screen all washed out after exiting game

Post by **alright** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:39 am

I've heard Start

Run

"cmd" :: Enter

Once the cmd prompt is up, Alt-Enter, then Alt-Enter again.

Lemme know if that works

Post by **DRuM** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:07 am

Hey riddla, I get the same thing. You know what I did that works? Go to display properties ( right click on your desktop) and choose a screensaver and do a quick preview of it then move your mouse to stop it. That brings the normal colours back. I found the screensaver that works for me is 3D Pipes, but I'm sure others work.

Post by **eviscuno** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:09 am

display props

advanced

colors

your welcome, i think its a driver issue, i just installed the Omega's and i dont have it anymore

Post by **axbaby** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:15 am

when exiting a game my screen would have the same glitch.

i simply start quake3 "loads pretty quick" then exit seconds later then
BAMMMMMM my screen get's refreshed and good as new

Post by **DRuM** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:25 am

riddla wrote:
riddla wrote:hmm, could this be the fix:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho ... hp?t=71638
this legitimately works though

Ah, didn't read that article before. How do I do it for a 9800pro?

Post by **Method** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 5:37 am

What you can do is to start Quake 4 and type this:

developer 1
crash

It should crash the game and reset the brightness settings.

-Method

Post by **Foo** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:11 am

The reason these fixes work is becuase you just need to start another program that runs under openGL (3D pipes and Quake 3 both do too).

I get this bug from time to time too.

Post by **xchaser** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:20 pm

or you can upgrade to nvidia's new drivers v81.85 which fix the problem for me and I have a BFG 6800GT 256mb.

Post by **f00dl3** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:38 pm

It's actually due to the fact that some older videocard drivers had a problem with the game's copy-protection (Macrovision) scheme.

It's more a bug in the Macrovision than it is in the game or video drivers.

Post by **pF.arQon** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:46 pm

riddla - come catch me on irc

Post by **shiznit** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:52 pm

Sometimes I get gamma messed up after quiting quake4, I just go to the colors tab like someone posted. I have a ATI card.

Post by **odds** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:39 am

i still have the problem, even after doing everything but starting q3 and exiting. i have a geforce4 ti4400
edit; even after starting/quitting q3, it's still all washed out.

Post by **Tormentius** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:00 am

odds wrote:i still have the problem, even after doing everything but starting q3 and exiting. i have a geforce4 ti4400
edit; even after starting/quitting q3, it's still all washed out.

http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/gammafix.exe

Post by **alucardx** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:58 pm

Tormentius wrote:
odds wrote:i still have the problem, even after doing everything but starting q3 and exiting. i have a geforce4 ti4400
edit; even after starting/quitting q3, it's still all washed out.
http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/gammafix.exe

++

Post by **prince1000** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:56 pm

9600XT w/latest drivers here and i'm only getting this when i alt+tab, not when quitting.

i get this in q3 as well when al+tab-ing but that's with ignorehwgamma 0. is there a similar setting for q4?

Post by **mik0rs** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:53 pm

Tormentius wrote:
odds wrote:i still have the problem, even after doing everything but starting q3 and exiting. i have a geforce4 ti4400
edit; even after starting/quitting q3, it's still all washed out.
http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/gammafix.exe

For emphasis in case anyone else gets the problem and looks here

Post by **Psyche911** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 2:42 pm

mik0rs wrote:
Tormentius wrote:
odds wrote:i still have the problem, even after doing everything but starting q3 and exiting. i have a geforce4 ti4400
edit; even after starting/quitting q3, it's still all washed out.
http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/gammafix.exe
For emphasis in case anyone else gets the problem and looks here

That for both ATi & Nvidia?
When I had earlier drivers, it was easy to go in and reset the gamma. But the Catalyst Control Center is shit.

Post by **mik0rs** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:00 pm

Works for my nVidia, it's only a small file anyway so you might asl well give it go, it's not going to do any damage