Here's some sanity:
The gamma changes are not affecting every user equally. Some are experiencing an unusable UI with total blackness, and others (such as myself) simply have darkened graphics which are totally usable and readable with none of the glitches seen in screenshots.
It's also untrue what some have said that Infravision/Ultra vision have no effect. Again, this seems to vary from setup to setup but on my own machine there is a marked difference between unaided sight and the vision buffs. They're certainly having an effect, if not working as intended.
The people that bring us this game are very experienced coders, and I cringe every time someone insinuates these gamma changes were tested on a single machine. These guys aren't so foolish as to roll out a graphical update like this without testing on a few different hardware setups.
It's obvious some long-term players are having very negative results from this patch, and it's sad to see for sure. It's my hope the Dev team will do something to fix things for these people.
I just want to be on record as a player that has experienced nothing but a darkening; I'm having none of the issues being presented. We may not be as vocal as those experiencing glitches, but we exist.
OS: Ubuntu Linux 12.04
Using WINE plus Q4wine to create a Windows environment
Playing in windowed but filling screen
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce 730
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