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[Navid A1]

I wonder if its just me and my video settings or not... but i realized that colors ingame tend to become darker and more pale compared to mechlab!!!
noticed it with nearly all colors (except black of course).

not a big deal... but considering the fact that you can not TRY the colors (ingame) before buying them... it kind of leads to you not getting what you expect.

???

[Wintersdark]

It varies based on the map. Each map has a slightly different color filter (different suns, after all!) so everything looks different.

[Sandpit]

there's also a big difference in graphics settings as well

huge

[Navid A1]

Sandpit, on 21 July 2014 - 10:27 PM, said:

there's also a big difference in graphics settings as well

huge

can you elaborate?
i tried some different settings with no effect...!

[Sandpit]

Navid A1, on 21 July 2014 - 10:50 PM, said:

can you elaborate?
i tried some different settings with no effect...!

I used to have to play at low settings but with my new laptop I can run everything maxed out and there's a huge difference in colors and shades that I couldn't see before.

[Xmith]

That's easy to explain.

One shot is outdoor and the other shot is indoor.

[BARBAR0SSA]

Yeah I noticed this as well, Try tourmaline desert and see, it seems to make everything the brightest.

I have AJ Cyan and it was pretty dull on maps like Caustic and Mordor.

Edited by shad0w4life, 22 July 2014 - 07:11 AM.

[627]

I think you get the best "true" color on crimson straight and after that alpine. But it is still not the same. I have something like 6 different red colors by now but if you mix those up in a come, ingame it is more or less just red. Have to say, camo choice is a big influence, too.

[Zypher]

It's just the engine, shaders, filters, etc. I will admit it could use some tweaking, it doesn't make sense that overall the colors are more vivid in a hanger where you would have more spotlight type lighting with hard shadows. While outside there is more ambient light which would should reveal more of the color.

[Rhaythe]

IIRC, the lighting system you see in the mechlab is not the same system you see in-game. Something something three-light system something mechlab something something. Basically, the lighting engine is slightly tweaked to provide more "glamor" shots in the mechlab, while it's down to more efficient settings in-game.

Also, each map may have its own ambient color, which will further skew results.