Progressive lighting?

[bad_philanthropy]

Anyone seeing progressive lighting? Seems like during night games at least the sun never goes down. In fact the sky doesn't seem to change at all.

[XxJustAguessxX]

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I thought I was the only one to notice this, day games also don't seem to get darker either.

[jasontoddwhitt]

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Just played a dynasty game. Late afternoon start....shadows kept stretching across the field. By the fourth quarter, it was dusk and the lights were on.

[DorianDonP]

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Same problem here bro. Night games never get as night as they should be...the sun is still usually in the sky even in the 4th quarter of an 8 PM game.

Testing it further, yeah I do think there needs to be some tweaks. The games that are supposed to be night are jarring when they are evening.

Take for instance the thursday night game of an east coast team.

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It starts off with the sun firmly in the sky.

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And while it does progress, this is what it looks like in the 4th quarter, a simulated 3 hours later.

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As opposed to what FSU vs NC State early last year looked like in the 4th.

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It seems as if the right looks are in the game, they are just assigned to the wrong timeslots. The 7 PM lighting/look should be for the 4PM/afternoon timeslot and the 9/10PM lighting/look should be for the 7/8PM/evening timeslots.

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...s-dynasty.html

[Unlucky 13]

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It depends on the stadium and time of day. Its very evident at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg. Ive also seen it happen at Oregon as well.

[Cardot]

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Just played in the Rose Bowl. At the final gun, it was still sunny. Pretty lame. One of the classic traits of the grand daddy of them all is that it kicks off in daylight and ends under the lights. Immersion killer.

[olemiss86]

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They have messed up the times for dynasty games pretty much every year. It's like they have all times based off the Eastern Time Zone. It is usually pretty accurate on the East Coast teams. But play a 6pm kickoff at Texas or USC, etc....it is like kicking off at 3pm or 1pm. It will never get dark.

[brent3419]

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played at the rose bowl and it got pretty dusky towards the end of the game


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[NEOPARADIGM]

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played at the rose bowl and it got pretty dusky towards the end of the game

"Pretty dusky," heh - it should be a full-on night game by the fourth quarter:



They totally botched this. Not that I'm remotely surprised.

[SpartyParty11]

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Sorry for getting of topic about how dark is should be. But during cloudy games, I've noticed that everytime I switch players, the sky would flash. It's quite annoying

[tril]

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it works sometimes, other times it doesn't. when I notice it, it sure is pretty

[brent3419]

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"Pretty dusky," heh - it should be a full-on night game by the fourth quarter:



They totally botched this. Not that I'm remotely surprised.

yea, the sky shouldve been pitch black. seeing a peek of the sun at a 8 pm kickoff is like wtf


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[Cardot]

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I go back to College Football USA '96.....so the versions are becoming a blur to me now. But wasn't there a version where the lighting would suddenly change between quarters?.....frankly that was good enough for me. But at some point did they get more granular? I am guessing that somewhere along the way, it got too complicated for EA to program and we get screwy results (I have felt this way about the weather in EA football for years).

[pdiehm]

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"Pretty dusky," heh - it should be a full-on night game by the fourth quarter:



They totally botched this. Not that I'm remotely surprised.

Didn't that game end at 8:30PST? Which means it kicked off at 5pm PST (about dark), and ended at 11-11:30 EST, in complete dark.

Rose Bowl games usually end late in dusk, but usually in complete dark.

[SpartyParty11]

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Didn't that game end at 8:30PST? Which means it kicked off at 5pm PST (about dark), and ended at 11-11:30 EST, in complete dark.

Rose Bowl games usually end late in dusk, but usually in complete dark.

Also, the Rose Bowl has been starting much earlier in recent years. 2 years ago, the game started at 5 pm EST.