Does Anyone Else Think

UnderDOG

<div class="IPBDescription">the welder is a strain on the eyes?</div> After playing an average game ending with HAs as marines, m eyes tend to hurt, and ill get a headache. Im pretty sure this come from the birght constand welder. Is there anyhting i can do to mabey dim it a little?

SoBe_Dragon

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Sirus

Check your monitor refresh rate and/or your fps.

From what I've read from a previous post in relation to those, Fps/refresh rate can strain your eyes.

Perhaps, you're just confusing that and the endgame, when you seem to realise things like your eyes hurting.

Ollj

When your location as a marine is no secret its an evil stratrgy to turn on your flashlight.
You see a little bigt more and everybpdy else gets confused by the flickering, especially skulks.

criticaI

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Welder brightness has been corrected to help out ppl with sensitive eyes in 1.1 =D Or at least I think?

UnderDOG

thats good to hear, btw im running 100 fps and 85 refesh rate. Also its just as marines, and the welder is pretty birght

DocZ

100 fps 85 refresh rate?

How can you people play without vsync? Doesn't the frame tearing annoy you? I personally can't stand frame tearing in my games.

uberbroke

I have my refresh rate for 800x600 at 120. But welders still cause major strain on my eyes.




In fact I'm suffering a migrane from it right now. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->

alyandon

Try a gamma setting lower than 5.0. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

uberbroke

<!--QuoteBegin--alyandon+May 12 2003, 07:46 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (alyandon @ May 12 2003, 07:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Try a gamma setting lower than 5.0. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
!!!

How did you know??? <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
Yeah, I have my gamma at 5.0.... It's just sooo much easier.

Sirus

Hah. You cheap.......Anyways. Yah, keep it at a lower level.

So it doesn't feel like you're staring into the sun.

Zel

theres a line between easier and advantageous like rdrawviewmodel. no one knos where to draw the line and who is allowed to tell everyone else what to do.

Sirus

Usually exploiting means having a rather definitive advantage over those who are running default.

Usually high gamma can be considered so, but I guess it's a mixed blessing if I'm playing against someone who feels like their head is going to explode because they have such high gamma.

uberbroke

hm.. well, my brightness isnt so high...

Gerby

weldar to me is blinding, i have adobe gamma right up there, i can see everything <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

XCan

The welder is way too bright IMO too. Especially if you're playing in a dark room. I usually close my eyes before welding something <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

MMZ_Torak

We need a welders mask in 1.1! oops wrong forum <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

Wiggles

Not really, i think that the welder helps you see in the dark, and lets aliens see rines in the dark

Shrike3O

Heh... if someone's got their gamma up high enough that there aren't any shadows and this makes the welder burn out their eyeballs, I'm not gonna complain about it...

NS is nice and creepy for me... and i can use a welder for hours. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

HybriD

The welder literally blinds me in NS so what I've done is use 'tab' when I weld. The semi-transparent score/team sheet dims the brightness of the welder without completely blinding you to the game (skulk food anyone?). To those who comment on the cheapness of max gamma, I've found however, that without max gamma, my monitor will simply display almost all envirnments in pitch black (such as Atmospheric Processing). I literally couldn't see enough to move around - and my monitor had max contrast and brightness. Its all a matter of what your hardware is really and I for one don't think gamma should be critized for what its meant to do: ajust the brightness so the game is actually visible for all users. Anyway, just my 2c. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

Brave_Ulysses

I have no problems with welders - well...aside from my framerate dropping drastically - but I have my gamma set at 2.6 so what would I know.