Dim, Dark, Discouraging Scenes

[Kiwi]

With a GeForce 3 Ti 200 video board, I have no game option I've found to lighten the scenes, which are so poorly lit I can see little. I've played part of the tutorial, and the opening scene for a Neutral Good party. The first place I tried entering was a farmhouse; the lighting was better there.

But the Inn is impossible, particularly upstairs. I'm about to give it up as wasted money (again)! Any suggestions? Is there a day & night cycle I can let time pass and then see what is going on any better?


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[Gunslinger]

Well my friend, don't give up hope yet. Yes, there are many dimly lit areas but I think that is intentional. One way I've been able to see better is raising up the gamma on my monitor (most monitors has this option unless they are greatly outdated). And yes, during daytime it is easier to see. There's a horizon bar underneath your in-game menu that shows the time and you can rest accordingly.

 

[Montez]

I second Gunslinger's advice. I've got a Geforce 2MX and everything seems pretty well lit to me, so it can't be your card.

 

[Ratty Sr.]

Oh, yes it can. It's just another bug in this already bugged-to-hell game. Some video cards have a problem with the scenes looking too dark. You need to change gamma correction in your video card driver settings or download some freeware utility that enables you to do that.

 

[Dan]

Try resting or waiting till morning.

 

[Kiwi]

A Forum Messager named Aldin suggested the Gamma boost.

... Some video cards have a problem with the scenes looking too dark. You need to change gamma correction in your video card driver settings or download some freeware utility that enables you to do that.

There is a ToEE forum on Vault Network; Aldin there told me I could adjust the "Gamma". I really have never had to do anything inside the driver control panel before, so I'm still not entirely sure what that (NVidia Utility) is all about.

Since PC gaming practically turned into "Console Shooters with high grade graphics" a few years back, I don't play games much any more. I loved Morrowind's look, though, if not it's awkward movement and camera controls. Wiz8 was also a lot of fun. I have played NWN & SoU, although they aren't in the first person view I prefer for an RPG.

Usually, I just make sure my various drivers, 4-in-1, etc. are up to date and let the games' installs pick the settings. This time, it was daylight -- maybe near dusk; if there's a clock, its function isn't imprinted on my mind yet. But the Inn's CELLAR was so dark, I didn't know it was not the upstairs level.

With the Gamma boosted a notch, the more usual things that I do on the computer are too bright, and I practically get a headache looking at the screen. So I put it back to normal until ready to play, boosted it back, and "VOILA", I can see quite well inside now. As a matter of fact, a great many of the game's screens, such as Inventory, are much better in the brighter version.

Gotta admit, though, I miss the hordes and hordes of low-HP Giant Rats that the older RPG's always seemed to offer as an easy boost for raisong stats. The party has killed at least a dozen skeletons, the two giant spiders, a goblin, and yet no one has more than 750 XP or so. I've already found and used the Co8 patch, so if there was an XP bug, it ought to have been extinguished!



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