Issues with glquake

[why cant i sleep]

Hello,
I am running glquake without much issues but a major one:
The game is VERY dark. I maximised the brightness setting in the game and upped gamma as much as I could in my monitor, and the result was barely noticeable. Can somebody help me with this?

[Kezedrix]

Well the game is supposed to be very, very dark, like in certain area it was intended that you see almost nothing, thus increasing the paranoia. Actually Quake was acclaimed for its work with lights and ambiance, but with today's standards (which are: the player must always have a clear understanding of what's going on) it may seem off.
That being said I don't know, maybe you do have a problem but it's working fine for me despite being naturally very dark. Maybe someone had a similar problem but otherwise I advise you to try with this settings as if it was normal and try to get accustomed. You can also check with youtube videos and compare to see if it's normal or not.

[why cant i sleep]

Originally posted by Kezedrix:

Well the game is supposed to be very, very dark, like in certain area it was intended that you see almost nothing, thus increasing the paranoia. Actually Quake was acclaimed for its work with lights and ambiance, but with today's standards (which are: the player must always have a clear understanding of what's going on) it may seem off.
That being said I don't know, maybe you do have a problem but it's working fine for me despite being naturally very dark. Maybe someone had a similar problem but otherwise I advise you to try with this settings as if it was normal and try to get accustomed. You can also check with youtube videos and compare to see if it's normal or not.

That's exactly what I did and I noticed it's darker than it's supposed to so I took to the forums hoping somebody understood why.

[JLaw]

I've seen this come up around here a few times, for example: http://steamcommunity.com/app/2310/discussions/0/846941710419976215/

You might be able to adjust gamma for glquake.exe in your video card driver's settings panel, if it has per-program profiles (I know that NVidia does, not sure about other vendors). However in general it just seems like GLQuake is goofed up when it comes to gamma/brightness.

IMO it's worth looking into using a modern Quake engine. Especially if you want something that looks like GLQuake then you have a lot of options: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=118401000

[why cant i sleep]

Originally posted by Johnny Law:

I've seen this come up around here a few times, for example: http://steamcommunity.com/app/2310/discussions/0/846941710419976215/

You might be able to adjust gamma for glquake.exe in your video card driver's settings panel, if it has per-program profiles (I know that NVidia does, not sure about other vendors). However in general it just seems like GLQuake is goofed up when it comes to gamma/brightness.

IMO it's worth looking into using a modern Quake engine. Especially if you want something that looks like GLQuake then you have a lot of options: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=118401000

Like I said, I maxed out the gamma everywhere I could and the effect was barely noticeable, but thanks for the guide. I'll look into that.