Taking items in complete darkness

[qqqbbb]

Light is a commodity in the game, but it does not matter when you are looking for items. When you open a container in complete darkness, you can see all items in it. Picking up items from floor or a table is not much harder - you just have to wiggle your mouse a bit until you see UI prompt. But there is a simple solution to this. Just don't show UI prompt (picking up items is still allowed of course) when player is in complete darkness and looking at an item or a container.

[Kaisentlaia]

I don't know, I like it as it is... it makes me imagine my character fumbling in the dark and feeling around to find that item. The UI prompt is a nice way to compensate the fact that in game we don't have a sense of touch. 

[TerribleSurvivor]

Agreeing with @Kaisentlaia in every regard.

If this was to be introduced i bet that there would be a crapton of new threads popping up complaining about the fact that items are no longer ascertainable in pitch black rooms. Yeah, it would be more realistic but at the same time not adding much to the gameplay experience in any way.

[Kaisentlaia]

I think it wouldn't even be more realistic... after all in real life we're able to find things even in a pitch black place, by feeling around with our hands. 

[stratvox]

What do you mean if it was introduced? That's already a feature of the game. When you start the program, you can go into options and turn off the UI. Then you can load a game without it and off you go.

I've only looked at it briefly, but I'm thinking about trying it on a new start to see how I do. First I've got to get my current guy to 500.

[TerribleSurvivor]

@stratvox That is not really the same thing that was requested from the OP but it is worth mentioning indeed. It would be nice if there was an option to disable HUD only when a place is gloomy to pitch black though.