Need A Little Help With Brightness

RebelRebel Join Date: 2003-04-10 Member: 15371Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Playtester
edited December 2003 in NS General Discussion
I've just swapped from a Nvidia GF4 Ti4200 to a ATi 9800XT cleared all the detonator drivers and installed catalists 3.10's but now I can see sod all it's that dark <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> adjusting the gamma and britness cvars seems to do nothing and even the master brightness seems to reset when I get in game (I've taken both the 3d gamma right up and the desktop to the point where everything is whitewashed but it still goes back to the point where I need to run around with the flashlight on to see the bloody floor) can anyone help?

And no my monitor isn't on it's way out <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

I know there needs to be safeguards to stop ppl from lighting the entire map up to the point where there are NO shaddows but this is absurd! <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

EDIT: just noticed this is in the wrong place, could a mod could move it to tech support plz?
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  • SopsSops Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17894Members, Constellation
    did you change the gamma in half-life or for you monitor?
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  • RebelRebel Join Date: 2003-04-10 Member: 15371Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Playtester
    I've tried the gamma slider in HL, the cvars for gamma & brightness, and the ATi controll panel master gamma controlls.

    They all seem to go back to zero when NS loads
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  • XCanXCan Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5904Members, Constellation
    Use PowerStrip to fix it, google for it.
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  • Roger_DodgerRoger_Dodger Join Date: 2003-03-11 Member: 14392Members
    Yerp powerstrip is the go, <a href='http://www.entechtaiwan.net/ps.htm' target='_blank'>Link for ya!</a>.

    - RD
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  • Fl4THeAdFl4THeAd Join Date: 2003-07-30 Member: 18587Members
    Try theese settings, it should be plenty bright but not whitewashed. It's the moniters fault if it cant handle it.
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  • Fl4THeAdFl4THeAd Join Date: 2003-07-30 Member: 18587Members
    woops.
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  • RebelRebel Join Date: 2003-04-10 Member: 15371Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Playtester
    Thanks guys.

    It's not the monitor, (crystal clear images and it's bright enough for everything else I play without adjustment) and while NS is loading the console image is bright and clear, but when I get into the ready room (just as the console wipes off) it drops to super dark. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

    I'll give powerstip a go, thanx again for the help <!--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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  • SopsSops Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17894Members, Constellation
    hey Rebel do you happen to be Red Rebel?
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  • RaVeRaVe Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17538Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Maverick102+Dec 26 2003, 03:54 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Maverick102 @ Dec 26 2003, 03:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> hey Rebel do you happen to be Red Rebel? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    And this is how we derail threads, thanks for the example Maverick102 <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Anyway, make sure you've completely uninstalled you GeForce's video drivers THEN reinstall you ATi drivers. See if that helps.
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  • RebelRebel Join Date: 2003-04-10 Member: 15371Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Playtester
    I did uninstall the drivers and used detonator destroyer after to make sure the only other way is to format <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Perhaps it's my ATi drivers, I might try omega3.10's when they come out.

    O.T. - No I'm not Red Rebel, Maverick <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • WolfWolf Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1100Members
    Rebel - With powerstrip, you can assign global hotkeys to adjust the gamma/brightness/everything. I use it because NS screws up the brightness and it's too bright to comfortably play, so I just hit Alt-Shift-F1 to darken it, and Alt-Shift-F2 to reset to default when I exit the game. It's a lot more adjustable than the in-game stuff. I also used Powerstrip to overclock my video card. (GeForce 3 Ti 200, overclocked GPU speed to 400 MHz, and adjusted the RAM speed to match.)
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