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Article #271Re: Dark games and RTCW
From: Inglo
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 11:53
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 11:53
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"prequelitis" <time@to.com> wrote in message news:zx%P7.426515$bY5.1781653@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > > > I've got a Geforce 2 MX200 and some games are just so dark while others > are > > perfectly fine. > > For example, Quake 2 and 3 is dark and but Quake 3 TA is excellent. After > > installing Team Arena, > > Quake 3 is also fine. > > > > The list of dark games also include Pro Rally 2001, Sports Car GT, > > Carmageddon TDR, > > Alien Vs Predator 2, > > > avp2 is absolutely ridiculous when it comes to darkness..not a > single brightness control to be found in the settings. the AUTOEXEC > has them, but seems to have ZERO effect in the game. I know the > game is meant to be dark and atmospheric, but this goes a bit too > far. > There is a way to fix the brightness in AvP2, its a major pain in the ass though. Bring up the chat/console (default ENTER), make sure the bottom right hand portion of the screen is bright (you have to be able to read some black letters), type in: <cheat> mplightadd Then use your forward, strafe right, and jump keys to increase the values seen in the bottom right. This only works in single player though. -- "When you feel like life's gonna take a turn for the worse, press F6.." Steve � Inglo No IM# available
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