What the heck is the deal with the body temperature snow in this game! Makes thermal sights almost useless in snow levels, which is one of the places they should best suited for.
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Yes i did wonder this too and im not sure if its a bug or not, i remember when i played with thermals on a snow map it was really difficult to tell between the snow and the enemy. As you said, kinda pointless considering thats where they should be at their best.
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I find it annoying using them on snow levels. Seeing as humans are what about 33 degrees and snow I am guessing is around 5, they should stick out like a sore thumb on a glamour model. I always thought it was due to the light reflection, but unable to tell hot from cold on a thermal scope makes it pointless.
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I was checking out 402s tweets and here is the respons from Ranger
@fourzerotwo Long time reader, first time tweeter! What is the deal with the thermal sights and snow, since when has it been so hot? Strange
@RangerXML You got me on that one. I have nothing. Well done.
Anyway, good job Ranger!
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I hope so, especially considering how long it can take to unlock the thermals.
Originally posted by CptainCrunchI was checking out 402s tweets and here is the respons from Ranger
I don't quite get 402s response. I don't think its meant to "stump the chump" but to find out the reason for the bright snow in thermals.
Anyway, good job Ranger!
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Shouldn't snow be white on thermal? I could be completely wrong here, but since snow has such a high albedo it would reflect most of the heat, which would give it the appearance that it's much hotter than it really is.
Again, I could be completely wrong here, just a thought.
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Originally posted by =)BiT(= Evant3k
@RYKUU Its common knowledge that the average human body temperature is 36.6 and that water freezes at 0 C so I don't know where you got those numbers.
I had no idea , shhhhhh
Hopefully we don't see this issue past next patch. It would be great to use them correctly.
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It doesn't matter what color a substance is, on a FLIR camera, all that matters is its heat signature or frequency at which particles vibrate. So snow would be black.
White reflects most of the color spectrum, while black absorbs most of the color spectrum. If we had two objects made out of the same substance, one painted white and the other painted black. The object painted white would have a lower surface temperature then an objects painted black. On a thermal camera the white object would be darker and the black object would be brighter.
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Well, our DSP satellites monitor IR, and snow sometimes gives false returns as having the IR "temperature" of missiles. I've never looked through thermal optics at snow, but it seems during daylight hours some reflected sunlight could be pretty "bright."
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