The McCarthy Chronicles: The Conclusion.

[Calin Leafshade]

Yup, either scored by me or someone better than me if I can convince them to help.

[Galen]

Seems a little too dark Calin, if its possible could you add some kind of Gamma setting? Does AGS capable fo that?
I always play AGS games in Windowed since I find them a little hard to make out scaled up to nearly 1080p which means those screenshots get the nasty end of my monitor's maximum contrast.

[Calin Leafshade]

the gamma setting only works in DD and at fullscreen.

However I reckon I can use a plugin to fix that at the API level. If not i'll boost the level on all the backgrounds and use a black gui to darken to taste

[theo]

oh. Good job SookieSock then!

Regarding gamma etc. Galen, you run a black n white horror game WINDOWED???!!! That's like watching the air duct scene in the first alien movie, in broad daylight.  :o

[markbilly]

I play everything windowed, then the pixels still look proper.

This looks fantastic by the way, Colin Lampshade!

[m0ds]

Looks good, and massively cut-sceney. I look forward to the one two three a cup four a cup rock debate. Best of luck Leafpoo!

[Galen]

Regarding gamma etc. Galen, you run a black n white horror game WINDOWED???!!! That's like watching the air duct scene in the first alien movie, in broad daylight.  :o

One can only upscale so much before things start looking like lego.

If it comes down to it I'd probably set my background to black and hide my icons.

[qptain Nemo]

Regarding gamma etc. Galen, you run a black n white horror game WINDOWED???!!! That's like watching the air duct scene in the first alien movie, in broad daylight.  :o

But... but it's a good way to prevent yourself from wetting yourself and screaming in terror so all neighbours can hear you!

[Calin Leafshade]

Looks good, and massively cut-sceney. I look forward to the one two three a cup four a cup rock debate. Best of luck Leafpoo!

Any less than 5 cups and i'm kicking off and/or flipping out with rage.

[Iliya]

Calin, I like The McCarthy Chronicles, but aren't the screenshots too dark. I understand that this is the mood of the game, but on some monitors even if you boost the brightness and the contrast all you can see is 2 or 3 lightning points.

[Calin Leafshade]

Yes, they are too dark.

I make the game on an LCD monitor so the backlighting boosts the brightness to acceptable levels. On top of that, the noise effect significantly darkens the image.

I will fix this before release and i'll replace the screenshots as i update the engine.

[Stupot]

Regarding gamma etc. Galen, you run a black n white horror game WINDOWED???!!! That's like watching the air duct scene in the first alien movie, in broad daylight.  :o

One can only upscale so much before things start looking like lego.

If it comes down to it I'd probably set my background to black and hide my icons.

I play nearly every AGS game full-screen.. even most 320X200 ones... Is this bad?

[theo]

I play nearly every AGS game full-screen.. even most 320X200 ones... Is this bad?

No. It's wonderful. I wish everyone had such good taste.  8) The whole "I play everything windowed, then the pixels still look proper." thing has me flabbergasted. I had no idea this opinion was so common. It's good to know though.

[Calin Leafshade]

Yea, providing you choose the right scaling mode the pixels should render fine.

[Calin Leafshade]

OP updated with screenshots and stuff.

[Igor Hardy]

OMG is McCarthy attempting a hadouken in that picture!?

[Calin Leafshade]

No, not a hadouken.

[Mati256]

No lamp post?

[SookieSock]

I can't put a lamp post in every BG. It would look odd     

[cianty]

Oh oh... These backgrounds just look soooo wonderful!