Request: Option to turn off Lens Flare

In today's Ranger showcase I noticed Lens Flare, and I personally feel it detracts from the game. Aesthetically and beyond.

Lens flare is caused by light scattering in the physical lens of a camera.
It is sometimes added to digital scenes in movies for a more authentic 'cinema' feel, but this is a game that should endeavor to suspend disbelief, not make us feel we're watching a movie.

I would like to kindly request an option to turn it off.

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CROW3

Doesn’t look like a lens flare to me, just looks like a bright morning sun.

SongRune

CROW3 wrote: »

Doesn’t look like a lens flare to me, just looks like a bright morning sun.

You're so used to seeing images of the sun that way though. The hazy aura can be attributed to mist of some form, but those pentagonal splotches mid-screen have no other explanation.

As for the OP, I agree. If nothing else, because it ruins the visibility of a gorgeous world (and situational awareness, as well).

Gizban

CROW3 wrote: »

Doesn’t look like a lens flare to me, just looks like a bright morning sun.

Do you notice the two large polygons on either side of the character?

If you go to that section of the stream you will notice they only appear when the sun is visible beyond the trees, and they shift about with character movement. It is a lens flare 'feature'.

CROW3

Oh, based on first glance of the image I thought those were rocks. I thought he was focusing on the light diffusion on the left.

I’ll wait to see what survives to testing. This kind of reminds me of games that add water droplets to the screen when your third-person toon is swimming. If it’s done well, it’s subtle, much more than that, is just too much.

Gizban

CROW3 wrote: »

Oh, based on first glance of the image I thought those were rocks. I thought he was focusing on the light diffusion on the left.

I’ll wait to see what survives to testing. This kind of reminds me of games that add water droplets to the screen when your third-person toon is swimming. If it’s done well, it’s subtle, much more than that, is just too much.

I spent 32 seconds of my life in Paint 3D to make this plain.. and you're indifferent? Outrageous.

CROW3

Blame the mojitos.

Taaku

I also hope we have an option to turn that off. I don't like lens flares and turn them off in games whenever I can. I find having them turned off I get a more natural looking environment and can get lost in the game easier without them.

Liniker

NO. This adds to the gameplay, making your positioning important, if you stand somewhere with the sun shinning on your eyes you should have a hard time seeing. I hope they Don't allow it to be switched off otherwise it will be the "meta" - same for not being able to reduce foliage in settings.

SongRune

Liniker wrote: »

NO. This adds to the gameplay, making your positioning important, if you stand somewhere with the sun shinning on your eyes you should have a hard time seeing. I hope they Don't allow it to be switched off otherwise it will be the "meta" - same for not being able to reduce foliage in settings.

I agree. Just do it the way it works for human eyes, instead of the way it works for video camera lenses. Get rid of lens flare.

George_Black

Just like they said that you wont be able to tone down the grass volume, dont expect to turn down the sun glare.

I like its beauty and its strategic importance.

Taaku

I'm sorry... am I missing something? Everyone bringing up strategic importance of sun glare in a tab target MMO?... Sun glare has literally never done anything strategic in an MMO when you can just target something...
<--- Am confused.

CroakerRPG

Taaku wrote: »

I'm sorry... am I missing something? Everyone bringing up strategic importance of sun glare in a tab target MMO?... Sun glare has literally never done anything strategic in an MMO when you can just target something...
<--- Am confused.

You running around just hitting Tab everywhere you go?

Give me a Perception roll and give it Advantage, I guess.

Taaku

GetDatGreg wrote: »

You running around just hitting Tab everywhere you go?

Whenever I am pvping, carrying loot / supplies / caravans, whatever the case. When it matters. Yes.
Whenever it doesn't matter, then no... cuz... it doesn't matter.

GetDatGreg wrote: »

Give me a Perception roll and give it Advantage, I guess.

NAT 20 BABY! I spot you a mile away hiding crouched in those bushes!

Taleof2Cities

Taaku wrote: »

I'm sorry... am I missing something? Everyone bringing up strategic importance of sun glare in a tab target MMO?... Sun glare has literally never done anything strategic in an MMO when you can just target something...
<--- Am confused.

Your opinions on tab targeting have been heard, @Taaku ... but keep them in that thread.

SongRune

George_Black wrote: »

Just like they said that you wont be able to tone down the grass volume, dont expect to turn down the sun glare.

I like its beauty and its strategic importance.

Agreed. They definitely shouldn't. It needs to be sun glare, though, not lens flare (which refers to a style of visual effect, not a level of intensity).

Lens flare and sun glare are different things!

So far nobody in this thread has actually disagreed. Everyone who's meant "lens flare" has wanted it gone. Everyone who's meant "sun glare" has wanted to keep it. Gotta keep in mind that they aren't the same thing.

Sun glare, no lens flare. Thanks Intrepid!

George_Black

Taaku wrote: »

I'm sorry... am I missing something? Everyone bringing up strategic importance of sun glare in a tab target MMO?... Sun glare has literally never done anything strategic in an MMO when you can just target something...
<--- Am confused.

Well I can place you to face the sun, knowing that you cant see my character model very well.

A person like you is going to unload all your abilities, sure as you know that you cant miss with your tab targeting.
But you wont see me casting my short duration selfbuff which may boost my def, which would lead to your complete waste of MP and you just put all your abilities on CD.

Again if I have you face the sun, you wont see me sending a stunning projectile. You wont block or dodge. You will get stunned.

Seeing the enemy character model at all times is important. If you have the option to turn off the glare you have the advantage. I dont see them making it optional.

And by judging how keen they are on weather and aesthetics, I dont see them making any adjustments.

PS. I prefer action to tab. But that's irrelevant.

BaSkA_9x2

Agree with the OP. I don't really care what it is, as long as I'm able to turn off all those effects, we're good. I only want to see the enemies and what skills they're using.

Gizban

Liniker wrote: »

NO. This adds to the gameplay, making your positioning important, if you stand somewhere with the sun shinning on your eyes you should have a hard time seeing. I hope they Don't allow it to be switched off otherwise it will be the "meta" - same for not being able to reduce foliage in settings.

Do you even know what lens flare is? Its light scattering inside of a camera lens.
Its not reproducing actual 'sun in someone's eye', its reproducing 'i'm a shooting a movie and the sun was in view'.

The brightness of the sun should obscure, not the shortcomings of optical technology reproduced.

Liniker

pyreal wrote: »

Do you even know what lens flare is? Its light scattering inside of a camera lens.
Its not reproducing actual 'sun in someone's eye', its reproducing 'i'm a shooting a movie and the sun was in view'.

The brightness of the sun should obscure, not the shortcomings of optical technology reproduced.

No shit Sherlock. Don't care, No camera effects that interact with visibility and give you a disadvantage should be allowed to be turned off.

Gizban

Liniker wrote: »

pyreal wrote: »

Do you even know what lens flare is? Its light scattering inside of a camera lens.
Its not reproducing actual 'sun in someone's eye', its reproducing 'i'm a shooting a movie and the sun was in view'.

The brightness of the sun should obscure, not the shortcomings of optical technology reproduced.

No shit Sherlock. Don't care, No camera effects that interact with visibility and give you a disadvantage should be allowed to be turned off.

Then it ought to be removed altogether. I'm a genius!

You can either call for one action and be shouted down by the mob, or offer something different and let the mob demand what you really want.

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