Rennn Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 You can easily adjust your monitor's color settings to emulate darker nights without actually using a mod. I keep mine on its scenery setting when playing Oblivion, and you can't see two feet in front of you without a torch at night, and the colors are richer (but otherwise normal) during the day. Any other game I just switch to 'game' mode, otherwise the colors end up looking a bit dark and yellow, but for Oblivion it works great. I'm not discouraging anyone from making a darker nights mod, but I won't be downloading and I thought I'd post this helpful message for people who either don't like to install mods, or for people who plan on using other lighting mods and don't want the conflicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 You also end up with darker days and interiors if you adjust your monitor, I quite like modded dark nights, it forces me to either stop for the night or end up in trouble. Each to their own. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocky Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Also a fan of darker nights here. For a lot of us who live in cities we are so used to everything being lit up 24/7. Dark in the wilderness at night without a torch and a full moon is D.A.R.K. -discombobulated and royally knotted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xaliqen Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) Also a fan of darker nights here. For a lot of us who live in cities we are so used to everything being lit up 24/7. Dark in the wilderness at night without a torch and a full moon is D.A.R.K. -discombobulated and royally knotted. I see your point, but, as someone who grew up in a forest and currently lives in the city, your eyes adjust to a darker environment after awhile. Human vision at night isn't spectacular, but it does improve if you live in an environment where the nights are darker. And, during a full moon, things are pretty darn bright if your vision is adjusted. Another thing to consider with Skryim is that, if there's snow on the ground, the reflectivity makes things much easier to see in all but the darkest conditions at night. On another note, my hearing was so sensitive when I moved to a suburb at ten years old that I could hear both our neighbors' phones ringing and thought they were ours for a number of months. Edited November 10, 2011 by xaliqen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korodic Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I'll download it. So the light spells actually matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthmoor Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 One thing to keep in mind though. If you adjust this via your monitor's controls, only YOU get the effect from it. NPCs and creatures will still behave as though they're bathed in sunlight or overbright nights and act accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zherlthsh Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) Also a fan of darker nights here. For a lot of us who live in cities we are so used to everything being lit up 24/7. Dark in the wilderness at night without a torch and a full moon is D.A.R.K. -discombobulated and royally knotted.I see your point, but, as someone who grew up in a forest and currently lives in the city, your eyes adjust to a darker environment after awhile. Human vision at night isn't spectacular, but it does improve if you live in an environment where the nights are darker. And, during a full moon, things are pretty darn bright if your vision is adjusted. Another thing to consider with Skryim is that, if there's snow on the ground, the reflectivity makes things much easier to see in all but the darkest conditions at night.Yes, eyes does adjust and snow does make it a little brighter in the winter night, but...The night brightness in FO3 and FNV is still way brighter than what a normal person would see.Hell, FNV even had a perk to make it even brighter >.>;; I can see why they don't make the nights as dark as some of us would like it to be.And that is out of a technical point of view. Some monitors simply have bad contrast in low brighntess.And there's also people who may not have perfect eyesight.So for them having dark nights would render the game unplayable at night (in-game). Anyway, we all have different preferences!Personally I like it dark, makes it much more scary if something would creep up behind you. ;PThat said, I don't want total darkness... that would just be silly! Edited November 10, 2011 by Zherlthsh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThordalXY Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) I want darker nights too. I see nearly no difference between day n night, especially clouded nights without stars or moon light are much to bright, this should be really dark.Some special night effects would be cool too, like some patches of fog creeping on the ground or sounds of crickets and owls and of course a lone wolf howling in the far. That would be a perfect dream for Skyrims nature.:) I hope there will be some good mod soon. Edited November 17, 2011 by ThordalXY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansh00ter Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Dark nights are a must. Adjusting monitor settings unfortunately also messes up everything else. Torches need to be brighter though. Also, droppable when lit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smosh Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I also want darker dungeons so that torches actually are of some use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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