Gamma (Brightness) slider or some way making it easier to see at night (too dark)
Trying to plan buildings during the night can be a little hard to see, even just making it brighter when the build menu is open would be nice.
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22 Mar, '22
K MergedHighlighted comment
The dark of the night is really hard to see things, especially if you're playing during the day time (irl). -
22 Sep, '21
Niels van der Rest MergedWhenever night falls, I am almost unable to see what is going on with my PC screen.
It is just too dark! I don't want to faceplant my face onto my screen to see my game.
I've included a screenshot where I just started out (first night).
Either give me the option to adjust night light level, display a permanent area light glow at the cursor location or something better. -
23 Sep, '21
Gin Fuyou System"Night too dark" (suggested by Niels van der Rest on 2021-09-22), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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23 Sep, '21
Gin Fuyou Admin@ Niels van der Rest, you screencap looks fine to me, I guess it depends on monitor, merging with this suggestion.
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28 Sep, '21
Tyler Parker MergedA QOL feature that some people may want is an option to not have the daylight cycle on and have it showing day all the time. The game will still go through the day night cycle but will appear day. I would like this because when I play this game, the night cycles are too dark and sun glare hits my laptop so I cannot see anything. Great game guys!
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29 Sep, '21
Gin Fuyou System"daylight all the time" (suggested by Tyler Parker on 2021-09-28), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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06 Oct, '21
TheGroomedGamer MergedIt is really difficult to do anything during the night cycle (plan stuff out) due to the night cycle being so dark. I couldn't find anything in the settings to make it lighter
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06 Oct, '21
Gin Fuyou System"Make the night cycle not as dark" (suggested by TheGroomedGamer on 2021-10-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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10 Oct, '21
giacomo MergedIt would be nice to take away the dark mode for night, so that you don't have to squint while playing in a bright room
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11 Oct, '21
Gin Fuyou System"Toggle night/day mode" (suggested by giacomo on 2021-10-10), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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13 Oct, '21
Jaro Mergedneed gamma control in settings or maybe just an option to turn off night time visually
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13 Oct, '21
Gin Fuyou System"night time to dark" (suggested by Jaro on 2021-10-13), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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22 Oct, '21
larksieI wonder if you can track how many times people try to turn their brightness up during the night cycle — it's way too dark to see enough to build things. Perhaps increasing brightness (and maybe contrast?) but lowering saturation and/or colour temperature would create a better base brightness level for nighttime, while still feeling like night? But an option to manually adjust to custom settings would also be great (though seems more complicated).
Full disclosure, I wear glasses (though my low-light vision with glasses is no worse than anyone else's) and am playing on a laptop (small screen). I don't think either of those should make it impossible to plan builds while my beavers are sleeping though. -
23 Oct, '21
Alex MergedI play at the highest speed and the short amount of time between day and night is obnoxious. Mostly because I'm trying to do things and it gets so dark and low contrast I can't see what I'm setting up very well. I do wish the day/night cycle was longer but I also understand that it's short because of the speed I play at. However, it'd probably be a nice compromise if it wasn't so dark during it. Love the game btw! Thank you it's a ton of fun I just spent like 5hrs straight playing it :grimacing:
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24 Oct, '21
Gin Fuyou System"Make night time less dark or something" (suggested by Alex on 2021-10-23), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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01 Dec, '21
OXO MergedIt would be great if the possibility existed that the darkness could be deactivated at night. (bad for eyes and overview)
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02 Dec, '21
Gin Fuyou System"Darkness" (suggested by OXO on 2021-12-01), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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04 Dec, '21
Gin Fuyou Admin MergedSorry, but we ask to use only English for all topics except translation. You can use Google Translate or other service to update title and description or post it in comments, otherwise I'll have to delete it.
To be merged here https://timberborn.featureupvote.com/suggestions/215903/gamma-brightness-slider-or-some-way-making-it-easier-to-see-at-night -
18 Dec, '21
Gin Fuyou System"夜の明るさ調整" (suggested by Sei on 2021-12-04), including upvotes (1) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
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07 Mar, '22
Gin Fuyou System"It's too dark in the night" (suggested by Lim on 2022-03-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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08 Mar, '22
Belinda MergedSuggest to make night time less dark, makes it difficult to build and see where you are. Perhaps a toggle so you can see what you are doing at night.
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08 Mar, '22
Gin Fuyou System"Night time is too dark" (suggested by Belinda on 2022-03-08), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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22 Mar, '22
Gin Fuyou System"Darkness/night" (suggested by Krista on 2022-03-22), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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10 Jun, '22
Noissar MergedI find it extremely hard to see while it is night time. It is mostly my setup that amplifies the issue (using a projector), that said the Day Time is almost perfect to the point I can not even offer a suggestion. The night on the other hand... it is like someone slapped the moon and it is sulking in the corner.
a 1 - 5 night time illumination setting would be loved.
Colourblind priority would be nice, but that is a far more niche request that while slightly bothersome is not as frustrating as not being able to see at ll for a few mins at a time.
May the Moon Shine. -
12 Jun, '22
Gin Fuyou System"Night too dark" (suggested by Noissar on 2022-06-10), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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26 Nov, '22
Mithmort MergedI had previously upvoted a suggestion about "fog", but I took that back after playing with that toggle in dev console. "Fog" doesn't seem to be what's causing me issues (it only seems to make everything less vibrant, day or night).
My beavers spend their first cycles running nearly 24/{however-many-days-there-are-in-a-cycle}, so I spend of lot of time managing them in the night. Even later game I'm doing this and that while they goof off or sleep. Brats. ;)
I find it very hard to see things on the screen when it darkens -- brown against brown against brown becomes a mass of nearly indistinguishable items (just wait, you'll have old eyes some day).
