Gamma

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When I play NS my monitor is washed out and too bright, this woulden't be a problem but nothing I do outside of ns affects how it looks (Vid card changes ect. ect.)

I also can't lower the gamma bar in the options tab of NS below half-way, when i try to change it in the console it dosen't do anything.

I have even changed my desktop brightness settings while in game and had bo effect.

All other HL mods and other games look fine, before I join a server and after i leave it looks fine.

Changing my actuall monitor settings dosen't do much and iv'e even tried changing each color individually

I have always had this problem with NS accross many versions and it survived the cross to steam execpt before steam it was either pitch-black or white.

Please Help me!!!

Thansal

1) Don't use external Vidoe tweaks atm as NS borks them (this is being fixed as I understand)

2) TURN DOWN YOUR MONITER.
there is a tool in your NS dir (it isn't in NSP only NS) called gamatweak. run it and love it.

If you are getting OTHER oddities at the same time like:
Green text
Hive icons in top left are compleatly balck...

then you have other problems and need to tell us <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Paper

Thanks for the help, lest time I posted about this you helped me too <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Well I run the gamma tweak and it looks fine but once I join a server it gets washed out.

I installed powerstrip (display tweaking software) before i read this post and NS looks great, what do you mean by borking?

Iv'e had this problem for a looooong time, I don't think its overbright thats the problem but I don't have much comp know-how.

My problem is the same as this guys: <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=18&t=61287&st=0#entry903971' target='_blank'>Gamma Poblem</a>

Thansal

hmm, you said that power strip WORKED?

the current build of NS will disable any extrenal software gfx tweakers atm (this is NOT intentional it is in the bug DB)

So wait a sec, are you running NS in windowed mode and its your desktop that gets washed out? (thats the other guys problem)

if thats the case then I appologize but you are screwed ;(

Here is the Deal (I will C&P this into the other post also)

Overbright:
No one has ever REALY explaine this but this is what I understand of it.
The way NS is rendered and such would actualy make the game stupidly dark if it wasn't for the overbright effect.

It can't be disable b/c there is no option to disable it (part of the code that we can't do squat about). It is not a 'you shouldn't disable it' it is rather a 'you CAN'T disable it'.

If you want a more indepth explenation of what overbrite does you have to talk to some one who realy knows:
Flayrah
Max
MonsE
and probably some other people, but not me. (note I am no one, I juat bum around in tech help, note that I am in the same group as the rest of you <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)