Brightness slider not actually doing anything?

[c5]

I was moving it back and forth on the new game startup, but it didn't actually change any.

[ElBobbyGonzo]

I had the same issue. First time launching the game the slider worked. However, when I launched it a second time my slider did nothing. I simply quit, verified game cache, and re-launched and my slider was working again. Hope this helps.

[CakeOrDeath]

I'm having the same problem... Unfortunately verifying the game cache didn't work for me. OP, did it work for you?

[c5]

Originally posted by CakeOrDeath:

I'm having the same problem... Unfortunately verifying the game cache didn't work for me. OP, did it work for you?

Good Life's solution did indeed work for me. I noticed when I verified that it didn't say any files needed to be replaced or anything, but it did work when I went in the next time.

[Neurodegenerative]

Originally posted by TheGoodLife:

I had the same issue. First time launching the game the slider worked. However, when I launched it a second time my slider did nothing. I simply quit, verified game cache, and re-launched and my slider was working again. Hope this helps.

Please help me my friend, I can't fix this problem. can you explain again and how i did it?

[Neurodegenerative]

please help me.

[voltron10000]

I bought the game during the summer sale and i'm currently having the same problem. Verifying the game files did not work, neither did reinstalling it. I tried changing some brightness values in the bioshock.ini but this did nothing. This game is kind of unplayable in this state since I can't see ♥♥♥♥.

[AsystemShock]

Originally posted by voltron10000:

I bought the game during the summer sale and i'm currently having the same problem. Verifying the game files did not work, neither did reinstalling it. I tried changing some brightness values in the bioshock.ini but this did nothing. This game is kind of unplayable in this state since I can't see ♥♥♥♥.

I'm having the exact same issue. Sad that it's taking them this long to fix it.

[Lister of Smeg ︻デ =ー]

Yes the tweaks still work in the HD version

http://www.tweakguides.com/Bioshock_7.html

[tuna]

Still persistent in 2020... Nice work.

[PainKiller]

play it on defult darkness

[namoi76]

This one is an easy fix -> right click the exe of the game then disable "full screen optimization".

[Kaz]

Originally posted by namoi76:

This one is an easy fix -> right click the exe of the game then disable "full screen optimization".

Worked! Thanks

[Anamitr]

Turning off multiple displays helped

[Celron Miles]

Thought I will give my two words here. I found a fix (sort of) for the brightness problem. I have this little parasite on my PC called Intel Graphic Control Panel. I believe it must be overwriting the brightness in game. I changed it in the panel itself and can tune it from the panel. Other than that no fix for me worked.

[JZ-Train]

Originally posted by namoi76:

This one is an easy fix -> right click the exe of the game then disable "full screen optimization".

This guy is correct. I do have multiple monitors, so that may be the culprit. However disabling full screen optimization is key here.

ELI5 explanation....

-Right-click Bioshock remastered in steam and select "Properties..."
-Click the "LOCAL FILES" tab
-Click "BROWSE GAME FILES..."
-File Explorer will open and double-click "Build" then "Final"
-Right click on the executable "BioshockHD.exe" and select "Properties"
-Click the "Compatibility" tab
-Check-mark "Disable fullscreen optimizations"
-Click "OK"

You're done.
The brightness slide bar should now work.

Thanks @namoi76 for the fix.