Is there a way to make Unreal Gold less dark?

[gustavo.brauner]

I have Brightness at max, but i still find the game a bit to dark. Is there a way to make it a little less dark?

[(T:S:B)IceLizard]

What renderer are you playing Unreal on?

Also, have you downloaded the 227 patch from www.oldunreal.com ?

[gustavo.brauner]

I'm not really sure. In the PREFERENCES menu I'm using Direct 3D. I didn't download any patch except from the game itself from Steam.

[(T:S:B)IceLizard]

The steam version doesn't come with the latest update, and Epic don't want to make sure there's a proper sticky about the update on the discussions or community page at the very least.

The patch will probably fix these issues, as it's very thoroughly fleshed out. You can get the latest patch from www.oldunreal.com in the downloads section. If the problem persists; just ask on the oldunreal forums for help, this is where the crux of the community and where the update developers reside, they will be eager to help.

Good luck.

[gustavo.brauner]

Thanks!

[Jdpho99]

Use a flashlight

[cwsumner]

When the old games got dark, they were supposed to be really dark! 8-)

The question is: when you are in full daylight is it bright? If so, it might be "as designed". But I think there is a flashlight...

[cwsumner]

There is a flashlight, I think on the "T" key.

I think there was also a Gamma adjustment in the settings. But some dark spots are supposed to be very dark.

Edit: Sorry I was thinking about another game. There is a "temporary" flashlight as equipment, later. There are flares though, but they are single use.

I now remember that we used to use the energy pistol, that regenerates ammo, to light up things. Shoot into the dark and you can see by the energy flash.

[magedogtag]

a bit late but i just picked up this game after a decade or so.... www.oldunreal.com/oldunrealpatches.html has the proper update to make it work if video drivers don't do it first.

[gustavo.brauner]

Thx!

[_1u]

If you are using Unreal Gold just install the 227i patch from www.oldunreal.com/oldunrealpatches.html. But if you don't want a big "oldunreal edition" subtitle on the menu, install my favorite patch: Unreal gold OpenGL patch version 2.1.0.7 only for gold at www.oldunreal.com/specialpatches.html. It doesn't make this subtitle, but OpenGL is here. If somebody is using normal unreal (not gold), firstly check in the top right corner when launching unreal what version it is, because of normal unreal needs it. install the OpenGL patch 2.1.0.8 (version 224 or 226 depending on the version of unreal you have) here https://www.oldunreal.com/specialpatches.html too.

[gustavo.brauner]

Originally posted by ItsAVeryGoodGamerThatPlayGames:

If you are using Unreal Gold just install the 227i patch from www.oldunreal.com/oldunrealpatches.html. But if you don't want a big "oldunreal edition" subtitle on the menu, install my favorite patch: Unreal gold OpenGL patch version 2.1.0.7 only for gold at www.oldunreal.com/specialpatches.html. It doesn't make this subtitle, but OpenGL is here. If somebody is using normal unreal (not gold), firstly check in the top right corner when launching unreal what version it is, because of normal unreal needs it. install the OpenGL patch 2.1.0.8 (version 224 or 226 depending on the version of unreal you have) here https://www.oldunreal.com/specialpatches.html too.

Thanks.

[Vitameanslife]

That Old Unreal patch makes a massive difference. Wow.