Same here, too dark on my LG OLED.
HDR Too Dark (More Options Please)
@hauz20 HDR is on the Xbox One X by default.
It's not in the game, however other games don't have a problem with it. Sea of Thieves does. If you leave HDR switched on ( default for those with an Xbox One X and 4k with HDR compatible TV) then night time is way too dark. You cannot see anything. If the lights are off on the boat you can hardly even see where you are walking..@majorwhiplash I agree. I said as much several times in this very thread. I jacked up my backlight and it seems better - not great by any means - but better. I don't want to jump in and out of settings to disable HDR, so I'm just living with it for now.
I understand there's an update coming to address X1X issues ... think this is part of that?
@hauz20 I sure hope so... Please devs... just a brightness slider that all other HDR games have... please.
@varxx said in HDR Too Dark (More Options Please):
Wish they enabled HDR on PC.............
Same. There is no reason why HDR cant be on PC. Plus the graphics settings in general are very sad.
Same with me, way too dark. With my LG OLED HDR and Xbox One X, the night time is impossible to navigate. During the day I NEVER see blue sky or ocean anymore. It's ALWAYS overcast/smoggy looking. It's completely different from the scale/beta tests. None of my other HDR games have this problem.
Furthermore, I have an additional Xbox One X and a 4K non-HDR TV setup also. Zero issues with that setup. I can sail in the same exact world at the same time and the darkness level is extremely different between the two. On the non-HDR setup I can see blue skies and oceans and during the night it is very easy to navigate. Not so on the HDR setup.
@hauz20 I know this is an old post but have you heard anything to fix this issue? It's horrible and borderline unplayable at night in hdr. Thanks
@oo-saro-oo said in HDR Too Dark (More Options Please):
@hauz20 I know this is an old post but have you heard anything to fix this issue? It's horrible and borderline unplayable at night in hdr. Thanks
I just jacked up the OLED backlight in my TV's settings. I figure I'll just compensate in other games' settings via the HDR sliders they actually have in the in-game settings like SoT should have ...
Anyone having issues with hdr being too dark I would guess that 90% of you are using LG OLED. It's a known issue and has been an issue for months ever since LG released an update making hdr darker. As I say it's a well known issue. LG got so many complaints they even added it to their support page. As far as I am aware they still haven't fixed the issue and it doesn't look like they will.
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@striker-x1 I do have an LG OLED, thanks for this support link. I'll give it a further look later today. For now, I disabled HDR mode on the Xbox and everything is better.
@striker-x1 said in HDR Too Dark (More Options Please):
Anyone having issues with hdr being too dark I would guess that 90% of you are using LG OLED. It's a known issue and has been an issue for months ever since LG released an update making hdr darker. As I say it's a well known issue. LG got so many complaints they even added it to their support page. As far as I am aware they still haven't fixed the issue and it doesn't look like they will.
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Yeah, LG said to just enable dynamic contrast, and it doesn't seem like they plan on changing anything. And it does help, but I've had that setting in place for konths. SoT is still far and above the darkest game I've played with enabled HDR.
This article talks about software version 5.30.01 and I'm on 4.30.something, but I still notice the darkness. It's pretty confusing now.
The beta and scale test were perfect without any darkness issues. Once the full release was available, that's when I had problems with everything being so dark. So I'm not sure if this is a problem with the TV or the game or both.
I did go in and set dynamic contrast to high, and it did make a small difference, but it's still a problem. So I went back again and disabled the HDR option in the Xbox settings, which makes the game look fantastic again.
This is pretty sad since I spent nearly $3,000 on this TV a few months ago, specifically for HDR, and now I have to disable HDR settings.
you realise that in game screen capturing or video capturing doesn't do HDR captures right?
here is a video i took of me playing xbox one x with HDR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcLilQJwmr8
looks amazing works perfectly
the reason i did a phone recording is because ingame capturing doesn't capture hdr
@moogle-mogg When I view my screenshots on the Xbox I'm given a toggle to switch on/off the HDR version of the screenshot.
The game looks good on your video, I don't see the dark issues like on my TV, what TV do you have?
@skorpio11x from what i can tell iin the screenshots posted, is that hdr isn't even working
i say that because that's exactly what my PC game does if i try to run it in HDR when HDR isn't even on the pc realse, everythings just goes dark
Chiming in here, definitely too dark. Looks like just another game to do this wrong (https://ventspace.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/games-look-bad-part-1-hdr-and-tone-mapping/)
Guys..
You're on a boat, on the open sea, it turns night...
Yes that's dark!
Get used to it...
You all got used to city lights.. =þ
Also, I prefer it to stay like this, not add the option to adjust any of it at all.
You'll only get people using the lowest setting so they can see in the dark like it's day and then they wreck all others..@slinkierdisc667 said in HDR Too Dark (More Options Please):
Guys..
You're on a boat, on the open sea, it turns night...
Yes that's dark!
Get used to it...
You all got used to city lights.. =þ
Also, I prefer it to stay like this, not add the option to adjust any of it at all.
You'll only get people using the lowest setting so they can see in the dark like it's day and then they wreck all others..Yes, we're used to playing games with correct HDR tone mapping. :)
@bulldognz Agreed. There's a reason why every HDR game has a slider, HDR TVs differ from 500 nit to way over 1000. You have to adjust the game to your TV.
I was playing on a Samsung KS8000 and the game looked amazing with HDR on. I just purchased a Sony X850E. Now I cannot play Sea of Thieves with HDR on. It was so dark, even during the day. Best way I could describe was it was looked like I was viewing the game through polarized sunglasses. Hope they find a fix soon!
@voigtboy said in HDR Too Dark (More Options Please):
@lifewcoke Click the link for 4 screens taken from my XBOX ONE X. 2 are regular and 2 are HDR.. the darker ones are HDR!!
HDR blacks are blacker...working as intended? turn off HDR?
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