Did I just go properly blind?

Vanbiscuit · #1 01-04-2018, 09:11 PM

I would never have played a human on live because they can't see for shit. So, wasn't racial sight never a thing on p99? Anyway, just a few moments ago I was running across LOIO with my human and everything went dark like I was trying to run through BB with a Barb back in 1999.

Did something just happen or do I not ride on the full sized bus?

d3r14k · #2 01-04-2018, 09:18 PM

I play as a Barbarian occasionally and I always thought that the P99 darkness wasn't nearly as bad as on Live. I remember actually getting lost years ago in the dark and I can't see that ever happening to me nowadays. Maybe it's just because I know the zones better as an adult, but I can't help but think that the gamma isn't quite the same as it used to be.

Short buses are more fun, anyway.

beargryllz · #3 01-04-2018, 11:53 PM

P99 darkness is weak ass shit

Your settings might be jacked up because humans can see almost perfectly even in the dead of night on P99

skarlorn · #4 01-05-2018, 12:01 AM

I've lowered my eq gamma to like 10 or 20% across the board to try and get back ye Olde Dark

nostalgiaquest · #5 01-05-2018, 12:02 AM

I'm playing on a mac and it's unbearably dark on my human monk.

Izmael · #6 01-05-2018, 03:56 AM

P99 dark is very clear.

Back on live, playing a human or barb, with no vision spell/item, you'd be literally blind in the night. You'd only see the gleaming eyes of a skeleton when it was close enough to bash your face in already.

Necrostoner · #7 01-05-2018, 08:19 AM

Yeah, there was an actual reason people picked toons with nightvision. Dark elves were king for a reason.

Lulz~Sect · #8 01-05-2018, 08:54 AM

When I had p1999 running off a Mac in 2013, the lighting was pretty close. Would be cool to see this working.

Raavak · #9 01-05-2018, 10:53 AM

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Yeah, there was an actual reason people picked toons with nightvision. Dark elves were king for a reason.

And all those summoned light source lines had a purpose.

Lhancelot · #10 01-05-2018, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanbiscuit [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I would never have played a human on live because they can't see for shit. So, wasn't racial sight never a thing on p99? Anyway, just a few moments ago I was running across LOIO with my human and everything went dark like I was trying to run through BB with a Barb back in 1999.

Did something just happen or do I not ride on the full sized bus?

Sounds to me like some GM decided to have some fun with you and dim your lights remotely. GMs can hide and follow you around, doing all kinds of mischievous things.

I have had weird things like this happen too, unnatural strange worldly occurrences where there are simply no rational explanations to be found except, a GM did it.