Gamma advice

[Winkysmith]

Hello everyone!

 

 

I have a question regarding gamma correction. I’ve never quite understood how it works, and as a result I’ve always had it set to the highest, which is 1.5. However, I notice that there is not a great lot of contrast, and the game doesn’t look as ‘cinematic’ as in some videos on YouTube. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what I should set it at?

 

Hoping this finds you all in good health,

Winkysmith

[kendo]

Assuming your monitor is calibrated reasonably well, then the default of 1.0.

 

Too high will look washed out and lack contrast.

 

Too low will be too dark. 

 

You could experiment with small tweaks either way - 0.9 or 1.1 - to see if you prefer that, but generally for best visuals keep close to 1.0.

 

Edited January 17, 2022 by kendo

[ITAF_Airone1989]

1.0 is the default value and should be the one that looks better.

But if you want an help to improve your spot you have to decrease it to 0.6/0.7

Edited January 17, 2022 by ITAF_Airone1989

[Winkysmith]

Thank you for the advice. I’m quite grateful, and I’ll try setting the gamma lower when I get back on IL-2 later.

Edited January 17, 2022 by Winkysmith

[ITAF_Airone1989]

3 minutes ago, Winkysmith said:

Thank you for the advice. I’m quite grateful, and I’ll try setting the gamma lower when I get back on IL-2 later.

 

It will be pretty dark, but worth it.

I did some test, it helps a lot for coaltitude plane and doesn't change too much for the lower/higher ones.

Probably you will need to switch on your cockpit lights

[AEthelraedUnraed]

In simple terms, Gamma introduces a nonlinearity into the brightness (insofar as the screen brightness is linear to begin with ?). So with high Gamma, black remains black and white remains white, but grey becomes light grey. With low Gamma, black still remains black and white still remains white, but grey becomes dark grey.

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

When lowering the gamma I call it “putting my sun glasses on”

[SAG]

I find that 0.7 is the sweet spot for spotting (at least in VR) if I go below to 0.6 planes disappear from view as soon as they go over any trees, specially during the winter.

[Ala13_UnopaUno_VR]

I use G2 VR, use gamma 1.1/1.2 more realistic screen, but the contact plus Hard detected

[MajorMagee]

In Tank Crew I find that lowering gamma makes target identification more difficult (dark tanks hiding in dark shadows).

 

Looking at the histograms changing gamma is shifting the whole spectrum up or down the scale.

 

Pushing this too far will eventually clip either end so that the darkest darks will block to black (<<1) or the lightest lights will block to white (>>1)

 

Turning on HDR compresses the spectrum into a narrower range. This tones down the lights, and brightens the darks, and is supposed to simulate how your eyes automatically compensate for changes in exposure by dynamically opening or closing your iris depending on where you focus your attention. You eyes can see into shadows, and then avoid being blinded by glare when you suddenly look somewhere else. Since the computer doesn't know where you're looking in the projected scene all it can do is apply these localized changes in exposure across the whole screen at the same time.

 

Combining HDR with gamma lets you push the histogram a little higher or lower before you start seeing the extreme shades start to block to the end points and lose detail.

Edited January 19, 2022 by MajorMagee