The Witcher 3 | RenoDX | Page 4

quiet sandal Nov 30, 2025, 3:47 PM

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And did some Reno Dee eggs modding

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Now he does reviews for toothbrushes

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kekpepehands

stark anvil Nov 30, 2025, 4:39 PM

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I can understand it, if you don’t like taa then old Witcher looks a lot better without it. But giving up rtgi for it is pain

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I do wish DLSS was a lot better in this as well.

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Pretty poor implementation

night yarrow Nov 30, 2025, 4:39 PM

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dlss is sharper than no aa

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he is on a super old gtx card i think

stark anvil Nov 30, 2025, 4:40 PM

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Could be lol

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Oh no he said either 4090 or 5090

night yarrow Nov 30, 2025, 4:40 PM

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fake

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you are not going to play with ass GI with a 4090 or 5090

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heihachiPlasma

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im not going to do that

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like id rather live up with stutter for that

stark anvil Nov 30, 2025, 4:41 PM

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Yeah he says 5090 dldsr to almost 8k looks worse

night yarrow Nov 30, 2025, 4:41 PM

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coping time

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ignore him

stark anvil Nov 30, 2025, 4:41 PM

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I can get people being that sensitive to motion bluring

night yarrow Nov 30, 2025, 4:42 PM

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motion shimmering is worse though

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i dont get that tbh

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a few days ago in the opticaler discord

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argued with me with something similar

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he is here btw

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and i showed him how bad the shimmering is

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no response after that

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🤷‍♂️

quiet sandal Nov 30, 2025, 4:51 PM

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stark anvil I do wish DLSS was a lot better in this as well.

Me coping that the new DLC thing that was leaked for W3

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has them implement streamline 2.0

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MFG support

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and fix the rest of their slop

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butttt

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they probably going to contract it all over to Virtous

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like what theyre doing for 2077 rn

quiet sandal Nov 30, 2025, 4:54 PM

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night yarrow motion shimmering is worse though

Time to back out ** 'ye olde trusty'**

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heihachiPlasma

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Ahhhhh

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we really played vidya like this

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CRT blurTM was our only cope

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You need SSAA 16x (per the crytek vid) to not get eyebleeding shimmer

night yarrow Nov 30, 2025, 5:05 PM

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quiet sandal

#💬lounge message

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heihachiPlasma

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NO SHIMMERING

cold basin Nov 30, 2025, 9:12 PM

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well well well

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fully disabled looks fine here tbh

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lmao but not from the front

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risitas

stark anvil Nov 30, 2025, 9:19 PM

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Seems like it would be the shader at least. I’ll take a look when I’m able

rose whale Nov 30, 2025, 9:23 PM

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Are you usong thr nvidea hairworks stuff?

cold basin Nov 30, 2025, 9:23 PM

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rose whale Are you usong thr nvidea hairworks stuff?

no

cold basin Nov 30, 2025, 9:24 PM

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stark anvil Seems like it would be the shader at least. I’ll take a look when I’m able

i can see it once in the vertex shaders and once in pixel shaders

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not sure if helps

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ez fix

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heihachiPlasma

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ah theres also compute shaders, havent checked those yet

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nah nothing in there

cold basin Nov 30, 2025, 9:48 PM

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just realized non RT shadows can have this too

rugged nest Nov 30, 2025, 9:51 PM

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Yeah I believe it’s RTGI related

cold basin Nov 30, 2025, 9:51 PM

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games cooked

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no

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RT off completely is same

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its a vanilla issue

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im not even sure jon can fix this then, surely some other people have been bothered by it and looked at it before

rugged nest Nov 30, 2025, 9:54 PM

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cold basin RT off completely is same

Oh damn for real? WTF

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Was this in the dx11 version?

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I don’t remember it at all

cold basin Nov 30, 2025, 9:54 PM

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that i dont know

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but since shadows n stuff are probably same i would imagine so

heady dune Nov 30, 2025, 9:56 PM

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The issue stems from the character's skin, scalp, and hair textures failing to react properly to ray bouncing. W3 uses a hybrid lighting system, combining traditional fake lights with ray tracing, rather than full ray tracing.

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What helps a bit is using a mod like "No Player Light" to turn off the fake light from the character.

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https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/2414

Nexus Mods :: The Witcher 3

No Artificial Player Light

Removes the lightsource that follows the player around while leaving the cutscene dialogue unchanged.

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or is if is activated completely? I don't remember.

cold basin Nov 30, 2025, 10:00 PM

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I use that already

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The artificial light is ultra cringe at night time

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Looks so wrong

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I’ll rather use a torch

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And Like I said, disabling RT completely is the same

heady dune Nov 30, 2025, 10:02 PM

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Geralt's skin turns blue when he approaches a light source, but not close enough. There seems to be an inconsistency in the calculations; the skin reacts as if the rays are hitting it, when in fact they are not.

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cold basin Nov 30, 2025, 10:26 PM

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heady dune Geralt's skin turns blue when he approaches a light source, but not close enough...

the skin thing isnt as annoying at least

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but the Hair stuff happens like i said even with RT disabled.

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stark anvil Nov 30, 2025, 10:48 PM

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cold basin im not even sure jon can fix this then, surely some other people have been bothe...

Still could be fixable. I mean it definitely would be, but whether I can fix it or not is a different question lol.

cold basin Nov 30, 2025, 10:49 PM

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nyehehehe

quiet sandal Dec 1, 2025, 3:51 AM

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Ummm

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Just use Reno Dee eggs

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To fix shaders

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So RT werks

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groyperBigBrain

proper valve Dec 1, 2025, 9:18 AM

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got flashbanged a couple of times, on a couple of cutscenes, camera changes and background behind characters is full peak white lol... truth is. RTGI looks great 90% of the time, 10% of the time it looks like absolute dogshit, like really really bad.

proper valve Dec 1, 2025, 9:24 AM

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stark anvil Still could be fixable. I mean it definitely would be, but whether I can fix it ...

ideally CDPR fixes this but they won't and we all know it.

