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DanS posted 02-11-99 10:32 AM ET
After two hours of playing the game last night my eyes started hurting very badly, even with the gamma correction.
The color scheme is, in a word, beautiful. But I don't want to go blind because of SMAC. Any way of working up some alternative color schemes?
Thanks.
Bongo posted 02-11-99 11:16 AM ET
Blink! It's easy to forget and really dry your eyes out.
tOFfGI posted 02-11-99 01:02 PM ET
There IS another colour scheme in the making, but It will have even HIGHER contrast.
DanS posted 02-11-99 02:10 PM ET
Bongo: thanks. I almost forgot On average a human eye blinks 11 times a minute. While looking at a computer screen, the human eye blinks about 6 times a minute. Major stress.
tOFfGI: I think a higher contrast scheme is what's called for, no? I can't see the deep blues against the black. So I end up squinting.
bene4 posted 02-12-99 03:17 PM ET
mess with monitor settings to get the picture better! I got real lucky and picked up a super sweet deal of a 17 inch, fully customizable and resolution/refresh specific settings. My roommate got a bad deal on a 17 inch that made everything blue.
needless to say, I sat in front of the game for a few more than 2 hours...
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Author	Topic: Color Scheme Makes Eyes Hurt
DanS	posted 02-11-99 10:32 AM ET After two hours of playing the game last night my eyes started hurting very badly, even with the gamma correction. The color scheme is, in a word, beautiful. But I don't want to go blind because of SMAC. Any way of working up some alternative color schemes? Thanks.
Bongo	posted 02-11-99 11:16 AM ET Blink! It's easy to forget and really dry your eyes out.
tOFfGI	posted 02-11-99 01:02 PM ET There IS another colour scheme in the making, but It will have even HIGHER contrast.
DanS	posted 02-11-99 02:10 PM ET Bongo: thanks. I almost forgot On average a human eye blinks 11 times a minute. While looking at a computer screen, the human eye blinks about 6 times a minute. Major stress. tOFfGI: I think a higher contrast scheme is what's called for, no? I can't see the deep blues against the black. So I end up squinting.
bene4	posted 02-12-99 03:17 PM ET mess with monitor settings to get the picture better! I got real lucky and picked up a super sweet deal of a 17 inch, fully customizable and resolution/refresh specific settings. My roommate got a bad deal on a 17 inch that made everything blue. needless to say, I sat in front of the game for a few more than 2 hours...