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There's a number of questions about the lighting in the ships. Apparently there are some issues with it?

TL;DRThe lighting problems are a bug, partly because ships start in a red emergency mode against the intended moody look; it missed 4.8 but should be fixed, and it affects every ship.

Ben CurtisArt Director, weapons and vehicles

There are some issues with them. Drives me crazy. I love it when the first time people see ships, all the lighting's broken. It's brilliant. It's broken. It should be being fixed. It infuriates me as much, if not more, than everyone else.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community

So you're saying it's not a design intent?

Ben CurtisArt Director, weapons and vehicles

There is design intent in there. We lit the Ironclad to be quite moody. I think one of the issues is it's starting in emergency mode, so it's lots of flashing red, which is absolutely not the intent, not what we planned for, unless your ship is in an emergency state. There's lots of light panels around the ship to be able to put it back to how it should be. Unfortunately, that isn't a particularly user-friendly way of getting your ship to look how it was intended to. But yeah, there's a bug. Unfortunately, it didn't make the cut for 4.8, but it should be getting fixed. It's not unique to the Ironclad, though. It's something we're fighting with.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community

Yeah, it's every ship.

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