r_ignorehwgamma 0 / too dark

[Cumquat]

if i put this command to 0 my game becomes extremely dark,like even if i put my brightness all the way up the game is still too dark.

all the brightness settings within et are at the highest,like gamma,overbrightbits,mapoverbrightbits etc

 

[MosesIsComingLookBusy]

put it to 1, it will fix the darkness

[Cumquat]

but i want it at 0

[Anton Chigurh]

What are your gamma and brightness settings?

 

I use the Annibal config.

 

seta R_ignorehwgamma 1
seta R_mapoverbrightbits 2
seta R_overbrightbits 1
seta R_intensity 1.5
seta R_gamma 2.0
vid_restart

 

 

[r3wind3r]

if you do seta r_ignorehwgamma 1 you ignore the in game gamma setting and you'll have to do the gamma setting via console e.g. seta r_gamma 1.6

r_ignorehwgamma 0 enables ingame setting.

try r_overbrightbits 0 ! if i set this to 1 i 'm also alone in the dark.

[Cumquat]

hmm r_overbrightbits 0 works ok,i thought the higher the value the brighter the setting?

it works fine on braundorf,i will check other maps because with hwgamma 0 the map also plays a role.

[Barn!e]

ET uses 0 but im sure RTCW had it 1

 

so maps like TC-Base or Adlernest to me look better with 1 while Oasis and Fueldump looks better 0..I am so fussy I made a config to change it back and forth lol..

Edited August 22, 2018 by Barn!e

[TulsaGeoff]

I use the following. By no means optimized by some pro but its what I've used for many years. I haven't tried it on and off

 

seta r_gamma "2.0"
seta r_intensity "2.0"
seta r_overbrightBits "4"
seta r_mapOverBrightBits "2.5"
seta r_ignorehwgamma "0"

 

and use this to adjust the gamma depending on the map.

bind "KP_PLUS" "vstr gup"
bind "KP_MINUS" "vstr gdn"
set gdn vstr gamma00
set gup vstr gamma01
set gamma00 "set r_gamma 1.5;set gdn vstr gamma00;set gup vstr gamma01;echo ^2Gamma 1.5"
set gamma01 "set r_gamma 1.55;set gdn vstr gamma00;set gup vstr gamma02;echo ^2Gamma 1.55"
set gamma02 "set r_gamma 1.6;set gdn vstr gamma01;set gup vstr gamma03;echo ^2Gamma 1.6"
set gamma03 "set r_gamma 1.65;set gdn vstr gamma02;set gup vstr gamma04;echo ^2Gamma 1.65"
set gamma04 "set r_gamma 1.7;set gdn vstr gamma03;set gup vstr gamma05;echo ^2Gamma 1.7"
set gamma05 "set r_gamma 1.75;set gdn vstr gamma04;set gup vstr gamma06;echo ^2Gamma 1.75"
set gamma06 "set r_gamma 1.8;set gdn vstr gamma05;set gup vstr gamma07;echo ^2Gamma 1.8"
set gamma07 "set r_gamma 1.85;set gdn vstr gamma06;set gup vstr gamma08;echo ^2Gamma 1.85"
set gamma08 "set r_gamma 1.9;set gdn vstr gamma07;set gup vstr gamma09;echo ^2Gamma 1.9"
set gamma09 "set r_gamma 1.95;set gdn vstr gamma08;set gup vstr gamma10;echo ^2Gamma 1.95"
set gamma10 "set r_gamma 2.0;set gdn vstr gamma09;set gup vstr gamma10;echo ^2Gamma 2.0!"

 

There may also being something in your graphics driver settings like antialiasing gamma correction that you may want to try on and off. Just some ideas.