Brightness Issue

[Gay Space Techno 80s LaserStalin]

Hi,

Recently I bought a new laptop, and L4D2's brightness while playing was very low. My video card is Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500. I turned up my brightness to a maximum on both the Intel control panel and in the game itself, and it gave no results. The strangest thing about this issue is that, after going afk and letting the bot on, the game gets normal brightness for about 3 seconds and then gradually begins to get darker until an unplayable level.

Maps that were unplayable include vanilla and custom maps. I know that the custom maps aren't very dark by default because I've played them before on my previous computer.

Here's Helm's Deep:
http://oi59.tinypic.com/2l92qon.jpg

Space Jockeys:
http://oi58.tinypic.com/swz5hd.jpg

Any ideas on how to fix this?

[Gay Space Techno 80s LaserStalin]

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[Zombie Tsunami]

Originally posted by Vladimir Pootis (Team Pootis):

Hi,

Recently I bought a new laptop, and L4D2's brightness while playing was very low. My video card is Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500. I turned up my brightness to a maximum on both the Intel control panel and in the game itself, and it gave no results. The strangest thing about this issue is that, after going afk and letting the bot on, the game gets normal brightness for about 3 seconds and then gradually begins to get darker until an unplayable level.

Maps that were unplayable include vanilla and custom maps. I know that the custom maps aren't very dark by default because I've played them before on my previous computer.

Here's Helm's Deep:
http://oi59.tinypic.com/2l92qon.jpg

Space Jockeys:
http://oi58.tinypic.com/swz5hd.jpg

Any ideas on how to fix this?

there should be a setting on laptops that dim the screen when running on battery.
play with that. if your desperate you can do mat_fullbright 1 in the console, let you play a few games while you get it worked out.

[Gay Space Techno 80s LaserStalin]

Originally posted by Slim Pickens:

Originally posted by Vladimir Pootis (Team Pootis):

Hi,

Recently I bought a new laptop, and L4D2's brightness while playing was very low. My video card is Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500. I turned up my brightness to a maximum on both the Intel control panel and in the game itself, and it gave no results. The strangest thing about this issue is that, after going afk and letting the bot on, the game gets normal brightness for about 3 seconds and then gradually begins to get darker until an unplayable level.

Maps that were unplayable include vanilla and custom maps. I know that the custom maps aren't very dark by default because I've played them before on my previous computer.

Here's Helm's Deep:
http://oi59.tinypic.com/2l92qon.jpg

Space Jockeys:
http://oi58.tinypic.com/swz5hd.jpg

Any ideas on how to fix this?

there should be a setting on laptops that dim the screen when running on battery.
play with that. if your desperate you can do mat_fullbright 1 in the console, let you play a few games while you get it worked out.

all other games are fine and my laptop is plugged in most of the time and on high performance with full brightness, so I know it's not that.

while mat_fullbright does work out for singleplayer, I play co-op with friends and I will need to host through LAN which somehow doesn't work for us. plus mat_fullbright removes the intended atmosphere of a map in terms of lighting.

[Zombie Tsunami]

Originally posted by Vladimir Pootis (Team Pootis):

Originally posted by Slim Pickens:

there should be a setting on laptops that dim the screen when running on battery.
play with that. if your desperate you can do mat_fullbright 1 in the console, let you play a few games while you get it worked out.

all other games are fine and my laptop is plugged in most of the time and on high performance with full brightness, so I know it's not that.

while mat_fullbright does work out for singleplayer, I play co-op with friends and I will need to host through LAN which somehow doesn't work for us. plus mat_fullbright removes the intended atmosphere of a map in terms of lighting.

as mentioned, mat_fullbright 1 was just suggested if you wanted to play a few games while you get it going.

[Gay Space Techno 80s LaserStalin]

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[AmazingMrSheep]

I found a solution. Go to your game library and find your left 4 dead 2 game. right click and go into properties. Click on Set Launch Options on the first tab and type "-autoconfig" without the quotes. I'm not sure what exactly this does but it resets all my in-game options and fixes my darkness issue. You just have to settle for restting your options every time you launch the game.

Another user named Willy Wang posted this and there has been good feedback about it working for some people.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/550/discussions/0/458605613399560358/

[Gay Space Techno 80s LaserStalin]

Thanks, Gam3rSheep, that worked.

[Basically_BiLL]

thanks fam fixed legit all of my problems

[lukewarm]

I have the same card and have the exact problem I dont know what it is tho

[Scylas]

I have the problem, the players are transparent and blinking, can some 1 help me?

[Firebreathingyoshi]

Originally posted by AmazingMrSheep:

I found a solution. Go to your game library and find your left 4 dead 2 game. right click and go into properties. Click on Set Launch Options on the first tab and type "-autoconfig" without the quotes. I'm not sure what exactly this does but it resets all my in-game options and fixes my darkness issue. You just have to settle for restting your options every time you launch the game.

Another user named Willy Wang posted this and there has been good feedback about it working for some people.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/550/discussions/0/458605613399560358/

How do I get to my game library. It feels weird posting now when the last one was in september but I just got the issue myself.

[黄金郷の少女]

Originally posted by Firebreathingyoshi:

Originally posted by AmazingMrSheep:

I found a solution. Go to your game library and find your left 4 dead 2 game. right click and go into properties. Click on Set Launch Options on the first tab and type "-autoconfig" without the quotes. I'm not sure what exactly this does but it resets all my in-game options and fixes my darkness issue. You just have to settle for restting your options every time you launch the game.

Another user named Willy Wang posted this and there has been good feedback about it working for some people.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/550/discussions/0/458605613399560358/

How do I get to my game library. It feels weird posting now when the last one was in september but I just got the issue myself.

It is where you browse your game list.

[Firebreathingyoshi]

Originally posted by KY0K1:

Originally posted by Firebreathingyoshi:

How do I get to my game library. It feels weird posting now when the last one was in september but I just got the issue myself.

It is where you browse your game list.

Which would be where I just open the game cause I created a shortcut on the desktop

[黄金郷の少女]

Originally posted by Firebreathingyoshi:

Originally posted by KY0K1:

It is where you browse your game list.

Which would be where I just open the game cause I created a shortcut on the desktop

Inside steam, there's a big word on top written "Library" alongside "Store", "Community" , "Profile".

[Firebreathingyoshi]

Originally posted by KY0K1:

Originally posted by Firebreathingyoshi:

Which would be where I just open the game cause I created a shortcut on the desktop

Inside steam, there's a big word on top written "Library" alongside "Store", "Community" , "Profile".

I found the library and fixed it but is there a way I can permanently fix it without resetting options every time I play the game