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> 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.



Quake 1, Quake 3 (under Linux this time), Unreal,
> Unreal Tournament,
> and Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

Wolfie uses the Q3 engine, so transfer your
q3

seta r_gamma " "
seta r_intensity " "

settings to it's autoexec.cfg

or just increase them in the options ?


>
> 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.



i found when i bought my asus v7100 and used the asus drivers
they had d3d / opengl brightness controls inbuilt, presumably for
idiot games makers who assume everyone has the same machine
they use, but they disappeared completely when using the nvidia
 ones!



>
> 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.

geez dude, if ya can't get past that bit you'll *never* work out some
later levels :)

> It's in the hall room where there are a few knight-in-armour statues.



> Thanks for your help.
>
>
>

"prequelitis" <time@to.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> > 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

steve

where did you find that out ?

what a bizarre way to increase brightness in a game

wow

hehe

anyweb
"Inglo" <spehrson*fnord*@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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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
>
>
>
>

I think I found it in the planetAvP forums.  When I first tried it I
thought perhaps I was being put on.  But it does work.
I used to have a friend who was a chef who got pissed off whenever he
saw someone add salt to the food he had prepared, said he wished the
restaurant wouldn't put salt on the tables.  I told him he was a moron.
I feel the same way about game designers and brightness controls.

--
"When you feel like life's gonna take a turn for the worse, press F6.."

Steve � Inglo
No IM# available


"anyweb" <anyweb@diespammerdiehotmail.com> wrote in message
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> steve
>
> where did you find that out ?
>
> what a bizarre way to increase brightness in a game
>
> wow
>
> hehe
>
> anyweb
> "Inglo" <spehrson*fnord*@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:o52Q7.2600$3Z2.528442426@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com...
> > "prequelitis" <time@to.com> wrote in message
> > news:zx%P7.426515$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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

> 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.

thanx for that .

There should just be a friggin slider somewhere though.

--
"When you feel like life's gonna take a turn for the worse, press F6.."

Steve � Inglo
No IM# available


"prequelitis" <time@to.com> wrote in message
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>
> > 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.
>
> thanx for that .
>
>
>
>

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.

> There should just be a friggin slider somewhere though.
>
> --

its a sad day for 3D shooters, when being able to see is
considered a cheat ! - hell even in the brighter scenes of
AvP2, such as the first predator mission, you can tell the
facial textures and other things are too dark and there's
something wrong !  RTCW has its dark scenes too, such
as the crypt section, and it works quite well and is acceptable
like that - is brightness controls considered a cheat when
playing wolfie online ? i don tink so !

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.

I'm using 3Deep software that came with my MSI Geforce2 Pro... it seems 
to brighten all games I run along with Windows... I've tried fooling 
around with the color correction but it doesn't seem to brighten when I 
run games, only windows...

give a try with 3Deep... not sure where to get it but I'm sure someone 
knows here...


"Inglo" <spehrson*fnord*@yahoo.com> wrote in news:i43Q7.2622
$YH3.531396758@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com:

> I think I found it in the planetAvP forums.  When I first tried it I
> thought perhaps I was being put on.  But it does work.
> I used to have a friend who was a chef who got pissed off whenever he
> saw someone add salt to the food he had prepared, said he wished the
> restaurant wouldn't put salt on the tables.  I told him he was a moron.
> I feel the same way about game designers and brightness controls.
> 
> --
> "When you feel like life's gonna take a turn for the worse, press F6.."
> 
> Steve � Inglo
> No IM# available
> 
> 
> "anyweb" <anyweb@diespammerdiehotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:rM2Q7.1476$_G1.585199@newsc.telia.net...
>> steve
>>
>> where did you find that out ?
>>
>> what a bizarre way to increase brightness in a game
>>
>> wow
>>
>> hehe
>>
>> anyweb
>> "Inglo" <spehrson*fnord*@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:o52Q7.2600$3Z2.528442426@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com... 
>> > "prequelitis" <time@to.com> wrote in message
>> > news:zx%P7.426515$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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
> 
> 
>