[Starman01]

Hello People,

with our (WCS) release date closing up (no, we are not finished yet, so don't ask ), I'm getting a little concerned about this question. Obviously people's favourite settings are quite different from each other, and even with this setting quite easily changable I'm simply a little worried that we release the game with the wrong default setting (because we will hopefully reach a bigger group of people even outside of this community and they will not be so familiar with the game, SCP and it's settings, but we hope to lure them here ).

But this will not work if the majority of the new players will get a false first impression when they think it's too dark or unrealistic enlighted because they don't get it that it is so easily changable.

So, therefore I have created this poll inside this forum since I hope I can catch most of the active players in here, and I hope you will all vote. It's not necessary to tell big " I like/dislike it because..." stories or even post a comment (but you are free to do so ), simply vote in this poll. I just hope to get as much votes as possible to get a statistic view of the situation that helps me to make a decision.

I've always being a fan of more brighter settings to see the ship models, but I understand on the other side that darker settings will be much more effective for the glow and shinemapping features (but it's kinda odd when you can only see the glowmaps all the time, even if it's kinda realistic). On the other hand I noticed often in the recent past that screenshots are being posted showing off new stuff, and all I see are parts of a background blocked by a black object in the front with a few nice lights on it  It's really difficult promoting a game with just something like that. (O.K, you see I'm not really neutral in this issue, I prefer it being more visible, therefore 120% is my choice and the first vote in this poll. In that setting there are still nice glow- and shinemappings, but the ships and pretty models stay much more visible).  (Besides that, now that I can finally play in OGL I have the impression that the values in OGL are a little darker as their equivalent in D3D)

Out of these thoughts I created the options above. For the values 80%, 100% and 120% I created example images below (in that line of order) to make you the decision easier (cklick them, bigger images behind it).

80 %          100 %           120 %     

[Tolwyn]

I believe, that HLP players will prefer lower ambient settings, while WC players will go with ambient factor settings above 100.

[gevatter Lars]

I am torn between 80 and 100...so I say 90% ^_^
For the vote I would say 100% since I know I can still adjust it to my likeing.

[CP5670]

What this actually looks like depends on the brightness settings you're using in the game and on your monitor. I use 90 and it looks good to me, but that's with my specific setup.

[Starman01]

What this actually looks like depends on the brightness settings you're using in the game and on your monitor. I use 90 and it looks good to me, but that's with my specific setup.

You certainly have a point here, that must be taken into account too.

[Mathwiz6]

Hell, maybe put in a set of pictures and ask which looks best. I remember in Riven, they said "buff the brightness on your screen until you can see this image. Barely."

[NGTM-1R]

I don't normally bother with it at all, and probably won't until such time as it can be set by the mission rather than as an overall setting; such an atmospheric effect would be nice for fighting behind a planet or moon...

On the other hand, that's a bad idea. Everybody would make me play in the dark.

[gevatter Lars]

"Alone in the dark with a Kilrathi"  *runs* ^__^

[Taristin]

I voted 80 but in actuality I use it somewhere around 75. That is.... when I did play.

[PotzUK]

I voted under 80, but as I run the game on a laptop's LCD it is generally much brighter than if it was on a CRT 

[Colonol Dekker]

100% based off a dell Latitude D610,  Its a good mix between atmosphere and detail visability in my opinion, Most people with WC3 experience will find it palateable. 

[Herra Tohtori]

I prefer values between zero and twenty. Currently it is set on 18.3, but sometimes I do play on zero value too.

[Wanderer]

I use ambient_factor values from 20 to 60 depending on mod ofcourse... I use 100 or above only for 'debugging'.

[Mongoose]

Is there an option for "can't be arsed to fiddle around with a command line, so leaves it at whatever the default value is"?

[Tolwyn]

Is there an option for "can't be arsed to fiddle around with a command line, so leaves it at whatever the default value is"?

sadly: no

I wish, that it would be possible to lock certain flags. The again, certain options should not be available. I s'pose we have to wait for the next-gen launcher

[karajorma]

Is there an option for "can't be arsed to fiddle around with a command line, so leaves it at whatever the default value is"?

Vote 100% in that case. That's what the default is.

[aldo_14]

80%; I suspect (but not sure) that I use 0.35 for my setting.

[Wanderer]

I thought the default value was something like 128...

[FireCrack]

waay lower than these, somthing like 20...

[666maslo666]

75