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Hard Rust

Sleaze King of SL

Join date: 20 May 2006

Posts: 94

08-17-2008 06:57

The Lighting and Glow in my SL have been way too high since I got an Nvidia 8800gtx. I've tried playing with gamma and other settings which has helped the general lighting issue, but Glow is still cranked way too high!

I checked with a couple of friends and had them send me screenshots to compare what they saw with what I see and its the difference between a 40 watt bulb and a 300 watt bulb.

Any suggestions?

Thank you for any help you can offer!

Beezle Warburton

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Join date: 10 Nov 2006

Posts: 1,169

08-17-2008 07:18

From: Hard Rust

The Lighting and Glow in my SL have been way too high since I got an Nvidia 8800gtx. I've tried playing with gamma and other settings which has helped the general lighting issue, but Glow is still cranked way too high!

I checked with a couple of friends and had them send me screenshots to compare what they saw with what I see and its the difference between a 40 watt bulb and a 300 watt bulb.

Any suggestions?

Thank you for any help you can offer!

Welcome to the world of not everything appearing the same to all. Glow is very easy to over-do, at least for me (8600gts, LCD monitor). People seem to just use the click arrows and that's way too much. I generally use 0.02 - 0.05 (has to be manually entered).

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Viktoria Dovgal

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Join date: 29 Jul 2007

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08-17-2008 07:21

In the debug settings, scroll down and there is a group of RenderGlow* options, you can see how your card takes to changes in each of them.

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Peggy Paperdoll

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Join date: 15 Apr 2006

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08-17-2008 09:26

From: Viktoria Dovgal

In the debug settings, scroll down and there is a group of RenderGlow* options, you can see how your card takes to changes in each of them.

Haha............thanks Viktoria.

Only a few places that glow everpowers for me.......one is a place my friend has across the road from me. I've just been ignoring it......now maybe I can fix it.

Beezle Warburton

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08-17-2008 11:56

From: Peggy Paperdoll

Haha............thanks Viktoria.

Only a few places that glow everpowers for me.......one is a place my friend has across the road from me. I've just been ignoring it......now maybe I can fix it.

I'm boycotting the new Tenemos build until they make it less painful to behold. Entire building is alpha and glow, so at certain angles . . . ow, my retinas.

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Tegg Bode

FrootLoop Roo Overlord

Join date: 12 Jan 2007

Posts: 5,707

08-18-2008 00:54

Hmm the 8800's show glow too bright?
Maybe that explains why I've sent photo's to a few glow users showing them what I see and asking them to turn it down a bit and I find a glow of.05 enough for most of my uses

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Saiki Spirt

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Join date: 1 Jun 2008

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08-18-2008 02:13

7100 here and .15 is quite high for me.

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Kalel Venkman

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Join date: 10 Mar 2006

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Glow through transparency is additive

08-18-2008 09:43

Most of this is caused by a bug in the rendering engine - glow levels are not normalized when viewed through transparent objects. Easily fixable, if they'd just take a look at it and do something about it.

This is the same level of problem as the texture warp problem with tapered cubes, where the UV-map is incorrectly folded because the w-scaling they're using to render the maps with is broken.

These are computer graphics 101 sorts of coding errors. There's really no excuse for them in a professional game engine.

Cristalle Karami

Lady of the House

Join date: 4 Dec 2006

Posts: 6,222

08-18-2008 09:46

Glow is hard on my ATI Radeon x1300 and on my Nvidia 8800GT. .1 is just too much. A friend of mine had glowing hair and it looked like the hair was on fire. It's nuts.

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Glow is overpowering - Help please!

