Strange shadows during sunset - Rust

Am I the only one who've got a strange acting shadows during sunset, since the new graphics overhaul? Or is it supposed to look strange like this? I mean the simple red-looking shadows of 1 tone. https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/13/5d443130-222e-4da7-90ea-a20978283651/20180309172031_1.jpg https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/13/6ee02233-b1fd-45f3-a7c2-4e9f1bbad922/20180217121619_1.jpg

I think that was just because it was sunset and at sunset everything turns orange

But before the graphics update it didn't look like this, the shadows were nicely smooth. I have no idea why they would make a downgrade like this. Is there really no way how to make it look nicer in settings?

Looking normal for me, when I do play it looks like the same

But it used to look so better before the latest graphics overhaul. Why would they make a downgrade like this on purpose? https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/13/6ad326e7-0aa2-47a2-a07b-80b0a7502738/20171014124638_1.jpg https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/13/36e0c91a-df27-4d45-aba3-57b7470388a9/20170414175955_1.jpg Look how smooth shadows used to be. And this is it now, now matter what graphics option you have. https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/13/cde6a1e3-fbab-480a-b25b-6facbd3ad048/20180217121619_1.jpg See what I'm talking about now?

Yeah, now I see exactly what you mean. Hm, weird. But as I said, it doesn't look any better right now: /

Don't tell me it's supposed to look like this... https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/13/f1bd389e-89a7-4ee9-9ce5-d4440d3834f2/252490_screenshots_20180311145746_1.jpg See the strange red tones? I think they're supposed to look black instead of red

the tones of shadows depends on what brand GPU your using. Yes, they changed the tone of shadows more to red, because people where using their nvidia settings to adjust gamma and see betting during night, what gives them an advantage over others who are not able to use these settings.

But must it be in the cost of this ugliness? Be honest and tell me it doesn't look shitty :/

what do you prefer: exploits that benefits players over others at night graphics that are not right for only a short amount of time, because they had to change things because players are using everything to get a benefit if they get a chance? I prefer equal chances over graphics. Graphics can always be fixed, a ruined game-experience not ;)

I believe there're always more choices

Higher your graphics settings to 5 , and shadows to mimimum the half , and you will have proper 100% accurate shades

I think upcoming update will fix this. its in regards to all the reflection and tone/shadows settings they have been making changes to in the commits section for next update

The changing of color tones has something to do with gamma exploits, because if you play around with gamma on blue-based shaders, you will actualy see better, and with red-based shadows this is almost impossible. Yes there are fixes, it can always be better, but this was just a fix, and as with many things in rust, just needs some polishing ;)