darkness/lightness changing on connect

[khanable]

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

I play windowed mode, no WinEQ. IPS Panel Monitor. 100% gamma, still garbage. Everything is completely dark unless I use Nvidia to control my gamma. Also, once I close EQ, everything stays dark. Windows gamma doesn't reset.

Must be something specific going on with your system then - at 100% gamma, my windows darkness/colors don't change (if they do, it's very small amounts). <100% and I start seeing my OS become very noticeably darker..

I'm also on an IPS panel.

[rubinoff]

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

Must be something specific going on with your system then - at 100% gamma, my windows darkness/colors don't change (if they do, it's very small amounts). <100% and I start seeing my OS become very noticeably darker..

I'm also on an IPS panel.

I'm confused by what your saying, obviously dropping the gamma makes the windows darker. Leaving at 100 wont change any brightness since the gamma isnt increasing. Its also late so I might just be missing the point.

[khanable]

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

I'm confused by what your saying, obviously dropping the gamma makes the windows darker. Leaving at 100 wont change any brightness since the gamma isnt increasing. Its also late so I might just be missing the point.

I left out

"when I close out EQ when it's <100% gamma my OS resets to whatever it was previously"

yes, it's late, sorry lol

[rubinoff]

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

I play windowed mode, no WinEQ. IPS Panel Monitor. 100% gamma, still garbage. Everything is completely dark unless I use Nvidia to control my gamma. Also, once I close EQ, everything stays dark. Windows gamma doesn't reset.

For me closing the game reverts the gamma to a brighter level. The problem for me is using nvidia control panel to boost the gamma leaves the system ultra bright when the game closes. You then have to open it again to revert the settings to get everything back to normal.

[rubinoff]

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

I play windowed mode, no WinEQ. IPS Panel Monitor. 100% gamma, still garbage. Everything is completely dark unless I use Nvidia to control my gamma. Also, once I close EQ, everything stays dark. Windows gamma doesn't reset.

Trax using the nvidia gamma would you say the patch has approximately cut the gamma level in half for you? Thats what it looks like to me 67% gamma pre patch is now 135% post patch?

[rubicaant]

This seems related, while attempting a vindi raid, with advanced lighting on, the background was extremely bright.

http://imgur.com/Hm1alUo

With lighting off, it looked normal. My assumption is that it's all the light sources extremely blown out because my gamma is at 100% just to be able to see my ui.

http://imgur.com/IIoapQl

[Malevz]

Not sure if this will help, but everything is fine on server select. When I start to load into the server the loading screens are really dark too.

[khanable]

Made a human, currently 9PM in game in nro (near efp zoneline)

at 100% gamma things look great.

Not as dark as classic (the world), but it's a good balance between darkness/non-bad UI coloring

[Feanol]

First off... Thank you Haynar.

I logged into North Ro to see how this new lighting worked and I couldn't be more happy. It was like I was back on Classic. It sparked a memory of hunting Dervishes solo on my live Rogue, with rain pouring down and only the bandit's campfire to illuminate the night as nightmarish creatures roamed the dunes...

Lanterns, Torches, my character's Dance of the Fireflies spell, were all so comically useless before. I was doing some testing for brightness and confirmed the items have different levels/fields of illumination. Firefly Globe gave off a soft orange glow, whereas a Small Lantern was much brighter and had a greater field of effect. I can also confirm my Infra-vision had a noticeable effect after those first ten seconds or so it takes to kick in.

My User Interface is certainly darker, but nothing unmanageable. Maybe a few of my darker color hotkeys/text fields will need to be brightened but it's nothing like some of the screenshots I've been seeing posted here. Totally usable.

I'm not like these other savages, Haynar, I'm not so addled with ADHD that I need to keep EverQuest in a window in the corner of my screen while I watch a movie and browse Facebook while Skyping my nephew on a separate monitor.

Full screen in this new lighting is all the immersion I've ever wanted. I can't wait to see those hapless Humans and their ilk stumble around the night and bump into trees. Perhaps I'll offer them A Torch...

[The_DarkSavant]

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

First off... Thank you Haynar.

I logged into North Ro to see how this new lighting worked and I couldn't be more happy. It was like I was back on Classic. It sparked a memory of hunting Dervishes solo on my live Rogue, with rain pouring down and only the bandit's campfire to illuminate the night as nightmarish creatures roamed the dunes...

Lanterns, Torches, my character's Dance of the Fireflies spell, were all so comically useless before. I was doing some testing for brightness and confirmed the items have different levels/fields of illumination. Firefly Globe gave off a soft orange glow, whereas a Small Lantern was much brighter and had a greater field of effect. I can also confirm my Infra-vision had a noticeable effect after those first ten seconds or so it takes to kick in.

My User Interface is certainly darker, but nothing unmanageable. Maybe a few of my darker color hotkeys/text fields will need to be brightened but it's nothing like some of the screenshots I've been seeing posted here. Totally usable.

I'm not like these other savages, Haynar, I'm not so addled with ADHD that I need to keep EverQuest in a window in the corner of my screen while I watch a movie and browse Facebook while Skyping my nephew on a separate monitor.

Full screen in this new lighting is all the immersion I've ever wanted. I can't wait to see those hapless Humans and their ilk stumble around the night and bump into trees. Perhaps I'll offer them A Torch...

you're a dumbass

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