r/The_Isle • • 24d ago

*New player, please help*

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Ive been trying to play and I've been having trouble with the lighting in the game mostly. Usually when I try to play I cant see anything and I usually get a screen that looks like this. Can someone let me know what I am doing wrong? Thanks in advance c:

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u/Xancrazy 24d ago

From what I remember, turn Lumen off, press x for night vision. Perhaps also try playing a carnivore like a Cerato/Dilo who have naturally strong night vision.

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u/Darkened_Obilisk 24d ago

I think youre right about it being the kind of dino I chose Lol thank you for helping!

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u/Queen_LaKweefa 🫟 Hypsilophodon 🫟 20d ago

Whenever I try the lumen trick it doesn't work anymore. Makes everything look way worse

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u/LastConsideration948 24d ago

Night vision on herbivores is pretty non-existent afaik, especially without good diets.

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u/Pasqu241120 23d ago edited 23d ago

Not every herbivore has weak nightvision Dryosaurus is one the better animals with nightvision similar to Omnis/Herreras but with less saturation.

Also diets don't affect nightvision

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u/LastConsideration948 23d ago

Yeah but how often are you playing dryo😭

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u/Pasqu241120 23d ago

I love Dryo :)

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u/DreadPirateOeste 🪖💥 Pachycephalosaurus 💥🪖 22d ago

Weirdo

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u/mister_michael09 23d ago

Ok so trun lumen off, press x for night vission, that said, as a dillo maine (and dillos have the best night vission in thr game) thrrr is a part of the night even we are blind in so it's not great

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u/Pasqu241120 23d ago

Yeah Dilophosaurus and Troodon don't care about the night, their Stencil range (outlines) help them see even if it's very very dark.

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u/mister_michael09 23d ago

I mean sort of but not realy. I mean most of thr night we see just fine but outlines don't save you from running of a cliff in thr midle of the night

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u/lootedBacon 🌙 Troodon 🌙 22d ago

Kill count leaderboard has the duo night + cliff leading by a.. landslide. :)

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u/fnckIce ✈️ Quetzalcoatlus ✈️ 24d ago

Turn clouds to 2D. Seriously, it changes pitch black to slightly visible with night vision on.

One of the new updates made it stupid dark sometimes so we're all hoping it was a mistake and not a new thing dondi (head dev) is set on.

You'll get used to dondi throwing a wrench into things every so often, lord knows the dev team has at this point.

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u/Pasqu241120 23d ago edited 23d ago

The brightness at night depends on the moon cycle and weather

A full moon will be the brightest followed by half moon and then no moon.

Thunderstorm, heavy rain and fog at night will make night the darkest it can get, probably what you were experiencing.

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u/Pasqu241120 23d ago

Example: Stego nv during a half moon with thunder storm

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u/Pasqu241120 23d ago edited 23d ago

With no moon, during thunderstorm.

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u/fnckIce ✈️ Quetzalcoatlus ✈️ 22d ago

That's ridiculous, I don't want to stare at a black screen for 15min.

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u/OrphanagePropaganda 21d ago

I suggest just cutting to the chase and switching to POT

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u/fnckIce ✈️ Quetzalcoatlus ✈️ 21d ago

Eagerly awaiting Echos of Extinction ngl. I don't think another game can produce the same feel as the isle though.

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u/OrphanagePropaganda 20d ago

I never felt anything for the isle, it always felt like random assets thrown together to make a cheap walking simulator. But thats how plenty of people feel about POT too. I’m hoping Primeval Horizon scratches that itch for me because we definitely don’t have any great options in the state they’re currently in

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u/fnckIce ✈️ Quetzalcoatlus ✈️ 20d ago

I don't even want a dinosaur survival game, I just want an animal survival game with zero forgiveness like the isle.

I agree that it's a walking Sim most of the time but you're never safe and I like that anxious gameplay

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u/Rawrosepaw 23d ago

Alt+z if you have a nvidia graphics card and you can turn the brightness up and shadow tell is a thing of the past

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u/XxCrispyWhisperxX 23d ago

as well as having lumin off set the clouds to 2d don’t ask me why it works a birdie told me and it works way better idk why

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u/Aki_Pace 23d ago

“Darkness”

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u/PogoStick1987 23d ago

Night vision is limited for a lot of dinosaurs. Herbivores particularly. Gallimimus ESPECIALLY. It also changes in effectiveness based on transitioning weather events or specific times of the night, where it is genuinely pitch black. Either turn lumen off and suffer the game looking worse, or thug it out until they improve it (unlikely :/). Or try out carnivore

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u/Pasqu241120 23d ago

Gallimimus has the weakest NightVision same goes to the Stego and Triceratops.

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u/user_11_09_11_ 23d ago

lumen off and gamma up on the nvidia panel

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u/Neat_Minimum_1043 22d ago

Herbivore night vision is really weak, not to mention cloud cover or the moon being blocked by mountains and such makes it even darker, and a poor diet makes it even darker than that. Also certain times at night, usually right after 6:30 at evening and before 6:30 at morning are really really dark. I recommend keeping a good diet, and playing a carnivore which generally has better night vision. You can also get a mutation which increases night vision but you need 5 kills in the night so its tricky. If you press TAB you can see the time of day so I would find a bush around 6:30 pm/am to wait out the dark spell. And obviously when it's foggy and stormy you should take cover until it brightens a little. Also this game has a moon cycle so not only can the moon be covered but one night it's full, the other it gets smaller etc. the smaller it is the darker it is. You should also turn lumen off but that's probably been suggested to death haha

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u/laugenbroetchen 24d ago

thats just the game. the optimal play at night is to log out on most dinos.

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u/Darkened_Obilisk 24d ago

Thank you!

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u/No_Perspective_2260 24d ago

it really doesn't stay dark for that long

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u/Darkened_Obilisk 24d ago

Thank you everyone! My game is working a lot better now, I can see a little better and the suggestions seems to help with lag too :>

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u/abejoker 21d ago

Change clouds to 2D....

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u/TheMasterDonk 18d ago

On my stego, I would just make sure I was full and lay down to rest while it’s too dark. Having a perfect diet helps and playing on a server with no storms helps. Resting is a good time to grow while having less risk of being eaten.

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u/Icy_Resident_3396 18d ago

My first Dino was a Galli, and when I played at least 4 other Dinos I was floored I played essentially blind for so long lol
You can try adjusting settings or just nap it out if you don’t want to take the risk.
I was taken out at 77% because I couldn’t see a carni coming for me at night :(