Xbox night mode has a weird quirk that competitive gamers need to know

Date:
Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:38:38 +0000

Description:
Xbox night mode can save your eyes, but it might also cost you during an online multiplayer game.

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If your eyes are particularly sensitive, like mine, Xbox night mode is a
handy option that can save your retinas from the rigors of after-hours
gaming.

After the sun sets, too much exposure to blue light , searingly bright HDR highlights, and fast-paced action tends to leave the whites of my eyes
riddled with red lines. Its as though someone has drawn a crude picture of
the London underground map on my sclera using a marker pen.

Xbox night mode, then, is a useful tool for those of us who find gaming too much for our eyes to handle after dark. You can disable HDR, customize the light output from your display and even dim the power button on your console and controller.

However, I didnt realize night mode would cost me a win when playing online.

It turns out that if you use an Xbox Elite Wireless Series 2 Controller or Scuf Instinct controller both of which include additional buttons on the underside of the pad in the form of paddles Xbox night mode can disable this extra functionality. (Image credit: Microsoft)

When youve come to rely on reloading, switching weapons, and dodging in Halo
5 using the back buttons, not having them work all of a sudden was like playing with one hand. And needless to say, I sucked.

Initially, I thought my controller had broken or entered some sort of power-saving mode I previously wasnt aware of. I turned it off and on again (classic) and, after working for a few seconds, the paddles stopped
responding to inputs once again.

After dismissing it as nothing more than a ghost in the machine, I noticed
the problem happened again the next night, shortly after my TV picture adjusted to the night mode setting I had scheduled for 11 pm. Clearly, Xbox night mode was the culprit.

It turns out that if you set the controllers Xbox button to dim using night mode, this can potentially have dire consequences. Once Id changed the controller back to its default setting, the problem went away, but its a
shame this happens in the first place. (Image credit: Microsoft)

While Ive never found the brightness of the Xbox button or consoles power button to be too disturbing when gaming at night, the option to dim them at a scheduled time was something that made sense. However, Im not prepared to
risk being caught short online just to make things a little cozier.

What makes this issue even more curious is that you can manually dim the Xbox Elite Wireless Series, 2 Controller, using the Xbox Accessories App,
something which Ive done plenty of times before. Night mode, though, seems to cause the controller or Xbox to forget it has additional buttons and
therefore disables them.

Im sure this is a quirk that will be ironed out over time, but take this as a warning if you play online: night mode could cost you a crucial win, but at least your eyes will thank you. Best Black Friday Xbox Series X deals : don't miss out



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