Ohhh, this explains so much. I uninstalled for the same reason as you and figured it was surprising the program shipped with such a locked-in scheduler as the only option, when there would invariably be a fair bit of overlap between people who'd like to manage their lighting and people who want more custom setups than the incredibly constrained one offered.

I'll look into Lightbulb, I have a piecemeal self-rolled fix - which is usually my favorite solution :P but still worth replacing with a maintained app if one exists.

> Unlike f.lux, LightBulb is optimized to make as little WinAPI calls as possible to prevent FPS drops and hitches. It also allows way more customization, albeit the most intricate settings needs to be changed manually in the config file. LightBulb also offers an option to temporarily pause its gamma control routine when a fullscreen window (like a game) is in foreground.

A good summary can be found in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/osugame/comments/5rpq1q/lightbulb_g...