Mafia 2 Desktop Brightness Fix

[gigahertz20]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but I know alot of people were getting that bug that would decrease your brightness of your display when you exited Mafia 2.

To fix it, right click on the Mafia 2 icon/executable, select properties, select the "Compatibility" tab and click to place the check mark next to "Disable desktop composition" and that fixes it.

What is desktop composition?

Desktop composition is also known as Aero. It can either be disabled globally or on a program by program basis. Having it disabled while running such things as 3D games may provide a performance bump. When set to disabled, the program Aero will only temporarily be disabled. After the program ends Aero will be turned on automatically. Keep in mind that you may need to select the main executable. Some games for example use a launcher to start the game which then starts the main program. In this case you do NOT want to change the launcher.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/22803-desktop-composition-disable-program.html

 

[kinobas]

it never happened to me, but it is nice to know problem + fix

 

[Dankk]

Thanks for the fix. This is actually a very common problem with many people's computers running Mafia II (including mine) but it was somewhat minor and could be fixed by doing a Ctrl-Alt-Delete and canceling back out. This is a nice solution so you don't have to worry about it anymore. Kudos.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Another fix for this problem is to replace your ATI card with an Nvidia one. Don't get mad, just saying...

 

[Dankk]

Another fix for this problem is to replace your ATI card with an Nvidia one. Don't get mad, just saying...

That's an expensive "fix".