I should not have to spin around frantically to detect where my own ship is. If you are flying a Paximinus in a galaxy with no nebulas and no bright suns, you cannot see your own ship. This is just unacceptable. You may disagree with my belief that ambient light should be ramped up across the board, but at least you must agree that you should be able to see your own ship at all times.

Yes, very annoying especially if you have a ship that is naturally hard to see, and even moreso if your engine is also hard to see!

Doesn't the Paximinus have a glow on it that you can see?

Never mind the glow, c2 is just way too dark.

I don't see any glows on Low Graphics settings. My ship is a thin black sliver that is hardly lit up even by strong sunlight, unless I'm in the act of banking.

I actualy hade to use AP thrue any no sun gal just becouse i couldent reflect the light and see where i was heading in paximinus

oh wow, finally played c2. got my char up to lvl 5ish and damn... my eyes are falling out. this is entirely too dark...

-could hardly see my main ship
-had to fire to know which way i was pointed
-the upper right hand screen selected thing sucks, a faded image in a pastel background, lol, ftl
-all ships need to be better illuminated, debris does, etc, work on contrast cause it sucks atm.
-failsauce. you gave me eyestrain.

Play around on test.starsonata.com port 3032 with your current C1 accounts and see. I did not have many issues with the darkness, but some places were a bit too over the edge for sure.

For those complaining about not being able to see their ship or what direction they are pointing in, can you tell me for which ships? I am trying to add glowmaps to all ships eventually to alleviate this problem.

I think we will also add some kind of ambient lighting boost option for those who want it.

Once again, the response is much appreciated. My specific instances are:

Zebucart(+) and Paximinus against darkish backgrounds (especially with no nebulas). LOW graphics settings so I don't get the nice little cockpit glow on the Zebu.

Also,thank you thank you thank you. Being able to boost ambient lighting will be hugely appreciated by at least 11 players (judging by my other thread on the matter).

Turtle, Tort, EFF, Aether/Underscout, well... many ships and if u just got 1 dark sun in the gal u cant see shit even if ur siting on it