Hey @Daavy,
Thank you for your valuable feedback!
We've carefully balanced the flashlight's functionality to maintain immersion while enhancing its usefulness. You'll notice an improvement in visibility at further distances, although the intensity of the light has been moderately adjusted.
Regarding the pause menu, we've already taken into consideration your suggestions and similar changes. These are likely to be implemented in the upcoming update.
Additionally, the modification to the Sample Collector was indeed intentional. It's designed to facilitate navigation towards the crater at night.
- dlks.