Talk:Friend of the Night

It's not working inside a building for me. Do you know why??? 74.58.84.44 17:42, October 23, 2010 (UTC) Nick

It doesn't always turn on inside, only if the area has low visibility. That is to say, even if it's somewhat dim but still moderately easy to see, it won't necessarily turn on. Shinyd00meyes 00:07, October 24, 2010 (UTC)

If you read below it seems as though it operates based on time of day and not how dark it actually is. So if it's not working inside, it's probably because it's not night.Ilovefuzzykittens 22:27, October 26, 2010 (UTC)

What does this perk do?
Does this perk make it easier to see in the dark? Or does it just cut the time it takes to adjust to bright/dark areas from 1second down to half a second? (worthless or awesome?)

Sign your posts... The perk makes eveything a bit brighter around 5:50PM-???AM and inside buildings. The change is sudden. But it is pretty useful. Especially if you do travel at night etc. It does not cut the natural adjustment time, which is, BTW, almost nonexistent anyway. On 360 at least. T51b 19:00, October 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * For me it seems to work at around 8pm to 5am... But when you're inside, even if it's really dark, it'll still turn off just because it's "day" (I found this out when it decided to turn off on me while getting mauled by a hoard of feral ghouls...) Glomulus 00:09, October 24, 2010 (UTC)

Tint color
I'm having second thoughts about the apparent tint color being based on the surroundings. Indoors I initially thought it seemed to reflect the color of the walls (i.e. gray concrete walls = cyan outdoor tint, wooden/dirt/cave-stone walls = auburn-ish tint), can anyone back me up on that? I know for sure that there IS a tint, and there doesn't just seem to be one because of a saturation increase; having it turn on indoors due to nightfall, that's easy to see. The reason I ask, is that it just turned on while I was inside the Bison Steve Hotel in Primm and was clearly cyan, though it has predominately tan/brown walls. Shinyd00meyes 06:18, October 25, 2010 (UTC)

it seems to be based on what little light is available in the area and not the background color, I have been picking up a blue tint when near the black lights in that plant vault, but never as much as the cateye though.Superinsomniac 04:42, October 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * That might be it. Coincidentally, I just stopped by the area where I first saw a reddish tint (inside wolfhorn ranch, with no apparent light sources) and checked; the tint in there really didn't have any hue at all (just white), so it seemed like it matched the walls as it brought all the colors out a bit. Shinyd00meyes 15:14, October 27, 2010 (UTC)

want the effects with out wasting the perk?
simply go to the settings, go to visual, than max out brightness, it won't automaticly tone down for you in the light, but you will be able to see in the dark without wasting the perk. I used to do this in fallout 3 all the time, and this perk prety much does the same thing (automatically setting brightness to max and tinting the screen slightly when in the dark)Superinsomniac 04:45, October 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * on my machine even at 100% brightntess everything is still very dark at night
 * Adjust your monitor settings then. :) Ilovefuzzykittens 14:31, November 28, 2010 (UTC)

accuracy?
so does this effect your accuracy in vats at night in any way? Roflmaomgz 22:51, June 24, 2011 (UTC)

the effect seems to kicks in a little too late?
at 20:00 the daylight starts going down, however with this perk enabled at 20:15-16, the brightness goes back up again, presumably the effect of this perk kicking in.

tested with a char without the perk, daylight fades correctly, added the perk to the same character, no other changes and at 20:15, it happens.