Seriously TOO dark to even consider playing

[Scooter]

^^ any gamma fixes I can get to make this game bearable?

[Francisè von Spitroast]

DirectX10 renderer

[talgaby]

Pick one:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=393995367
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=144316078
Essentially, you need a new renderer, but in general it is recommended to add the listed things.

[dataman]

I'm new to the Windows platform- is there an EASY WAY to brighten this game up so I can see it well enough to play???

dataman

[BadMojo]

Originally posted by dataman:

I'm new to the Windows platform- is there an EASY WAY to brighten this game up so I can see it well enough to play???

dataman

Well if you dont want to put the effort into the most common fix, aka the above posts... then the "easy way" as you say is would be to turn your brightness up on your monitor, or use your graphics cards software (eg.. nvidia control panel) to turn up the gamma.

[dataman]

As I wouldn't have known how to do all that 'stuff' to fix the game (new to Wndows remember, I'm a mac guy) the Revision available right here on Steam fit the bill as the EASY WAY. Works like a charm.

[BadMojo]

Originally posted by dataman:

As I wouldn't have known how to do all that 'stuff' to fix the game (new to Wndows remember, I'm a mac guy) the Revision available right here on Steam fit the bill as the EASY WAY. Works like a charm.

Setting the gamma through your monitor is just a few buttons on the back or bottom of your monitor, surely you dont need to be a windows guy to figure that out.

As for installing revision, if you were looking to play "Deus Ex", youve gone a bit too far in your "easy fix" im afraid, as you have just modded your game with completely different levels than the original as well as changes to the ai, weapons, and items throughout the game.

Both of those guides above do 2 things the same, copy and paste kenties launcher, copy and paste the new direct3d10 renderer, you only need to do those 2 things to fix the original issue at hand.. again, you dont need to be a windows guy to be able to copy and pase a few files... both windows and mac, as well as all gui based linux distro's handle the idea of copy and pasting the same way... you can click and drag, right click and copy, ctrl + c & ctrl + v to copy and paste ect... even the file explorers are practiacally the same nowadays, except in windows you dont need to mount and dismount the drives you want to use.

[the cup]

Originally posted by dataman:

I'm new to the Windows platform- is there an EASY WAY to brighten this game up so I can see it well enough to play???

dataman

It's a matter of downloading 2-3 things and following simple instructions. If that isn't easy for you you wouldn't like Deus Ex.

[dataman]

Hey Badmojo & caskeet- thanks for the figurative kick in the butt. The revision is not as good as the real thing and all that stuff you said to do worked! For me- an old mac guy. By the bye, I've been playing this game since it came to the mac many years past, played Human Revolution probably ten times and have Mankind Divided in the wings for selected cold winter nights so...yeah, I do like Deus Ex.
Thanks,
Your friendly neighbourhood dataman

[BadMojo]

Originally posted by dataman:

Hey Badmojo & caskeet- thanks for the figurative kick in the butt. The revision is not as good as the real thing and all that stuff you said to do worked! For me- an old mac guy. By the bye, I've been playing this game since it came to the mac many years past, played Human Revolution probably ten times and have Mankind Divided in the wings for selected cold winter nights so...yeah, I do like Deus Ex.
Thanks,
Your friendly neighbourhood dataman

Glad you've put in the effort... Since you have played Deus ex before, you might want to look into Gmdx, that's what we should all see as a "revision" of the game. Should work right out of the box.

[Arsonist]

The darkness wouldnt be an issue if the engine supported radiosity lighting instead of direct light only

[L4z3r]

Your vision is augmented

[PlayMann]

Do you have turned on 16-bit of color depth rather then 32-bit? It might be that problem.

[SKADRIL]

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