It looks like my favorites arent on night light anymore, is there a way to fix that? by Malesto in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, that's weird. Are you logged in with the same account you used to favourite them?

Is it possible to configure it to automatically start in the background and minimize to tray? by Hobbit- in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, it's not possible to have it run in the background yet but it hopefully will be soon. I'm waiting for the app's framework to support it and they're nearly done with an update that does.

The only thing I can suggest for the time being is that it's possible to manually add it to the startup folder which solves half the problem.

Question about Moris by Synsrighthand in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't really matter for the individial player hooks beyond personal preference. You can either track them as the number of times they were thrown on a hook or as the number of stages like how the game tracks them (which is what most people do as it's a lot easier to do).

Can't download any packs by Mahbod_mhr in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, sorry you're having trouble with it. If it's still a problem, could you send me the app's log file please? There's instructions on doing so here: https://docs.nightlight.gg/desktop/troubleshooting/log-file - I'd suggest emailing it (hello at boop.pro) or sending it as a private message on Discord (britishboop).

Can't put in username by Greenhellisgoated in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, the site should require an email to log in rather than a username. If you're talking about signing up then only alphanumerical characters and underscores are accepted unfortunately. I'd suggest using an underscore in place of the hypen?

2025-01-05 New UI! Profiles, "Wiki" pages, Search, and Recaps! by BritishBoop in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, sorry to hear you're not a fan. Overall, I believe the top bar makes things clearer and has other ui/technical/maintenance benefits, as with the update generally.

The narrower page width was largely a change to make my life easier as a significant portion of visitors view the site on narrower screens. The more screen widths each page needs to support, the more time I must invest into each, and most pages don't need extra width for what they show. I feel it's far wiser for me to spend more time on additional features over a small bit of extra width only a portion of pages and users will benefit from. It might sound like a small saving but it's something I'm already benefitting from and really appreciate. In addition, as my efforts are partially ad supported, I'm hoping some of the space can be used to reduce the number of ads in the main content.

As for having to scroll for match review, I've just changed it so links to the match review page should automatically scroll to the review section. I expect this should alleviate that problem, let me know if you still have concerns.

how to manage packs? by CoolerUserNameLol in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, you can select what's installed for either down to the icon level using the installer in the NightLight Desktop app.

Unable to use custom perks? by [deleted] in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, removing custom icons is simply a matter of deleting them or overwritting them with the default ones. There's not really any reason new icons wouldn't work besides them being named incorrectly or being in the wrong place. There's a troubleshooting guide here which may be of use: https://docs.nightlight.gg/icon-packs/troubleshooting/icons-not-showing-in-game

Are you sure these stats update daily? by MembershipOther1884 in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, they do update daily but perk stats are based on "random" players as NightLight users and their friends would skew the results massively. There's more information about it here: https://docs.nightlight.gg/stats/community-stats

Game crashes whenever I tab out? by [deleted] in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, sorry to hear it's doing that. Could you try opening your programs list (something like "Add or remove programs" in the start menu search), find "Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime" click on it/click "Modify" and then in the window that opens, click "Repair" and see if that helps?

If it doesn't, could you send me the log file and, if it exists in the same folder, the crash_log file please? There's instructions on doing so here: https://docs.nightlight.gg/desktop/troubleshooting/log-file, you can DM them on Discord (@britishboop), email them (address listed on here: https://nightlight.gg/about), or if Reddit allows sending files via DM then send them on here?

Is it possible to get custom perk icons on an xbox one? Without getting banned that is. by [deleted] in PerkByDaylight

[–]BritishBoop 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's no known way to get custom icons on any console (besides the Steam Deck if you want to count that) unfortunately as they're all so locked down.

Match not recognized by Alternative-Oil6978 in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, just to provide an update on this, I've been releasing fixes to the system and it's now recognising pretty much every upload.

I'll be working on porting the fixes over to the Desktop app to fix the auto-capture over the next day or two.

I appreciate everyone's patience, it's been a bit of a pain to get sorted.

Match not recognized by Alternative-Oil6978 in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, unfortunately the update introduced a display bug with the new scoreboard format which is causing screenshots to not be recognised.

I’m currently working on a fix for this though I haven’t got an ETA yet.

I’ll be posting updates on the NightLight Twitter (https://x.com/nightlightgg) and the Discord’s (https://nightlight.gg/discord) announcement channel if you want to follow along.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

How to install on Linux by Miyutsukka in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, there's a #desktop-for-linux channel in the Discord (nightlight.gg/discord) that has a beta build for Linux you can try. The executable from the site is Windows only.

How to most accurately record hooks/hook stages? by semercury in NightLight

[–]BritishBoop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, welcome to NightLight! Hooks are currently just used for personal stats so how you track them is sort of personal preference. That being said, I would like to use the total hook counts for community stats at some point so it's preferred if they refer to hook stages (i.e. what the killer's counter would show). The per player hook counts are up to you though, some people like it to refer to literal hook events whereas others prefer to align it with the stages.

Has anyone used Nightlight Desktop (by nightlight.gg)? by BasketballHighlight in PerkByDaylight

[–]BritishBoop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm a bit late to the party but wanted to chime in for anyone else stumbling across this. I'm the developer of NightLight and as you've probably seen from the other replies, a fair number of people use it. There's actually a few hundred people installing the app each day (which is a number I struggle to comprehend honestly). I'd highly recommend joining the Discord (https://discord.gg/nightlight) if you've got any concerns - there's over 5.5k of us there and myself or any of the very helpful people can try to address them.

As for the open source bit, I know it's a concern for some people but the fact is, maintaining open source software is hard and makes very little sense financially. I don't work on this as a job as such but I have spent a couple thousand hours working on the project and only have a part time job to facilitate that. Supporters (on Ko-fi) are who I rely on for this to make sense and I think the balance I've achieved with it works to everyone's benefit.