Ns Problem

UkFuzionUkFuzion Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18352Members
edited July 2003 in Tech Support
after installing ns, i played it with my voodoo3 and the gfx obviously sucked.
when i quit the game, my screen was really bright. now i cant use any other driver for my gfx card apart from the win xp suggested one which doesnt work with games. the drivers that used to work just make the screen go all bright. just wondered if any1 else had a similar problem??
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    Should be in tech support but nvm.

    I get the exact same problem if half life ever crashes. The computer (this is <i>my</i> theory) forgets to change the hl gamma (usually higher than desktop) back to desktop gamma. At the moment the only solution I can offer is just to restart or update your drivers.
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  • MausMaus Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5599Members
    edited July 2003
    The NS team included a little program to fix it in the installer. Look for resetgamma.exe in your NS directory.

    (this is in response to Jay123 - the other issue sounds like something more complicated)
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  • YumosisYumosis Join Date: 2003-01-12 Member: 12222Banned
    Sounds like a driver problem, you might want to try a different driver from <a href='http://www.guru3d.com' target='_blank'>www.guru3d.com</a> (downloads, video drivers, 3dfx). 3Dfx has no "offical" winxp drivers but you can use some of those home made ones. Make sure you're using Opengl (or glide if you want) as the mode and probably a low resolution (at least 800x600 or lower).

    As for gamma you can use a program like <a href='http://www.entechtaiwan.com/' target='_blank'>Powerstrip</a> to change gamma back to normal without rebooting or the program in the ns folder.
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Moving to tech support.
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Maus+Jul 22 2003, 04:04 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Maus @ Jul 22 2003, 04:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The NS team included a little program to fix it in the installer. Look for resetgamma.exe in your NS directory.

    (this is in response to Jay123 - the other issue sounds like something more complicated) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well, I'm not on my computer right now so I can't try it but thanks! Do you run it once or whenever the high gamma on the desktop occurs?
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  • UkFuzionUkFuzion Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18352Members
    ok i went for the powerstrip idea.

    it works...except im having to set it to the default settings everytime i reset the computer which is a pain
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  • TsungfaiTsungfai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11454Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Jay123+Jul 22 2003, 04:24 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jay123 @ Jul 22 2003, 04:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Maus+Jul 22 2003, 04:04 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Maus @ Jul 22 2003, 04:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The NS team included a little program to fix it in the installer. Look for resetgamma.exe in your NS directory.

    (this is in response to Jay123 - the other issue sounds like something more complicated) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well, I'm not on my computer right now so I can't try it but thanks! Do you run it once or whenever the high gamma on the desktop occurs? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You run it whenever the gamma is messed up.
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    quic explenation of resetgamma

    Flayra came up with an idea that (I believe) he calls over brightening, it is not actualy gama persay. Basicaly it is one of the little things that makes NSs feel so cool <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    however there is some sorta problem (generaly when a CTD occures) and thats the point of the progie.

    UK, have you tried the reset gama progie?
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  • UkFuzionUkFuzion Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18352Members
    cool, the resetgamma prog worked better
    screen works fine now with the drivers i want

    thx for all the help
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    Thanks for asking! It helped my problem too <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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