Quake 4 makes my screen all bright!

Freeman · 27 Jan 2006 at 16:26

Not sure if this belongs here, or the gaming section, but it's a windows problem, caused by Quake.

Quake just crashed to the desktop, and when it did my whole screen has gone a lighter colour, yellow is more white, green is lighter, etc etc.

I know a simple reboot will fix the problem, but doesn anyone know what causes this?

My brother says UnrealEd does it to his PC screen.

I have tried refreshing, switching off my screen, changing themes, and resetting my screen with the auto button it has, none help.

Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this for the future?

Thanks.

Otacon · 27 Jan 2006 at 16:29

I cant give you a technical explanation, but it's something to do with Quake altering the default gamma level of the hardware overlay. At a guess, when it crashes this never gets reverted, and for whatever reason the graphics card drivers aren't compensating.

james.miller · 27 Jan 2006 at 16:30

q3 always used to do that to me. doom3 does aswell. It's id's shoddy programming to be honest

Arcane · 27 Jan 2006 at 16:33

Ditto, thought it was just me.

DanMc07 · 27 Jan 2006 at 17:19

Yeah I get this problem too

I have to reset my comp to get back to normal. even logging off/on didnt change it