Night time removed? Lighting engine broken? Help!

WoW Classic Cataclysm Classic Discussion
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It looks as if we no longer have the classic clients authentic night time but something resembling the lighting of the cursed Cataclysm client. Is this a bug that hasn’t been acknowledged or is there something I’ve missed? Did they really remove the night time with out addressing why?

Can we have clarity on this issue?

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If you care about actually having a night mode, please post here. Emphasis on the word post, a single person can’t keep bumping a thread. Even just a quick comment. Otherwise they -will- not pay attention and this will go unchecked. The left is what we should be getting but currently we’re stuck with something resembling or close about to the example on the right.

They’re zombies on the EU forums I need your help US chads.

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Oh my, the screenshot on the right is really bad, please fix!

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I hope this is fixed asap.

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Not just night is broken, all of the lighting is messed up

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Yes I definetly noticed that when playing through Eversong. It did not look like how I remembered.

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idk why blizzards been adament about changing as much things as they can lately. boo

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Posting here to boost visibility. The bright nights are awful. This was a confirmed bug years ago, no idea why it’s popped back up after it was fixed for the retail client.

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i was wondering why these past couple days my eyes felt kinda funny playing wow

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yeah it was brighter and things were sharper it was odd

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I thought the problem is with my laptop and was furiously updating/checking drivers and such… turns out it’s not my issue, glad to see this post, the new night time is awful.

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I noticed this right after loading into Stormwind.

Needs to be fixed!

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Hmm, UBRS is 5 man, another Cata change apparently. What the hell?

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I noticed the shadows and lighting look more retail than Vanilla.

I’ll be starting up MY authentic reference client soon

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The client is obviously different from the vanilla Classic one. I get a notification about updating my Mac OS when starting TBCC and retail, but not from vanilla Classic.

I also had to use a console command to fix my resolution, which was absolutely terrible when I logged in (same thing on retail.)

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That screenshot was posted 7 years ago on the mmo-champion forums. Does anyone have an actual screenshot comparison from the current TBC Classic pre-patch?

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I just uninstalled Retail a coupe days ago; kinda surprised with how much space it took up

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All lighting and shading is broken in TBC. Its really noticeable with non RTX nvidia cards. Blizzard says they are aware of a SSAO issue but is not guaranteeing a fix. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/burning-crusade-classic-251-known-issues-may-18-2021/967887/4

Here is some screen shots of the shading issue:

Classic: https://i.ibb.co/KNhFn5P/2021-05-19-6.png
TBC: https://i.ibb.co/M1Qdfkm/2021-05-19-8.png

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I have been noticing the most bizarre visual effect recently that is lighting up grass and weeds near my character when they are moving as if they were near a camp fire. Nothing overt, just 2 to 4 Tufts of it at a time. I wonder if I can get a screen shot…

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Here are some screenshots showing it:
Classic: https://i.ibb.co/KNhFn5P/2021-05-19-6.png
TBC: https://i.ibb.co/M1Qdfkm/2021-05-19-8.png

Blizzard acknowledges that the improper lighting/shadows are a bug. Further proof is not needed. This thread is about making it known that we, the players, care about this, despite it being “merely” a graphics issue.

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You know… Might be on to something I wonder if they are using a newer client like WoD to facilitate the character boosts