Feature Creep / monitor screen adjustment

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UNIRD12B
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Posted: 18th Jun 2014 17:53
Hi ,
a point just came to my mind when I saw the uploaded picture
of all the different levels that people have done so far.
The first thing that came to mind was that some appear very dark
and others appear very light.
So it would seem that we do not all have our monitor screens set
to a standard level of light---color---gamma--and contrast and so
when we upload our pictures or even later when we start to let others play our games ,
even though they may LOOK perfect on our screen at home , when others see or play them
they might appear much darker or lighter than we had intended and so it would be good to use
a monitor screen adjustment program to have this all set correctly before we get too involved
in our game and then find out its to dark or light for others to play with the mood we were trying to develop with the light levels we thought were normal.
I hope I'm explaining this in a way that all can understand...I'm sure Lee or others here
know what I'm talking about and can possibly explain it better.

thx
and let me know your thinking on this subject

see my example pic in the gallery ( Castle Breach ).....looks way to dark on my comp at work but at home looked fine.

UNIRD12B

Let's actually make something happen with this one !

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Posted: 20th Jun 2014 10:38
i would hope this would become part of the menu system options but good point

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UNIRD12B
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Posted: 20th Jun 2014 17:35
well
there are many programs available for free now that we can use to do this.
The problem with waiting till it MIGHT be imbedded into the game engine
is that by then it might be nesessary to redo a ton of work on the overall game in order
to make sure that everyone everywhere who plays your game will have the same experience that
you desired them to have based on the mood and atmosphere that you were trying to achieve
in your game.

Let's actually make something happen with this one !

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