Classic display darkness

[Frug]

^^^ THIS.

[happyhappy]

Like they did when they took out the target rings, the map, the compass or put the guildname on the same line, right?

[Salaryman]

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

Just because something was part of EQ in 1999 doesn't mean it needs to be around today. That darkness crap was stupid. I always played an elf/short race so I at least had infravision and it was simply ridiculous to not be able to see.

Here's what's going to happen if the gamma correction that the titanium client has is removed, folks will either quit because the game is unplayable. Or they'll get 3rd party software to increase the lighting.

I rather gladly play on a server with classic lighting, hell id rather a classic client and ive never played eq apart from p99. I came here for the classic experience as advertised.
Also you suck

[Juevento]

None of those is even close to impacting the game like the brightness of the screen. I am not going to put up with not being able to see. Like I said I'll quit or find a way around it.

For what it's worth, if you want the stupid darkness from original EQ here is how you can get it.

1. Fire up 2 separate EQ clients. Have one logged into blue server and another logged into red or beta.
2. Log both into the world completely.
3. Now log out of the server that you do not want to be in an close that client totally. The remaining client will have its gamma adjustment removed and you'll experience the shitty darkness that I guess you wanted?

[Juevento]

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

I rather gladly play on a server with classic lighting, hell id rather a classic client and ive never played eq apart from p99. I came here for the classic experience as advertised.
Also you suck

That's fine, as I've shown in my post above you can have your stupid dark screen. I never want to have to group with you since you'll likely be useless because you can't see for anything.

[Champion_Standing]

It would be so easy to pump the gamma back up if they locked the slider that it would just amount to a waste of dev time.

[Salaryman]

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

That's fine, as I've shown in my post above you can have your stupid dark screen. I never want to have to group with you since you'll likely be useless because you can't see for anything.

I play on red bro its hardcore you wouldnt know anything about that. I bet you keep a nightlight to scare away the boogyman like ur 12. You should quit ingame and irl

[happyhappy]

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

None of those is even close to impacting the game like the brightness of the screen. I am not going to put up with not being able to see. Like I said I'll quit or find a way around it.?

Think you are overdramatizing it all a bit; 3rd party software isn't required.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Deadeye
http://wiki.project1999.com/Ultravision
http://wiki.project1999.com/Heat_Sight
http://wiki.project1999.com/Serpent_Sight
http://wiki.project1999.com/Chill_Sight
http://wiki.project1999.com/Truesight

Not to mention all the illusion spells like iksar, high elf and dark elf have built in ultravision.

[doacleric]

Yep, if you lower the gamma in the option settings to 21% or 26%, you will have a display that is FAR closer to classic brightness than the default gamma settings. Will it be perfect? No, but a torch will still come in handy under these settings.

In addition, EQ never used OpenGL. It was originally released under Glide for 3dfx cards and DX5, soon upgraded to DX6 with the release of Kunark.

[packmuleforlife]

have you tried playing a barbarian? 'Cause I still cant see shit.