# Game appears dark when I load it up
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-appears-dark-when-i-load-it-up/28088
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-appears-dark-when-i-load-it-up/28088 "2022-08-22T01:01:51Z")
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### Author:  [@neopollux](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/neopollux)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-appears-dark-when-i-load-it-up/28088/1 "2022-08-22T01:01:51Z")
I’m almost certain that this isn’t the fault of the game itself, but I can’t find a fix anywhere else.
When I load up the game it appears dark. The text is difficult to read.
When I hit Caps Lock or use the volume controls on my keyboard the game brightens up.
I’m playing on a projector, which seems to be the problem component because making my laptop screen my main display and turning the brightness up to max fixes the problem.
But I _want_ to play it on the projector. And I somehow got it to work once before.
I tried to reproduce that, but got no such results.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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### Author:  [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-appears-dark-when-i-load-it-up/28088/2 "2022-08-24T13:23:37Z")
This is some setting in your video driver or in operating system or maybe in projector. From CDDA perspective you can try to change renderer in settings menu - may be one of renderers won’t trigger dynamic brightness adjustment.
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### Author:  [@neopollux](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/neopollux)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-appears-dark-when-i-load-it-up/28088/3 "2022-08-24T20:42:04Z")
Changing it to OpenGL fixed it.
Thanks so much!