Graphics go dark when Alt Tabbing from Game

FC1983 · 27 Apr 2006 at 16:43

Whenever I use alt + tab in Enemy Territory to use msn etc my graphics go dark until I restart the game again. I am using an Ati Radeon 9800 pro. Anyone else had this problem?

kdd · 27 Apr 2006 at 16:49

change the brightness setting back?

DaveyD · 27 Apr 2006 at 16:59

It's a problem I get with OpenGL Quake 3 games.

The only way to fix it I've found has been to restart the game, which is annoying.

FC1983 · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:26

kdd said:
change the brightness setting back?

Nah it isn't the actual brightness setting.

ScarySquirrel · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:29

Yeah this used to happen in COD whever someone signed into MSN for me. As someone else said, you have to restart the game..

Sirrel Squirrel · 27 Apr 2006 at 17:35

yep just a quake3 engine problem, happens with the doom3 engine too.

Last Kronin · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:42

Happens to me all the time m8, what to do is nip into options then calibrate brightness, dont have to shift the slider just click on it for .01 and it will go back to original brightness. Also feel free to come along to the1944killingfields server ip is 213.200.95.41:27975 public server but plz follow the rules as it would be a shame to kick and ban you for spawnkilling

Mucky Pup · 27 Apr 2006 at 21:18

When this happens to me in COD I use the console command \vid_restart. I don't know if this will work in Enemy Territory but you could give it a try. It saves having to quit and restart the game.

Rincewind · 28 Apr 2006 at 02:14

it happens in the quake 3 engine, i believe that it is the gamma settings. either restart the game or the machine. and the reason it happens in the doom 3 engine is that the doom 3 engine is **supposed** to be a completely overhauled, and incredibly updated Q3 engine. but i'm not quite sure about that.

Last Kronin · 28 Apr 2006 at 02:41

Honest m8 dont bother restarting your machine or game, when you alt tab back into try what i suggested, i do it all the time now and also helps with those dark maps on ET.

FC1983 · 28 Apr 2006 at 13:24

Last Kronin said:
Honest m8 dont bother restarting your machine or game, when you alt tab back into try what i suggested, i do it all the time now and also helps with those dark maps on ET.

Cheers mate it works fine, i'll check out your server next time i'm on.

mmj_uk · 28 Apr 2006 at 14:13

it's ati drivers to blame, doesn't happen with nvidia.

Liefrich · 28 Apr 2006 at 15:49

You could try a third party program like powerstrip to lighten the game up.

Sutters · 28 Apr 2006 at 17:07

I just use powerstrip and setup 2 hotkeys to adjust the brightness up and down on the fly.

benjo · 28 Apr 2006 at 17:24

Whenever this happened to me, i just went into the game options and moved the brightness setting the slightest bit, and it came back again.