Jake Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 As this is my first post..let me start by saying that CM is undoubtedly one of the best games (of any type) that I have ever played..CM is a fine example of showing the "big" companys how to make a game. I have downloaded all the available mods..but whenever I play a night scenario , I really wish it was much darker..so the tracer shots etc really stood out against the darkness..perhaps it is my machine/graphics card..but the night doesnt seem at all dark...it seems kind of more like dusk or something.. So..my question is..does anyone know if there is a way to make the night scenarios darker? And before someone says it..I mean someway other than turning the brightness on my monitor down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 Sunglasses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 24, 2000 Author Share Posted September 24, 2000 You in a hurry to join your brothers Pvt Ryan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 I think the answer to your question is no. I don't think a mod could do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pham911 Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 To simulate a moonless night with clouds blocking the stars, you could turn the monitor off. That would make the game more challenging at any rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 24, 2000 Author Share Posted September 24, 2000 I tried playing with my eyes partially closed..but I had difficulty seeing the mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullethead Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 I stuck a sheet of car window tinting on my monitor, but now it looks like night all the time. I demand BTS address this issue ------------------ -Bullethead Visit the brand new Raider Operations message board at www.delphi.com/raiderops Main site www.historicalgames.bizland.com/index.html [This message has been edited by Bullethead (edited 09-24-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 Jake - Uh... you're not going to get a straight answer from this crowd.... The closest thing you could do, other than turning down the brightness and contrast on your monitor, is to press Alt-G (assuming you're using a PC) and cycle through the gamma settings to a lower gamma value. While the change may not be much, it is the most you'll get out of CM at the moment without using "car window tinting strips" and sunglasses. I believe one of the reasons for not making a night scenario darker was the need for everyone to be able to see their units to select for orders, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Aitken Posted September 24, 2000 Share Posted September 24, 2000 Schrullenhaft wrote: > the need for everyone to be able to see their units to select for orders Exactly. Night scenarios shouldn't be more difficult to play than day scenarios, but making night darker would have this effect. The challenge of a night scenario is built into the engine – reduced LOS, unreliable spotting etcetera. The graphics just give it a night 'feel', but they are otherwise irrelevant. David ------------------ They lost all of their equipment and had to swim in under machine gun fire. As they struggled in the water, Gardner heard somebody say, "Perhaps we're intruding, this seems to be a private beach." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest barrold713 Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 I think that was board's version of hazing the new guy and I would be seriously entering scold mold if I wasn't laughing my butt off...sunglasses...you're killing me. Anyone hear the Borg coming? ------------------ "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb discussing what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" - Ben Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 You could use Photoshop to paint all the terrain tiles black, and the sky background black, then start in on the troopers and the vehicles. Of course, I made a MOD that had many of the Germans troops with pink sashes and the German AFVs with little pink bows. My troops did not see them any better but it sure helped my morale a lot! ------------------ ----------------------------------------- Submit your article to: www.slapdragon.org/midnight ---------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbott Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 Welcome Jake! You will get used to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 Put on a blindfold. Then the wife could participate in team tactics. She could spot, and you could aim the gun. ------------------ "Wer zuerst schiesst hat mehr von Leben" Moto-(3./JG11 "Graf") Bruno "Stachel" Weiss [This message has been edited by Bruno Weiss (edited 09-24-2000).] [This message has been edited by Bruno Weiss (edited 09-24-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 25, 2000 Author Share Posted September 25, 2000 Aha!! My dilemma is solved...I have managed to recreate the night by a cunning ploy of switching off all the lights in the room, then by dangling some torches from pieces of string attached to my ceiling I have been able to aesthetically recreate the effects of tracer rounds. Adding to this a variety of plant foliage attached to my desk for camo purposes and a little Wagner classical music playing....and hey presto!!..all the fun of the battle...with none of the bloodshed!!..well... ok...a little bloodshed..manuals can give nasty paper cuts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pham911 Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jake: Aha!! My dilemma is solved...I have managed to recreate the night by a cunning ploy of switching off all the lights in the room, then by dangling some torches from pieces of string attached to my ceiling I have been able to aesthetically recreate the effects of tracer rounds. Adding to this a variety of plant foliage attached to my desk for camo purposes and a little Wagner classical music playing....and hey presto!!..all the fun of the battle...with none of the bloodshed!!..well... ok...a little bloodshed..manuals can give nasty paper cuts.. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Wimp. I hooked up a live 88mm shell to my computer and banged out a little program that makes it explode in concert with any direct hits to my tanks. I live in fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patboivin Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Slapdragon: Of course, I made a MOD that had many of the Germans troops with pink sashes and the German AFVs with little pink bows. My troops did not see them any better but it sure helped my morale a lot! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You are getting ready for the Barbie version of computer ASL that Hasbro plans to release soon... On my laptop, any kind of fog turns the whole screen into pale grey, and I can't see a thing -- it's perfect! Night time doesn't black out the screen, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbott Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 Jake, try the bucket maneuver for realism! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 Jake, since you are new, I will explain the bucket thing. Get a metal bucket and cut a slit in it. Then place it over your head. Then have someone hit the bucket with various objects raging from silverware to a baseball bat to simulate armored combat. I am from France. (Not really.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 Actually you could find the night sky .bmp's and load them up in a paint/photo program and click down their brightness or contrast levels. ------------------ All that sleeps, awakens... All that awakens, hungers... All that hungers, feeds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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