Found this yesterday during my mission runs......I wish the majority of planets were like this!
With lights on:
With lights off!
With lights on:
With lights off!
I *so* love it when the dark sides of planets are really DARK!!!!
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Which planet was this? I love dark planets, and haven't found one for years (literally). I thought all the darkness had been taken out of the game. 
Yes, total darkness is awesome. Though it can be a bit frustrating if the terrain is more bumpy.
When I want to enjoy nights, dark nebulae are the best. They block ambient light from the galaxy while not creating much of their own, so it can be REALLY pitch dark.
When I want to enjoy nights, dark nebulae are the best. They block ambient light from the galaxy while not creating much of their own, so it can be REALLY pitch dark.
Yes, total darkness is awesome. Though it can be a bit frustrating if the terrain is more bumpy.
When I want to enjoy nights, dark nebulae are the best. They block ambient light from the galaxy while not creating much of their own, so it can be REALLY pitch dark.
I know all about that. I was coming in to land on this planet in my Cobra, & as I dropped to under 1km, I saw this massive cliff face right in front of me. It took a lot of quick thinking to thrust upwards in time to avoid a head-on collision.
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Hit a mountain trying to dock just yesterday. The stars suddenly disappeared and I knew I was in trouble. Its not so great then. lol
Achilles7
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I went to the crashed Anaconda recently (can't remember its location now), having found it twice before pretty quickly & easily by using mk1 eyeball when arriving the rough coordinates; this third time it was completely dark & was an absolute nightmare (I've gotta stop with the puns) to find despite being right on top of it.
...but otherwise, yeah I agree!
...but otherwise, yeah I agree!
Oh, I don't know. Ever since I lost around nine months exploration data due to a misadventure with a station wall, all my other collisions have made me laugh. They are simply nothing by comparison.
The last time I remember being in a truly dark place was when I accidently fell down the side of a canyon in my SRV. I survived the fall ok, but it took me a good few hours to find a way to somewhere where I could recall my ship (and be able to get to it).
I've suggested it several times as well as others - We need a gimballed floodlight with headtracking!
I tried to find a tip-off wreck on one of those couple of weeks back. 2Gs, pitchdark and difficult terrain.
Was quite an intense journey.
Was quite an intense journey.
I was casually driving my SRV, and fell in a crater on a pitch black moon, somewhere out near the edge of the galaxy.
It was awesome.
CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
It was awesome.
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I totally agree about darkness being more better. I can't remember the last time I was on a truly "dark side" of a planet in the last year.
I took a planetary scan mission to a tiny rock world earlier this week and it was pitch black and mountainous. Had to fly slowly and use my altimeter to avoid crashing into the mountains. It was awesome.
Meso
Meso
I'd really like darker planets too, BUT, at the same time we need better tools for navigating in the dark. Like a nightvision canopy overlay or even just a wireframe landscape projection. Even if we can't see the ground (or the cliff wall in front of us) with the Mk1 eyeball our ship's sensor suite sure as hell can, so I'd like if it did a better job informing us. Something like that would also help a lot with regards to judging our own motion when we can't see the ground, though I'd prefer discrete horizontal and vertical velocity readouts, as in pitch black it's very hard to know if you're in a controlled descent or plummeting towards the ground at an uncorrectable rate.
Dark sides + alien ruins are an awesome combination!
When on a truly dark side of a planet, do the stars remain dark? I often go to the dark side of a planet because the stars become very bright and vivid. I especially appreciate this in nebula, where the gasses brilliantly light up the sky.
I'm guessing that dark nights on a planet surface are a direct result of dark skies overhead...
I'm guessing that dark nights on a planet surface are a direct result of dark skies overhead...
Now that is appropriately spooky. I appreciate the properly stark, sharply defined shadows from the lack of atmospheric scattering too.
Look at my screenshots a post above yours. Nebulae pop nicely on dark sides!
Yes, it was the perfect scenery for these ruins!
I agree. I'd rather the planets were truly dark and we had a toggle for a "night vision mode" in our Remlok helmets which could enhance seeing in the dark when needed. Complete with bright lights causing smearing and all. Of course most planets in and around the galactic core would be devoid of total darkness simply due to the abundance of starlight in the region, but still darker than they are today in game. It would be a fantastic quality of life change IMHO.