I just tried those ini tweaks and while they are very good (thank you ), the screen in PA is still a bit low contrast, but with this mod (now fixed and working great BTW @spanian77), the screen is even better! Edit: pictures tell a thousand words etc:
Thanks + kudo for spanian7 and Teo. Mod and ini settings solve the bright map. I've still the DefUI PipBoy text visibility issue, anyone has a tweak to apply the black background to all PipBoy categories to fix it ?
Thank you for this fix, Teo265! This comment should be sticky too. For me personally, this mod doesn't work, but adding those lines fixed everything. As they say, YMMV.
I'm pasting the updated settings below. I'm a mouse+keyboard user but I've heard that "Gamepad" users shouldn't increase the Pip-Boy screen resolution since it's known to locks the cursor in the corner of the Pip-Boy screen, might remember it wrong but I'll mention it anyway. (Edit: Use BethINI from Nexus, great tool for optimizing, editing and customizing your .ini settings, it also stores old .ini's in a backup folder) [Display] fPipboyScreenDiffuseIntensity=0 fPipboyScreenDiffuseIntensityPA=0 fPipboyScreenEmitIntensity=1 fPipboyScreenEmitIntensityPA=1 fPipboyScreenGlassDepth=0 fPipboyScreenGlassDepth_PowerArmor=0 fPipboyScreenRefractionStrength=0 fPipboyScreenRefractionStrength_PowerArmor=0
uPipboyTargetHeight=1400 uPipboyTargetWidth=1752
[Pipboy] bPipboyDisableFX=1
Important Notes on Pipboy resolution and Pipboy screen FX: - "uPipboyTarget.." at twice vanilla values is known to cause mentioned cursor bug while using a gamepad. - "bPipboyDisableFX=1" makes the screen clear by disabling the blur/noice and digital effect on the screen, without causing mentioned cursor bug since the resolution remains vanilla. Leaving the FX enabled may feel more immersive if it's a replaceable texture and there's a 2k/4k PipboyFX texture available (Haven't checked yet)
The mod didn't make any changes to my pipboy in power armour, even on a fresh install with no other mods enabled / the ini changes mentioned in another comment made no difference either.
I have tried placing the changes in my Fallout4.ini, Fallout4Custom.ini and Fallout4Prefs.ini to no avail and the mod was installed using Mod Organiser 2 / all the necessary files are archive invalidated and with no spelling mistakes in any of the ini text lines.
Posting this as a reply so it's distinct from my original post / anyone else experiencing this issue simply check your files are't set to read only. I changed this purely as a complete guess and it worked instantly.
For anyone using a controller who wishes to have less brightness and better resolution please see my final comment on this Reddit thread with the config posted there. This will work to fix the lack of downward scrolling on maps for those who want high resolution Pipboy.
For some reason this mod didn't work at all for me, but after reading all the wonderful comments here and on other pages, I was finally able to reduce the brightness to normal levels in the power armor and increase the resolution with no mods required.
EDIT - The downward scrolling issue seems to be intermittent. Getting in and out of power armor seems to fix it temporarily.
Just going to throw this out there that this mod isn't working for me at all. Installed via Vortex and loads in there fine with no warning, but the Pip Boy is still the exact same brightness. Not sure why others have commented that it works (some say it doesn't). I wonder what makes this work for some, and not others like myself.
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Please share your words about it so more people should know about it and use it so they will be free of over bright PA's map!
[Display]
fPipboyScreenDiffuseIntensity=0
fPipboyScreenDiffuseIntensityPA=0
fPipboyScreenEmitIntensity=1
fPipboyScreenEmitIntensityPA=1
fPipboyScreenGlassDepth=0
fPipboyScreenGlassDepth_PowerArmor=0
fPipboyScreenRefractionStrength=0
fPipboyScreenRefractionStrength_PowerArmor=0
With these besiding disableFX you can have a crystal clear PipBoy+PA map interface.
Edit: pictures tell a thousand words etc:
With ini tweaks but not this mod:
With ini tweaks plus this mod:
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what teo's comment should look like
EDIT: i should have clarified, my problem was just not the brightness. it was actually resolution
in Fallout4Prefs.ini find these lines:
uPipboyTargetHeight=700
uPipboyTargetWidth=876
and edit the values
uPipboyTargetHeight=1400
uPipboyTargetWidth=1752
screen resolution since it's known to locks the cursor in the corner of the Pip-Boy screen, might remember it wrong but I'll mention it anyway.
(Edit: Use BethINI from Nexus, great tool for optimizing, editing and customizing your .ini settings, it also stores old .ini's in a backup folder)
[Display]
fPipboyScreenDiffuseIntensity=0
fPipboyScreenDiffuseIntensityPA=0
fPipboyScreenEmitIntensity=1
fPipboyScreenEmitIntensityPA=1
fPipboyScreenGlassDepth=0
fPipboyScreenGlassDepth_PowerArmor=0
fPipboyScreenRefractionStrength=0
fPipboyScreenRefractionStrength_PowerArmor=0
uPipboyTargetHeight=1400
uPipboyTargetWidth=1752
[Pipboy]
bPipboyDisableFX=1
Important Notes on Pipboy resolution and Pipboy screen FX:
- "uPipboyTarget.." at twice vanilla values is known to cause mentioned cursor bug while using a gamepad.
- "bPipboyDisableFX=1" makes the screen clear by disabling the blur/noice and digital effect on the screen,
without causing mentioned cursor bug since the resolution remains vanilla. Leaving the FX enabled may feel
more immersive if it's a replaceable texture and there's a 2k/4k PipboyFX texture available (Haven't checked yet)
I have tried placing the changes in my Fallout4.ini, Fallout4Custom.ini and Fallout4Prefs.ini to no avail and the mod was installed using Mod Organiser 2 / all the necessary files are archive invalidated and with no spelling mistakes in any of the ini text lines.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
https://www.reddit.com/r/fo4/comments/1cdxp1w/help_request_fallout_4_on_pc_w_controller_4k/l5s32d2/
For some reason this mod didn't work at all for me, but after reading all the wonderful comments here and on other pages, I was finally able to reduce the brightness to normal levels in the power armor and increase the resolution with no mods required.
EDIT - The downward scrolling issue seems to be intermittent. Getting in and out of power armor seems to fix it temporarily.
Is there something I need to activate?
fPipboyScreenGlassDepth=0
fPipboyScreenRefractionStrength=0
Will slightly misalign terminal text. Not enough to affect reading, but just putting it out there.