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Brightness issue on game start up
I have a problem and I hope this community can help. Thanks for having me.
I play only 6 games via steam on my Asus laptop with no problems until recently. Two of the games have become unplayable, on start up as the loading screen starts the screen brightness goes wayyy up like the screen is backlit. Burns into the eyes kind of thing and very annoying.
I have tried all settings and can not see why this is happening.
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That sounds really frustrating, especially when everything was working fine before. Sudden brightness spikes like that can be caused by auto-brightness settings, GPU driver updates, or even Windows display enhancements interfering with how the game launches. You might want to check if "Auto Brightness" or "Adaptive Brightness" is enabled in your Windows settings or your GPU control panel (like Intel or NVIDIA). Disabling those sometimes helps. Also, try running the game in windowed mode as a temporary workaround—it might prevent the brightness spike. Hope it gets sorted soon!
1. Quick fix:
Disable automatic brightness adjustment:
Go to "Settings > System > Display"
Turn off the "Brightness Auto Adjustment" option
Uncheck the "Automatically change brightness by lighting changes" box
2. Update the graphics card driver:
Visit the official website of the graphics card manufacturer (NVIDIA/AMD/Intel)
Download the latest Game Ready driver
Select "Clean install" when installing it
3. Gaming-specific Settings
For NVIDIA card users
Open NVIDIA Control Panel
Go to "Adjust Desktop Color Settings"
Turn off "Dynamic Range" auto adjustment
4. For AMD card users
Open Radeon Settings
Disable "Vari-Bright" technology
Lock Brightness in Game Profile
5. Right click on Battery Icon > Power Options
Select "High Performance" Mode
Click on "Change Program Settings" > Turn off Adaptive Brightness 6. Adaptive Brightness
6. Advanced Solutions
Registry Repair:
Press Win+R and type regedit
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ICM
Create a new DWORD value of "ForceLUTUpdate" and set it to 1.
7. HDR Configuration Adjustment:
Settings > System > Screen > HDR
Turn off "Auto HDR"
Calibrate HDR display (use built-in tool)
8. Game Compatibility Settings
Right-click on the game shortcut > Properties
Compatibility Tab:
Disable Full Screen Optimization
Run as Administrator
Graphics Settings > Add Game > Select "High Performance
