darkness/lightness changing on connect

[Trax]

Originally Posted by Tankdan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Video/Screenshots won't work for other people. I posted a screenshot of my nearly pitch black screen in ThurgA:

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but then rebooted my PC, and that^ screenshot suddenly looked perfectly fine.. But when I load EQ, its back to pitch black to where I cant even see the color of my or other peoples armor in both ThurgA and Skyshrine.

You cannot capture gamma in game via screenshot/video recording. The gamma will load differently for everyone when trying to show them a screenshot. You have to take a picture of the screen from another device. Cell phone, digital camera, etc.

[nilbog]

Guys I'm trying here. I hope this isn't just a difference is my setup versus yours.

Do my submissions seem ok? Or not?

[khanable]

Ah, if "use advanced lighting" is disabled in options then you won't see light sources

fixed that portion

edit: forgot I had this disabled for nro duels due to how absolutely awful it is - a bunch of people sitting around with light sources on a reflective ground makes things awful

[Callon]

The gamma changes to whacky darkness when the loading screen starts between server select and character selection screen...

If it was after character selection screen in game I would be ok with it, but it is not.

[Malevz]

Wow that's hard on the eyes. Sun is in the sky and dark elves see like humans with sunglasses on live. Neat. Fingers crossed this gets fixed.

[Ravager]

The thing about classic infravision was it had nothing to do with the gamma (screen brightness). With classic infravision, everything would be just as dark, but the mobs would stand out, they'd have kind of a reddish hue to them and be just a bit brighter. I'm probably not explaining that well enough, though. If infravision doesn't work like that with this patch though, the darkness is pretty pointless imo.

[NegaStoat]

Originally Posted by Ravager [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The thing about classic infravision was it had nothing to do with the gamma (screen brightness). With classic infravision, everything would be just as dark, but the mobs would stand out, they'd have kind of a reddish hue to them and be just a bit brighter. I'm probably not explaining that well enough, though. If infravision doesn't work like that with this patch though, the darkness is pretty pointless imo.

Holy crap, I'd completely forgotten about this until you mentioned it. I recall first starting with a High Elf character outside of Felwithe and being able to spot the bats easy as hell because of their reddish tint in night time hours. Likewise, I was extra pleased with my dark elf magician due to the way Ultravision would cut right through the fog of Rain so it only had a minimal obscuring effect. Made mob dodging in the Karanas so much easier.

[Malevz]

If it was a sight thing I don't think the interface would be darker... unless...

Do my chars see the interface?? DO THEY KNOW IT"S ALL JUST A GAME??

[Skew]

nilbog it seems hard to tell looking at someone elses screenshot/video capture.
i know as a woodelf/darkelf my vision right now is not classic and just seems like a gamma problem. All detail is washed out.
i'll try to post some screenshots tomorrow, might have to load up eq live to compare.

[khanable]

let me see if I can setup a tripod and record my screen with no other light sources going on and show differences for you

all the fraps/shadowplay/screen capture stuff I tried didn't work in really showing how dark it can be