Problem with build006, need help

[Kainn75]

I patched the game to build006, and now can barly see the game, multiplayer, video and stuff.  I tried settin brightness all the way up the slider in the video tab, but always reverts back to 2/3 after aplly changes. the rest of the game is really dark too. It is like I am waring tinted glasses on in the dark

[jitspoe]

Hmm, sounds like maybe your video card doesn't support overbright.  Try gl_ext_multitexture 0 and gl_overbright 1, see if that makes it brighter.  If not, throw in gl_brightness 1.

[Kainn75]

the game has always been somewhat dark on my computer. With my sons comp everything looks great, can see just fine.  I got tired of not bein able to see in build 5 so I adjusted set vid_gamma to about 35000.  I was able to see as well on my comp as I could on his.  Now I am back to not bein able to see again and the fix i did before dosn't work.  I tried your suggestions and it did nothing to the apperance of the game.  My video card is Nvidia geforce2 mx/mx400, I do believe it supports overbright.  I have turned up all the settings in my video cards settings, and still no siginificant difference.  I am begining to believe my monitor is on the blink.

[jitspoe]

Hmm, yeah -- could be some issues with your monitor.  Well, leave gl_ext_multitexture at 1 then.  gl_brightness 1 didn't make a difference?  vid_gamma actually works with the LOWER values being brighter, so try setting vid_gamma to .7 and vid_gamma_hw 1.

[Kainn75]

gl_brightness set to 1 made no siginificant to the apperance of the game.  setting vid_gamma to .700000 also made no difference.  vid_gamma_hw is set to 1.  I have checked to see if I had the lates video drivers, and I do.  Am next going to mess with the saturation settings.

[jitspoe]

Saturation won't make it brighter, just less colorful. Can you give me a sshot of what it looks like for you in-game?