Default gamma is too low

[dp]

I see there have been posts about gamma problems going back several years, but it appears nothing has changed.

On my current-generation 13" MacBook Pro (Intel 3000 graphics), I have to increase the game's gamma to roughly 75% of its maximum setting to see things adequately, even during daytime. I don't mind that, but it causes all my other windows to be washed out until I quit the game or lower the gamma. This is a nuisance.

I suppose there's no way to have a custom LUT for the game (but maybe I'm wrong?), but surely the game's images can be matched better to the other windows. None of my other apps present this problem.

[homunculus]

not only that, but a few years ago i remember i managed to crash out of the game so that my computer kept (forever) the gamma settings that you have while the game is running

[geever]

Default gamma is just fine here. Well, I don't have a Mac, just a PC with TFT...

-geever

[dp]

Is this truly a hardware issue, or an OSX vs. Windows (and what about Linux?) difference?

[homunculus]

Is this truly a hardware issue, or an OSX vs. Windows (and what about Linux?) difference?

i was on windows xp when that happened (the thing in the previous post).

[dp]

That problem (need to reset gamma after a crash) occurs in OSX, too. But I was asking whether the mismatch between the UFOAI window and others is a function of the hardware vs. OS.

[homunculus]

well, i was/am not tech enough to understand the question, i guess.