“You are a true friend of the night. Your eyes adapt quickly to low-light conditions indoors and when darkness falls across the post-nuclear wasteland.”— In-game description
Friend of the Night is a perk in Fallout: New Vegas.
Effects[]
Taking this perk grants the Low-Light Vision effect, increasing visibility in dark environments, but only during nighttime between the hours of 8:15 p.m. and 5:45 a.m.
The effect is not a gradual one, and its presence can be recognized by a colored tint on the game world reflecting the dominant color of the player's surroundings (most often light blue when outdoors).
Notes[]
- The effect given by this perk is not as potent as the similar one from taking Cateye or Ghost Sight from Dead Money.
- Unlike the similar effect when wearing the riot helmet and its variants, which only happens when crouched, this perk's effect is constant whether standing or crouching.
- Friend of the Night appeared in previous Fallout games as Night Vision.
- Contrary to the perk's description, the night vision effect does not apply indoors unless it is between the hours of 8:15 p.m. and 5:45 a.m.
Behind the scenes[]
Joshua Sawyer noted that there was a "surprisingly large amount of difficulty" in implementing full-screen visual effects, like the one used for Friend of the Night, during development.[Non-game 1]
Bugs[]
The perk cancels out the effects of the varmint rifle night scope.[verified]
Does not seem to work in the Dead Money or Honest Hearts add-ons.[verified]
References[]
Non-game
- ↑ Question: Who came up with the Four Eyes perk? It would have been nice to have had a bit of a screen blur w/out glasses.
Joshua Sawyer: I did. We had a surprisingly large amount of difficulty getting various full-screen effects to work properly (e.g. Friend of the Night).
(Formspring reply on June 14, 2012)
