Suggestion: Ship Lights- Brighter Please!

[jlhopwo]

So, the ship lights. Not Halogen obviously. Weak as hell. They don't really light anything unless it's directly there in front of you. What are they for? Are they to help you see, or to help others see you?

If they are to help you see, they need to be hella brighter, like the landing lights on airplanes, with which you can see a fair distance as you're coming in.

 

[Tinman]

Devs have said that it's on "the list"...although it's quite a bit down on it as this isn't really high priority compared to other things at the moment.

 

[Rhaedas]

Been a complaint for a while. I think it was stated it was on the list of changes, but it wasn't much, if it was improved.

 

[Cmdr Andy B]

there is also another (small) issue with the lights, turn them on when you leave the station and they turn themselves off again if you hyperspace/SC

this could be seen as advantageous as if your jumping into a combat zone you dont want your ship lit up like an xmas tree, but i'd like the option of deciding for myself when i want them turned off instead of the game doing it unasked.

 

[Rafe Zetter]

I had thought ships lights meant headlights (lol ) so I set up Voice attack to set them to flashing along with all the docking preparations, so it was obvious to any myopic flyers I was there about to enter.

So front facing lights for that and checking wreckage, asteroids etc isn't such a bad idea.