Found a thread that has new shaders to make the nights actually dark. Used it and... oh my god.
This is the base with the old shader from a week ago:
This is the base during dawn with the new shaders:
(on the dark side of the base, obviously)
I might actually tone it down slightly to make sure that shadows aren't spots of utter nothingness during the day as well. Also I might have tone-mapping turned off on top of it, so I should probably re-enable it.
Buddy of mine says it works way better now. But he and the folks he plays with are not using a dedicated server, so I dunno about any of those specific errors.
It's definitely prettier than the new vanilla one they patched in yesterday.
Not too much of a fan of the bright blue nebula at this point. Quality is good and all, don't get me wrong, I just prefer the cold black darkness