Odyssey still very dark

[Darkman Returns]

I'm not noticing much improvement from the Alpha. I still have the Gamma slider all the way to the right, with the ship dark and the elevator in the station almost painfully bright.

Is this consistent with what everyone else is seeing, or is there another config option I'm missing?

 

[Episparh]

Because it is still an alpha ... just you have all content and your progress will carry over

So far I do not see any actual changes from the "outdated" branch we tested.

 

[aaphebus]

I see the same thing. My screen is too dark and if I push gamma the image is just awful. Brightness on my monitor kills my eyes. And why I should change my settings for only one game? Nobody seems to notice that, so I think I will stop here.

 

[BlackMaze]

I'm in the same boat. Completely and utterly disappointed with the new brightness settings. Everything with a little bit of light has "okay" levels of brightness but everything around it is completely pitch black.

I'm currently doing some comparison screenshots which I am looking to post soon.

• Night time terrain in and around settlements is completely pitch black even with night vision on and doesn't light up
• Emmisive paintjobs are much less bright

New (ignore the red line)

https://imgur.com/QUBsI8m

Source: https://imgur.com/QUBsI8m


Old:

https://imgur.com/dXZNaG2

Source: https://imgur.com/dXZNaG2

 

[aaphebus]

Yes, even the menu is gloomy dark.
I've just loaded Horizon and the menu is ok, but I can't connect this part of the game

 

[Darkman Returns]

Because it is still an alpha ... just you have all content and your progress will carry over

So far I do not see any actual changes from the "outdated" branch we tested.

I wondered if my Alpha custom settings were to blame, so I selected 'High' setting to rule that out. While High did change the appearance of the game noticeably the "gamma issue" still remained.

 

[Ydiss]

Yeh lighting still isn't quite right for ui, stellar objects like stars and nebula etc.

 

[konsumkind]

Glad I‘m not the only one having this issue. Ship interior is barely visible at all and everything but the planets surfaces is also very dark.

 

[Revan2610]

Yeh lighting still isn't quite right for ui, stellar objects like stars and nebula etc.

I'll say..........check out what they did to neutron stars.......

https://imgur.com/cSedfjr

 

[RikonGB]

Same in ship panels vary dark and just about readable, hopefully be fixed soon.

maybe its just like that to persuade people to just use the shuttles and do the new footfall content.

 

[CMDR_A1R]

But but but, you're Darkman I thought you'd be happy

 

[CMDR Vox-Lee]

It is dark because in space, unless you are near a star, there is no light source. It is realistic and nothing to do with "Alpha". This is released, not alpha stage.

 

[CMDR Saugi]

If your panels are a bit too dim theres an option on the left panel to increase brightness.

 

[SlothOfDoom]

It is dark because in space, unless you are near a star, there is no light source. It is realistic and nothing to do with "Alpha". This is released, not alpha stage.

They literally changed the brightness of of the UI panels, how does the light from a star effect that? .

 

[leonardofelin]

If your panels are a bit too dim theres an option on the left panel to increase brightness.

Not that left, but the other left, actually.

 

[BDelacroix]

Because it is still an alpha ... just you have all content and your progress will carry over

So far I do not see any actual changes from the "outdated" branch we tested.

We have the on foot tutorial when you first start, which has a ploy to try to join power play.
We have the control settings split up into categories.

It is super dark, yes. I might as well turn on lowest settings as I can't see anything anymore in this game. Its a blind man simulator.

Lighting has made my hair blonde even though its set to red.

We've regressed the borderless mouse problem back to where if you take right turns you'll be clicking your second monitor and get shot while you have menus opening on your computer.

So, not all the same.

 

[Orvidius]

Yep, still dark, still ignoring the gamma settings in space, etc. Hilarious that the patch notes say in several places that darkness was fixed, including this one:

• Fixed very dark when in space

 

[dj_wylie]

yep agreed its just too dark. we need more light.

 

[The Golden Knight]

I'm not noticing much improvement from the Alpha. I still have the Gamma slider all the way to the right, with the ship dark and the elevator in the station almost painfully bright.

Is this consistent with what everyone else is seeing, or is there another config option I'm missing?

Yes, it is consistent; ships are a lot darker for me than I remember...even with cranking everything I can, up to maximum.

 

[Darkman Returns]

It is dark because in space, unless you are near a star, there is no light source. It is realistic and nothing to do with "Alpha". This is released, not alpha stage.

Go to GRAPHICS options and the Gamma setting and see how far you have to move the slider to the right to make the left Elite logo clearly visible. Now compare that to Horizons.