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Started by Man-wai Chang
Sun, 26 Nov 2006 06:52
Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Man-wai Chang
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 06:52
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 06:52
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Using Nvidia GF7600GT. I tuned the gamma to the max position, it's still so dark. Is there a command-line option to fix it? -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.18.2 ^ ^ 14:43:02 up 1 day 4:46 0 users load average: 3.96 4.03 3.95 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Luc The Perverse
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:21
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:21
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"Man-wai Chang" <toylet...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:456937fc$1_1@rain.i-cable.com... > Using Nvidia GF7600GT. > > I tuned the gamma to the max position, it's still so dark. Is there a > command-line option to fix it? Starcraft shouldn't be adjusting this, I don't think. Are other applications dark? And no - there is no command line option -- LTP :)
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Man-wai Chang
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:55
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:55
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>> I tuned the gamma to the max position, it's still so dark. Is there a >> command-line option to fix it? > Starcraft shouldn't be adjusting this, I don't think. It ignores(?) the gamma setting of the driver.... The nvidia's setting is respected by Counter-Strike 1.6 as well as BF2. > Are other applications dark? > And no - there is no command line option I hope Blizzard would fix it. I can't play at all. Surprised that my old Radeon X1300 AGP4x didn't have the same issue. -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.18.3 ^ ^ 20:53:01 up 2:16 1 user load average: 1.00 1.01 1.00 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Frans
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:00
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:00
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"Man-wai Chang" <toylet...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:45698ee9$1_3@rain.i-cable.com... >>> I tuned the gamma to the max position, it's still so dark. Is there a >>> command-line option to fix it? >> Starcraft shouldn't be adjusting this, I don't think. > > It ignores(?) the gamma setting of the driver.... The nvidia's setting > is respected by Counter-Strike 1.6 as well as BF2. > >> Are other applications dark? >> And no - there is no command line option > > I hope Blizzard would fix it. I can't play at all. Surprised that my old > Radeon X1300 AGP4x didn't have the same issue. Maybe because Starcraft is 100 years old.
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Man-wai Chang
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:12
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:12
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>> I hope Blizzard would fix it. I can't play at all. Surprised that my old >> Radeon X1300 AGP4x didn't have the same issue. > > Maybe because Starcraft is 100 years old. It's still a fun game. The maps are way more innovative and playable than C&C... -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.18.3 ^ ^ 20:12:01 up 34 min 0 users load average: 1.01 1.01 0.95 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Luc The Perverse
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:51
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:51
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"Man-wai Chang" <toylet...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:456ad63b$1_3@rain.i-cable.com... >>> I hope Blizzard would fix it. I can't play at all. Surprised that my old >>> Radeon X1300 AGP4x didn't have the same issue. >> >> Maybe because Starcraft is 100 years old. > > It's still a fun game. The maps are way more innovative and playable > than C&C... I concur -- LTP :)
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: ihatespamandyoumustremov... MuuM...
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:28
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:28
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IN TEH PALECE KNOWEN AS alt.games.starcraft, TEH FAGGORTER Man-wai Chang <toylet...@gmail.com> DUMPED HIS GHEYE SHIET ON MY COMPUTAR SCREEN!!!!: >Using Nvidia GF7600GT. > >I tuned the gamma to the max position, it's still so dark. Is there a >command-line option to fix it? If I had to make a guess, I'd say it might only affect D3D/OGL accelerated games. Have you tried with some other old purely 2d-based thing?
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Luc The Perverse
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:51
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:51
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"MuuMiMan" <ihatespamandyoumustremov...@mbnet.fi> wrote in message news:21fmm21k63756pqohbrujc0nmbld0s7ea7@4ax.com... > IN TEH PALECE KNOWEN AS alt.games.starcraft, TEH FAGGORTER Man-wai > Chang <toylet...@gmail.com> DUMPED HIS GHEYE SHIET ON MY COMPUTAR > SCREEN!!!!: >>Using Nvidia GF7600GT. >> >>I tuned the gamma to the max position, it's still so dark. Is there a >>command-line option to fix it? > > If I had to make a guess, I'd say it might only affect D3D/OGL > accelerated games. Have you tried with some other old purely 2d-based > thing? Gamma setting should affect 2D apps as well. I remember Diablo had a gamma setting in it -- LTP :)
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Zealot The Crazy Lui
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:14
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:14
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On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:52:38 +0800, Man-wai Chang <toylet...@gmail.com> wrote: >Using Nvidia GF7600GT. > >I tuned the gamma to the max position, it's still so dark. Is there a >command-line option to fix it? Does your monitor have brightness and contrast settings? use them.
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Man-wai Chang
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:27
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:27
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> If I had to make a guess, I'd say it might only affect D3D/OGL > accelerated games. Have you tried with some other old purely 2d-based > thing? > Counter-strike 1.6 is ok. Haven't checked Diablo2 ... -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.18.3 ^ ^ 22:27:01 up 1 day 2:49 1 user load average: 1.00 1.00 1.00 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Man-wai Chang
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:27
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:27
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> > Does your monitor have brightness and contrast settings? use them. I knew. But it could light up the dark colors... :) -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.18.3 ^ ^ 22:27:01 up 1 day 2:49 1 user load average: 1.00 1.00 1.00 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Man-wai Chang
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:28
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:28
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>> It's still a fun game. The maps are way more innovative and playable >> than C&C... > I concur I esp. like those impossible scenario.. :) -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.18.3 ^ ^ 22:28:01 up 1 day 2:50 1 user load average: 1.00 1.00 1.00 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Zealot The Crazy Lui
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:06
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:06
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:27:57 +0800, Man-wai Chang <toylet...@gmail.com> wrote: >I knew. But it could light up the dark colors... :) Yeah, but it's better than not being able to see anything, no? :)
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Zealot The Crazy Lui
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:07
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:07
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:27:14 +0800, Man-wai Chang <toylet...@gmail.com> wrote: >> If I had to make a guess, I'd say it might only affect D3D/OGL >> accelerated games. Have you tried with some other old purely 2d-based >> thing? > >Counter-strike 1.6 is ok. Haven't checked Diablo2 ... That's not very helpful, seeing as CS is a 3d game...
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Man-wai Chang
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:34
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:34
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> That's not very helpful, seeing as CS is a 3d game... MAME32? It respects the gamma setting. -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.18.3 ^ ^ 20:33:01 up 2 days 55 min 1 user load average: 1.06 1.02 1.00 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: Man-wai Chang
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:37
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:37
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>> I knew. But it could light up the dark colors... :) typo: COULD *NOT* light up.... > > Yeah, but it's better than not being able to see anything, no? :) Do Nvidia engineers play games to verify their work? -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.18.3 ^ ^ 21:37:01 up 4 days 1:59 1 user load average: 1.00 1.01 1.00 news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk
Re: Starcraft not respecting Nvidia gamma setting
Author: justi...
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:11
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:11
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I doubt the Nvidia engineers even bother..... -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ MK/Ultra - Owner of http://www.net-lotto.org ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Man-wai Chang wrote: > >> I knew. But it could light up the dark colors... :) > > typo: COULD *NOT* light up.... > > > > > Yeah, but it's better than not being able to see anything, no? :) > > Do Nvidia engineers play games to verify their work? > > -- > .~. Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. http://www.linux-sxs.org > / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! > /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 6.10) Linux 2.6.18.3 > ^ ^ 21:37:01 up 4 days 1:59 1 user load average: 1.00 1.01 1.00 > news://news.3home.net news://news.hkpcug.org news://news.newsgroup.com.hk
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