Or even the ground updating in realtime with new lighting when running in specific times of the day or areas. Or shadows flickering even with RT on, etc etc etc etc

cold basin Dec 1, 2025, 1:53 PM

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quiet sandal Just use Reno Dee eggs

do i look like i know how to modify shaders

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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1165308683090137160/1408781374076489768/Plasma_WRONG_INCORRECT.gif

quiet sandal Dec 1, 2025, 1:54 PM

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Its always I dont know I dont know

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never I will learn

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or I will try

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zoomer

tribal sable Dec 1, 2025, 1:54 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/you-will-try-anakin-skywalker-anakin-skywalker-made-by-fordo-gif-27525595

Tenor

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Tenor

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cold basin Dec 1, 2025, 1:55 PM

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quiet sandal never I will learn

https://tenor.com/view/mean-cat-cat-fu-gif-23644413

Tenor

quiet sandal Dec 1, 2025, 1:55 PM

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gaymers these days

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want everything to be given to them on a silver platter

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devs are slop so you must become the dev

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you must learn to harness the slop to unslop

cold basin Dec 1, 2025, 1:56 PM

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quiet sandal devs are slop so you must become the dev

sobbign

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real

quiet sandal Dec 1, 2025, 1:58 PM

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cold basin

a decade old game has AO and shadows for grass/foliage but DL The Beast doesnt

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peak clownery

quiet sandal Dec 1, 2025, 1:59 PM

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quiet sandal devs are slop so you must become the dev

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cold basin Dec 1, 2025, 1:59 PM

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we should just remake the entire game engine at this point

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heihachiPlasma

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Putting a new meaning to Renovation Engine

quiet sandal Dec 1, 2025, 2:18 PM

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Reno Engine 5

proper valve Dec 1, 2025, 5:44 PM

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cold basin

it seems there's some sort of odd property on the top of the hair itself. really bizarre. Happens even with retextures but vanilla is definitely the worst

cold basin Dec 1, 2025, 9:51 PM

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Yes there is like a normal but rougher texture for the hair and then like a kind of fuzzy softer semi transparent one

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The second one is the glowing shit

cold basin Dec 1, 2025, 11:21 PM

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quiet sandal Reno Engine 5

Shruge ❓❓

quiet sandal Dec 1, 2025, 11:27 PM

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FNV running in DX12

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with my little pony

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whats so hard to understand

cold basin Dec 1, 2025, 11:27 PM

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but

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why

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heihachiPlasma

quiet sandal Dec 1, 2025, 11:27 PM

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for better perf

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what time of question is that

cold basin Dec 1, 2025, 11:28 PM

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bitch

quiet sandal Dec 1, 2025, 11:28 PM

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or would you prefer DX9 and toddslop / obsidianslop code

cold basin Dec 1, 2025, 11:28 PM

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bro ive not even played any fallout

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tf do i know about the issues of a 15 year old fallout game

quiet sandal Dec 1, 2025, 11:28 PM

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This conversation is now over

cold basin Dec 1, 2025, 11:29 PM

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risitas

heady dune Dec 2, 2025, 2:35 AM

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try my first mod guys!

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/11512

Nexus Mods :: The Witcher 3

Look Around You Geralt

Geralt turns his head to face the same direction as the camera. His head only rotates as far as the animations allow, and it works both when he’s on foot and when he’s on a horse.Only

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dont forget to endorse 😛

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 3:46 AM

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cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 4:20 AM

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stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 4:28 AM

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super unpolished but here's a quick build for some feedback on new options. Purist preset and vanilla tonemapper currently broken, SDR mode is bad with this too.

📎 renodx-thewitcher3.addon64

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 4:29 AM

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what are the new options?

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 4:29 AM

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luminance tonemapping with per channel blowout and hue shift sliders

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 4:29 AM

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ouhh

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sign me up

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hehe

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 4:30 AM

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from my little bit of testing it's not the slam dunk in this that I thought it would be

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but it has its pros

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I also updated the defaults

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so try recommended I guess

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 4:31 AM

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maybe ill like it, maybe behaves better with my 2500 nits

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im currently back on reinhard

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because termite spleen just too saturated at times

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 4:31 AM

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the main thing it will do is behave consistently across peak/game brightness targets

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 4:33 AM

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patrickNotes

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 4:36 AM

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in some ways per channel can look a little better due to flaws in hue methods

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hopefully that's something the future LMS implementatiion can fix

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 4:42 AM

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quick settings backup

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heihachiPlasma

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 4:44 AM

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heady dune try my first mod guys! https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/11512

installed it rn

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 4:58 AM

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stark anvil super unpolished but here's a quick build for some feedback on new options. Puri...

hmm, some fire still looks goofy

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 4:59 AM

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maybe slider at 75 or 80 by default then

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 4:59 AM

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is vanilla the sdr reference?

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because that looks tons better, i wish i could have that just in HDR brightness

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:01 AM

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the slider doesn't work with vanilla as reference. It's a per channel tonemap and the slider adjusts the peak, then the chrominance of that is applied on the untonemapped color. Hue shift uses that same color. It should be somewhat similar to vanilla since it's just the shoulder we care about.

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hues, especially reds, are a bit weird because of flaws with the hue methods 🙁

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:02 AM

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crycat

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:02 AM

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if you want basically just SDR but brighter, then like 85 or 90 with hue shift at like 70 or something might look like it lol

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:04 AM

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yeah im messing around with it rn

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im always afraid though that if i "calibrate" it by looking at fire im breaking other stuff

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:05 AM

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100% lol

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:05 AM

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kekpepehands

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this looks somewhat close i guess

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:07 AM

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one of the most cursed test spots for me is the bar in white orchard, taking a torch up to the paintings on the wall

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:07 AM

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and it still looks good when setting 2468 nit

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:07 AM

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you can see how cursed each hue method is pain

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:08 AM

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but yeah now im back to white torchlight in the face

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https://tenor.com/view/mario-sad-gif-11498011059624046168

Tenor

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:09 AM

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honestly I don't even think extending the vanilla tonemapper with the new stuff shortfuse and musa were cooking up would help this game. It quite beholden to SDR in some ways

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:09 AM

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its jover

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but yeah i think ill go back to the reinhard build

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its not perfect but

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:10 AM

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I mean I could just use reinhard for the per channel thing

