Lighting in "Status" tab too dark when Lighting 2.0 is off

frtoaster

I had previously reported that characters appear too bright in the "Status" tab when Lighting 2.0 is turned on. (See the link to Holodeck ticket 4,809,827 in the section "Related bug reports" below.) Now, a recent change has made characters appear too dark in the "Status" tab when Lighting 2.0 is turned off. This bug affects both player characters (captains) and bridge officers. Now, characters in the "Status" tab look wrong whether Lighting 2.0 is on or off: still too bright when Lighting 2.0 is on, but also too dark when Lighting 2.0 is off.


Screenshots

The following images show the effect of the lighting change on different characters in the "Status" tab. Notice that the characters are darker now compared to before. All the screenshots below were taken with Lighting 2.0 turned off.

Andorian male bridge officer
https://i.imgur.com/d8fakv0.png

Orion female bridge officer
https://i.imgur.com/AGPWon0.png

Vulcan female bridge officer (T'Met)
https://i.imgur.com/IJPsYeO.png

Andorian female captain
https://i.imgur.com/ctmE1fm.png

Vulcan female captain
https://i.imgur.com/ZSkvvTW.png


Steps to reproduce

1. Install build ST.92.20190401a.8 (SVN 237501).
2. Start the game client, and log on to a character.
3. Turn off Lighting 2.0.
4. Press the U key. Then click on the "Status" tab.
5. Take screenshots of your captain and bridge officers.
6. Exit the game client.
7. Install build ST.95.20190405b.2 (SVN 237476).
8. Start the game client, and log on to the same character as before.
9. Repeat steps 3 through 5.
10. Compare the old and new screenshots of your captain and bridge officers.


Graphics Settings

https://i.imgur.com/WzFJQWj.png
https://i.imgur.com/80qOe4W.png
https://i.imgur.com/TtUOtBm.png


System Information

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), Service Pack 1
CPU: Intel Core i7-4700MQ
RAM: 12 GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M (2 GB GDDR5)


Related bug reports

Holodeck ticket 4,809,827: Lighting in "Status" tab too bright when Lighting 2.0 is on
http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1246233/lighting-in-status-tab-too-bright-when-lighting-2-0-is-on

frtoaster

I'm still seeing this problem after the latest Tribble patch. After thinking about for a bit, I've come to the conclusion that it may not be possible to make the "Status" tab look right with only one set of lights. If you dim the lights for Lighting 2.0, they will be too dark when Lighting 2.0 is off, and if you make the lights brighter, they will be too bright for Lighting 2.0. And no compromise will work either; you'll just wind up with something that looks bad in both cases. It seems to me that someone did attempt such a compromise, and the result is not good. The "Status" tab is still too bright when Lighting 2.0 is on, even though it's darker than before. But now, it's too dark when Lighting 2.0 is off, whereas before it actually looked OK. I think you really need two sets of lights, one for each case.