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Flashlights ineffective in areas isolated from sunlight during daytime
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Description

Some places on Everon have low exposure to sunlight or are completely sealed off from it, which should allow flashlights to be used to effectively illuminate the environment. This is not the case during daylight, when sunlight permeates through opaque surfaces to dimly light the area, while flashlight beams become also dim enough such that they are unable to compensate for the dimly lit environment, leaving the user visually impaired.

Such conditions create player disadvantages against AI units, who should still be able to see players while they are trying to regain situational awareness.

Details

Severity
Major
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Category
Visual-Environment
Steps To Reproduce
  1. Spawn in a low or no-sunlight exposure area, such as the Ore Ridge mine, or the first floor hallway in Cheval-Gin Lodge
  1. Change the time to midnight, and turn on the flashlight
  1. Change the time to morning, and keep the flashlight on

Observe as the flashlight reaches maximum brightness in the dark and properly illuminates the surroundings, while it becomes so dim during daylight that it becomes unable to illuminate an already dim environment.

Additional Information

Ore Ridge Mine:

Cheval-Gin Lodge:

Event Timeline

mbamg created this task.Oct 21 2022, 4:47 AM
mbamg changed Category from General to Visual-Environment.
mbamg updated the task description. (Show Details)Oct 21 2022, 5:00 AM
Geez changed the task status from New to Awaiting internal Testing.Oct 26 2022, 9:52 AM