Quake too dark to play

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On Mon, 31 May 2004 02:24:08 -0700, "Frans Fennema" <fransmfennema@hotmail..com> wrote:

>Why is playing quake under Win.xp suddenly so dark that it s hardly
>playable. Before under Win 98 I had a normal screen. Is there anyone who
>knows how to solve this problem?
>

open your console: ~ button


type: \r_gamma [number]

1.0 to 2.0 are good values

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Thanks everybody I put the commands in the console and it worked a bit (at
least for 1.0). But still its too dark to play it.
"Jason Aguon" <jax5050@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Are even able to play under XP? I thought there wasn't GL support in XP.
>
>
> "Shane Lahey" <s.lahey@roadrunner.nf.net> wrote in message
> news:nm4lb0ls7av1m0014v9f5m13cb3o2e922n@4ax.com...
> > On Mon, 31 May 2004 02:24:08 -0700, "Frans Fennema"
> <fransmfennema@hotmail..com> wrote:
> >
> > >Why is playing quake under Win.xp suddenly so dark that it s hardly
> > >playable. Before under Win 98 I had a normal screen. Is there anyone
who
> > >knows how to solve this problem?
> > >
> >
> > open your console: ~ button
> >
> >
> > type: \r_gamma [number]
> >
> > 1.0 to 2.0 are good values
> >
>
>

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Again thanks very much!

The game is cool to play now except for those disturbing distracting
mathematic forms that appear everywhere in the screen. If this problem could
be solved it would make my day
"Zenmasta" <byteme@myass.com> wrote in message
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> just use these
>
> set r_ignorehwgamma 0
> set r_overbrightbits 0
> set r_intensity 1.2
> set r_gamma 1.7
>
> Frans Fennema wrote:
> > Thanks everybody I put the commands in the console and it worked a bit
(at
> > least for 1.0). But still its too dark to play it.
> > "Jason Aguon" <jax5050@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:10bl57ig5eicg6b@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> >>Are even able to play under XP? I thought there wasn't GL support in
XP.
> >>
> >>
> >>"Shane Lahey" <s.lahey@roadrunner.nf.net> wrote in message
> >>news:nm4lb0ls7av1m0014v9f5m13cb3o2e922n@4ax.com...
> >>
> >>>On Mon, 31 May 2004 02:24:08 -0700, "Frans Fennema"
> >>
> >><fransmfennema@hotmail..com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>Why is playing quake under Win.xp suddenly so dark that it s hardly
> >>>>playable. Before under Win 98 I had a normal screen. Is there anyone
> >
> > who
> >
> >>>>knows how to solve this problem?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>open your console: ~ button
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>type: \r_gamma [number]
> >>>
> >>>1.0 to 2.0 are good values
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >