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    • Sladow-NoobS Offline
      Sladow-Noob
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      Unironically I use the eye-saver mode and it drastically helps to reduce the brightness. Even though the first minute is a pain until you're getting used to it again, if it's possible to enable it with only one button as I can do on my monitor, I'd advice trying out that one.
      I do agree that the brightness should be lowered a bit though, especially watching people play these with Bloom turned on it's just a pain

      Inactive.

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      • BlackYpsB Offline
        BlackYps
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        Turning the overall brightness any lower makes the snow look like gray ash again. We could try to make the snow a little bluer to increase the contrast to the green mexes. That's why I asked for specific snow maps that are better for you. On my monitor the mapgen maps don't appear too bright, so I rely on your input for maps that do it better

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        • waffelzNoobW Offline
          waffelzNoob
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          niflheim, arctic refuge, frithen, polar depression, metir
          what all of these maps have in common is that they mix a darker texture with the snow, or use a darker texture as the base while using the white snow as a decorative layer (mainly noticed on niflheim and polar depression)

          frick snoops!

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            Sheikah @BlackYps
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            @blackyps
            Making the snow bluer is not a good idea as this would likely increase eye strain when looking at the map.

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            • ? Offline
              A Former User
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              It's funny, but I had to surrender on a 1v1 neroxis snow map because my eyes said no.

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              • ? Offline
                A Former User @Sheikah
                last edited by

                @sheikah Yes, blue is high-frequency, more energy, there are solutions for all operating systems to reduce blue light when you are about to go to sleep.

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                  Sonofibis
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                  Dr disrespect has the solution!

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                  • archsimkatA Offline
                    archsimkat
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                    Adding to this thread, I also think that it's really hard to see mex locations on snowy mapgens.

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                    I have to strain my eyes a lot more than other map types to see the mex spots and over time have noticed on multiple occasions that I, or someone I'm in a call with, miss a mex or two on these types of maps.

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                    • waffelzNoobW Offline
                      waffelzNoob
                      last edited by

                      I usually turn up my screen brightness a lot and im afraid thats not very good for my eyes lol

                      frick snoops!

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                      • BlackYpsB Offline
                        BlackYps
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                        I assume you both play with bloom off?

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                        • IndexLibrorumI Offline
                          IndexLibrorum Global Moderator
                          last edited by IndexLibrorum

                          @BlackYps @Jip Can we have a toggle that changes the color of the mex to something like a dull-red? Bit similar to the toggle for team colours.

                          Should help since the contrast between a red and white is significantly better than with the green/yellow we have now. If you're wanna be all fancy, could have it auto-detect on maps that use snow textures.

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                          • waffelzNoobW Offline
                            waffelzNoob @BlackYps
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                            @blackyps yes

                            frick snoops!

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                            • BanthaFodderB Offline
                              BanthaFodder @waffelzNoob
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                              @waffelznoob said in mapgen snow maps are too bright:

                              i remember seeing this on the forums a while back but cant find it
                              anyway, snow maps are too bright. when can we expect this to be fixed?

                              Either turn your screen brightness down for snow maps or wear sunglasses.

                              I wouldn't advise too dark a shade of sunglasses though, you want the ones with a mild shade that dims the light by say, 5-10%.

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                              • waffelzNoobW Offline
                                waffelzNoob
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                                average gamer wearing sunglasses in his dark room

                                frick snoops!

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