JonMyrlennBailey
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In maximized or reduced (Restore Down) window, with title bar showing, the graphics are bright and crisp but in full-screen with title bar hidden, the picture gets dark and murky. The locomotive headlight beam also gets much dimmer. Even putting on the brightest ambient color setting in Environment doesn't help much. What is going on here?
I don't have these lighting effect change issues while playing TS2022 on my Windows 10 Home machine, however. The lighting is sharp and bright whether I am in full-screen mode, restore down or maximize window.
One thing I have discovered is that to toggle into full-screen mode via Alt+Enter, the Trainz game window must be set to the reduction (Restore Down) mode as opposed to the maximized mode or it won't work. On my Windows 10 machine however, I can toggle into Full Screen whether the window is restore down or maximized.
On my new Windows 11 Home gaming machine, the screen goes momentarily black while toggling in and out of full-screen mode unlike my Windows 10 Home machine.
Could the problem be with Windows 11 Home? Could it be with some of the hardware? Could it be a problem with the firmware, drivers and/or settings of the graphics card? I ask because often a screen will go momentarily black while the GPU is being updated. Could it even be with that Samsung 40" Smart television I'm using as a display monitor?
Another thing, the same thing happens when I run T:ANE SP4 on my Windows 11 Home gaming machine with the Samsung TV as a monitor. Dark and dim in full-screen mode but bright and sharp in window frame/restore down mode. TANE does not have a maximize window function. It's either restore down (visible window frame) so the window can be moved around or full screen. Also, on my Windows 10 Home machine, the lighting effects do not change toggling in and out of full-screen mode while playing T:ANE SP4.
I suspect it is not the Trainz games themselves that are the issue unless, they don't like my Windows 11 PC for some reason. It makes me mad because I now have a $2,000 gaming rig that has lighting effects issues my cheaper PC doesn't have. The animation quality and frame stutter situation is much better on the more expensive computer, however.
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I don't have these lighting effect change issues while playing TS2022 on my Windows 10 Home machine, however. The lighting is sharp and bright whether I am in full-screen mode, restore down or maximize window.
One thing I have discovered is that to toggle into full-screen mode via Alt+Enter, the Trainz game window must be set to the reduction (Restore Down) mode as opposed to the maximized mode or it won't work. On my Windows 10 machine however, I can toggle into Full Screen whether the window is restore down or maximized.
On my new Windows 11 Home gaming machine, the screen goes momentarily black while toggling in and out of full-screen mode unlike my Windows 10 Home machine.
Could the problem be with Windows 11 Home? Could it be with some of the hardware? Could it be a problem with the firmware, drivers and/or settings of the graphics card? I ask because often a screen will go momentarily black while the GPU is being updated. Could it even be with that Samsung 40" Smart television I'm using as a display monitor?
Another thing, the same thing happens when I run T:ANE SP4 on my Windows 11 Home gaming machine with the Samsung TV as a monitor. Dark and dim in full-screen mode but bright and sharp in window frame/restore down mode. TANE does not have a maximize window function. It's either restore down (visible window frame) so the window can be moved around or full screen. Also, on my Windows 10 Home machine, the lighting effects do not change toggling in and out of full-screen mode while playing T:ANE SP4.
I suspect it is not the Trainz games themselves that are the issue unless, they don't like my Windows 11 PC for some reason. It makes me mad because I now have a $2,000 gaming rig that has lighting effects issues my cheaper PC doesn't have. The animation quality and frame stutter situation is much better on the more expensive computer, however.
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