Bad Company 2 hurts eyes

[slick2004]

i just purchased a LED 21.5 asus monitor, im running it at 1950x1050 60hz, it hurts my eyes though, i turned down the brightness and contrast but it still bothers my eyes, is there any other adjustments i can try? or would a higher refresh rate be better?

 

[heat901]

Yea I noticed default settings have high brightness... perhaps you just need to get used to the monitor? I would say try it with a different game and see if its the game or just the new monitor.

 

[paperfist]

Not sure if this will help you but Gossamer's BC2 launcher has more configurable settings to tune then the base game does: http://www.fileplanet.com/210430/21...pany-2---Gossamer%27s-BC2-Config-Launcher

 

[Demo24]

refresh rate won't matter, probably what the monitor is locked at anyway. Turn down the brightness and also don't play in a completely dark room. I always have a small lamp in the corner on providing some ambient light(if it's dark outside of course).

 

[thedosbox]

In addition to environmental changes, try disabling the in-game bloom effect.

 

[bobdole369]

You shouldn't adjust brightness and contrast to play a certain game. You should calibrate your monitor for proper display of contrast and color gamut. That being said, sometimes there is an in-game gamma or "bloom" to adjust.

 

[ImDonly1]

i just purchased a LED 21.5 asus monitor, im running it at 1950x1050 60hz, it hurts my eyes though, i turned down the brightness and contrast but it still bothers my eyes, is there any other adjustments i can try? or would a higher refresh rate be better?

When I got my new LCD they max the brightness settings. I have mine at like 18 now instead of the default 50 or 100 or whatever it was. I say you need to get used to the monitor. Bad company 2 has a lot of bloom and bright maps, it is a little too bright in that game sometimes. Try turning off the bloom/HBAO or whatever.

If u aren't using a dvi cable, try messing with the contrast too.

 

[simonizor]

Have you tried adjusting the FOV? IIRC, the game uses the same FOV no matter what resolution you are at unless you set it manually.

http://badcompanytwo.com/news-tidbits/bc2-field-of-view-guide/

 

[slick2004]

any recommendations for calibrating my monitor?

 

[tvdang7]

The bloom hurts my eyes , i turned it off and the game looks pretty and my eyes feel better

 

[GullyFoyle]

Do you have a brightness and contrast slider on the settings page in BFBC2?

 

[bobdole369]

any recommendations for calibrating my monitor?

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

In combo with freeware called "QuickGamma". Leave the nvidia/ati stuff alone and use the on-LCD screen controls as much as you can.