I finally fixed my SoF2 problem!

digitalwanderer · Jul 7, 2002, 09:41 PM

I couldn't figure out why I just didn't love the game to pieces! It was running well, all the violence I could want, the plot is actually gripping to me (I played the first SoF mission a couple of hundred times...a new story line is a big deal to me.

); but it just looked f-ing washed in places. I'd tried playing with my brightness settings, overlay settings, and even adjusting my monitor but I kept having bright patches that faded everything around it and everything looked just a bit washed to me.

I was thinking that as I tried to throw myself into the game again. "It's such a great f-ing game that I've been waiting sooo long to play, I even built this computer just to play it on! But it doesn't look good, it's all faded in the bright spots. Like it's a bit too bright or something..or overly bright a bit....

overly...bright...bit

*DING!*

...overbrightbits!...

I'd remembered seeing it in a couple of Q2 & Q3 configs, but must have forgot about it. Sure enough, in the SoF2\base\ directory in the 'myconfig.cfg' file there was an entry labelled "seta r_overBrightBits" with a big ugly "1" next to it. Changed that "1" to a "0" and fired up SoF2...

...and it was perfect!

It's probably just a stupid thing that I screwed up somehow, but seeing as it made about a zillion percent improvement for me in how the game looked I thought I'd best make a quick post about it in case anyone else had the same bitch about SoF2.

I really did just plan to make this a short post, forgive the length but I've had a pretty mega-stressed day and tend to babble to blow off steam. :s It really did make a huge difference in the games visuals for me, all my colors had a stinking 16-bit banding look to them before and now they look all gloriously 32-bit again.

I hope someone else finds this helpful, 'cause I'm loving the heck out of this game! I'm gonna do something weird and quit posting, tweaking, benching, & parenting for a bit and just slip on the headphones (WOW have a cheap pair of headphones added to my latenight gaming goodness, a definate parents must! ) and go see if I can go save the world and find out who's behind all this chaos! (I'm just after the bookstore incident with Sam and the plot is picking up nicely.

)

MikeDaMan · Jul 8, 2002, 09:38 AM

How did you screw it up in the first place? Mine ran perfectly from the first install.

digitalwanderer · Jul 8, 2002, 09:51 AM

I didn't exactly do a 'typical' install....

Zardon · Jul 8, 2002, 10:06 AM

**whistles innocently**

NaumoJR · Jul 8, 2002, 03:06 PM

*cough* *cough*

GravY · Jul 8, 2002, 07:17 PM

What?

MikeDaMan · Jul 8, 2002, 08:27 PM

*sniff sniff* Do I smell warez???

digitalwanderer · Jul 10, 2002, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MikeDaMan
*sniff sniff* Do I smell warez???

Uhm, why no! Of course not! I was just seeing if I could get around the need for a CD by a slightly different install method. (I just copied all the files from the "setup" directories into a "SoF2" directory I made and then changed the files from "read-only". Worked fine, didn't need a key neither.

)

Warez is BAD! Warez is ILLEGAL! I wouldn't be caught using any warez on my boxes. [SIZE=xx-small]<---knock wood...[/SIZE]

[SIZE=xx-small](Hey, I'll buy the game as soon as they release a bloody patch for it! Should be about Weds or Thursday this week by my calculations. )[/SIZE]

Jul 7, 2002, 09:41 PM	#1
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	I finally fixed my SoF2 problem! I couldn't figure out why I just didn't love the game to pieces! It was running well, all the violence I could want, the plot is actually gripping to me (I played the first SoF mission a couple of hundred times...a new story line is a big deal to me. ); but it just looked f-ing washed in places. I'd tried playing with my brightness settings, overlay settings, and even adjusting my monitor but I kept having bright patches that faded everything around it and everything looked just a bit washed to me. I was thinking that as I tried to throw myself into the game again. "It's such a great f-ing game that I've been waiting sooo long to play, I even built this computer just to play it on! But it doesn't look good, it's all faded in the bright spots. Like it's a bit too bright or something..or overly bright a bit.... overly...bright...bit *DING!* ...overbrightbits!... I'd remembered seeing it in a couple of Q2 & Q3 configs, but must have forgot about it. Sure enough, in the SoF2\base\ directory in the 'myconfig.cfg' file there was an entry labelled "seta r_overBrightBits" with a big ugly "1" next to it. Changed that "1" to a "0" and fired up SoF2... ...and it was perfect! It's probably just a stupid thing that I screwed up somehow, but seeing as it made about a zillion percent improvement for me in how the game looked I thought I'd best make a quick post about it in case anyone else had the same bitch about SoF2. I really did just plan to make this a short post, forgive the length but I've had a pretty mega-stressed day and tend to babble to blow off steam. :s It really did make a huge difference in the games visuals for me, all my colors had a stinking 16-bit banding look to them before and now they look all gloriously 32-bit again. I hope someone else finds this helpful, 'cause I'm loving the heck out of this game! I'm gonna do something weird and quit posting, tweaking, benching, & parenting for a bit and just slip on the headphones (WOW have a cheap pair of headphones added to my latenight gaming goodness, a definate parents must! ) and go see if I can go save the world and find out who's behind all this chaos! (I'm just after the bookstore incident with Sam and the plot is picking up nicely. ) __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jul 8, 2002, 09:38 AM	#2
MikeDaMan DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 874 Rep Power: 0	How did you screw it up in the first place? Mine ran perfectly from the first install. __________________ DFI Lanpart UT 250GB motherboard. 1GB 2X512 Crucial Ballistix PC 3200. AMD Athlon 64 3400+. Retail ATI Radeon X850XT PE AGP

Jul 8, 2002, 09:51 AM	Thread Starter #3
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Well, uhm...that is, you see.... I didn't exactly do a 'typical' install.... __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jul 8, 2002, 07:17 PM	#6
GravY Master Shake Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 199 Rep Power: 0	What? __________________ Amd 2400+ @ 2415mhz 11.5x210, Vantec Aeroflow, 512mb Pc3200 5-2-2-2, 9500np->9700 [color=red]17697[/color] 3dmark2k1 [color=red]5630[/color] 3dmark03, Epox 8rda+ Mobo, WD Special 8mb cache 80gig, Plex 48/24/48

Jul 8, 2002, 08:27 PM	#7
MikeDaMan DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 874 Rep Power: 0	sniff sniff Do I smell warez??? __________________ DFI Lanpart UT 250GB motherboard. 1GB 2X512 Crucial Ballistix PC 3200. AMD Athlon 64 3400+. Retail ATI Radeon X850XT PE AGP

Jul 8, 2002, 10:06 AM	#4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	whistles innocently

Jul 8, 2002, 03:06 PM	#5
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