Eichhörnchen
05-03-16, 11:15 AM
Edited...
I uncovered an interesting thread of argument and investigation when I set about looking into the possibility of toning down the colours of my display in an attempt to give a better look to the environment when playing B-17 Flying Fortress. Looking online, others had asked this question, though not for the same reason: one said that a grayscale screen can make you more productive, and another cited the calming nature of such a display on those with ADHD or Autism. People can find it less tiring.
It ought to be easy, hadn't it? But it seems it's not if you still have XP, or maybe it's entirely down to the graphics card you've got: there seem to be more options for people with a better setup: if you have Nvidia graphics then you can set "Digital Vibrance" to a lower value in Control Panel, but having looked at all the suggestions, it seems I'm not going to be able to achieve what I wanted on my gaming PC.
Without any grey-violet haze of atmosphere, the bright greens of the terrain in this simulator make the ground look as though it's just a few inches below the clouds; being able to turn the colour saturation down a few clicks would probably have made all the difference. And rendering the screen right back to grayscale would also have been very interesting.
Edit: One writer mentioned that Intel graphics allows you to adjust colour scales, and I have just discovered that my Windows 8 desktop (bought very recently for everyday stuff) does have an Intel HD Graphics Control Panel on the desktop. I hadn't even looked at that until now, it being a very new PC, and guess what... it works. But I don't see why this facility couldn't have been universal: I want it on my gaming rig.
Just found this to try ('run in 256 colors'): https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/display_change_number_colors.mspx?mfr=true
...(nope, still no joy. All it did was degrade the picture quality... the colours looked even more lurid)
This is the effect that slight desaturation can have on the picture:
http://i.imgur.com/d3RAAXH.png http://i.imgur.com/wmbcZIc.png
The second one is 'desaturated' X30 and looks much better to me
I uncovered an interesting thread of argument and investigation when I set about looking into the possibility of toning down the colours of my display in an attempt to give a better look to the environment when playing B-17 Flying Fortress. Looking online, others had asked this question, though not for the same reason: one said that a grayscale screen can make you more productive, and another cited the calming nature of such a display on those with ADHD or Autism. People can find it less tiring.
It ought to be easy, hadn't it? But it seems it's not if you still have XP, or maybe it's entirely down to the graphics card you've got: there seem to be more options for people with a better setup: if you have Nvidia graphics then you can set "Digital Vibrance" to a lower value in Control Panel, but having looked at all the suggestions, it seems I'm not going to be able to achieve what I wanted on my gaming PC.
Without any grey-violet haze of atmosphere, the bright greens of the terrain in this simulator make the ground look as though it's just a few inches below the clouds; being able to turn the colour saturation down a few clicks would probably have made all the difference. And rendering the screen right back to grayscale would also have been very interesting.
Edit: One writer mentioned that Intel graphics allows you to adjust colour scales, and I have just discovered that my Windows 8 desktop (bought very recently for everyday stuff) does have an Intel HD Graphics Control Panel on the desktop. I hadn't even looked at that until now, it being a very new PC, and guess what... it works. But I don't see why this facility couldn't have been universal: I want it on my gaming rig.
Just found this to try ('run in 256 colors'): https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/display_change_number_colors.mspx?mfr=true
...(nope, still no joy. All it did was degrade the picture quality... the colours looked even more lurid)
This is the effect that slight desaturation can have on the picture:
http://i.imgur.com/d3RAAXH.png http://i.imgur.com/wmbcZIc.png
The second one is 'desaturated' X30 and looks much better to me