Starbound lighting

This lighting system will make night traveling and cave exploring alot more scary.
The second you turn your back, a monster could be gnawing on your behind.

 

i like the way the light looks! only thing i am worried about is when my batteries run out and i am left alone in the dark with all the monster noises ; ~ ;

oh corm i just read this post, note to self, torches...torches everywhere

 

Going to need lots of them.
It would be funny if they could burn out over time meaning you would need to create higher quality lighting sources such as lamps.
Although I really don't know if they would add something like that.

 

I think I'll stick to placing torches...

 

hmm..they could possibly make it so you start with low tier torches that only light up a little bit then let you research torches which would allow you to make torches that light up better from different materials? just an idea.

 

That idea could work too.
Lower tier torches would be dim and will be useful for letting you know where the walls and floor are.
Higher tiers would be brighter and would be able to light hallways.

There could even be special torches that work in Lava/Water

 

yep! but from what i have seen from the pictures and the videos there seems to be a whole lot of different torches from the normal wood and oil to like..the underwater blue lightbulbs, so who knows, maybe we actually hit the target on the way torches will progress?

 

I wonder how a skylight in the ceiling of a building would look like.

 

You probably shouldn't be looking for clarification in a post from March. That person is probably not even on the forums anymore.

The Terraria comparison is something that was common back then - as for the "different", he was most likely referring to the directional lighting, which Terraria does differently.

 

From procedurally generated guns article in Starbound's main website:

 

I think flashlights will be awesome, and the new lighting system where colors mix if they're nearby will be great.​

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I've seen the Lighting Video months ago and I still find the lighting spot-on so far. I don't know why but that flashlight would make any kind of cave exploring ominous and bound to have something pop up behind you and make you at least jump. Just add some nightmarish music and you're one step closer to bringing Creepypasta to Starbound!

 

I love the lighting in this game!

 

Extra Scare Points if that Monster turns out to be a that's near a bunch of other Poptops!

If I remember right from the recent new (As of the time of this Post) info on the Gun Procedural Generation, it looks like there's possibility of Guns with innate Light Attachments/Accessory kinda things for more versatility. Bet that'll be especially useful for 2H Guns!

I hope Lighting your way will be a lot less uncool in Starbound then it was in Terraria! I agree that it was seriously hard work trying to maintain a supply of Shine Potions, & the lagginess of the Orb of Light & Fairy Bell light sources was uncool.

 

Some weapons should glow, not only when swing, but also when wielded. Glowing armour would also be kickass.

 

This Needs to happen!

 

The lighting is very unique and realistic. I believe it will not slow
the game since each doesn't work like a grid. For example terraria's lighting
wasn't that good.

 

and doesn't look laggy either!

 

Dam that cool

 

I think I might challenge myself to not use torches and only a flashlight and if they're in the game - flares. To give it a sort of Penumbra: Overture feel