Gamma correction

[catchthefoxes]

is there a way to turn the gamma correction down below 0.8? it's looking a little faded and under contrasted. I remember it used to be able to go lower than that.

[Thad]

Salutations,

 

Yes it can be done by manually adjusting it in a game file. 

[Wolf8312]

6 minutes ago, Thad said:

Salutations,

 

Yes it can be done by manually adjusting it in a game file. 

Graphics cfg?

[Thad]

I'm don't remember... It may be in the startup.cfg. 

[THERION]

6 minutes ago, Wolf8312 said:

Graphics cfg?

 

Look up for the file "startup.cfg" in your game directory. It's in the data directory.

 

Here you will find different section, so one for the graphics. To adjust you gamma

settings just change the number. Lowest default you can set is 0.8 in the game.

In the file you can manually go lower - I'v set it to 0.6.

 

I also did a short cut from this file to my desktop, so I can modify the settings

without running and restarting the game after each modification.

 

Cheers

 

PS: Just make sure you have a copy of the original file... just in case.

Edited April 22, 2018 by EAF_T_Therion

[Thad]

Yes... the gamma setting can be set in the 'startup.cfg'.  

Edited April 22, 2018 by Thad

[catchthefoxes]

@EAF_T_Therion @Thad

 

Thanks!!! it worked!!

[Wolf8312]

It works or worked great but now my gamma settings keep resetting to 0.8 every time I load the game up! Anyone know why?

 

Edit think it was because I was setting it below 0.4. Working now or at least now it only sets to 0.5

Edited April 29, 2018 by Wolf8312

[Dakpilot]

Chances are, if you have to run such a low gama correction your monitor probably needs calibration. This will give much better overall results

 

Cheers, Dakpilot 

[peregrine7]

5 minutes ago, VicNighthorse said:

I just looked at my startup.cfg

 

C:\Program Files (x86)\1C Game Studios\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data

 

and it has no mention of gamma - just

 

[KEY = updater]
      enable_udp = 0
      language = "eng"
      locales = "rus,eng,ger,spa,fra,pol"
      p2p_port = 6881
      seed = 0
      web_distribution = 1
[END]

 

Can some kind soul tell me how I screwed this attempt up?

 

That's odd, I can give you my file in the next few days provided nobody else gets on it (if anyone else intends to do it, make sure your username and PW are not included as I believe these are/were stored in plaintext in the file itself!)

Here's a snippet of mine. The section you copied should be there, I've highlighted it. But it should be at the end of a lot of other options.

Are you sure this is the game directory the game is launching from? I've seen .cfg files like that when the game has never been launched. If that's the case when you launch the game and change some settings in the graphics menu it should populate the file. 

You may also want to try opening the file using notepad++ as other programs may take issue with the format.

 

[Natives-Soul_Finger]

I apologize, I thought I deleted the message, I had used the wrong path and when I went to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data I found it and set the gamma correction to .6 and can now spot planes a hell of a lot better. I haven't play multiplayer because I thought I just be a target drone for young folks with good eyes. I think I'll finally go to multiplayer. Probably still get punked most of the time but maybe not all of the time now;-) Thanks again for trying to help.

[wombatBritishBulldogs]

31 minutes ago, VicNighthorse said:

I apologize, I thought I deleted the message, I had used the wrong path and when I went to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data I found it and set the gamma correction to .6 and can now spot planes a hell of a lot better. I haven't play multiplayer because I thought I just be a target drone for young folks with good eyes. I think I'll finally go to multiplayer. Probably still get punked most of the time but maybe not all of the time now;-) Thanks again for trying to help.

Regarding multiplay hop onto Knights Of the air  You may be pleasantly surprised and regarding age you again might be surprised and the number of old farts flying )

Make sure you edit file with notepad  also saving adjustment when you close notepad !

Edited September 27, 2018 by wombatBritishBulldogs