I am loving it! What a great job!

"Nocturnal Beauty" by MyOneGod was created because I was not active for a long time and it only does the visual effect changes, but not the tactical enhancement. And big thanks to MyOneGod who created his very nice mod.

My Mod should NOT be used together with the "Nocturnal Beauty" mod, as they would overwrite them selfs on the visual part. Not sure which one would take over the upper hand.

As "Nocturnal Beauty" does a great job in the visual changes, my mod also changes the behaviour in night and underground operations in terms of visual detection range and chance to hit propabilities, thus making those mission harder.

Should I run this WITH the "Nocturnal Beauty" mod?

@alfn86
Thanks. I'm glad you like it.

Bro, this mod is amazing!
I really enjoy using it!
Simple and effective, wonderful.
I made it mandatory to play my own mod!
Wonderful mod!
=D

UPDATE:

* reworked the mod to work better in different environments and color gradings
* reworked the mod to function properly in underground maps

UPDATE:

* Updated the mod to function with game version 1.5 again
* removed not needed NightVision goggles code fix

For anyone interested in the visual part of this mod, check out my spiritual successor:
Nocturnal Beauty

It looks like the author abandoned this wonderful mod. Can anyone adapt it to the current patch?

Is the hope that this mod will work still alive?

@deputydawg it's fine as long as you just use it for the visual darkness, at least, and turn off the gameplay settings., which can be adjusted by other combat mods which are 1.5-updated. The aesthetic difference is enough for me to keep it in my modlist. Night just seems so ridiculously bright and washed out without it.

Does this work with 1.5?

Do Thermal scopes work at night? Sniper rifles with thermal scopes should dominate night ops, just like they do in real life.

I'm still on my Asia trip. As said, I'll update this mod as soon as I am back.

Is there a chance that this mod will be reanimated in terms of the possibility of enabling dark mode? As I understand it, the developers have already included the rest in patch 1.3.

Hey, great mod! thanks for it!


I was having a look at the code, and noticed you seem to override the unit:GetSightRadius.
Im not sure what the override does, but I noticed it is out-of-date, it is not considering the new Unit Reaction system that was implemented. Maybe you can update it? have a look a the new function too and see if the override is still necessary. Thanks

Thanks @Ragnakora
I'll look into it as soon as I am back from vacation :D

Patch 1.3 made mod wrecking changes to variable CurrentModOptions.
By default it will not contain anything.
You need to check if the call is for your mod like so:


function OnMsg.ApplyModOptions(mod_id)
if mod_id ~= CurrentModId then return end
options.mod_darker_nights_lights_level = CurrentModOptions["mod_darker_nights_lights_level"]
options.mod_darker_nights_vision = CurrentModOptions["mod_darker_nights_vision"]
options.mod_darker_nights_debug = CurrentModOptions["mod_darker_nights_debug"]
end

Thanks guys.
Yes 1.3 broke the mod currently.
As soon as I have a fix I'll let you guys know.

I.e. it turns out that this mod is no longer needed?

BTW, in 1.3 patch, dev've already fixed the ' the visual impairment effect in dark areas by 50% '
Here is the code I found where they fix it in function Unit:GetSightRadius(other, base_sight, step_pos)
--
if night_time and other then
local darknessMod = const.EnvEffects.DarknessSightMod
if self:HasNightVision() then
local penaltyReduce = CharacterEffectDefs.NightOps:ResolveValue("night_vision_penalty_reduction")
darknessMod = MulDivRound(darknessMod, penaltyReduce, 100)
end
modifier = modifier + darknessMod
end
--

@ice-design Hi all Mod options in 1.3 are not working anymore. When I update my mod, I found you may consider this new method:
function OnMsg.OptionsApply()
local Option = ''
Option = CurrentModOptions["mod_darker_nights_vision"]
if Option == 'Apply Darker Nights new Vision Range' then
return applyDarkerNightsVision()

I use this method or similar to successfully updated my hardcore enemies mod and also fixed yours. Hope it helps :)

After Patch 1.3, I am getting this error:

D:\GAMES\STEAM\steamapps\common\Jagged Alliance 3\CommonLua\Classes\Mod.lua(1119): metamethod __index
Mod/obzeuEx/Code/ModDarkerNights.lua(3): <>

No wonder Ambidex NightOp merc suck.

This is a vanilla settings.
I am not going to touch this.
The mod is only chaning the current vanilla parts of visual improvments and night behaviour. Not the times.

Do you think the night starting for real only at 21:00 is a bit odd? Like, would be possible to add a feature to change it? Because, at least for me, the common hour when there is night is from 19:00 to 5:00.
Btw, I am really enjoyning this mod, very good. It adds another layer to the strategy.

The 3 darknes options just change the visual darknes of the nights.
The gameplay changes are identical between those 3 options.

Hi, congrats for the mod, I really liked it!
For sure it changed how night combat is played.
So, I noticed there is 3 options of darkness and my question is: there is a difference in how dark is the night among those 3 options or what changes is just the perception ranges and stats?

Combining* NVG with* helmets?

Would this work with mods like Timmeh's Armor Overhaul which allow coming NVG to helmet? NVG keep their upgrades properties once combined?

@ice-design This good news!

That would be lovely

This is a good idea.
I can build a standalone version to seperate vanilla NVGs and NightOps behaviors, as I do not think this should be part of this mod here.

Love it! Would it be possible to have a version where the night ops perk and NVGs stack? I think it's a bit ridiculous that the perk and NVGs are identical.. and a person with the perk gets no benefit from the NVGs. :)

You are reffering to the aim penalty.
I have not changed aim penalties in this mod, only visual night darkness and sight ranges.

A mercenary with a "Night Ops perk" has a penalty of -9, and a mercenary with a "Night vision goggles" has no penalties. Adding "Night vision goggles" to it doesn't change anything.

In vanilla game the values do not add up and are identical in the code. So there is no difference between those two.
Basically the NVG just add the Night Ops perk to the merc.

The effects of "Night Ops perk" and "Night vision goggles" as I understand it do not add up? "Night vision goggles" has a bigger bonus.

Great mod! The game has become much more interesting. Now, indeed, night has become night. Thank you so much for the work done.

Hmm. Ok.

Every enemy NPC in this game has the possibility to have NVG equipped. Even legion.
Only if you can reproduce your issue on every Legion NPC, then this is not NVG related.
All test I have made work just fine on most enemies you encounter.

Also, looking at your screenshot. You are not in shadow. Not sure why, but the dot next to your char name is full white. means you are lighted up. This can happen if your weapon has a laser pointer or flashlight. Then you are visible like in day light.

@ice-design these are just Legion enemies, they aren't using NVG

Enemies can have NVG too. This is a vanilla setting.

I don't think that the enemies are subject to the same penalties as I am somehow. They spot me when I can't even see them, and while I'm wearing NVG. Evidence: https://ibb.co/V9nQK2G

seems like legion enemies with rifles (ak) are still able to perfectly hit my mercs in blinding darkness while i cant hit them back...i like the mod overall tho

yes. works perfectly with 1.1.1

Safe to use for 1.1.11 hotfix?

Ok got it, yeah it wasn't that, they just seem super accurate that's all. I guess it's just MI difficulty haha.

Enemies are affected. In combat they just start shooting blind at you while you are out of sight, if they knew or heard your position before. This is vanilla game mechanics.

Is it me or are enemies not affected by this mod?