CSS Brightness Problem

**Etnies^** · 12-20-10, 10:35 PM

Some parts of maps are really bright for me not sure if its just me. These are some pictures from dust2 while my brightness being on the darkest it can go from options.

**BUtta** · 12-20-10, 10:45 PM

I believe you have to turn on the High Dynamic Range.

**Kraker Jak** · 12-20-10, 10:46 PM

No, turn OFF the HDR, HDR gives you the light effects you see on some maps that have HDR lighting enabled.

Options, video, advanced, uncheck HDR

**Etnies^** · 12-20-10, 11:14 PM

Thanks a lot guys turning off HDR worked

i can finally see things!

**BUtta** · 12-21-10, 01:11 AM

Originally Posted by Kraker Jak

No, turn OFF the HDR, HDR gives you the light effects you see on some maps that have HDR lighting enabled.

Options, video, advanced, uncheck HDR

I believe HDR is High Dynamic Range kraker...

or no

**Adretheon** · 12-21-10, 01:19 AM

Yea HDR is High dynamic Range. It makes the game feel more natural\realistic. The reason why your screen gets so bright is cause you're coming out of a darker area. It's like staying indoors on a sunny day then walking outside. The sun is brighter cause you're eyes aren't used to it yet, then it balances out.

**BrockSamson** · 12-21-10, 10:18 AM

Yeah HDR is going to be a shader effect that was one of those "buzz words" in video games a few years back. You could put "HDR" on the box cover and apparantly the kids like that. Turn it off, it blinds you when you move from dark to light and I can only imagine it will drop your FPS if it is on (have not tested this). Regardless, it wont help you frag any better.

Well, keep in mind, I havn't played with it on in quite a while, so it might be different with the engine changes.

**Guyver** · 12-21-10, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by Adretheon

Yea HDR is High dynamic Range. It makes the game feel more natural\realistic. The reason why your screen gets so bright is cause you're coming out of a darker area. It's like staying indoors on a sunny day then walking outside. The sun is brighter cause you're eyes aren't used to it yet, then it balances out.

This....

...and I've never had a problem with HDR bieng on.

**Etnies^** · 12-21-10, 10:35 AM

Yea it's so much better with it off. It made it impossible to see at times >.< and my cross hair is green.

**Shenanigans** · 01-04-11, 03:37 AM

Yeah I have the same problem with CSS, even with HDR OFF, it just seems that there's such a range in brightness map to map that its really tricky to get game brightness and monitor setting just right for all of them without making compromises. I never had such problems seeing back in 1.X days (there i go sounding like grumpy old guy... 'and the road to the bomb sites where up hill, both ways' "

Anywho, the best solution that I've found to this has been a program called powerstrip: its a handy little utility that allows you to very precisely and quickly adjust the color profile for you monitor(s) and even save and bind hot keys to switch between them. You can even set brightness, contrast, temp, and gamma for each color.
if you want to get really crazy, you could make you screen look like you're looking through dark sunglasses, night vision, or anything in between.
Basically, I have a few presets that I can switch between depending what map I'm on or even where I'm playing on a map.

you can DL here: EnTech Taiwan | Utilities | PowerStrip
The free version is full featured, but there's a startup timer, which is no big deal.

its not super intuitive, but basically what you're going to want to mess with can be found under the color profiles then start with playing with your gama values. You can certainly find google help, but I can also do my best to answer any questions.