[SOLVED] Games on arch way darker than on windows 11

xerne · 2024-10-29 16:48:56

I have nvidia GPU and any game I run is way darker than on my windows system. I did tried to switch from Wayland to X11 and got no results. Night light (Plasma KDE) disabled.

Last edited by xerne (2024-10-30 10:47:20)

seth · 2024-10-29 20:17:26

Please read, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57855 then provide some details:

What "games"?
Only "games" or is it the entire desktop?

I have nvidia GPU

What GPU, nvidia, nvidia-open or nouveau drivers?

Is it the https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Backlight ?
Or the https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ICC_profiles ?
Also see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Backli … correction wrt the gamma correction options.

than on my windows system

That's different hardware (and a different monitor)?

Also "way darker" isn't a very exact metric. You don't need to measure the lumen, but some form of quantification would help, in doubt link comparative screenshots.

Plasma KDE

Wild guess, on X11 (this doesn't work on wayland) try to suspend the compositor w/ SHIFT+Alt+F12

xerne · 2024-10-30 10:45:46

Thanks I did managed to fix problem with gamma correction. I used Monica to adjust gamma. I will keep my answers to your questions maybe it will help someone with the same issue.

Sorry for not providing all info, first time posting an issue.
All games running with Wine or Steam proton dark except 2d games like Noita. I have this issue with all Minecraft versions (prism launcher), Subnautica, Hitman 3, Raft, Garry's mod and Payday 2, . Games isn't dark itself but it's dark in places where it should be a little darker than the environment. I can barely see the textures in these places. There is minecraft looks like: https://imgur.com/a/TyY4j57 (After color calibration I perfectly see everything. It was very dark in 1st screenshot before color correction)
Nvidia is kernel driver for my gpu its gtx 1060 (6gb vram if you need this too)
Im currently speaking of one machine and the same devices

seth · 2024-10-30 12:40:40

\o/

Im currently speaking of one machine and the same devices

Please see the 3rd link below. Mandatory.
Disable it (it's NOT the BIOS setting!) and reboot windows and linux twice for voodo reasons.

Arch Linux

#1 2024-10-29 16:48:56

[SOLVED] Games on arch way darker than on windows 11

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Re: [SOLVED] Games on arch way darker than on windows 11

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Re: [SOLVED] Games on arch way darker than on windows 11

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Re: [SOLVED] Games on arch way darker than on windows 11

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