Unusual Problem.....
spawny
Join Date: 2004-02-12 Member: 26448Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2004-02-12 Member: 26448Members, Constellation
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I have just recently formatted and done a fresh install.....
Updated all my drivers as you do, im using the latest ATi Catalyst Drivers for my Radeon 9600 Pro and my FPS in cs and ns are both a solid 100.
Heres the problem......In cs my gamma is fine and it looks as it should. When i join NS its really bright as tho my gammas right up.
Ive <u>never</u> had any problems with installing natural-selection or past installs so im kinda confused.
I checked what exe's i had to install from the downloads section and ive installed the 158mb and 25mb patch's but its still incredibly bright.
Originally i was using Powerstrip but ive removed this incase its causing a conflict, ive made sure it has the right clearance with my firewall to work yet i still cant adjust the gamma. Using the ingame menu i cant adjust the gamma or brightness, it seems to force it to about 4 notches from the beginning.
Someone help me please?
Its bugging the hell outta me as u can all imagine
I have just recently formatted and done a fresh install.....
Updated all my drivers as you do, im using the latest ATi Catalyst Drivers for my Radeon 9600 Pro and my FPS in cs and ns are both a solid 100.
Heres the problem......In cs my gamma is fine and it looks as it should. When i join NS its really bright as tho my gammas right up.
Ive <u>never</u> had any problems with installing natural-selection or past installs so im kinda confused.
I checked what exe's i had to install from the downloads section and ive installed the 158mb and 25mb patch's but its still incredibly bright.
Originally i was using Powerstrip but ive removed this incase its causing a conflict, ive made sure it has the right clearance with my firewall to work yet i still cant adjust the gamma. Using the ingame menu i cant adjust the gamma or brightness, it seems to force it to about 4 notches from the beginning.
Someone help me please?
Its bugging the hell outta me as u can all imagine
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System Specs are:
AMD Athlon XP 2700+
1gig DDR PC3200
A-BiT NF7-s Motherboard
ATi Radeon 9600 Pro
Catalyst drivers are wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-00-040322a-014266c
Monitor is LG Flatron L1720B running @ 1280x1024 @ 32bit colour @ 75hertz
Did i miss anything?
Oh and yes i have dx9
Ive been using Half-Life since it came out so im fairly clued up on what to set it up correctly and what to diasble etc.
I,ll crack it eventually,if u have ne more ideas tho, they would be gratefully appreciated..
Don't worry about it, NS just needs really bright gamma.
Anyway, in response to your problem, I would say don't worry about it unless it really bugs you. Otherwise you could just change the brightness settings for your monitor while playing, then change them back after you are done.
See what happens if you use the console command to fiddle with the gamma number. I think it's just "gamma," but I can't be sure.
Anyway, there are a few .exe's in your NS folder for you to check out. First, there's reset_gamma.exe in your NS (or NSP for 3.0b) folder to reset your gamma to normal (I used to do that, I would enter the game, alt-tab, and run reset_gamma).
If you have a 2.0 or 1.04 installs, there's another program (gammatweak.exe? Somebody else might know the name) that will help you set your gamma correctly by running some sight-tests.
you can increase or decrease gamma on the fly.....
and no.... i dont turn it up to the point where i see cloaked things heh....
weird how 9600 pro is too bright and my 9800 pro is too dark... even with h-l settings all maxed
To me personally its a major problem. I love the look of how my NS has always been and playing it with a gamma of about 40 isnt the way i want to play for good. It spoils the mod i love so much tbh :/
EZero powerstrip has always been good for me, ive used it for about 3 years. But it doesnt work under NS anyway only CS.
I used to have another program that stripped the dark spots out of games....cant recall the apps name but i could really do with it right now!
I tried setting the shortcuts for increase/decrease gamma up in my ATi panel and still seemed to be diasbled even tho i had turned it all on.
If i install my ATi drivers before dx9, that wouldnt cause a conflict perhaps? Ive always installed dx first but this time i got lost on what i had installed.
I installed the Omega drivers but for some reason they didnt appear to install correctly. They un-installed my monitor, so i either installed the wrong Omega version drivers or i went wrong on the setup somewhere.
So i removed it and strated again this time with the ATi Catalyst drivers i had originally tried. It seems to have corrected it....my ns is back to its normal colour and working better than ever.
Thanks for all your help people
I installed the Omega drivers but for some reason they didnt appear to install correctly. They un-installed my monitor, so i either installed the wrong Omega version drivers or i went wrong on the setup somewhere.
So i removed it and strated again this time with the ATi Catalyst drivers i had originally tried. It seems to have corrected it....my ns is back to its normal colour and working better than ever.
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It said at the start of the setup to de-install the ATi desktop manager. Did you do that?
At least your problem is solved anyway <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->