Still too dark!

[Tsujen]

My Monitor is very dark, so I have to have all my 3D settings pretty bright, just to see normaly. When I launch OFP, it doesn't load my 3D card settings, It seems to load some default, and the game is so dark, I can't see half the missions. I can't even see the ground in front of me. All I see is the sky. The gamma and brightness are maxed. Is there anyway to get to a command prompt to enter gamma settings? Please help.

Thanks.

[Tsujen]

help

*bump*

[RN Malboeuf]

try the brightness on your monitor
and get the latest drivers for it


(Edited by RN Malboeuf at 9:11 am on Nov. 25, 2001)

[Cantata]

Yeah, I noticed last night that I can no longer use Hardware T&L with my GeForce 2 MX card. I can highlight the setting, but I cannot turn it on. It worked fine in 1.2x throughout all the patches, but not after 1.3 which kind of sucks.

It would also seem that the game is running somewhat slower than normal, but this may be due to my video card not being utilized properly by the game. Anyway, heads up BIS. http://www.flashpoint1985.com/ikonboard3/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Cantata

[Majick103]

Hi there!
Ive got the same problem as you.
Did you solve yours? how? can you tell me?
Thanks alot!
majick

[Jusupov]

Way too dark... Newest drivers for Radeon 8500,
monitor is set to max brightness, powerstrips gamma settings are to the max.. and still I cant see anything else except the sky. The game reverts back to some default settings and ignores mine.

[Unl33t]

I think the only way to increase it is to go into Properties on the desktop

Settings then Advanced/Color Correction

Move those bars up to make your screen look f**king awfull but at least you can see it.

[Jusupov]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Unl33t on 11:52 am on Nov. 25, 2001
I think the only way to increase it is to go into Properties on the desktop

Settings then Advanced/Color Correction

Move those bars up to make your screen look f**king awfull but at least you can see it.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>

They're to the max.. But when I go to game it reverts back to default settings.

[Unl33t]

Is your monitor just dark or is it very old?
Because i had a 14' for 5 years or so that got so dark i just had to replace it.

You may have to do the same. If it's the monitor thats making it dark not the game.

[Jusupov]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Unl33t on 11:58 am on Nov. 25, 2001
Is your monitor just dark or is it very old?
Because i had a 14' for 5 years or so that got so dark i just had to replace it.

You may have to do the same. If it's the monitor thats making it dark not the game.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>

Its not because of the monitor. And all the drivers have had the same problem, for me atleast. Rest of the games I play don't ignore the settings I've made in windows. Can someone suggest some other programs besides powerstrip to configure gamma settings?

[Unl33t]

It seems like OFP ignores Windows Gamma settings.

I have no further advice for you, Sorry.

[theavonlady]

Have any of you tried upping OFP's brightness and gamma settings under OPTIONS>VIDEO OPTIONS, from OFP's main menu?

[theavonlady]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from theavonlady on 12:31 pm on Nov. 25, 2001
Have any of you tried upping OFP's brightness and gamma settings under OPTIONS>VIDEO OPTIONS, from OFP's main menu?[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>

Oops. I see that you have. never mind!

[morbid]

I have the same problem except with most of my games, not just ofp.
Strangely though, I don't recall having this problem with windows 98. (I'm using xp just now).

[Jusupov]

Hmm.. made some drastic stuff. Don't know which one of them did it but now I can make out almost everything. But if I go to the video settings the game goes back to dark.

[RN Malboeuf]

dont you guys have a brightness turner on your monitor?

[Majick103]

Hi there, yes we got the monitor fully tuned. it seems Jusupov has got exactly the same problem; "But if I go to the video settings the game goes back to dark".

even when everything is turned up, the screen goes back to being dark.
Jusupov: does this occur also on Realplayer when playing a video??

[Jusupov]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Majick103 on 5:01 pm on Nov. 25, 2001

Jusupov: does this occur also on Realplayer when playing a video??[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>

Realplayer sucks.. I never use it so I dont know. But now I've been able to play, the darkness is gone.