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it actually might be the better option

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:10 AM

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sure i can test that

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if you can throw that together today

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:11 AM

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I'm about to test it

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:12 AM

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i think the worst thing is that the fire doesnt look consistent in this game

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:12 AM

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yes it helps the fire

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:12 AM

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fire on torches is different than igni which is different that some braziers which is different than open fire like where im burning those bodies in the screens above etc

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:13 AM

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stark anvil yes it helps the fire

POGGIES

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didnt know youre quick like that

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:14 AM

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I mean it's simple to change that lol

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one line

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:14 AM

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damn

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:14 AM

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building

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:14 AM

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you couldve told me its a days work and i wouldve believed you

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cuz no idea what that addon looks like codewise

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:14 AM

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📎 renodx-thewitcher3.addon64

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:14 AM

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i barely understand any code

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:15 AM

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float3 ApplyPerChannelBlowoutHueShift(float3 untonemapped) {
  if (RENODX_TONE_MAP_PER_CHANNEL == 0 && CUSTOM_SCENE_GRADE_PER_CHANNEL_BLOWOUT > 0.f) {
    float calculated_peak = (0.01f * pow(100.f - CUSTOM_SCENE_GRADE_PER_CHANNEL_BLOWOUT, 2.f));

    float compression_scale;
    GamutCompression(untonemapped, compression_scale);

    // float3 graded_color = renodx::tonemap::HermiteSplinePerChannelRolloff(untonemapped, calculated_peak, 100.f);
    float3 graded_color = renodx::tonemap::ReinhardPiecewise(untonemapped, calculated_peak, 0.5f);
    float3 color = renodx::color::correct::Chrominance(untonemapped, graded_color, 1.f, 0.f, CUSTOM_SCENE_HUE_METHOD);
    color = renodx::color::correct::Hue(color, graded_color, CUSTOM_SCENE_GRADE_HUE_SHIFT, CUSTOM_SCENE_HUE_METHOD);

    GamutDecompression(color, compression_scale);
    return color;
  }
  return untonemapped;
}```

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comment out termitespleen, add reinharder

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:15 AM

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heihachiPlasma

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loading the game

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huh am i stoopid

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shows hermite

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:17 AM

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it's not an option, it's just what the per channel blowout slider uses

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:17 AM

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oh i thought youre doing reinhard per luminance now or sumn

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:18 AM

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hermite spline by luminance for the display mapper, with reinhard per channel as grading basically

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:19 AM

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cold basin hmm, some fire still looks goofy

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:19 AM

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weird fire

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:21 AM

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huh if i set it to per channel

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it looks alright tbh

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not amazing but

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:21 AM

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per channel is just how the mod used to work

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:21 AM

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so per luminance isnt the play

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:22 AM

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well, it'll look very different depending on peak

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:22 AM

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ah yeah

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forgor

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at 2468 its way too orange

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AHHH

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despairge

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its really unfortunate, since you cant really test for that i imagine, unless screenshots and tonemapping it to display via SKIV works properly

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not sure

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:24 AM

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other than hues being a bit difference, you should be able to replicate the blowout with that slider

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it's quite literally doing the same thing

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where is that fire btw?

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:30 AM

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stark anvil where is that fire btw?

in velen early on you get a quest from a priest where youre supposed to burn 3 sets of bodies

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"Funeral Pyres"

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stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:32 AM

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ah, I did that

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went to a monster nest I didn't do

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this is just reinforcing how annoyed I am with working on this game lol

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just spinning in circles

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maybe this isn't worth doing. Might just skip this and try out extending uncharted2

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I think fire will still suffer with that though

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we'll see though

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:37 AM

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PU_Sadge

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:39 AM

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stark anvil just spinning in circles

Yeh, with Reinhard piecewise it’s still a bit too saturated I feel like but I got it to a point where I’m happy enough with it and in my head just tell myself this is how fire in this fantasy world looks

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heihachiPlasma

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Gaslighting myself

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So I think I’ll go back to that build for now

stark anvil Dec 2, 2025, 5:43 AM

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stark anvil maybe this isn't worth doing. Might just skip this and try out extending unchart...

if this doesn't end up working well for this, idk might just be cooked

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(saying this like 99% of the game doesn't look a whole lot better)

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 5:44 AM

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Maybe fire has to be fixed with a mod at this point

cold basin Dec 2, 2025, 9:29 AM

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cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 2:44 AM

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been messing around more again, fire looking pretty good now at 2468 nit

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(reinhard, not termitespleen)

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at 1000 nits it looks good too id say

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i bet ill find some shit again later where im like bruh this aint looking right

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heihachiPlasma

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never ending witcher 3 hue psychosis

night pond Dec 3, 2025, 6:48 AM

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Chat what’s the consensus between hermite vs Reinhardt per channel

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 6:56 AM

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I prefer Reinhard, atleast when it comes to fire, torches etc Hermite is a bit better with other stuff like restoring color in geralts face n stuff but yeah, the fire bothers me much more than a bit less color in the face

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 6:58 AM

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cold basin

i think i have pretty good settings going now, have been playing past 6 hours with those and havent felt the need to adjust anything

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cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 7:52 AM

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proper valve Dec 3, 2025, 9:59 AM

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cold basin

praying CDPR fixes the RT BS + shadows next dlc update ;_; this game looks INCREDIBLE a lot of the time. I'm doing my best to ignore the glaring issues but it's so fckn annoying. Like at times the ground you can see big squares kinda updating with new "light" information if that makes sense. Doesnt happen always but when it does it's so immersion breaking jfc. This game is still incredible tho and looks incredible for its age. Just wish they'd do a proper fix for RT implementation

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 10:00 AM

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yeah this isnt even RT shadows, ive disabled them for now..

