Too dark!

[Mr. GOH!]

I know this problem pales in comparison to some of the others folks around here have encountered, but I think it may be easy for a technically-minded person to address. My monitor is "dark"; I have brightness and contrast turned up all the way, but Civ IV is dark enough so that I cant's see through the fog of war at all! It's aesthetically unpleasing and makes a chore out of city placement.
I have a RADEON 9600, 256 MB graphics card, and I have tried turning up the full screen 3D, or Game, gamma and brightness levels. CIV IV, however, ignores them. I was just wondering if someone knew how to insert a line in the .ini file to either make Civ IV obey my computer's settings, or at least set it's gamma. Thanks a bunch; it would make my enjoyment of this totally rocking game that much more complete.



-Mr. GOH! (Going sane in a crazy world)

 

[Tristan_C]

Well this is a necro-post (a revival of a long-dead thread), but I have the same graphics card the poster has specified, and I wanted to adjust my brightness. The Full Screen 3D adjustment worked for me. For ATI cards, go to Desktop > Display Properties > Settings tab > Advanced button > [ATI]Color tab > Full Screen 3D, and adjust gamma levels to your liking. Personally I found the game too bright. I like Civ to be somewhat dark to avoid eye strain. Civ4 doesn't doesn't have a gamma slider though. I think it should.

 

[Tristan_C]

I know this problem pales in comparison to some of the others folks around here have encountered, but I think it may be easy for a technically-minded person to address. My monitor is "dark"; I have brightness and contrast turned up all the way, but Civ IV is dark enough so that I cant's see through the fog of war at all! It's aesthetically unpleasing and makes a chore out of city placement.
I have a RADEON 9600, 256 MB graphics card, and I have tried turning up the full screen 3D, or Game, gamma and brightness levels. CIV IV, however, ignores them. I was just wondering if someone knew how to insert a line in the .ini file to either make Civ IV obey my computer's settings, or at least set it's gamma. Thanks a bunch; it would make my enjoyment of this totally rocking game that much more complete.

I searched this out of Nov2005 because I wanted advice on gamma levels. This is a necro-post (a revival of a long-dead thread), but I have the same graphics card the poster has specified, and I wanted to adjust my brightness. The Full Screen 3D adjustment worked for me. For ATI cards, go to Desktop > Display Properties > Settings tab > Advanced button > [ATI]Color tab > Full Screen 3D, and adjust gamma levels to your liking. Personally I found the game too bright. I like Civ to be somewhat dark to avoid eye strain. Civ4 doesn't doesn't have a gamma slider though. I think it should.


I am wondering the same thing though... such as if there are additional .ini lines I could have for adjusting the brightness.