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"Carl Senior Jr" <csenior@comcast.net> wrote in message 
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> Hello All
> I've waited a while to play Doom III.  I've upgraded my processor (2.1Gig)
> Celeron, 512 megs of memory.
>
> I just went out and purchased a 128 meg  ATI Radeon 9200.
> When I load and start the game,  the screen is extrememly dark.  Even when 
> I
> allow the game to select the proper resolution.
> The game box says that the minimum requirement is 64 meg Video card.  I;ve
> got twice that.  I've got the "brightness" control Inside the game set to
> max.  Using 800X600   1024X728, etc, etc.  Waay too dark to play the 
> game..
>
> Any insight into whats wrong and what I can do to "BRIGHTEN UP THE GAME
> SCREEN" ??
> Thanx much..
>
>
Welcome to Doom3 Carl.    I've been enjoying it for some time.   Note that 
you're likely to be told that DARK is simply how the game *IS*.   Not quite 
true.  Id put some new type of lighting to work in this game and a lot of 
folks didn't like it.  I thought it was just a game and the lighting while 
different, isn't so bad.
I don't have a little file worked up that just gives ya the options you 
need.  But do have a look over at upset chaps at their doom3 guide.  It's a 
good one.
http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Doom3/Doom3Guide.htm

If you need more help, just holler.
McG. 

"Carl Senior Jr" <csenior@comcast.net> wrote:

>Hello All
>I've waited a while to play Doom III.  I've upgraded my processor (2.1Gig)
>Celeron, 512 megs of memory.
>
>I just went out and purchased a 128 meg  ATI Radeon 9200.
>When I load and start the game,  the screen is extrememly dark.  Even when I
>allow the game to select the proper resolution.
>The game box says that the minimum requirement is 64 meg Video card.  I;ve
>got twice that.  I've got the "brightness" control Inside the game set to
>max.  Using 800X600   1024X728, etc, etc.  Waay too dark to play the game..
>
>Any insight into whats wrong and what I can do to "BRIGHTEN UP THE GAME
>SCREEN" ??
>Thanx much..

Doom3 is dark but not *that* dark.  It makes dramatic use of light and
shadow leaving lots of nooks and corners of rooms virtually pitch black.
There are areas where you will simply have to use a flashlight to inspect.

Even still, if you are using a monitor that runs a little dark (like
mine), Doom3 will quickly look annoyingly dark.  I assume your ATI drivers
will let you adjust gamma (I use nVidia).  Try turning up the gamma a tad
via the ATI driver.


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"Carl Senior Jr" <csenior@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:TrSdnXsGFIbeXgneRVn-rg@comcast.com...
> Hello All
> I've waited a while to play Doom III.  I've upgraded my processor (2.1Gig)
> Celeron, 512 megs of memory.
>
> I just went out and purchased a 128 meg  ATI Radeon 9200.
> When I load and start the game,  the screen is extrememly dark.  Even when
I
> allow the game to select the proper resolution.
> The game box says that the minimum requirement is 64 meg Video card.  I;ve
> got twice that.  I've got the "brightness" control Inside the game set to
> max.  Using 800X600   1024X728, etc, etc.  Waay too dark to play the
game..
>
> Any insight into whats wrong and what I can do to "BRIGHTEN UP THE GAME
> SCREEN" ??
> Thanx much..
>
>
>
>

http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Doom3/FAQ_Brightnesss.htm
I have to set these really high cos my monitor is really dark (old, crappy
monitor).
Btw, your make of gfx card doesn't (or shouldn't) have much effect on how
bright a game is. It's mostly down to the monitor.