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the hair isnt as bad with it even though it still happens

proper valve Dec 3, 2025, 10:10 AM

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cold basin the hair isnt as bad with it even though it still happens

yeah, I didn't even reference the hair situation because it's on "select" situations. I can largely ignore that. My main gripe is when exploring. The square blotches of light changing when riding fast for example at times is just dear god. Actually embarrassing they released it in that state :S But when it's right it looks beautiful

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 10:14 AM

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wonder if that DLC thing is actually gonna happen

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but yeah ive not really had much of an issue personally yet

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the hair thing was actually the most glaring issue ive seen

proper valve Dec 3, 2025, 10:23 AM

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cold basin wonder if that DLC thing is actually gonna happen

I think it's mostly confirmed

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to tie in to witcher 4

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hopefully it comes with technical improvements

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/ fixes

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 10:43 AM

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i probably wont care by the time that comes out.. not sure i'll replay w3 before w4 comes

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inb4 we get pathtracing update

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heihachiPlasma

proper valve Dec 3, 2025, 10:47 AM

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cold basin inb4 we get pathtracing update

if we got a PT update then it would come with 10000+ breaking bugs

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lmao

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 10:47 AM

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KEKW

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Don’t necessarily think so tbh, the foundation is already there, and I don’t remember CP77 PT update being completely cooked when it launched

night pond Dec 3, 2025, 11:53 AM

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proper valve praying CDPR fixes the RT BS + shadows next dlc update ;_; this game looks INCRE...

I would like for them to as well but I feel like Witcher 3 has been abandoned after patch 4.04

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I’m totally happy to be proven wrong and I’d love to see more bug fixes but I think they’re fully committing to W4 and Orion

night pond Dec 3, 2025, 11:54 AM

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proper valve I think it's mostly confirmed

I was under the impression these were still unconfirmed rumors

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Do we have a source for them

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 5:51 PM

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Certainly no mention from the latest earnings call

stray sequoia Dec 3, 2025, 6:17 PM

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Yea pretty sure they released their modkit to let players keep the game alive and that's it

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which is pretty cool

stark anvil Dec 3, 2025, 6:57 PM

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It sounds like we could basically fix things with the mod kit

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 8:12 PM

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stark anvil It sounds like we could basically fix things with the mod kit

what were you thinking of?

stark anvil Dec 3, 2025, 8:15 PM

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nothing in particular, there's just apparently basically everything there that if somebody with the experience wanted to fix the game up they could

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 8:17 PM

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ah yeah probably, im not sure if its like the full full devkit like as in you could recreate the entire game from scratch in it if you wanted

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similar to the creation kit for Skyrim

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 8:22 PM

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heady dune try my first mod guys! https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/11512

endorsed it, cool idea, works well enough though there is some snap back when you go too far right which looks a bit meh, not sure if you can do something about that

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cheemsmile

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or well the snapback happens on both but you can turn the camera alot further left than right

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maximum angles for both

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other than that its great

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thumbsup

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 9:41 PM

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abstract tulip Dec 3, 2025, 9:54 PM

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hobo armor Geralt

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I just use the Temerian armor you can buy in White Orchard until I can get some actual witcher gear

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 9:56 PM

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i just run what i found

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boutta hit level 7 so i get one of the DLC armors

abstract tulip Dec 3, 2025, 9:56 PM

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the valley of the flower armor also looks cool

cold basin Dec 3, 2025, 9:56 PM

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that should look betta

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yeah i think thats the one actually

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yuhh

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soon tm

abstract tulip Dec 3, 2025, 10:19 PM

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I also use a few mods that improve the textures of the starting armor (Kaer Morhen armor), makes the shoulder pads wider and makes it upgradeable up to Mastercrafted level which I then use until I get to Toussaint and can craft Grandmaster Wolven and Manticore armors

cold basin Dec 4, 2025, 12:26 AM

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slate forge Dec 4, 2025, 1:36 AM

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cold basin

what lighitng mod are you using, if any?

cold basin Dec 4, 2025, 1:44 AM

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slate forge what lighitng mod are you using, if any?

only better vanilla lighting i think

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cold basin Dec 4, 2025, 2:13 AM

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entire game is just screenshot material lmao

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slate forge Dec 4, 2025, 3:12 AM

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cold basin only better vanilla lighting i think

That's what I use but wanted to double check. The entire game is screenshot material for sure.

cold basin Dec 4, 2025, 3:21 AM

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night pond Dec 4, 2025, 5:08 AM

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I got on renodx late for this game and actually went back to try 1.3

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Is there any reason you ditched the renoDRT tonemapper

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It seemed to handle post processing quite well and was faithful to vanilla

stark anvil Dec 4, 2025, 5:19 AM

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renodrt was reinhard, that's just what it's referred to with the older code I was using.

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post processing then was dealt with by clamping the color every time the bloom shader sampled it, which is bad for hues and also didn't actually work correctly everywhere in terms of vanilla behavior

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go to kaer morhen or skellige to see what I mean

cold basin Dec 4, 2025, 6:41 AM

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proper valve Dec 4, 2025, 11:22 AM

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@cold basin are you using the built in photo mode?

cold basin Dec 4, 2025, 11:25 AM

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proper valve <@380859926680961024> are you using the built in photo mode?

Yah why

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Is there a mod one?

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I only really need it for free cam and FOV, sometimes a little tilt that’s it

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I take the pic with skiv tho

proper valve Dec 4, 2025, 1:14 PM

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cold basin Is there a mod one?

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/7172

Nexus Mods :: The Witcher 3

Debug Console and Unlocked Photo Mode

Enables the developer console

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not sure what it does tbh

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havent tried it

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For some reason, the "Photo Mode" of the game doesn't work, even if you assign key binding in the setting.
This "Unlock Photo Mode" fix it so now you can use the Photo Mode.

Hmm. How are you using photo mode?

rugged nest Dec 4, 2025, 1:46 PM

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proper valve > For some reason, the "Photo Mode" of the game doesn't work, even if you assign...

That quote is false

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Photo mode works perfectly for me with controller at least

proper valve Dec 4, 2025, 2:27 PM

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I never even tried it : o lol how did you bind it to the controller

gusty silo Dec 4, 2025, 3:20 PM

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rugged nest Dec 4, 2025, 3:58 PM

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gusty silo

Which driver version is this?

plush ember Dec 4, 2025, 4:05 PM

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rugged nest Which driver version is this?

591.44

rugged nest Dec 4, 2025, 4:05 PM

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Oh shit 591 already?

