Lighting in Release 225 Status

[james]

Update OP to reflect the changes in Release 225.2. Which included a new Dark Balance option and improvements to the Bloom.

@james

Night time darkness balance - the darkness balance is very display dependent. Different displays can present a different range of dark colours. We balanced the lighting against our displays, laptops, and TVs. But there will definitely be displays where the game appears too dark (and too bright). Given the variation in display the best solution is to expose a slider for players to find a balance that matches their display.

RESOLVED - with Release 225.2: add an option for all players to balance their own darkness balance.

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@james

Bloom balance - we’re still working on the bloom balance. It’s not quite doing what we want. It’s basically making too much of the scene a little blurry, rather than just making the bright areas glow.

RESOLVED - with Release 225.2: get the bloom working as desired.

The following items are still outstanding:

• TODO - learn about how best to help players with nyctalopia - assuming #1 isn’t enough.

  Can people affected by this let us know if the Dark Balance slider is enough?

• TODO - Review the luminance of the black and white balance based on the new lighting intensity.

• TODO - explore the idea of using Transformation Chisels on Gleam to change their brightness.

• TODO - continue to normalise and polish the day/night cycles and fog.

Please let us know how you find the rendering after these recent changes.