Is Contrast / Gamma off for anyone else?

kalirion · 01-10-2010, 08:13 PM

This game seems to do something very unhealthy with contrast or gamma (or both) settings on my system. It looks both dark and washed out at the same time. When I alt-tab to desktop, I see that these settings stick around, and only go back to normal after I quit the game.

I tried tinkering with various settings in NVIDIA Control Pannel trying to make this game presentable, to no effect.

Maybe its something about my video card - integrated Nvidia 7100 which I'm using till I replace my dead 8800GT. But I haven't encountered this in any other game I've tried, even ones the card give me 1 frame per second....

kalirion · 03-04-2010, 09:42 PM

Seriously, anyone? I'm now using a 9600GT, and the problem is still there. I'm pretty sure I could enjoy this game if half the colors weren't washed out or inverted...

MacArther · 09-01-2010, 08:15 AM

Yeah, I get the inverted colors through whole levels, where it looks like a messed up photo negative. I tried changing all the settings one at a time, and nothing seems to fix it. You found anything useful?

kalirion · 09-01-2010, 08:53 AM

Nah, I ended up tinkering with the in-game brightness and gamma, as well as contrast in NVIDIA control panel, to make it wind up a combination of some washed out and some inverted but not too much of either.

MacArther · 09-01-2010, 02:30 PM

Ended up finding out that if you uncheck Full Screen Effects on the setup menu then the photo negative quality goes away.

kalirion · 09-01-2010, 03:58 PM

Eh, it didnt help me.

01-10-2010, 08:13 PM	#1
kalirion Join Date: Jan 2009 Reputation: 550 Posts: 3,677	Is Contrast / Gamma off for anyone else? This game seems to do something very unhealthy with contrast or gamma (or both) settings on my system. It looks both dark and washed out at the same time. When I alt-tab to desktop, I see that these settings stick around, and only go back to normal after I quit the game. I tried tinkering with various settings in NVIDIA Control Pannel trying to make this game presentable, to no effect. Maybe its something about my video card - integrated Nvidia 7100 which I'm using till I replace my dead 8800GT. But I haven't encountered this in any other game I've tried, even ones the card give me 1 frame per second....

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03-04-2010, 09:42 PM	#2
kalirion Join Date: Jan 2009 Reputation: 550 Posts: 3,677	Seriously, anyone? I'm now using a 9600GT, and the problem is still there. I'm pretty sure I could enjoy this game if half the colors weren't washed out or inverted...

09-01-2010, 08:15 AM	#3
MacArther Join Date: Nov 2009 Reputation: 2 Posts: 16	Yeah, I get the inverted colors through whole levels, where it looks like a messed up photo negative. I tried changing all the settings one at a time, and nothing seems to fix it. You found anything useful?

09-01-2010, 08:53 AM	#4
kalirion Join Date: Jan 2009 Reputation: 550 Posts: 3,677	Nah, I ended up tinkering with the in-game brightness and gamma, as well as contrast in NVIDIA control panel, to make it wind up a combination of some washed out and some inverted but not too much of either.

09-01-2010, 02:30 PM	#5
MacArther Join Date: Nov 2009 Reputation: 2 Posts: 16	Ended up finding out that if you uncheck Full Screen Effects on the setup menu then the photo negative quality goes away.

09-01-2010, 03:58 PM	#6
kalirion Join Date: Jan 2009 Reputation: 550 Posts: 3,677	Eh, it didnt help me.