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I just updated to 581.94 lol

proper valve Dec 4, 2025, 5:03 PM

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gusty silo

sword corruption? wtf? on a 2025 driver?

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I havent seen any sword corruption lmao

abstract tulip Dec 4, 2025, 8:46 PM

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is that a visual bug or related to sword degradation..? I'm so confused

cold basin Dec 4, 2025, 8:48 PM

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no clue

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it also doesnt help that these numbers after the note doesnt seem to be tied to anything i can find on the internet

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nor when i search on nvidias pages anywhere

cold basin Dec 4, 2025, 9:01 PM

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proper valve > For some reason, the "Photo Mode" of the game doesn't work, even if you assign...

i just click both sticks in

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it didnt work at first

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but after deleting the input.xml file once it worked

cold basin Dec 4, 2025, 10:02 PM

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stray sequoia Dec 4, 2025, 10:10 PM

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proper valve I havent seen any sword corruption lmao

there was some weird artifacting going around on the sword hilt

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I noticed it some time ago but I figured it was just some RT bug or something

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Haven't tried the new driver to see if it's really gone but I assume that's what they meant

cold basin Dec 4, 2025, 10:48 PM

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damn the filmgrain looks a bit strong in a static image here kek

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proper valve Dec 4, 2025, 11:00 PM

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cold basin damn the filmgrain looks a bit strong in a static image here kek

I love it

cold basin Dec 5, 2025, 1:05 AM

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heady dune Dec 5, 2025, 1:53 AM

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https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/11541

Nexus Mods :: The Witcher 3

No More Milk

More subtle and transparent rain, without that annoying whiteness.

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another! try it 😄

cold basin Dec 5, 2025, 1:56 AM

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cold basin Dec 5, 2025, 9:08 AM

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heady dune another! try it 😄

I haven’t really found the rain to annoy me tbh but I’ll check it out later

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Doesnt need any script merging I hope

heady dune Dec 5, 2025, 6:04 PM

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cold basin Doesnt need any script merging I hope

No need

heady dune Dec 5, 2025, 6:04 PM

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cold basin I haven’t really found the rain to annoy me tbh but I’ll check it out later

I'm sorry, maybe I'm making you notice something that wasn't bothering you before haha

cold basin Dec 5, 2025, 11:21 PM

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kekwsit

cold basin Dec 5, 2025, 11:21 PM

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heady dune I'm sorry, maybe I'm making you notice something that wasn't bothering you befor...

Did you see my comments/images regarding the head turning mod

heady dune Dec 5, 2025, 11:24 PM

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cold basin Did you see my comments/images regarding the head turning mod

here?

cold basin Dec 5, 2025, 11:24 PM

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Yeah lol

cold basin Dec 5, 2025, 11:24 PM

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cold basin endorsed it, cool idea, works well enough though there is some snap back when yo...

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heady dune Dec 5, 2025, 11:26 PM

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Yes, probably do some improvements on next version. But, the thing is that for now is like that to avoid issues when you look geralt from the front for example.

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But yes, i'm taking notes....

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 12:41 AM

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heady dune Yes, probably do some improvements on next version. But, the thing is that for n...

hmm i see

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proper valve Dec 6, 2025, 1:21 AM

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cold basin

Rain looks good in screenshots but even with realistic rain textures in motion it’s just meh. Mainly when riding Roach, just looks like a giant sprite blanket meters from you

proper valve Dec 6, 2025, 1:23 AM

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cold basin

Are you playing without artificial player light? Looks like it

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 1:42 AM

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ofc

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i hate how he stands out with the light

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doesnt look like hes part of the world, much of an eye sore to me

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 3:00 AM

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stark anvil Dec 6, 2025, 4:53 AM

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@cold basin when I can make the fire in a game from 2005 look better pain

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 5:14 AM

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stark anvil <@380859926680961024> when I can make the fire in a game from 2005 look better <...

kekpepehands

stark anvil Dec 6, 2025, 5:15 AM

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hitting me that the gap between this game and the witcher 3 is the gap between now and the witcher 3 DEAD

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 5:21 AM

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reee i keep crashing right here and i dont know why

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hm not reno related

abstract tulip Dec 6, 2025, 6:42 AM

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are you running mods and if so, have you ran script merger to solve any possible conflicts?

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 7:00 AM

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weird, works now after verifying game files and resetting graphics settings..

rare scroll Dec 6, 2025, 7:06 AM

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thats what you get for sleeping with other sorceresses

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 7:09 AM

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rare scroll thats what you get for sleeping with other sorceresses

i tried refusing

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bombastic side eye

rare scroll Dec 6, 2025, 7:11 AM

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yeah you get the same scene but with your clothes on KEKWlaugh

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 7:14 AM

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still crashed that shit

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 8:34 AM

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proper valve Dec 6, 2025, 9:18 AM

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cold basin doesnt look like hes part of the world, much of an eye sore to me

exactly. I loaded on my custom ini

[Rendering] DisableSmallCameraLights=true DisableCutsceneLights=true

Because I don't want to turn off the artistically placed ones on cutscenes, only the "auto" spawned ones that are just white bright. It looks much much better. The mood and atmosphere with Promotional Atmosphere is perfection IMHO

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 9:19 AM

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proper valve exactly. I loaded on my custom ini `[Rendering] DisableSmallCameraLights=true ...

I don’t have the cutscene ones disabled

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It’s too dark sometimes

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I have a mod that adjusts them though

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https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/8781

Nexus Mods :: The Witcher 3

Quest Cutscene Lighting Edits by OFG

Enhance immersion of cutscenes.

