Rather than a constant fog on the coast, there should be random chance based on the weather conditions to have haze along the coast in the pre-dawn to early-mornings. Once the sun has been out this haze should complete burn off just as it would IRL.

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In T177392#2539182, @Geez wrote:

Hello DaGreekGeek.
This is something that has always been there (it is not new) and we have a note in the backlog that we would like to be able to change this dynamicaly based on the day time and weather.

Are you guys certain about it having been this hazy? Everyone is talking about this and how it's impacted visibility at the coast. Please pay close attention to how I noted the stark difference in visibility between 1.22 and 1.23. Previously if I had a 4-6km view distance I could at least see 4-6km on the coast even. Now, no matter what I do, I can't see further than about 1-1.5km.

Again, I can understand if it was a little bit hazier on the coast in the past builds but 1.23 is night and day and an obviously thick haze that limits visibility regardless of the visibility settings on the server and client. There is no way this is how it was before. To be clear, I have 5000 hours in game, I was gob smacked when I read that the devs say it's always been this way. This is completely different to the past versions.

I first noticed this during 1.23 experimental and compared to 1.22 it was night and day. I should have logged a bug then but I was very busy IRL and hopped someone else would. The haze currently present is no comparison to what we had in 1.22 and earlier and most obvious, the visibility on the coast is nowhere near what it used to be.

When I get a chance, I'll install 1.22 server client from Steam to record some comparison videos with the same weather and time of day to illustrate this, so I hope this is kept alive.

In T177392#2539182, @Geez wrote:

Hello DaGreekGeek.
This is something that has always been there (it is not new) and we have a note in the backlog that we would like to be able to change this dynamicaly based on the day time and weather.

@Geez,

I installed 1.22 Patch 3 from the Steam Depot/Manifest and I can clearly see a difference between the two versions as far as haze goes. There is no comparison.

As noted, there may have always been haze on the coast, BUT not this bad and the screenshots prove it.

I'm hoping the developers can look into this to make the coast (and potentially the inland areas) less hazy (assuming this is a side effect of atmospheric changes in 1.23 that could be impacting all corners of the map to some relative degree). Again, I keep running into players lamenting the thicker haze. Some say it looks like pollution. Some of my coastal screenshots are so hazy that I want to take out Adobe Lightroom's DeHaze to improve the contrast but I doubt I’ll get the results I do with my photographs...

I put in quite a bit of effort to be able to put this together to better illustrate to the developers what is going on. As noted I am running with a 5000m draw distance (see setup details below).

In any case pay close attention to the far-off details (mountains, buildings). The 1.22 shots have FAR more details and contrast whereas the 1.23 shots are hazy outlines.

1.22 Overlooking Cherno From Pik Kozlova

1.23 Overlooking Cherno From Pik Kozlova

• You can barely see Vysotovo in the 1.23 shot while the 1.22 shot has a descent amount of detail in the flats/apartments. Same goes for the industrial in the center of town south of the 3 soldier monument as well as Dubovo. (Excuse the VPP admin notice in the 1.22 shot, I had as noted reset the weather to 100% visibility just to be certain before each shot.)

1.22 Looking East Towards Kamy and Olmet from East Elektro

1.23 Looking East Towards Kamy and Olmet from East Elektro

• The difference between 1.22 and 1.23 in terms of the mountains and Skalisty island is dramatic in terms of contrast.

1.22 Looking At Kamy Looking North

1.23 Looking At Kamy Looking North

• The difference between 1.22 and 1.23 in terms of the mountains behind and around Kamy is also stark.

Setup:
Installed 1.22 Patch 3 Client and Server Via the Steam Manifest using the DepoDownloader:

https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader
DayZ Client:
.\DepotDownloader.exe -app 221100 -depot 221101 -manifest 9088716134733726458
Server Content:
.\DepotDownloader.exe -app 223350 -depot 223351 -manifest 603210572381552654
Server Windows 64-bit:
.\DepotDownloader.exe -app 221100 -depot 221101 -manifest 2480761227066286875

I set the weather to 100% clear, no Fog in both the server weather config AND then forced it in the admin tools I used to help me expedite getting this done.

I used the following server weather cfg to keep the weather constant BUT I also used VPP Admin Tools to help reset just in case (since I used it to expedite taking shots across the map in key locations).

Server Profile Cfg for the following:
defaultVisibility=5000;
defaultObjectViewDistance=5000;

Client Cfg (USER_settings.DayZProfile):
viewDistance=5000;
preferredObjectViewDistance=4800.8242;

100% there is more fog n haze in 1.23
Just ask anyone!
Literally everyone I've ran with has complained about the increase in the fog.

@Geez,

Please see my screenshots from over a month ago. I took considerable time to install 1.22 from the Steam Depot/Manifest and run these tests. The images I posted clearly show this to be an issue. This is even worse on maps like Deere Isle that are comprised of islands and surrounded by water as the effect permeates massive amounts of the island.

If I don't hear anything back soon, I'll assume that notifications have been turned off for this bug (i.e. since you guys said it's always been this way and may have dismissed the bug) and will log a 2nd bug linking to this bug.

Regards,

Da Greek Geek