So I up my computer's brightness, then comes day and it's too bright, and/or I ctrl-tab to any other program on my computer and am blinded by the brightness, so I'm constantly finding myself adjusting the brightness on my computer.
A settings slider to control how dark night gets in comparison to day could make that all go away -
28 Nov, '22
Gin Fuyou System"QOL Suggestion: Add Settings Option to Control Night's Darkness" (suggested by Mithmort on 2022-11-26), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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31 Mar, '23
BcowI don't have a high quality monitor and I find it difficult to build during the in-game night. I also watch a streamer who plays timberborn and they say playing during the in-game night is challenging because they have the added handicap of having lights in their face and so they need very bright settings to see. They would prefer to skip night altogether.
Perhaps an option to go in to "build mode" when the game is paused where one can choose to have it be daytime to see if you are placing things correctly? Either that or a lower contrast between day and night so when you adjust screen brightness for the game it will work for both cycles and won't be jarring at top speed. -
14 Apr, '23
Luke MergedI've been struggling to see what I'm building when the night cycle starts. The dimness level is murder on the eyes. An option to set the percentage of time that night cycles should last would give players more time to queue up construction projects. Also a setting for night cycle darkness could be helpful.
The alternative approach now is to speed everything up to skip the night cycles. But this can start to feel tedious, and the game tends to ramp up its processing needs once the beavers wake up. Having a slider in the settings panel to extend or shorten daylight hours would let the player avoid micromanaging the night cycle speed and would be easier on the eyes. -
20 Apr, '23
Gin Fuyou Admin"Settings for daylight hours and night cycle dimness" (suggested by Luke on 2023-04-14), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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05 May, '24
Beaver Explorer MergedMy eyesight isn't great and I need the screen to be brighter to see it more easily.
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15 May, '24
Gin Fuyou System"Screen is too dark" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-05-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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09 Oct, '24
RaederlePLEASE do something about it being so hard to see at night. This could be on a "disability options" screen in settings. Between eye-strain issues and simulator sickness, the games I can play is already very limited. Thank you!
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28 Nov, '24
diane MergedI'm not too fond of it when it's dark in games. The beavers can still sleep, I just want to see easily
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11 Dec, '24
Gin Fuyou System"24 hour light" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-11-28), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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12 Dec, '24
PelekuxI noticed similar things. Especially if im playing in 3x, the constant day night single is a bit stressfull to my eyes. An ability to turn off the lighting or lessen it would be great. Ofcourse the beavers can still sleep but a option for constant day lighting would be great.
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02 Feb, '25
BronyaThe night time brightness level really hurts my eyes, I find myself becoming prone to headaches if I pay too much attention to the game during the night cycle. Lot of squinting to see whats going on. A slider for brightness or perhaps even a Day Time / Night Time slider for the sake of visibility? No impact on time, but a Night Only or Day Only setting for visibility might actually be pretty nice.
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19 Feb, '25
k.kunihiro MergedAnother city builder also has night.
It gives a good atmosphere but can be hard to see.
There is an option to turn off the night view mode.
I enjoy simulation, so I would like to be able to turn off the night view mode so I can concentrate on the simulation. -
19 Feb, '25
Gin Fuyou System"I would like the option to light up at night." (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-02-19), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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12 May, '25
Dyl MergedAdd a mode that allows it be daylight all the time, so no shift to nighttime. Games like Hearts of Iron and City Builder have a similar modes. It would allow us to better see our towns, its hard to visual plan while it's dark.
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13 May, '25
Gin Fuyou System"Perm Day/Night Mode" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-05-12), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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26 Jun, '25
Rob MergedWhen it's night time the game is very difficult to play, as the contract ends up low and things are very hard to see. I end up turning my monitor brightness up and down a lot while playing. This should be considered an accessibility issue.
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04 Jul, '25
Gin Fuyou System"Make nighttime brighter" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-06-26), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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23 Sep, '25
Gin Fuyou System"Eye fatigue" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-09-22), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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12 Dec, '25
RaederleThe light changing gives me migraines if I try to just "push through". Playing more than half an hour at a time without the mods for removing night effects is impossible. When I first tried the game I tried putting it at max speed for the night and twiddling my thumbs waiting for night to pass, and then putting it on the lowest speed during the day. Since the max speed isn't all that fast, this was annoying.
(Context: My extreme sensitivity to light changes was noticed as an infant. I have a special low blue-light monitor and I rely on the low-blue light setting, which does make my screen darker than average.)
I'd prefer not having to entirely disable all night/day effects. I would love to watch all the lights come on! I just need the effect to be about 90% less dramatic. An ability to scale the drama of the light/day difference to a custom percentage of default would be ideal.
This would be one of several things I'd suggest listing on a settings page for sensory sensitivities. -
20 Mar
Nico-G MergedI play Timberborn on a laptop in a sometimes very bright room. When it’s night in-game, I can barely see anything, making it hard to plan my beavers’ next-day tasks. I’d love a 'Night Vision' mode—specifically a 'spotlight' feature that displays the game as if it were daytime within a large circle at the screen’s center, while keeping the edges dark to remind players it’s still night. This would allow smooth gameplay during in-game nights, while preserving immersion. The spotlight could be toggled on/off for flexibility. Thanks for considering this quality-of-life improvement!
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20 Mar
Gin Fuyou System"Night Vision Mode: Spotlight Feature for Better Nighttime Gameplay" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-03-20), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.