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Cannot turn on vehicle lights during day
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Description

It is not possible to turn on lights anymore during day. It's a shame, because lights are properly visible in Arma 3 content during day, and I can't think of real reason to limit this feature for player.

Details

Legacy ID
3868403630
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Gameplay
Steps To Reproduce
  1. Open editor
  2. Set day time to 12:00
  3. Place any vehicle with lights, player as driver
  4. Preview
  5. Press [L], observe your vehicle's lights
  6. Execute command: skipTime 12
  7. Press [L], lights get toggled on
  8. Execute command: skipTime 12
  9. Press [L], lights get disabled
  10. Press [L], lights don't light up again

Observed:
Lights cannot be turned on during day

Expected:
Lights can be turned on during day

Event Timeline

zGuba edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Dec 18 2015, 12:46 AM
zGuba set Category to Gameplay.
zGuba set Reproducibility to Always.
zGuba set Severity to None.
zGuba set Resolution to Open.
zGuba set Legacy ID to 3868403630.May 8 2016, 1:20 PM

I think its to make the action menu less cluttered

zGuba added a subscriber: zGuba.May 8 2016, 1:20 PM
zGuba added a comment.Dec 20 2015, 5:12 AM

Removing action menu show condition is not the same as disabling feature completely. It was working correctly before.

My guess is that it is a performance choice to disable all lights during the day. Especially dynamic lights eat a lot of processing power.

zGuba added a comment.Dec 20 2015, 3:55 PM

I would be surprised if dynamic lights were cast even during daytime before, when we could use that option regardless of time of day.