Dark, Dark, Dark...
ZANETAR
Join Date: 2003-04-11 Member: 15419Members
Join Date: 2003-04-11 Member: 15419Members
in Tech Support
<div class="IPBDescription">Can't see a damn thing when I play NS...</div> Okay, here goes:
I have a crappy old monitor that is incredibly dark, so I have to control panel->display->settings tab->advanced and adjust the brightness, gamma, and contrast on my monitor to be able to play games at a visibility that is tolerable.
With the video adjusted, I can play CStrike, The Specialists, and most other mods just fine. Trouble is, whenever I start NS, those video settings are reset, leaving me with an extremely dark monitor. I have gone to the /gamedir/ns/config.cfg file and adjusted the brightness and gamma, and it worked, for one game. Then my computer froze, I restarted it, and its back to dark, dark, dark, even if I edit the config.cfg file...
*sigh*... Help?
ZANETAR
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>System Specs (note that at present, I am waiting for a motherboard to be replaced [gigabyte is very slow about these things] so I am using a temporary system that exhibits the same problems... Both systems use the same video board)
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (cooled by Tt Volacano 10+)
Giga-Byte GA-7VAX
256mb DDR 2100
GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128mb (manufactured by Chaintek)
160gb Western Digital ATA100 hd w/ 8mb cache
Generic Monitor which I have been unable to identify further than than the 'MagView' logo on the front. 15.7" viewable.
...If you really care to know...
Logitech Cordless Elite Duo
Onboard 5.1 Audio
Creative Inspire 4400 / Radio Shack headset w/ mic
Onboard LAN (by Realtek)</span>
I have a crappy old monitor that is incredibly dark, so I have to control panel->display->settings tab->advanced and adjust the brightness, gamma, and contrast on my monitor to be able to play games at a visibility that is tolerable.
With the video adjusted, I can play CStrike, The Specialists, and most other mods just fine. Trouble is, whenever I start NS, those video settings are reset, leaving me with an extremely dark monitor. I have gone to the /gamedir/ns/config.cfg file and adjusted the brightness and gamma, and it worked, for one game. Then my computer froze, I restarted it, and its back to dark, dark, dark, even if I edit the config.cfg file...
*sigh*... Help?
ZANETAR
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>System Specs (note that at present, I am waiting for a motherboard to be replaced [gigabyte is very slow about these things] so I am using a temporary system that exhibits the same problems... Both systems use the same video board)
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (cooled by Tt Volacano 10+)
Giga-Byte GA-7VAX
256mb DDR 2100
GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128mb (manufactured by Chaintek)
160gb Western Digital ATA100 hd w/ 8mb cache
Generic Monitor which I have been unable to identify further than than the 'MagView' logo on the front. 15.7" viewable.
...If you really care to know...
Logitech Cordless Elite Duo
Onboard 5.1 Audio
Creative Inspire 4400 / Radio Shack headset w/ mic
Onboard LAN (by Realtek)</span>
Comments
I poersonaly don't use it 9and don't know how to) but most people rcomend it for this problem