there's also the difference between LCD and CRT monitors.

i've found CRTs tend to have a lot more contrast but are also generally darker. LCDs tend to have less contrast at the darker end and are generally brighter.

if you're designing on a CRT, you should set your stuff to default brightness and work from that (using iD levels as a base, but remember those levels are brighter than they need to be). if you are using an LCD, i'd turn down the brightness a little bit and work like that (use iD levels again as a reference). 

the iD maps are too bright? I've always had to turn brightness up just to see on their maps. As a matter of fact, I have a special nVidia profile just for when I play Quake because it's way too dark if I use my normal Windows settings.

Anyway, I've always pretty much used the iD maps as my reference when lighting my maps.

I have my newest computer in the living room hooked up to the tv and I have a hard time deciding if the lighting is right or not when mapping because the lcd TV is way different from the crt monitor I used to use. 

So many forces working against you....
Ive had em all in my short career - to bright, too dark, too shit, to bland, too colourful, meh - you just cant quite please everyone!
I have often re-done large portions of my maps 2 or 3 times sometimes! 

imo just make sure the lighting in the map spans the entire range of possible values (0-255)... eg 255 close to spotlights, 0 in really dark corners... if you don't do this (for example by using minlight) the map may look washed out or bland. Then play with fall-off and intensity of lights to achieve both sharp and smooth gradients...

look at tyrann's maps for a demonstation 

no, YOU! 

is very true :

i've found CRTs tend to have a lot more contrast but are also generally darker. LCDs tend to have less contrast at the darker end and are generally brighter.

Also, dont forget idgamma. It seems some of us play with it, some dont. 

don't forget

V O N D U R 

no, YUO! 

Hi guys, just to let you know, the problem that brought the server to a halt every so often is now fixed. I am to blame for this; I used braindead SQL queries on the cube forum. 

Ah, just posted about that in site help :) 

Do/Did people make Painkiller SP maps (with proper gameplay)? Is there a mapping community? 

Because they never released dev tools.

Fucking shame. 

but making PK maps is all done in 3d apps. there have been a handful of full custom maps but the lack of an accessible way of building them is most likely the reason why there aren't more. 

id didn't release dev tools for doom I or II or Quake or Quake 2 and we somehow managed... 

very funny 

Sleep, the red text 'too many queries' one?

Nice one :) 

that one. If the server was reachable. 

my old/crappy version of opera(9.25), so maybe someone can suggest which version of opera should i use. and i don't like an interface of its recent versions 

Tango Clearlooks is a nice theme. Always use the latest stable of your browser or you expose yourself to security issues. 

I have used opera for many years and some months ago I have switched to firefox and I don't think I will go back any more.
I know this isn't the answer you seek. :) 

That's STILL around? 

Especially on Linux where Firefox sucks badly. Plus I don't need a gazillion of addons to get basic functionality. 

Firefox turned south the minute the Mozilla Foundation lay their claws on it. It's become the new Netscape if you ask me. The rendering engine may be fine, but it's become slow, fat and ugly over the years. To me, Webkit is the superior engine anyway, and Safari is by far the nicest browser on the mac platform. Don't know about the windows version though. And isn't there a Webkit-based browser for Linux, too? Didn't Webkit originate from the Konqueror project? 

I use Safari on Mac as well. It's a great browser for my needs. 

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