[RN Malboeuf]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Majick103 on 10:01 am on Nov. 25, 2001
Hi there, yes we got the monitor fully tuned. ***it seems Jusupov has got exactly the same problem; "But if I go to the video settings the game goes back to dark".

even when everything is turned up, the screen goes back to being dark.
Jusupov: does this occur also on Realplayer when playing a video??
[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>


I cant see how since by upping the brightness on the monitor will OVER brighten any windows/OFP setting

what monitors do you guys have
and model number


(Edited by RN Malboeuf at 12:10 pm on Nov. 25, 2001)

[Jusupov]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from RN Malboeuf on 6:12 pm on Nov. 25, 2001


I cant see how since by upping the brighness on the monitor will OVER brighten any windows/OFP setting

what monitors do you guys have
and model number[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Why do you insist it's a monitor problem? No other games are doing the thing.

[RN Malboeuf]

that does not matter, what is so hard in turning up the brightness on your monitor?

I can crank mine so much that night ops or blacked out lighting in OFP becomes day, and I still have lots to go

I dont even need Night vision

thats why I think you just need to turn it up

OFP uses alot more things when it comes to graphics, any little problem with drivers will be amplified

[Jusupov]

Aahhh... Rage3d rocks. I just disabled Game Gamma from it's DirectX tab and now everything works perfectly.

[Majick103]

hi jusupov,

what is rage3d?
what did you do precisely?

please inform.

majick

[Jusupov]

<a href="http://www.rage3d.com

Download" target="_blank">http://www.rage3d.com

Download</a> their tweaker and fiddle around with it. I also suggest enabling those keyboard shortcuts to change gamma/contrast/other while in game.

[Majick103]

cool, I''m downing it now...
Thanks for your quick reply!
(havent played for a long time,,Yippie ,,I'll try again)

majick

[Jusupov]

Hehee.. I was away from this forum the whole time between my last post and yours. So quite lucky...

[Majick103]

Hi J.
It worked!!!! It worked so wel, I'm sewing you for BLINDING me. Hahahaha
Thanks alot!! I'm off to play now.
cheers,
(i'm so greatfull I'm checking this forum if someone has the same prob. and help him out, oh yes i feel like a hippy)
M.

[Majick103]

Hi J.
It worked! Thanks alot,, but I'm sewing you for blinding me, hahahahaha!
Thanks again and I'm off to play now.
cheers
M

[RN Malboeuf]

just to inform you guys (the ones still having problems) BIS told me that it's not FADE Related

[Maethos]

FYI my screen gets very very dark (unplayable) in night missions when I switch from 32 bit to 16 bit. 32 bit is fine, though black and white. (radeon 8500, win98se, directx 8.1)

[Maethos]

test

[Majick103]

matheos,
Do check rage3d, it'll work for sure, have had problems for over 2 months,,is fixed now...looks great
majick

[Jusupov]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Maethos on 1:48 am on Dec. 1, 2001
FYI my screen gets very very dark (unplayable) in night missions when I switch from 32 bit to 16 bit. ***32 bit is fine, though black and white. (radeon 8500, win98se, directx 8.1)
[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>

Your system is like mine, but I'm not noticing any B&W glitches in 32bit. Do you use T&L?

[Maethos]

It's not true black and white....there is some color. I went from a voodoo 3 3k to a radeon 8500. Night missions were better on the voodoo then on the 8500.(believe it or not). Yes I'm using T&L. I tried every tweak I could think of....made no difference. 16 bit mode just sucks on the radeon 8500 for this game. Also I noted 16 bit makes no difference in terms of fps for flashpoint. (atleast to my system)

[Jusupov]

I haven't had any chance in getting T&L to work. There's always some glitches or crashing. So I'm playing without it.

[Jusupov]

Double...

(Edited by Jusupov at 7:24 pm on Dec. 2, 2001)

[noisycricket]

My screen goes dark too. Thanks for the fix.

win xp
radeon 8500 retail
sblive
1.2 gig 512 266

[Sh@dow_killer]

I have the same problem with my monitor. I upgraded my vid card to a g-force2 64mb card, running win98, amd 1.2g, 128mb ram. have monitor brightness and contrast maxed, game brightness maxed, gamma settings maxed, just not verry bright...help.....