Screen Brightness/Xfire [Solved]

[p1337e]

Ok, so heres my problem

Everytime I'm in Tremulous, and another program pops open (like msn, or xfire) , tremulous suddenly turns out darkish. It's really annoying, and I'm too lazy to turn brightness or gamma up every time. Though I'm pretty sure that won't help.

This is a big inconvenience becuase now i cant use xfire without stuffing up my tremulous screen.
Oh right, that also happens when my screensaver comes on.

I'm pretty sure I've heard of something that stops that, but I cant find that thread again.
Any help would be appreciated.

[CreatureofHell]

I had that too on my old pc, but I have no idea how to fix it... 

[jackForward]

Only workaround i know is to disable everything that may pop up - while playing Trem. 

[UniqPhoeniX]

Try windowed mode?

[p1337e]

I had that too on my old pc, but I have no idea how to fix it... 

What about the pc your using now?

Only workaround i know is to disable everything that may pop up - while playing Trem. 

That doesnt help me with my xFire problem much....

Try windowed mode?

That could work.....

Thank you all so far for the constructive answers, but I still might need more.
I heard something about a later version of a backport that could sort this....I think

Eh, just tried something wierd.
When it turns darkish, all I have to do is get gamma up to 2, then back to 1
That fixes it.
But i would still like a better suggestion =[
Please? any ideas?

[Bissig]

You could make a bind to do it for you.

[p1337e]

thats true....

Anyone know the bind for it?

I have feeling its something like bind l "r_gamma 1;r_gamma 2;r_gamma 1"

Off to do some testing.......


Back...... Yes it was the gamma problem, so I made a bind for it, and now its fine. All I have to do is when it darkens, I just use the bind.

Thanks for the help!