Lighting in beta 6 and other bugs

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Yups that's fast ;-)

 

But it was something I already noticed in the footage I saw..

 

Although I'm sure HDR lighting will have lots of advantages in the battle viewer, it has negative side effects on other screens (if they are connected and I'm not concluding things which aren't true)

 

Ship designer screen: too dark, missing out the details now

Ideology screen: too bright! Almost hurts the eyes

Fraction coulour: I created this race in beta 5.1 never had any problem there, but using this custom race in beta 6 results in an incredible dark purple which is hard to see against the background, could also have something to do with the ship colours I'm using black/white

Constructor influence sphere marking: There is an outline marking the influence sphere of a constructor, but also this fine (I guess red) line is barely visible

 

Other bugs:

* The stupid save bug is still in unfortunately: saving a game it gets a ~ in front which makes it a corrupted save, only work around at this moment is again pressing save, and editing the ~ away manually.

* Purchasing cost: The amount required to purchase a ship in your ship yard is not accurate; it should diminish every turn you get closer to completion, instead it keeps displaying the standard amount required without any turns completed.

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

The contrast and brightness sliders also do not work and Earth's map looks really washed-out on the social production screen in Beta 6.  If this is the same issue you're talking about.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

 

Don't know if it is the same problem I see: but there is definitely something wrong with the lighting (saw another post as well, but I started a new game)

 

My custom faction uses standard purple, but I'm simply barely able to see my ships against the background when I zoom out, which I like to do a lot to get a good overview of the tactical situation.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

You can always try to edit you race and change its' color. I know it's not the color you wanted but until things get tweaked to your liking (assuming that is something that will be tweaked) it's better than just scraping your race and starting over.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Avatar137, reply 3

You can always try to edit you race and change its' color. I know it's not the color you wanted but until things get tweaked to your liking (assuming that is something that will be tweaked) it's better than just scraping your race and starting over.
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I was already planning on doing so at the moment, but it doesn't seem like the only problem with lighting.

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Ok this is funny:

 

I did change the colour from my custom faction from purple to bright yellow

 

And then I also didn't have a problem with the outline from the constructors anymore ;-)...the outline changed from ( I still think it is red), to a bright white which is easily noted against the background ;-)

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Yep, I have the purple or dark color on my faction and when zoomed out I can't see any of the symbols on the map... had to recreate the faction using another color.  :(

Reply #7 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

 

 

PS I do hope they fix the color scheme problems, and the bleak/dark screens

 

Because I just had my first pirate battle..and I have to say: IT LOOKS AWESOME!!

 

Hope to see a lot more great battles when I meet other civ's :-)