The only beef I have is that night is TOO dark. It's fine to have night be that dark at the beginning of the game, but if it's that dark at level 100 when I'm desperately vying for survival against mad hordes of bloodthirsty mobs, it's going to be extremely obnoxious. So is there an item (like nightvision goggles or something?) to make it so that one can see at night? I would really rather not have to keep crafting consumable night-vision POTIONS just to be able to explore without being tethered to my house.
There could be different kinds of suns that change the lighting effects, like having a blue sun and the light would be sorta blue or a red dwarf sun and the light would be red. Also, maybe have different planets have different time schedules, some days would be longer or shorter on other planets. Or have a planet with 2 suns.
They're already doing most of this. They have colored lighting based on the sun-type, and the sun-type is (can you guess!?): procedurally generated! \0/
That little symbol near the chat window is probably the chat range: galaxy, local, party, system, planet and private. It's on the Starbound roadmap. (For anyone who's wondering.)
Hmm im like it Dark why not you got Torches ; Lamps Campfires usw..... to light up the place and your way if you can see without these why you should need them then?. Ok maybe on the surface on some Planets it may be bright enough to see but i hope.
"Hey guys. Instead of directly advancing towards the release of the game, We ditched the monster generation system and added AN ENTIRELY NEW ONE! : D" But no, in all total seriousness, The old system from what we were shown was pretty basic so this is really going to help out! I just had to say the above for the sake of humor. Love the lighting system! And keep up the awesome work!
Night looks fine to me, I wish more games kept their dark nights past the playtesting phase when everyone gets annoyed with it, because I personally like night time to look like night time instead of a permanent dusk. I'd be surprised, however, if there weren't some way to enhance vision in the dark, or if it stayed that way for long.
TBH i don't like one bit the color change with time thingie. I like different color light like lava, colored lamps, colored torches, colored candles, disco balls etc, but when it comes to playing, i want a white light to see the real colors of my character... I hope that changing the overall light color is optional BTW! NIGHT IS TOOOOO DAMN DARK!
hmm nice to see variety(not saying there was not already a lot! ). Any way keep up the good work. ps: when will the beta be released?
The lighting looks fantastic, nice to see it all come together finally! It'll add a whole new layer of immersion for each planet, which is never a bad thing. And I'm about to burst out laughing at the people complaining that night time is too DARK. Are you serious? Do any of you step outside of your homes at night? Of course it's going to be dark, the devs should absolutely not make night time brighter just to hold people's hands because things might be slightly inconvenient. You're just going to have to deal with it. And considering that the game features a huge variety of lighting options, I highly doubt not being able to see at night will be a long lasting problem.
