Colours very dark on Windows 8.1

[danmorrison]

I'm stuck on a section of Hells Domain that requires some nifty jumping because the colours in the game are too dark and I can't see the ledges properly. I've turned the brightness up the the max but it hasn't done much. On my old laptop (r.i.p.) running vista, the game was nowhere near as dark as this?

Anyone else having this problem? Or know how to fix it?

[no one]

I'm having the same problem. I can't seem to find a resolution.

[slade]

Are you playing in window-mode?
Window-mode is very dark with default settings.

If not, try to change your renderer in the ingame options to Direct3D or OpenGL.

[no one]

Nope, fullscreen.
I'm currently set to Direct3D and both my in-game brightness and monitor brightness are at their maximums.

[ChillGamer]

Get a program called "Gamma Panel" and make profile for Rune. Have fun! :)

[no one]

Ah, thank you! That Gamma Panel really did the trick!

[Arrowyne]

Aye , the Gamma Panel makes the game more playable, otherway is to dark.

[Rubening87]

no way to use a direct 3d 9 or 10??

[pHANTOMpHREAK9P]

No needs for third party apps. Switch the render engine to GlideFX with the Rune setup app. It's an old game and it was meant for the old Voodoo cards. Switching to GlideFX properly loads the lighting for levels. Even with a gamma corrector, using DirectX will mess with light sources and the shadows will not cast correctly and it seems that certain scripting triggers act differently (which i don't understand how that would work but enemy ai seems to act differently). SO switch to glidefx (toggle unsupported render engines as rune wont recognize your modern card and show all of the supported options).

OR just use the DirectX10 renderer made by Kentie @ http://kentie.net/article/d3d10drv/ for all old Unreal engine games (Deus Ex!, UT99!!)

[N0PE!]

Originally posted by Rubening87:

no way to use a direct 3d 9 or 10??

Heh, it didn't exist back then and it's not worth to make sick upgrades to such an old game.
Common sense bro, please.

[pHANTOMpHREAK9P]

Originally posted by NØPE!:

Originally posted by Rubening87:

no way to use a direct 3d 9 or 10??

Heh, it didn't exist back then and it's not worth to make sick upgrades to such an old game.
Common sense bro, please.

http://kentie.net/article/d3d10drv/

You were saying?

[butcherknife3]

SOLUTION:
win + r (or right click start, 'run')
run registry: 'regedit'
go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors
Look for 'AppWorkspace'
if your default font color is gray, the data value is probably something like '157 157 157'
double click 'AppWorkspace' and change the data value to '0 0 0'
save
restart
and have your father read the text with ease

[Yorbihtter]

ok so the game was updated a month ago and I have exactly same problem. I'll try GlideFX but OpenGL or software makes the game look like ♥♥♥♥ - I am half-transparent, my shadow is on my head while I can see my weapons through my body, everything is messed up and its unplayable. Direct3D is extremely dark and "brightness" slider just does nothing.
About configuring registry - ummm, I dont think that will be good idea

[Yorbihtter]

Yep, GlideFX didnt work, so all I can do now is play this game that is darker than ♥♥♥♥♥♥ covered in black pain in dark room

This DirectX patch that makes the game work with DirectX 10 isnt supported for steam version, as official site says, so... I cant play this game :(

[Yorbihtter]

Ok, registry way didnt work either. Rip in peace, Rune

[pHANTOMpHREAK9P]

Yeah, I'm using the Gold version from GOG these days as it doesn't have anything cut (unlike the Classic version) and its representative of the game as it was on original pc launch. Plus Kenties D3D10 renderer works for it. The steam classic version is unfortunately too bugged.