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[Jaws2002]

Originally Posted by salmo

Hello Blis & ATAG's. is it possible to have different times of day for server missions? maybe a random generator to launch an early morning. midday or late afternoon mission set?

I think they better wait for the patch with this one. I loved flying at dawn and dusk with the earlier versions and the gorgeous orange sun sets and sun rises. With this patch everything looks just murky dark grey, with just a very faint redish tint. The way too bright sun is not helping either. Think about it. If the mission is at dawn the Reds are going to have to fly with the sun in their eyes for most of the mission, and the evening flights will get the same bright sun in the blue players eyes.
Before this last patch flying at dawn and dusk was just an awesome experience. As the game looks now I don't think many people would be willing to put up with the very bad visibility, hard to see dots, washed up dark grey landscape.

Here's a simple example. Both shots taken in the same mission at the same time. Just after sun rise.

Current version:



Earlier version of the game:



I asked about this in one of the questions threads in the forum. The lighting and colors are not final and they are working on this together with the new graphics engine. I think it's worth waiting for it.

This is just me and I don't try to speak for anyone but myself. If the looks are rewarding, I will put up with the visibility and spotting chalenges that come with morning/evening flying.
As the game looks right now during dawn and dusk, I won't. I just don't want to put all that strain on my eyes, trying to try find dots against the ground with the dark grey faded environment.