Will I always be blind as a bat?

[Zeniff]

<p>Couple questions from a complete newbie.</p><p> Played EQ1 and trying to understand mechanics of EQ2.</p><p> Made a human and I can't see squat in caves.  Am I destined to be blind forever with a torch that lets me see about 1 inch away from my character, or are there items in games like eq1 that will give me near infra/ultra visions (cold/heatstones in eq1).  I can't stand being blind like this.  </p><p>  This info would be greatly appreciated if someone could provide.</p><p>Thank you in advance.</p>

[Idoru]

<cite>Zeniff wrote:</cite><blockquote> Made a human and I can't see squat in caves.  Am I destined to be blind forever with a torch that lets me see about 1 inch away from my character, or are there items in games like eq1 that will give me near infra/ultra visions (cold/heatstones in eq1).  I can't stand being blind like this. </blockquote>Change your Ambient Light settings in the options menu. Or use these: <a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Gnomish_Shades" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Gnomish_Shades</a>

[Cusashorn]

Increase your gamma settings.

[Siatfallen]

I've had this problem for a long time now as well. Blind as a bad, jumping randomly in the lower mistmoore catacombs, and hoping to land on ledges I have to remember from times when I've seen others play because I simply cannot see them.I suspect I either have a very, very old and worn screen (it's getting very dark over all and has been so for the last, uh... Four years?), or it's a graphics card issue. Either way, you learn to live with it or, I guess, at least in my monitor, get another monitor. ;pAnd yes, I'm having trouble seeing anything with brightness and gamma maxed.

[x0rtrun]

CRT monitors will dim over time. I actually have to turn the brightness on my LCD down a bit because it's TOO bright.

[Deathspell]

I had the same issue, didn't see a thing during the night (ingame) and had to crank up the overall gamma setting, but i had to lower it again when it became daylight. I changed drivers, reset settings, reset monitor settings, max monitor settings...Although the monitor didn't give colour/brightness issues under Windows desktop, etc... it really was the CRT monitor, I guess it was used up.I bought a new monitor (LCD nowadays) and the problem was gone. Nights were dark, but you can still see where you are going.

[Acterna]

I have noticed on my system that if I play in windowed mode the night looks pretty dark and gamma doesn't seem to help but if I switch to full screen I can see fine and the gamma settings seem to work.

[x0rtrun]

Gamma settings in games typically won't apply when running in windowed mode. Instead, since the window is just like any other window it falls under your desktop gamma settings.