Question about HDR

  • RealStyli
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    So I got new TV this week and I was trying out the HDR in SOT (Note: PC connected to TV)... but it seems off?

    While most places look way better, the Wilds, title screen and the menu screen seem to be the incorrect colour palettes... The Wilds is far too yellowy-green, title screen is far bluer, and there's a massive amount of red tint to the menu (character/lobby) screen.

    I had thought maybe it's something in my setup but every other game I tried looks correct - HDR doesn't change colours drastically. PS4 games look amazing too. I played around with colour formats in Nvidia control panel, as well on the TV itself. Nothing works to correct the discolouration in some areas of SOT.

    Is there a known issue here with the HDR in the game? And is this only an issue on the PC version?

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  • SatanicNemesis
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    The HDR implementation is terrible in this game I would switch it off. The highlights can be nice but there is no settings to make sure levels are correct.

  • SnowfirE
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    @realstyli

    Using a xbox one x and a 4k monitor, If set both to full rgb I get crushed blacks with everything far to dark.
    Limited on both is very nice.

  • RealStyli
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    Yeah, my issue isn't really with the black or white levels. I managed to get those pretty good by tweaking the contrast. While, yes, HDR can make the blacks very dark, with the correct calibration you should be able to see detail in those blacks - if not, contrast is likely set way too high (same applies for highlights). I got this looking really good in SOT, but it did take some time to calibrate.

    To be honest though, I've had the same amount of trouble in SDR accounting for crushed blacks at night without washing out the image during the day by brightening it too much (again contrast is the key setting here).

    My real reason for the OP is about the HDR colouration, which seems to be way off... but, as I said, only in some areas - most notably, The Wilds - which looks to have the banana eye of reach permanently applied!

    For now, I have switched back to SDR on my PC: while the game with HDR looks amazing in The Ancient Isles and The Shores of Plenty, the incorrect colours in The Wilds (and menus) has put me off using it entirely.

  • dyfrin
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    I just avoid the wilds, maybe the art devs feel you should too? =)

  • RealStyli
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    @dyfrin said in Question about HDR:

    I just avoid the wilds, maybe the art devs feel you should too? =)

    Ha! Yeah, I can't avoid The Wilds, man, I have a sentimental attachment to that region on account of it being the place I did most of my early MA levelling as everyone else avoided it. I still spend a lot of time there but it's much busier now with so many of the voyages based around Shipwreck Bay, Marauder's Arch and Kraken's Fall.

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