Add a Gamma Setting Test Screen

[SharpeXB]

Many games include a test pattern screen to help the player set the correct level.

It has an image with a Video White background plus a contrasting Just-Below White symbol.

And a Video Black background plus a Just-Above Black symbol.

 

With all the subtlety inherent in seeing distant aircraft and identifying white ground targets against the snow, such a screen would be a big help for players to get their monitor set correctly.

[Dutchvdm]

I'm all for this one. If i don't go below 0,8 it's far to bright.

 

Grt Martijn

[SharpeXB]

To set it properly you need a test image instead of game footage.

 

coconut created something here

http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/18670-altering-gamma/?p=293434

 

This gets confusing because the "gamma" setting on your monitor doesn't control the black and white levels. That should be Brightness and Contrast and sometimes those don't function like they should.

Edited October 16, 2015 by SharpeXB

[Dutchvdm]

Hi SharpeXB,

 

Thnx. Will try that this weekend.

 

Grt Martijn

[No_85_Gramps]

Visit this site for gamma info, lots of these pages out there as photographers really rely on accurate settings.

 

http://www.photoscientia.co.uk/Gamma.htm

[SharpeXB]

I wonder if the "gamma" you set in some games has anything to do with the real video setting.

Like the example in referring to in most games that have this test pattern. That's really adjusted with Brightness and Contrast. Not "gamma" afaik

 

On a television, that grey ramp pattern above is for setting the Contrast.

Brightness is set with a pattern called "Pluge" shown below

 

If the Brightness control is functioning correctly the below-black line should be made to dissapear. My computer monitor doesn't work this way though. It's brightness setting has no effect on the pattern.

Maybe television works differently or PC monitors just aren't as sophisticated. My Sony HDTV will do this correctly.

Edited October 16, 2015 by SharpeXB

[coconut]

My mission is poorly named. It's actually for adjusting brightness and contrast. If someone has a freely usable gamma test pattern, let me know and I'll add it.

I suppose the gamma setting in the game (and in other places, such as the NVidia control panel) is a gamma modifier, not the gamma value itself. 1.0 as default would be too low, apparently PC monitors are meant to be used with gamma 2.2.

[TP_Jacko]

My pc monitor does not look like it has a gamma adjustment only brightness/contrast and RGB

[coconut]

My screen has a number of discrete values for gamma ranging from 1 to 5, which I don't think correspond to the actual numerical value. The manual says the default value (3) is the standard expected by Windows. You are probably better off not touching the gamma of your screen, even if you could. Brightness and contrast, on the other hand, should be adjusted on the screen.

[SharpeXB]

Bump

[wju]

As we have in the game the gamma slider only, this is the only color correction for VR users. Monitor pilots do not need in-game color correction much, as the most of them have buttons on monitor.
Some VR´s are so bright, that the head hurts, some have colors washed out, some are dim, some bluish cold…

 

So I vote 10x for color correction in the game,  at least brightness, contrast and saturation. Color temperature would be nice bonus.
 

[SharpeXB]

I was messing around with Forza 7 on PC and Xbox One X and realized what a great calibration screen the console has. 

PCs and PC games should have stuff this good.