🚀 go-pugleaf

Too bad those controls don't seem to affect most games...
at least on my system.

jmg

"Cobra95" <kjsuarez@msn.com> wrote in message
news:7fc75702.0112070640.37a53561@posting.google.com...
> If you don't have the latest Detonator drivers from NVidia.com, get
> them.  The control panel will allow you to adjust your brightness,
> contrast, gamma, hue, etc.  Then you can save different adjustments to
> files.  These files can be brought up in the taskbar utility (also
> activated in the display settings control panel, somewhere).  My
> settings are "General Goodness" (desktop), "Dark Games" (gamma cranked
> for older OpenGL games), "High Contrast" (too many games look washed
> out without it), and "RtCW" (I really wanted to tweak this game's
> awesome look).
>
> "xlr8" <xlr8@123.abc> wrote in message
news:<9upavu$1rj4$1@otis.netspace.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, Quake 1, Quake 3 (under Linux this time), Unreal,
> > Unreal Tournament,
> > and Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
> >
> > I had similar problems with a Voodoo 2 but not with a Diamond Monster
Voodoo
> > 1.
> >
> > It's like walking around with very dark sunglasses on.
> >
> > Games like Rally Championship Extreme, Master Rallye, Midtown Madness 2
and
> > Tribes 2
> > look fantastic - they're nice and bright. My monitor is big and bright,
so
> > thats not the problem.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> > Is it because I bought a non-brand name card?
> > I think I'll buy a brand-name Geforce 3 Ti500 card next time.
> >
> > Another question: how do I get past the very first level level in Return
to
> > Castle Wolfenstein?
> > I've killed everyone and don't know where to go next. There is a door I
> > cannot open.
> > It's in the hall room where there are a few knight-in-armour statues.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.