TRINE 2 WINDOWED MODE PC
TRINE 2 WINDOWED MODE TV

The bit I'm not sure about is whether playing calibration videos in something like MPC-HC would be using the same mode as games do and therefore whether any adjustments I make whilst playing the videos would be correct for gaming.Īlternatively, I could ignore the TV settings (other than the basic Brightness/Contrast to get it about right) and use the PC's settings/colour profile to finetune it.

TRINE 2 WINDOWED MODE PC

The TV has a lot more hardware controls (White Balance, RGB Hue, Saturation, Luminance) than most monitors, so it would be possible to calibrate it there and it's probably easier to do it this way as I can sit in front of the TV and use the remote, rather than trying to adjust things with the mouse on the PC whilst leaning over to try and see the TV. Use Color Sustainer, load a pre-defined tint (Red, Green, Blue, etc.), launch game, fiddle with settings & gamma slider, change from fullscreen to windowed mode and vice-versa, etc.Īnother thing I'm never sure about is what method to use for calibrating my TV to the PC for playing games. Nothing worksFeedback from AMD, Nvidia, Intel users necessary. *Cannot call IDXGIDevice::SetGammaControl() - has no effect *Cannot handle gamma via its own engine in windowed mode - has no effect *Calls IDXGIDevice::SetGammaControl() - ignores color profile *Calls GDI SetDeviceGammaRamp() - resets color profile *Handles gamma via its own engine - ignores color profile *Handles gamma via its own engine - works in conjunction with color profile Does not override / ignore color profile How a game reacts to color profiles (in fullscreen mode): CrossFire does not work in windowed mode. However, some games might face reduced performance. For games that reset the color profile, using applications to force the color profile works.

Windowed mode so far has a 100% success rate. Didn't test extensively yet with multiple games that ignore the system color profile, but in Metro: Last Light, the game and the PowerStrip feature fought each other and the screen tore between color profile (PowerStrip) and linear curve (Metro: Last Light).ĭ) Get developers to stop using this function, or get Microsoft to disable this function or allow an external locking mechanism for those who know what they're doing when locking their own color profiles.Į) Get Nvidia & AMD to allow writing directly to the graphics card LUT and locking the LUT from further modifications. This is called 'Write directly to Palette DAC' in PowerStrip and used to work with Nvidia cards before the 8000 series, and is supposed to (still?) be working with AMD cards. Many games use DirectX DLLs included in their game directories so this may be harder than the first solution above.Ĭ) Load color profile directly into the graphics card LUT (Look-Up Table). Color Clutch (hats off) does that, but it does not work with all games, is not tested with DirectX 11, and might be detected as a cheat in online games.ī) Modify system files so that the function becomes useless. CPK & Color Sustainer achieve that.ģ - no 100% success yet, multiple proposed solutions:Ī) Modify the game's executable to refer to modified DirectX DLL files that make such a function useless. Merely set the color profile, load up the game, and enjoy better color.Ģ - needs a 3rd-party application to 'lock' the correct color profile after the game has reset it. The game follows the system color profile without needing any 3rd-party applications. Even if they did, or set the correct profile periodically, the fullscreen game does not get affected by it.ġ - does not need a 3rd-party application.

Applications that 'lock' a profile do not detect a change in the system's color profile, because it has not changed, so they do not set the correct profile back. These games do not reset the system color profile they do not follow it. and they do not fight with the application that tries to lock the profile by setting it back.ģ) In (exclusive) fullscreen mode only: Ignore the system color profile by calling a DirectX-related function that allows fullscreen applications to use their own color management independent of the system's color profile. Games only do this once, somewhere in their startup sequence, or when a setting is changed, etc. Applications that can 'lock' a profile (CPK, Color Sustainer) can set the correct color profile back. Load a color profile once, at anytime, and it should still affect the game's colors.Ģ) Reset the system color profile by applying their own curve (almost always a linear curve). This thread will cover how games reacts to color profiles.ġ) Do not reset or ignore the color profile.

Trine 2 windowed mode