Updated to latest patch?

http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Quake3/FAQDark2000.html

1 -- type in the q3 console then restart q3 r_ignorehwgamma 1 2 --yes with newer Pr this is possible 3 --praccus praccus praccus and play better people 4 -- there are a gazzilion mods out there .. >google 5 -- eat carrots they will help you not to forget things 1) That sort of fixes it...somewhat, ...

1) When i switch to an old PR with the version switcher, the gamma is very dark and i cannot raise it, only lower it, anyone knows why? It only does this in 1.16 and 1.17 IIRC. There's still quite some servers for 1.16 with mods i haven't tried and i would like to be able play on them, not to mentio...

The problem with pirated copies is getting "client_unknown_to_auth" on half the servers you try to connect to. In fact i did download the game with an apparently valid CD key, but this error message is driving me insane.

Is it normal that the shipping fee to france for the jewel case only Q3 is 50 dollars? What the hell...