distance. Be on the lookout for a NV nerf at some point . . .

Does it? In beta it had a limited range, it's obvious from the air, but not when you're in an srv.

 

[yodajedifishmaster]

i play on pc with a controller where is nightvision mapped or is it? anyone know?

 

[Oopsie Daisy]

I really like it in the shadow in asteroid fields. No more crashing into space rocks.

 

[agentmoo]

i play on pc with a controller where is nightvision mapped or is it? anyone know?

Systems panel to the right. Also bindable in options menu.

 

[Vandaahl]

Quite functional as well. Dark sides of moons are pretty dark nowadays

 

[60mm]

No more silent running. NV will light you up like a firefly.

If Stealth mechanics ever gets fixed, SR should except one from NV.

 

[Faybs]

If Stealth mechanics ever gets fixed, SR should except one from NV.

You could always (ab)use a well known legit 3rd party tool to make everyone else light up even in total darkness, NV just builds that into the game. No, I'm not going to say what that was, in case NV does get a nerf.

 

[tolm]

As others have said - it’s great for dark asteroid res sites.

I think a new engineering option should be added for armour as “radiation absorption” which reduces visibility of your ship under NV by absorbing infra-red radiation rather than reflecting it. G5 would make you almost invisible to NV. Then you makes your choice ... stealth or more hit points!

 

[Number2]

No more silent running. NV will light you up like a firefly.

It may be a language barrier Krash, and you may have answered my question may I please clarify


If I am running without NV or lights and low emissions I am difficult to detect. I often see the lights of others. If I use NV will others be able to see my NV or is it a passive system

 

[IndigoWyrd]

It's ok. Kind of freaks me out a little when I'm making a planetary approach with it on. That sudden sweep of green and black feels like I'm already too close to the surface, even when I'm still up 12km above it.

 

[Faybs]

It's ok. Kind of freaks me out a little when I'm making a planetary approach with it on. That sudden sweep of green and black feels like I'm already too close to the surface, even when I'm still up 12km above it.

It feels weird in VR, but I can't put my finger on why. I think something about the shader they're using is messing with the way the game portrays 3D depth.

 

[danubezoe]

Must admit I smashed my ship into rocks 4 or 5 times before I remembered we have this. Very useful and looks cool.

cheers
DZ

 

[Branithar]

No more silent running. NV will light you up like a firefly.

I've used night vision, and Frontier's implementation isn't realistic at all.

• Night vision is monochrome green, and obviously makes it easier to see, but everything is green (and no, night vision doesn't give everything a bright white neon border.
• Frontier's version is an amazing tool for combat, even in daylight: Elite's version of night vision gives everything a bright neon border, so it's way easier to see ships, even in Nav Beacons, which obviously get a decent amount of sunlight. Too easy though and it's kind of silly.

Lose the bright neon borders around everything, and it would be more realistic. And with night vision on, make everything monochrome green.