I don't want to have to keep going into my video settings every time it gets dark and every time it gets light again to adjust and readjust my gamma.
This option is still not a good solution, however, because it simply reduces the level to which people can cheat their way through the night, not removing the possibility and I think most people would still end up maxing their sliders at night to see in the dark a bit better. The current level is way too high and this would still allow people to adjust the in-game settings to their liking without the same level of cheating to be possible at night for people who otherwise wouldn't need to do this. Restrict the level of customisation the sliders provide to a much smaller range.If you are still reluctant to remove the gamma/brightness options, let me offer some alternatives: It is extremely rare for games to offer a gamma slider (seriously, no one complains that Battlefield 4 doesn't have one), and DayZ is probably the game that suffers the most from its inclusion. I understand people have different monitors but their settings don't vary wildly enough that this level of customisation is actually necessary, and if someone has a monitor with a level of brightness or gamma that is too low they can simply turn it up on the monitor or in their graphics card control panel to get a better picture, however this will not distort the image and show details that shouldn't be visible like the in-game options do, which I believe should be completely removed. There is no way this level of what I consider blatant cheating should be built into the game. I've attached some screenshots showing the difference between using roughly the middle setting for both, turning them up slightly and maxing them out.
The game looks terrible when you do this and my preference is to leave the gamma and brightness at normal levels but if I do this I am at a disadvantage compared to someone who turns them up as soon as it gets dark. However with a tweak to the gamma and brightness sliders in video settings, night time can be turned into a black and white version of day time which allows you to see far better at night than other players and with virtually no need for a flashlight which gives away your position. As Rocket said in his recent live stream "Night time is DayZ" (I believe those were his exact words, or near enough, sorry if I've misquoted slightly). Night time is a crucial part of DayZ which provides a lot of atmosphere and immersion.
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