Thief gold brightness problem(Yeah.. i've used the search function) - by sNeaksieGarrett
sNeaksieGarrett on 6/12/2005 at 23:48
Yes, i've used search, but haven't found anything reallu useful, and rather than try reading all the threads that seem they might be what i want, im making this thread.
To the point:
Okay, i've had thief run just fine and everything on windows xp, and i dont remember the game doing this to me before, but recently i wanted to go into thief gold and play bafford's manor. So, i went and did, but everything was VERY VERY bright. I think "light_bright" is on, however i dont recall editing it in dromed, and dromed.exe isn't even in the thief gold folder:confused: So, I even tried doing the little "shift+;" thing to open the command prompt and typed light_bright and pressed enter. And guess what? NOTHING HAPPENED.:erg:
Any ideas? Oh, and im pretty darn sure it has to be a light_bright issue due to the fact that my lightgem changes from light to dark in certain areas that it should.
Luthien on 7/12/2005 at 10:38
That sounds like Thief is running in software emulation graphics mode. Double check that it's using hardware acceleration. Open the cam.cfg file in the thief directory and look for a variable "game_hardware". It should be set to 1 or maybe another positive number, but not 0 or less.
ionia23 on 7/12/2005 at 18:18
also make sure your gamma isn't ramped up to max, make sure it's accepting new gamma settings.
sNeaksieGarrett on 7/12/2005 at 23:25
Here's what my cam.cfg files looks like:
; $Header: r:/prj/cam/src/RCS/cam.cfg 1.14 1998/09/23 20:00:41 mahk Exp $
; hey, which game is this
game dark
; general configs
include_user_cfg user.cfg
editor_include_dromed_cfg dromed.cfg
; game specific paths/configs
dark_include_install_cfg install.cfg
shock_resname_base r:\prj\shock\art\finals
; set trait cache to include concretes
trait_cache_flags 2
character_detail 1
sfx_eax 0
skip_intro
sfx_device 1
game_screen_depth 16
gamma 0.6499999762
game_hardware 1
game_screen_size 640 480
sfx_channels 8
game_screen_flags 13
game_full_screen 1
master_volume -120
d3d_driver_index 0
last_command light_bright
------------------------------------------
It seems its NOT running in hardware mode since it says 1, and the textures i've seen while playing seem normal. Very strage.:confused: Maybe thief is hating my graphics card drivers????
Hmm.. Very strange, i turned hardware mode off just now to see what the game looks like(of course it looks like **it) and the shadows and stuff were fine. Its only with hardware mode ON, that everything is incredibly bright. 0.0
Also, I'm not sure what you mean ionia23, ive turned down the gamma inside the thief options screen but you can tell that its bright. Its just not AS bright. If that makes any sense.....
242 on 8/12/2005 at 00:18
Check brighness and gamma setting in the Display Properties -> Advanced -> Color (Full Screen 3d). The settings there could override in-game settings.
sNeaksieGarrett on 8/12/2005 at 00:58
Are you talking about this:
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http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9669/colorman9gs.jpg)
If so, all i have is "All", "Overlay", and "Desktop". No full screen video.
[edit]
It's not gamma. Im pretty sure. I turned down gamma all the way down in thief, and you can still tell that something is not right. I also turned down gamma before trying the game again just a second ago, but it was the same situation. I don't understand. Maybe its something else related to settings in the gfx drivers.
[edit2] AAAAH! yuck! It happened to thief 2 as well! I just tried thief 2 and the same results are occuring. All i can figure is its the new drivers, so i guess i should uninstall them and go back to the previous set of drivers i was using. UNless of course, someone has any ideas.
sNeaksieGarrett on 8/12/2005 at 15:55
Bump. Last chance to suggest something before i switch to previous drivers.
[edit] I've changed my drivers back, but guess what? ITS STILL HAPPENING! =-o I don't get it! I even went into dromed for thief 2 a minute ago, and it was still very bright! I even typed light_bright, pressed enter, hit alt+G, and it was still bright! I don't understand you, you cursed nVidia! I shall smite thee!
sNeaksieGarrett on 9/12/2005 at 21:47
BUMP.
Spitter on 10/12/2005 at 18:40
Can we have a screenshot of this light effect? Also please specify what graphics card you're using, it makes troubleshooting quite a bit easier.
