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How can I get higher contrast/lower brightness for beach events?

realisticaltyrealisticalty Member Posts: 851 Arc User
edited June 2014 in Windows and General: PC, Network, and Other Technical Issues
(Already put a note in STO feedback, looking for user suggestions)

I'm trying to get a higher contrast setting to be able to discern the sand "clumps" from the beach sand (and the tricorder beams as well.) if you are colorblind There used to be a separate GAMMA setting but all I see now in the display options is "brightness".

Does anyone know a way to set graphics/display options for an even higher contrast/lower brightness in the game?
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  • shaitan100shaitan100 Member Posts: 131 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    i dunno, but i'm in the same boat as you.
  • policestate76policestate76 Member Posts: 1,424 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Maybe you are suffering from the excess of bloom that cryptic introduced after season 9. Try to lower the quality of the bloom or the intensity.

    If that doesnt work, try to deactivate the postprocessing.

    Cheers.
  • askrayaskray Member Posts: 3,329 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    This post has been moved to the proper forum for continued discussion
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  • th3xr34p3rth3xr34p3r Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    realisticalty wrote: »
    (Already put a note in STO feedback, looking for user suggestions)

    I'm trying to get a higher contrast setting to be able to discern the sand "clumps" from the beach sand (and the tricorder beams as well.) if you are colorblind There used to be a separate GAMMA setting but all I see now in the display options is "brightness".

    Does anyone know a way to set graphics/display options for an even higher contrast/lower brightness in the game?


    What is your display?
    What is your gpu?
    Do you game at night or during the day?

    Knowing this might be able to suggest some settings that will improve your gamma (generally have it set at 1.2 or 2.2 depending on your display settings), contrast (your whites, most often set to 100%) and brightness (your blacks, most often set to 50%) settings.

    If you are using HDMI with an nvidia card I recommend the following thread: Using HDMI and getting accurate color format

    Bloom wise ingame set it to low or medium as high over saturates it in areas like risa and nimbus and objects that reflect the simulated sunlight heavily in maps.

    And set the ingame brightness (iirc it is under the display tab) to default so that you can readjust it based on the updated display settings.
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  • frtoasterfrtoaster Member Posts: 3,354 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    realisticalty wrote: »
    (Already put a note in STO feedback, looking for user suggestions)

    I'm trying to get a higher contrast setting to be able to discern the sand "clumps" from the beach sand (and the tricorder beams as well.) if you are colorblind There used to be a separate GAMMA setting but all I see now in the display options is "brightness".

    Does anyone know a way to set graphics/display options for an even higher contrast/lower brightness in the game?

    Is this what you're seeing?

    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=17355051&postcount=4

    Try setting "Bloom quality" to "Low" or "Off".
    policestate76 wrote: »
    Maybe you are suffering from the excess of bloom that cryptic introduced after season 9. Try to lower the quality of the bloom or the intensity.

    If that doesnt work, try to deactivate the postprocessing.

    Cheers.

    I've been complaining about this problem since it appeared on Tribble.

    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1052201
    http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1089631
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  • realisticaltyrealisticalty Member Posts: 851 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Setting Bloom to OFF really made a difference.

    (AMD 7870)

    I can't say the result is perfect but its considerably better and playable.

    I'm eager to see what other areas (like Nimbus) look like now...

    Thanks!
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