Glow is overpowering - Help please!
Hard Rust Sleaze King of SL Join date: 20 May 2006 Posts: 94	08-17-2008 06:57 The Lighting and Glow in my SL have been way too high since I got an Nvidia 8800gtx. I've tried playing with gamma and other settings which has helped the general lighting issue, but Glow is still cranked way too high! I checked with a couple of friends and had them send me screenshots to compare what they saw with what I see and its the difference between a 40 watt bulb and a 300 watt bulb. Any suggestions? Thank you for any help you can offer!
Beezle Warburton =o.O= Join date: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 1,169	08-17-2008 07:18 From: Hard Rust The Lighting and Glow in my SL have been way too high since I got an Nvidia 8800gtx. I've tried playing with gamma and other settings which has helped the general lighting issue, but Glow is still cranked way too high! I checked with a couple of friends and had them send me screenshots to compare what they saw with what I see and its the difference between a 40 watt bulb and a 300 watt bulb. Any suggestions? Thank you for any help you can offer! Welcome to the world of not everything appearing the same to all. Glow is very easy to over-do, at least for me (8600gts, LCD monitor). People seem to just use the click arrows and that's way too much. I generally use 0.02 - 0.05 (has to be manually entered). _____________________ Though this be madness, yet there is method in't. -- William Shakespeare Warburton's Whimsies: In SL Apez.biz
Viktoria Dovgal … Join date: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 3,593	08-17-2008 07:21 In the debug settings, scroll down and there is a group of RenderGlow* options, you can see how your card takes to changes in each of them. _____________________
Peggy Paperdoll A Brat Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 4,383	08-17-2008 09:26 From: Viktoria Dovgal In the debug settings, scroll down and there is a group of RenderGlow* options, you can see how your card takes to changes in each of them. Haha............thanks Viktoria. Only a few places that glow everpowers for me.......one is a place my friend has across the road from me. I've just been ignoring it......now maybe I can fix it.
Beezle Warburton =o.O= Join date: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 1,169	08-17-2008 11:56 From: Peggy Paperdoll Haha............thanks Viktoria. Only a few places that glow everpowers for me.......one is a place my friend has across the road from me. I've just been ignoring it......now maybe I can fix it. I'm boycotting the new Tenemos build until they make it less painful to behold. Entire building is alpha and glow, so at certain angles . . . ow, my retinas. _____________________ Though this be madness, yet there is method in't. -- William Shakespeare Warburton's Whimsies: In SL Apez.biz
Tegg Bode FrootLoop Roo Overlord Join date: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 5,707	08-18-2008 00:54 Hmm the 8800's show glow too bright? Maybe that explains why I've sent photo's to a few glow users showing them what I see and asking them to turn it down a bit and I find a glow of.05 enough for most of my uses _____________________ Level 38 Builder [Roo Clan] Free Waterside & Roadside Vehicle Rez Platform, Desire (88, 17, 107) Avatars & Roadside Seaview shops and vendorspace for rent, $2.00/prim/week, Desire (175,48,107)
Saiki Spirt Chaos,Panic,Disorder.DONE Join date: 1 Jun 2008 Posts: 187	08-18-2008 02:13 7100 here and .15 is quite high for me. _____________________ They call me Crazy, I say they're crazy!
Kalel Venkman Citizen Join date: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 587	Glow through transparency is additive 08-18-2008 09:43 Most of this is caused by a bug in the rendering engine - glow levels are not normalized when viewed through transparent objects. Easily fixable, if they'd just take a look at it and do something about it. This is the same level of problem as the texture warp problem with tapered cubes, where the UV-map is incorrectly folded because the w-scaling they're using to render the maps with is broken. These are computer graphics 101 sorts of coding errors. There's really no excuse for them in a professional game engine.
Cristalle Karami Lady of the House Join date: 4 Dec 2006 Posts: 6,222	08-18-2008 09:46 Glow is hard on my ATI Radeon x1300 and on my Nvidia 8800GT. .1 is just too much. A friend of mine had glowing hair and it looked like the hair was on fire. It's nuts. _____________________ Affordable & beautiful apartments & homes starting at 150L/wk! Waterfront homes, 575L/wk & 300 prims! House of Cristalle low prim prefabs: secondlife://Cristalle/111/60 http://cristalleproperties.info http://careeningcristalle.blogspot.com - Careening, A SL Sailing Blog