JK2 Color and Brightness Problems

[BentonGrey]

Howdy folks!  I'm new to the community, but I've been a fan of the JK games since they came out years ago.  I've been quite excited to recollect and enjoy all of these classics as they've become available through Steam and the like, and I've had good luck getting them to run, on the whole.  Unfortunately, I've been having a devil of a time with JK2: Jedi Outcast.  I've gotten it to run alright, but it seems that the graphics are not displaying properly.  I've monkeyed with all of the settings, tried everything I can think of, but I'm still seeing an extremely dim image and distorted textures, even on the highest brightness.

 

Here's what I'm seeing:

 

 

 

I'm running Windows 8.1, and I'm running JK2 in XP SP 3 compatibility mode.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Thanks!

[eezstreet]

There is a Brightness setting in the More Video settings. Have you tried that?

If you are still having problems, you can try the following:

- Open the console by pressing SHIFT + TILDE (the key to the left of the 1)

- Typing /helpusobi 1 to enable cheats (the following is a cheat. I have no idea why.)

- Typing /r_fullbright 1 to set brightness at maximum

- You can close the console again with TILDE

 

That level is fairly dark in general and many have complained about it. You can actually skip it and not miss out on any plot details. The next mission is kejim_base (/map kejim_base)