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This one i think

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Yeah that one, had to login to check

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Fucking nexus logging me out every couple days

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Fat cunts

proper valve Dec 6, 2025, 9:21 AM

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I use that one as well. Cutscene Lighting Fixes (as he recommends to use with Promotional)

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 9:21 AM

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Ah yeah I don’t have promotional

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Maybe with the v2

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Just using better vanilla

proper valve Dec 6, 2025, 9:22 AM

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But without DisableCutsceneLights=true basically you'll get a noticeable difference in brightness change when entering and leaving cutscenes

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What obliterates lighting are the other ones

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the disableallcameralights and biglights

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 9:22 AM

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proper valve Dec 6, 2025, 9:23 AM

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there's no perfect solution for this though

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it's always a bit of a compromise

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I think it needs basically a full fledged mod. I'd be happy with like 60-70% reduction in all artificial lights through out

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instead of ON or OFF

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 9:34 AM

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@stark anvil any clue wth these glows are? dont seem to be affected by any bloom settings lmao

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disabling bloom in game doesnt change that either

proper valve Dec 6, 2025, 10:37 AM

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What LM are u using

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 11:34 AM

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rugged nest Dec 6, 2025, 12:16 PM

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stark anvil <@380859926680961024> when I can make the fire in a game from 2005 look better <...

What game is this?

stark anvil Dec 6, 2025, 2:08 PM

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rugged nest What game is this?

Guild wars

stark anvil Dec 6, 2025, 2:08 PM

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cold basin <@82555599505588224> any clue wth these glows are? dont seem to be affected by a...

Probably just a texture that draws on the light source

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Kind of a no shit answer I guess

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I don’t think it’s a complex effect of any kind lol

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 6:05 PM

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All good haha, yeah seems like it

cold basin Dec 6, 2025, 10:51 PM

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heady dune Dec 7, 2025, 12:17 AM

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cold basin Dec 7, 2025, 1:46 AM

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that is one 🔥🔥🔥🔥 ahh haircut

slate forge Dec 7, 2025, 9:09 AM

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cold basin <@82555599505588224> any clue wth these glows are? dont seem to be affected by a...

Pretty sure there was a mod on the Old Gen version of the game that removed that effect. I haven't been able to get that actually does it on next-gen

cold basin Dec 7, 2025, 9:20 AM

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slate forge Pretty sure there was a mod on the Old Gen version of the game that removed that...

i see

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cold basin Dec 7, 2025, 12:24 PM

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pepe_anger

naive bramble Dec 7, 2025, 1:03 PM

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@cold basin i got my g5 yesterday, in gaming optimizer it caps at 2050nits, i switched to fmm and it capped at 2570 but, this was yesterday somehow to day it only reaches 2050 in both gaming opt and fmm xD

cold basin Dec 7, 2025, 1:04 PM

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naive bramble Dec 7, 2025, 1:05 PM

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dunno if im doing something wrong my brains smoking at this point

stray sequoia Dec 7, 2025, 1:55 PM

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cold basin

Man I can't wait for the Witcher 4, I just hope they nail the vibe

cold basin Dec 7, 2025, 1:56 PM

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stray sequoia Man I can't wait for the Witcher 4, I just hope they nail the vibe

Im praying 🙏

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Currently having a blast in W3

stray sequoia Dec 7, 2025, 1:57 PM

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cold basin Currently having a blast in W3

yea I already did my 5th replay this year after jon released the mod

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probably gonna do another run next year lmao

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cold basin Dec 7, 2025, 1:59 PM

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stray sequoia yea I already did my 5th replay this year after jon released the mod

It’s my second time, though first playthrough I didn’t even get to skellige

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Had spent a hundred hours just in velen and novigrad lmao

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Shortly after I got ulcerative colitis, was in hospital for 6 weeks basically and kinda just dropped the game

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Pepe_Hang

stray sequoia Dec 7, 2025, 2:11 PM

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cold basin Shortly after I got ulcerative colitis, was in hospital for 6 weeks basically an...

damn that sucks

cold basin Dec 7, 2025, 2:13 PM

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My opps wanted to prevent me from playing through Witcher 3 smh

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risitas

proper valve Dec 7, 2025, 4:43 PM

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Has anyone tested reno in toussaint?

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All fires, torches, igni are literally red hot

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Nothing alike the other regions

unreal badge Dec 7, 2025, 7:34 PM

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heady dune https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/11541

using it since yesterday, looks good!

heady dune Dec 7, 2025, 8:45 PM

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Check out those LODs! Stronge

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cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 12:00 AM

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why the textures look so low res

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4k image but geralt armor looks like hes from witcher 1

abstract tulip Dec 8, 2025, 12:07 AM

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I think that happens when you start messing with the game's LODs

fleet flume Dec 8, 2025, 12:26 AM

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cold basin reee i keep crashing right here and i dont know why

well that doesn't bode well

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hope your playthrough is stable

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and doesn't break in b&w

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cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 12:29 AM

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fleet flume hope your playthrough is stable

same

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i had some thing that pushes beyond the ultra+ preset... i guess, some setting breaks that scene in particular

cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 12:31 AM

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abstract tulip I think that happens when you start messing with the game's LODs

bros playing lowest LOD setting at all distances

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keksweat

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but yeah i reverted the changes to graphics presets back to vanilla and just use the normal Ultra+ settings that the game ships with..

earnest rain Dec 8, 2025, 12:43 AM

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cold basin 4k image but geralt armor looks like hes from witcher 1

kept wait for discord to load the image but it never did lol

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what did you do to your game lmao

cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 12:58 AM

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not me xd

slate forge Dec 8, 2025, 1:56 AM

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Yeah once you start going above Ultra+ on most settings you'll start to get subtle issues. LODs being one of the worst.

cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 2:05 AM

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the improved lod distance i was using didnt look worse

dusk canyon Dec 8, 2025, 2:29 AM

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https://github.com/KoKlusz/HDR-Gaming-Database/discussions/96

GitHub

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt (PC) HDR Analysis · KoKlusz HDR-Gaming-Dat...

Technical Info: REDengine 3 HDR available in the windowed mode ✅ (No in game toggle, depends on the system setting) Ignores peak brightness EDID/Windows color profile information 🤷‍♂️ No gamma mism...

