Powerstrip Help - Its Too Dark

MrYenMrYen Join Date: 2004-04-16 Member: 27960Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Why wont Powerstrip work with NS?</div>NS is too dark. I use the gamma tool 'PowerStrip' to boost the gamma in other games and it works fine with Counterstrike(Steam) but for some reason it refuses to work with Natural Selection(Steam). Please help, its frustrating to be running around in the dark with jaws clamped to my ankles.

My system:
CPU: 2x AMD 2400+ MP
RAM: 1GB PC2100 DDR ECC Reg.
Grafics: Ati RADEON 9700 Pro
Grafics mode and resolution: OpenGL at 1024x768 (desktop running at 1600x1200 75hz)
Sound: Hercules Gamesurround Fortissimo II
OS: Win XP
Running 'Steam' and NS v3.x Beta


P.S. I have all gamma and brightness and contrast settings on max. I downloaded the newest drivers for my grafics card yesterday, no change.
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  • DantemssDantemss Join Date: 2003-12-13 Member: 24305Members
    NS gamma is locked to prevent abuse. Have you tried increasing your monitor's brightness and contrast, too?
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  • MrYenMrYen Join Date: 2004-04-16 Member: 27960Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Dantemss+Apr 16 2004, 12:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dantemss @ Apr 16 2004, 12:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->NS gamma is locked to prevent abuse. Have you tried increasing your monitor's brightness and contrast, too?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes. The monitor brightness and contrast have both been set to maximum.

    How do I bypass the gamma lock in NS then?
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  • BreakfastSausagesBreakfastSausages Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11148Members
    Pretty sure ns interfering with external gamma was in the bug database. I can't seem to log in to the thing though.

    Try closing all other programs, then go into ns and while you are in game hit alt-tab a bunch. If you closed everything else, alt-tab will not actually change programs, but do it repeatedly it can sort of jog the gamma into accepting the correct values.
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  • ktimekillerktimekiller Join Date: 2003-02-25 Member: 13958Members
    i have the same problem, its so dark in games, its not just ns, its all games but regular applications! when im on internet and stuff its ok and nothing is wrong and when i play a game its dark, its happening for all the games i got, im thinking about reformating again this week end(ive had to reformat about 5 times in about 4 months now <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
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  • AjurianAjurian Join Date: 2003-10-18 Member: 21753Members
    I got around the locked gamma problem on my ATI card by using the ATI control panel > settings > color and then manually increasing the gamma settings for 3d games or whatever its called (Im at school at the moment so I cant check the exact wording. I've also bound some hot keys to increase/decrease gamma/brightness so I dont have to alt tab and change. You can also create different profiles, that way you can have one for each game.
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  • DoLLDoLL Join Date: 2004-04-13 Member: 27896Members
    ye, its the same problem on my PC, i use Powerstrip too.
    i found a way to get PS working: after join a game, press WIN key, it will bring you back to the desktop, then alt-tab back to game, PS works.

    i don't know why NS lock the gamma, my monitor is so dark if i don't use PS i can only see 50% things...
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  • KisanKisan Join Date: 2003-07-30 Member: 18564Members
    Put this file in your nsp directory.
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  • rknZrknZ Join Date: 2003-10-23 Member: 21885Members
    Just change the gamma settings in your gfx card control panel.

    With GeForce it will change everything (including desktop) but with Radeons you can do desktop and in-game separately.
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