I have forgotten if it was this video or another, but recently you described how you have adjusted the in-game Gamma settings because your capture software was not giving you brighter images when adjusting your monitor’s gamma (as expected). And then at some other point you noted how your screen was so much brighter than Captcha’s screen. Brightening things in LOTRO can be a good thing to do, especially in dark places and most especially in Moria and Gundabad it can be hard to navigate in some spots and distant landscapes can be impossible to see let alone appreciate. Something that helps me a lot in very large but dark places like Moria is adjusting the Ambient Light setting in the OPTIONS->GRAPHICS panel. A bump to between 0.2 and 0.3 from the default 0.0 allows important things to be seen more easily, enhances the enjoyment of distant landscape features, but doesn’t wash out brightly lit areas. This is very different than changing the Gamma setting either in-game or on your monitor which can result in muted colors and a washed-out look. Give it a try! You might find that bumping Ambient Light gives you all the benefits you are looking for but without the downsides of increasing Gamma.
I dropped the Gamma in my most recent video and increased the ingame Game Ambient light setting significantly. It does look better but it's probably too much Ambient light at present. The night time graphics settings in the game can cause some real recording issues. The high Gamma at least resolved the issue but I can see Ambient light will work better and keep the colour more realistic. I'll tinker around with both of them a bit more as time goes on. I'll also need to check the Ambient light setting comes through the game & onto the recording (unfortunately thats not a given). Thanks again.
I have forgotten if it was this video or another, but recently you described how you have adjusted the in-game Gamma settings because your capture software was not giving you brighter images when adjusting your monitor’s gamma (as expected). And then at some other point you noted how your screen was so much brighter than Captcha’s screen.
Brightening things in LOTRO can be a good thing to do, especially in dark places and most especially in Moria and Gundabad it can be hard to navigate in some spots and distant landscapes can be impossible to see let alone appreciate.
Something that helps me a lot in very large but dark places like Moria is adjusting the Ambient Light setting in the OPTIONS->GRAPHICS panel. A bump to between 0.2 and 0.3 from the default 0.0 allows important things to be seen more easily, enhances the enjoyment of distant landscape features, but doesn’t wash out brightly lit areas. This is very different than changing the Gamma setting either in-game or on your monitor which can result in muted colors and a washed-out look. Give it a try! You might find that bumping Ambient Light gives you all the benefits you are looking for but without the downsides of increasing Gamma.
I dropped the Gamma in my most recent video and increased the ingame Game Ambient light setting significantly. It does look better but it's probably too much Ambient light at present. The night time graphics settings in the game can cause some real recording issues. The high Gamma at least resolved the issue but I can see Ambient light will work better and keep the colour more realistic. I'll tinker around with both of them a bit more as time goes on. I'll also need to check the Ambient light setting comes through the game & onto the recording (unfortunately thats not a given). Thanks again.