Emulator

Comfirmed in r2746.

@marcus
First, it is not a matter of brightness.
Second, you CAN'T adjust in-game brightness, see Issue 726. And, I guess, his
monitor brightness set @ max.

looks like a depth ordering bug, can be seen in a few other games too :|

I would like to add that when you enter an area which has this problem for the first
time you can see correct lights for just a split second. But then they immediately
dim out and when you leave and re-enter those areas they stay dimmed.

2marcus

Obviously this is not a brightness issue. No matter what brightness level you use it
won't make appear something which is simply not there (coronas around lights).
That's the reason I provided the screenshots above, so that everyone could see what
I am talking about. :-)

I would like to add that when you enter an area which has this problem for the
first time you can see correct lights for just a split second. But then they
immediately dim out and when you leave and re-enter those areas they stay dimmed.

True. I've caught the right screens to clear things up a bit.
Just compare:
http://f.imagehost.org/0071/RE01.jpg
http://g.imagehost.org/0851/RE02.jpg
So it's definitely not the matter of brightness or something.

nicely spotted, didn't noticed that before but it actually show !

This was fixed by the emulation of CPU EFB Read, they're actually using PEEK_Z to
determine whether the light is on the foreground or not and show the light effect :D
the game looks a bit better overall too.

The problem indeed has been fixed in some areas, but others still remain broken. So
I wouldn't call it fixed. But it's a progress.

Example of fixed lighting:
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1271/gbzp081.jpg

Example of still broken lighting (lamp):
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/766/gbzp082.jpg

screens made with Dolphin ver. 3953