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Im confused now is this games native hdr good or not?

tribal sable Dec 8, 2025, 2:47 AM

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dusk canyon Im confused now is this games native hdr good or not?

not broken which is extremely rare but still bad

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they didn't change the tonemapping

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so its the sdr tonemapper

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its just that they did some post processing after tonemapping so all that stuff clipped in sdr while in hdr it results in a little bit of extra brightness

cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 5:27 AM

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cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 5:27 AM

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tribal sable not broken which is extremely rare but still bad

i mean... other than Bloom its SDR, Id call that very broken

stark anvil Dec 8, 2025, 5:32 AM

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At this point it can get some brownie points for being artistically coherent I guess

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At least it’s not ITM

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(Metroid Prime 4 HDR discourse is ruining me lol)

tribal sable Dec 8, 2025, 5:43 AM

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cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 6:44 AM

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heady dune Dec 8, 2025, 6:51 AM

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abstract tulip I think that happens when you start messing with the game's LODs

No, it's because I use an external photo mode and when I play too much with the FOV and distances "since it has no movement limit" the LODs get out of sync.

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This way I can take screenshots at these heights.

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heady dune Dec 8, 2025, 7:11 AM

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New playthrough using the new BIA Ultimate Stronge

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cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 7:23 AM

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bro you gotta use the normal Photo mode, these LODs are xbox 360 type shit

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heady dune Dec 8, 2025, 7:31 AM

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But what about combat skills 😌 W3EE, Dire wolf difficulty, max aggro and attack commitment on "can't cancel an attack already in process".

proper valve Dec 8, 2025, 7:33 AM

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heady dune But what about combat skills 😌 W3EE, Dire wolf difficulty, max aggro and attac...

how's W3EE? Might use it next playthrough next year : p

heady dune Dec 8, 2025, 7:34 AM

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It is extremely satisfying when you really become skilled. But if you lack skill and reflexes, it will be very frustrating. Although you can always lower the difficulty of course.

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After that you simply can't go back to Vanilla, it's hilarious. You can finish it with one hand on death march LMAO

proper valve Dec 8, 2025, 7:35 AM

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only reason I didnt even use it this time is because barely anything is compatible with it lmao

heady dune Dec 8, 2025, 7:36 AM

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Well, it's compatible with major mods honestly, I use it with over 100 mods.

heady dune Dec 8, 2025, 7:40 AM

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proper valve only reason I didnt even use it this time is because barely anything is compatib...

What frustrates modders about W3EE is that it fixed so much that people ran out of ideas for mods.

cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 8:27 AM

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btw @stark anvil this cutscene is giga broken, took a screenshot from a vid

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i think its to do with depth of field.. because the same happens in the photo mode when you enable DOF

proper valve Dec 8, 2025, 10:14 AM

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cold basin btw <@82555599505588224> this cutscene is giga broken, took a screenshot from a ...

i had this happen 3-4 times during my playthrough

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didnt know it was reno

cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 11:12 AM

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night yarrow Dec 8, 2025, 11:27 AM

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cold basin i mean... other than Bloom its SDR, Id call that very broken

sdr is better than broken hdr

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plush ember Dec 8, 2025, 12:12 PM

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night yarrow sdr is better than broken hdr

What about hdr 203nits brightness vs sdr

stark anvil Dec 8, 2025, 2:15 PM

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cold basin btw <@82555599505588224> this cutscene is giga broken, took a screenshot from a ...

Hmmm alright thanks. I think I remember going through this one and not having issues but maybe I’m mixing it up

proper valve Dec 8, 2025, 4:17 PM

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stark anvil Hmmm alright thanks. I think I remember going through this one and not having is...

the cutscene ||where Triss kills the Menge|| also had that happen, full blast WHITE flashbang behind characters.

stark anvil Dec 8, 2025, 4:18 PM

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alright, I'll see if I can fix it. Almost certainly correct that it's DOF

proper valve Dec 8, 2025, 4:31 PM

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stark anvil alright, I'll see if I can fix it. Almost certainly correct that it's DOF

I saw someone complaining about this on another server even in dx11, so it's most likely not caused by reno I guess?

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may I post his screenshot? It's the exact same spot I mentioned above

stark anvil Dec 8, 2025, 4:35 PM

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proper valve Dec 8, 2025, 4:37 PM

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I had the exact same at this exact scene. And a couple others in other cutscenes, in total about 4 on my current playthrough. One of them was in Skellige

stark anvil Dec 8, 2025, 4:43 PM

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hmmm that seems different since the bloom is affecting it (I think dof runs after bloom here? Maybe not)

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either way, I'll see if I can fix the dof. I didn't bother cause it seemingly was only a problem with the photo mode which is cursed in HDR

proper valve Dec 8, 2025, 5:29 PM

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Oh, I havent used photo mode yet anyway, didnt know it was screwed up

stark anvil Dec 8, 2025, 5:30 PM

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in vanilla HDR, they clamp it to SDR range. I went ahead and unclamped it, but they clamped it for two reasons: 1.) so screenshots work. 2.) So they didn't have to fix their dof and filters

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so with renodx, you can't use the photo mode filters

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someone also previously mentioned with renodx it looks a smidge different compared to no photo mode

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hasn't been a priority issue for me, I mostly just use it to freeze the world state for testing things lol

heady dune Dec 8, 2025, 6:55 PM

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stark anvil someone also previously mentioned with renodx it looks a smidge different compar...

Was me 🫠

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It’s the same as when an NVIDIA notification appears — it’s like HDR briefly turns off.

cold basin Dec 8, 2025, 7:23 PM

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hes just like me fr

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been spending so much time in photo mode to have static fires n shit

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molten swift Dec 8, 2025, 11:03 PM

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cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 12:09 AM

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cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 1:17 AM

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molten swift Dec 9, 2025, 3:34 AM

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cold basin bro got his wig split

something tells me thats not a him

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 3:35 AM

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hes had surgery okay?

gusty silo Dec 9, 2025, 5:00 AM

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cold basin

https://tenor.com/view/cat-blind-flashbang-light-mode-gif-21281004

Tenor

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 5:50 AM

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cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 10:29 AM

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tribal sable Dec 9, 2025, 1:57 PM

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tonemap extrapolation when

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 2:03 PM

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Shortfuse sent me code for that but then you guys talked about it a lot more. Is it the same code?

