Need a little help with the picture

duktak · Post by **duktak** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:26 pm

Sorry if this is addressed in the read me. I looked through the whole thing and didn't notice this anywhere. Anyway, the picture in my games is a little dark. Normally it isn't really a problem, but when I'm in an area with a darker background (like a cave in FF3), I can't see anything and I have to press the escape key for the grey screen to come up so I can see the background. I've tried adjusting my monitor's settings and my video card settings, but no matter how bright I make everything else, it has no effect at all on my emulator. Is there a brightness control for the emulator somewhere I'm not finding? Is anybody else having this problem? I'm running on win98 if it makes any difference. It's not really a big problem, just incredibly irritating. Thanks for any help.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:05 pm

Try deleting Zsnes configuration files, then try installing the latest drivers for your videocard.

Also, try using the lates WIP for Zsnes:
http://www.ipherswipsite.com/zsnes/

Post by **Agozer** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:06 pm

There is no brightness control in Zsnes. I'm thinking it's your monitor.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:00 am

A lot of DVDs (most Disney DVDs, some others) have a THX picture calibration feature. If you have a DVD drive, pop one of those in.

Alternatively, some monitors have a movie feature (NEC monitors call it SuberBright or just "SB") that will up the gamma on the monitor.

kevman · Post by **kevman** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:10 am

Depending on what video card you have, you can do it via yor video drivers control.

I have Catalyst (ATI's Radeon drivers) set to a higher gamma level for direct3d, which carries over into Directshow, what Zsnes uses. It automatically goes up when I enter Zsnes, and goes back down when I quit.

Dead · Post by **Dead** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:12 am

Good monitor calibration utility

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:37 am

Yes. I was trying to remember what that was or where I found it. Great program. The only thing better is NEC's NaviSet utility, but you need an NEC DDC/CI-compatible monitor and driver to use it.

Dead · Post by **Dead** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:06 am

Those NEC monitors are really nice. I hope CRT technology continues to evolve.