Just got fallout 3 for PS3 and I have no problems except...

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#1 soldine
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Whenever I go into a shodow the screen gets so dark I can barely see anything around me. Is this my t.v. or a graphics glitch becaus eive played this game on my old 360 on the same t.v. and it didnt happen.

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#2 rlg5150
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I've never had this problem. Although, it is a wasteland and is supposed to be kind of gloomy all the time. There's a brightness control in the options menu maybe, can't remember for certain.

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Your Pipboy has a light if you hold on the cirlce button
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#4 Lone_Wolf94
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Whenever I go into a shodow the screen gets so dark I can barely see anything around me. Is this my t.v. or a graphics glitch becaus eive played this game on my old 360 on the same t.v. and it didnt happen.

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Hd or Sd? I know i played this game on a ps3 on a Sd and it kinda got hard to see. Also the ps3 Was a bad port compare to Pc/Xbox360. Uhh other than that have you tried adjusting brightness? Oh if it is an hd do you got The Hdmi Cables?
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i havnt had this problem, you could try turning on your pipboy light (circle button)
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#6 soldine
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no its not like that, it will be broad dailight and I will pass underneath a lightposts shadow and the screen will quickly flash black

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#7 Lone_Wolf94
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no its not like that, it will be broad dailight and I will pass underneath a lightposts shadow and the screen will quickly flash black

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no idea then
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#8 aflakian
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no its not like that, it will be broad dailight and I will pass underneath a lightposts shadow and the screen will quickly flash black

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I had a similar problem with one of my HDTV's (Sharp Aquos), and it affected every game I played (though it was highly noticeable in Fallout 3).
Check to see if you're TV has some kind of dynamic contrast ratio setting. If so, disable it.

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#9 Chrisonline9
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huh weird this didnt happen to me?
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#10 Bioshockraptor
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I'm thinking it's your TV. Turn up the brightness?

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#11 todsnet
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Sounds like it could be the game, take it back and get another fallout 3 game.:?

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#12 Chief9088
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I'm thinking it's your TV. Turn up the brightness?

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Yeah, I had a similar problem during nightfall and in dark caves etc, i could barely see anythingeven thoughi had my pipboy's light on. However after ajusting the brightness a bit with the in-game options it helped out considerably. This was on an HDTV.

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#13 SuperMario254
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Sounds like your tv has an "advanced Iris" (that's what its called on my tv) that tries to replicate the human eye in the effect of going from a well lit area into a darkened room. if you have an option like this on your TV, try turning it off or setting it to a lower setting.

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#14 donmega1
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change the gamma in the display settings. dont jack up your tv settings.

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Turn the pip boy light on. Hold O.

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no its not like that, it will be broad dailight and I will pass underneath a lightposts shadow and the screen will quickly flash black

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You need to be more specific/accurate here. Do you literally mean the screen goes completely black, or do you mean it just gets a little darker? There's a difference depending on your answer...if the screen is literally going black, as if you turned the TV off, then you probably have a problem with the PS3's video card. If it's just going dark, it could simply be game settings or TV settings. What kind of cables are you using btw?