Black Comm. Interface

dab0uncer

<div class="IPBDescription">can't see ****, captain</div> every time I get in the cc, the command interface is dark as hell

<img src='http://mitglied.lycos.de/metaphp/blackcommand.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

I tried this "NS-Gamma-Tool" but it didn't work
and I don't use 3rd party gamma tools <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I also tried to change the gamma at my TFT but nothing changed

(as simple marine the menus are ok)

anyone can help ?

Breakthrough

Check all of your gamma and brightness commands. It's definitely a brightness problem, because if you brighten the image, you can see the command interface. Try messing around with various settings, and comparing your configuration file to someone else's.

dab0uncer

yeah ... I know

but which settings ?

I mean, I changed my monitor settings, I changed my driver settings and I changed the HL options settings but it doesn't work.

cuz every time, when I change it till I see the menu, all black stuff on the screen gets grey

the gamma/brightness/contrast settings seem to be ok, cuz I can play the game and nothing is dark

only this interface

the hud and crosshair and tooltips are ok

Breakthrough

Try adding this to the config file:
<!--c1--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->gl_overbright 1
gl_texturemode "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
gl_spriteblend 1
gl_lightholes 1
gl_keeptjunctions 1
gl_picmip 0
gl_dither 0
gl_palette_tex 1
ati_npatch 0
ati_subdiv 0
lightgamma 0
brightness 9999999999999999999
gamma 3<!--c2--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->

dab0uncer

thx, I tried this stuff
but it didn't work

here some aditional screenshots:

<img src='http://mitglied.lycos.de/metaphp/dark-obs.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://mitglied.lycos.de/metaphp/stats.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://mitglied.lycos.de/metaphp/bright-ingame.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

it seems that only this "overlay" interface graphics are dark
also, if I turn up the brightness or something it only gets "brighter-grey" but I saw a screenshot of the interface and I had blue buttons and the cursor in observer mode was blue too

dab0uncer

found out, that this problem is a bug, which only occours at win2k3, dual display pcs and powerstrip

but there is no fix for it

Lantern

yes Im also experiencing this problem with my Windows Professional x64 Bit Edition.. pretty much the same prob..