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twistedspark

1/28/2009 12:56 AM

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Does anyone else's game appear a little too dark? How do I make the screen brighter? I know you're supposed to be able to see areas you've been to before in a darkened manner, but I can't see them at all. I have an HD 4850 and am running Catalyst CC 8.12, but no matter what I do on CCC Civ always reverts back to the dark level. My monitor isn't adjustable to any higher either.
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Aintmyprob

1/28/2009 8:58 AM

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Doesn't your video card have a gamma setting in the Catalist controller program? Or are you running the original game unpatched??? it had some video issues that might be what you are describing...
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twistedspark

1/28/2009 8:49 PM

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twistedspark (1/28/2009) am running Catalyst CC 8.12, but no matter what I do on CCC Civ always reverts back to the dark level. My monitor isn't adjustable to any higher either. No matter what I do on Catalyst Control Center, the game reverts back to being too dim.
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General Georges

1/28/2009 11:53 PM

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twistedspark (1/28/2009) I know you're supposed to be able to see areas you've been to before in a darkened manner, but I can't see them at all. Like the tiles where you have been before turn just as black as the other unknown tiles? Maybe it's a game setting. Is it just those tiles that appear dark, or the whole game in general? Is it just when playing a map, or also in the menus too?
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twistedspark

1/29/2009 3:49 AM

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General Georges (1/28/2009) Like the tiles where you have been before turn just as black as the other unknown tiles? Maybe it's a game setting. Is it just those tiles that appear dark, or the whole game in general? Is it just when playing a map, or also in the menus too? Just the map. Basically looks like I need to adjust the monitor brightness level a bit more, but it can't. I had the same problem with this monitor before, but the CCC version using that AGP card fixed the issue. Now I've got a new PC with an HD4850 and CCC ver. 8.12. It no longer works. Since I have a new PC and had to install everything again maybe I'm missing some fix I had before. I have the 1.61 and 1.74 patches. Am I missing one? I haven't installed any patches for BTS yet though, so I'll go do that and see if it helps...
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General Georges

1/29/2009 1:15 PM

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twistedspark (1/29/2009) [quote]quote] Just the map. Basically looks like I need to adjust the monitor brightness level a bit more, but it can't. I had the same problem with this monitor before, but the CCC version using that AGP card fixed the issue. Now I've got a new PC with an HD4850 and CCC ver. 8.12. It no longer works. I think it might be your video card then. If your computer seems only dark when your actually playing a map of cIV and not on the desktop or in the game menu, where your not using as muc of your video card, then this might be a video card issue. Make sure your drivers are up to date. When you run other games do they also appear dim?
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twistedspark

2/1/2009 1:01 AM

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I've switched out the HD 4850 for two 9800GX2's. I haven't played Civ yet to see, but I'll let ya know how it goes.
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