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Flashlight shines through walls
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Description

When someone inside a building uses their flashlight, the light can be seen outside the building as if there were no walls obstructing the light.

If I recall, this was an issue present in the mod as well but was fixed. {F28314}

Details

Legacy ID
1204522705
Severity
None
Resolution
Duplicate
Reproducibility
Always
Steps To Reproduce

Two players, night time:
Player 1 goes inside a building, the Player 2 stays outside.
Player 1 turns on flashlight and moves around like normal.
Player 2 stays outside to observe light reaction.
Player 2 should observe from various distances (close, nearby, in the area, outside the area, far away, out of sight) and angles.

Additional Information

Unsure if this is present in all buildings or some

Event Timeline

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anniesboobs set Legacy ID to 1204522705.May 8 2016, 2:15 PM

I think this one is quite disturbing, if you are in a city and you see a light from some kind of source, you can´t really make out from where it comes. (really annoying in the new apartment district of Cherno...)
And if someone is holding the light directly into my direction, I can´t really decide if he actually sees me, or if he just randomly "points" at me.
Should be fixed asap in my opinion

jepp73 added a subscriber: jepp73.May 8 2016, 2:15 PM

Please fix this it's really dumb and makes the game really unrealistic during night gameplay

sleuny added a subscriber: sleuny.May 8 2016, 2:15 PM

Yeah ....
First time i saw it tought a lighttower is near.

Rossums added a subscriber: Rossums.May 8 2016, 2:15 PM

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