Screenshots you take in game will always look stupidly darker when viewed later. Increasing the contrast and brigthness by about 15-20 tends to fix that. 

 

I should take both possibilities, that the map is too dark and that the screenshots are a misrepresentation, into consideration.

However, I might explain further that part of the non-linearity of the map stems partially from the need for players to activate electrical generators that turn on lights to reveal new areas. So in many cases I have to make sure that the light is dark enough that the player will not see or be able to access those areas until the have toggle the appropriate lighting. Perhaps this makes screenshots a bad way to go, lol. 

For brightness, just make a histogram of the screenshots, better than eyeballing it.

Though it will always be ridiculously dark, cause it's Quake. 

I'll try that. I also started using fade multipliers. Here I've tried extended the geometry and added ambient light:

http://i.imgur.com/raIyx4O.jpg 

look fine to me. 

excited to play this! 

nitin

They do? How is that possible?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/161473/Misc/Untitled-1%20%40%20100%25%20%28Layer%201%2C%20RGB8%29%20_2014-02-16_07-20-27.jpg 

Different gamma settings probably. They look fine to me too on Linux with a sRGB monitor. 

same here. also the last shot looks awesome. city map with metal textures?? yes please! 

Metal map plox? https://www.quaddicted.com/_media/pipeline/blackrock1.jpg 

I still have it at about 70% done. Unfortunately, I had it tested and it needs a lot more work to smooth out gameplay and it hasn't been detailed at all. 

yeah on my monitor settings they look fine. It's calibrated but I assume most people's are and so it just comes down to different displays doing things differently. 

Remember the inside joke in the mce library... 

Ever notice how screenshots from professional games never look pitch black on anyone's monitors? :) 

is that they do look overly washed out on some? 

a bit washed out to me, but my monitor is quite bright. 

look too dark on my monitor. and of course my monitor is correct and all of ya'lls monitors are wrong. 

Willem is on the money. If 99% of internet images look spot on brightness wise (to everyone) and 1% doesn't....guess which ones are wrong??


Quick Willem, post something retarded about modern gaming so I can start disagreeing with you again :P 

...get a room! 

 

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/gamma_calibration.php gamma was dropped by .2 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/92vgg5qfqllzn5r/fitz0006.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4e042lrtbsp8ysb/fitz0007.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vutq00i83uiwzqu/fitz0008.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o47kh9gqimstlyr/fitz0009.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ef9z2q1o9jpqqwj/fitz0010.jpg 

....relatively bland wall detailing / textures, those get a thumbs up from me. I like the classic styles with a few tastier details. 

First thing I can criticize in each shot, just with a glance, trying not to look too closely.

Shot1; Maybe give the steps a different vertical texture?

Shot2; small intense lights on the red runes could work, bright red with wait 4.

Shot3; are there lava balls jumping under the stairs?

Shot4; ambient_drip

Shot5; maybe pull and push some of the big green bricks in the main walls to break them up a bit.

It's looking very promising!