Anyone encounter a weird dimness bug? Right around the time I had cleared out Lakelurks from Guardian Peak, the overall brightness of the game plummeted. I can barely see in full daylight and I'm pretty much blind in any dark building, even with the brightness turned all the way to the max. Also everything has a slight blurry-ness to it.

The below is in the Ultra-Luxe:
[img]http://imgur.com/pPISD.jpg[/img]

[img]http://imgur.com/Rx1Bv.jpg[/img]

If I start a new game, the brightness is fine. Anyone know how to fix this?

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The lack of brightness when I play is a bit different then yours.
It is like a light switch is flipped.
Then screen dims and becomes white washed.
Happens randomly through out the game.