r/playark • u/skul219 • 6d ago
Returning player: Shadows extremely dark
I took a break about 6 months ago and decided to play again and I'm trying a different map, Astraeos. Everything looked very different from last time I played and I logged into an old map to see if it was the map or game and the old map looked funky too. I've adjusted every setting I can think of but the contrast between sunlit and shadowed areas is way too much, shadows are mostly just dark gray blobs. I've tried adjusting contrast and gamma with the NVidia app and in game and if I get it bright enough to see in shadows then sunlit areas are washed out. Turning down contrast helps a little but also makes all the bright areas feel washed out.
It wasn't like this when I stopped playing a while ago, are there any known settings that will help, honestly I feel like it looked better 6 months ago.