tribal sable Dec 9, 2025, 2:25 PM

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It’s in Batman ak

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That’s the final version

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 3:12 PM

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Awesome, I’ll take a look

tribal sable Dec 9, 2025, 3:22 PM

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      const float A = 0.22, B = 0.30, C = 0.10, D = 0.20, E = 0.01, F = 0.30, W = 2.2;

      float coeffs[6] = { A, B, C, D, E, F };
      float white_precompute = 1.f / renodx::tonemap::ApplyCurve(W, A, B, C, D, E, F);
      Uncharted2::Config::Uncharted2ExtendedConfig uc2_config = Uncharted2::Config::CreateUncharted2ExtendedConfig(coeffs, white_precompute);

        color_output = Uncharted2::ApplyExtended(untonemapped, uc2_config);

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 3:57 PM

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I'm inevitably gonna have to do some weird things with this on account of their post processing. I can't just take their tonemapper to display peak and call it a day, it'll make the bloom inconsistent depending on panel capabilities. So I guess I'm gonna pick a luminance target that looks good, blend it with untonemapped, and display map by luminance 🤔

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with this weirdness idk how much of an improvement it could be, it might end up looking basically the same

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I'm actually going to double check that I didn't do something stupid and wrong before and see if I can finnagle the game's tonemapping to work after bloom

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I....actually have an idea for something I may have attempted in a stupid way. There's a chance it might work

quiet sandal Dec 9, 2025, 4:15 PM

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tribal sable tonemap extrapolation when

what does this do?

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stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 4:16 PM

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they figured out the math on taking uncharted 2 and extending it to an arbitrary luminance target

quiet sandal Dec 9, 2025, 4:16 PM

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hmmSpin

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Why are we going back to charted 2

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 4:17 PM

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generally you want to use what a game was designed for

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ultimately it depends how the game works

quiet sandal Dec 9, 2025, 4:18 PM

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stark anvil generally you want to use what a game was designed for

Every game I have modded does some fuk ass so this doesnt apply to me frenzy

hollow burrow Dec 9, 2025, 4:27 PM

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this game still doesnt support MFG right?

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 4:32 PM

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tribal sable ```cpp const float A = 0.22, B = 0.30, C = 0.10, D = 0.20, E = 0.01, F = 0...

has that code been integrated into the codebase or will I need that uncharted2extended.hlsli?

night yarrow Dec 9, 2025, 4:33 PM

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stark anvil they figured out the math on taking uncharted 2 and extending it to an arbitrary...

is doom eternal doable now ?

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 4:34 PM

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idk what the issue would have been with it

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we had a good enough solution for this before honestly, this would just be that little extra polish

night yarrow Dec 9, 2025, 4:35 PM

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stark anvil idk what the issue would have been with it

have some variables that the hdr shader has no access to

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(uses different shaders in hdr

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 4:36 PM

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ah, then no

night yarrow Dec 9, 2025, 4:36 PM

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the sdr tonemapper shader is completely gone in hdr

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kekwsit

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 4:36 PM

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unless it uses fixed parameters and someone wants to match it with their eyes

night yarrow Dec 9, 2025, 4:36 PM

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NOOOOOOO!

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 4:37 PM

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well, ritsu got upgrades in vulkan working so the SDR path could probably be done now

night yarrow Dec 9, 2025, 4:38 PM

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ya he also did that mod

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but it does not solve the core issue apparently

night yarrow Dec 9, 2025, 4:38 PM

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stark anvil unless it uses fixed parameters and someone wants to match it with their eyes

its dynamic

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kekwsit

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super cursed implementation

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 4:39 PM

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yeah RIP then

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gotta be the SDR path

tribal sable Dec 9, 2025, 4:43 PM

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stark anvil has that code been integrated into the codebase or will I need that uncharted2ex...

You need the hlsli. It’s all in there

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 4:43 PM

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awesome, thanks

tribal sable Dec 9, 2025, 4:43 PM

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I should integrate it but it’ll be up to ShortFuse how to do it

quiet sandal Dec 9, 2025, 4:44 PM

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hollow burrow this game still doesnt support MFG right?

Nope, cope is that maybe the upcoming Witcher 4 bridge DLC might see them updated streamline / graphics / fix bugs 🤷‍♂️

tribal sable Dec 9, 2025, 4:44 PM

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It’s weird right now but that’s because I want to be able to have the base color computed separately in case you want to force more blowout and hue shifting

hollow burrow Dec 9, 2025, 4:55 PM

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quiet sandal Nope, cope is that maybe the upcoming Witcher 4 bridge DLC might see them update...

is that real or rumor

quiet sandal Dec 9, 2025, 4:57 PM

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The DLC is a rumour

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There hasnt been any official news from CDPR

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 4:58 PM

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stark anvil I....actually have an idea for something I may have attempted in a stupid way. T...

nah still seems like a bust

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this would be so much easier to rule out if I could trace cbuffers at an interactable framerate

night yarrow Dec 9, 2025, 5:07 PM

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quiet sandal The DLC is a rumour

its not a rumor its copium

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heihachiPlasma

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 5:16 PM

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oh wait a second there's an inversion for this now too 👀

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we might be so back again

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wait nvm it'll be the same problem

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we have no means of passing data around to shaders if the shaders themselves aren't already built to do it, right?

tribal sable Dec 9, 2025, 5:18 PM

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you can probably do some shit in c++ if you reallyt wanna do that

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but this uncharted extended stuff can for now just be a drop in replacement for the midgray blend shit

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 5:18 PM

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yeah I'll do that

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I'm just once again coping and wanting to solve bloom

proper valve Dec 9, 2025, 5:26 PM

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Also, does anyone know wtf is going on here? This only happens in Toussaint. Only Toussaint related mod is "Filterless Toussaint" which only removes the Olive filter. Promotional Atmosphere doesn't touch Toussaint as well.

Like this whole area I understand is supposed to be artistically more idyllic, warm, etc. But the difference between the fire colors (even igni) and the reach it also has is insane, super orangey / leaning red.

But this is a new one, only happens at a specific angle....

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 5:41 PM

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God rays is a vanilla bug

proper valve Dec 9, 2025, 5:42 PM

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from the torch? jfc loool. only happens in toussaint at least and I have to adjust the camera for it to trigger so it's not that big of a deal

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the rest is a bit annoying tho

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 5:44 PM

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Some weird bug at night where I guess the depth test fails. I guess the sun is that direction.

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Keep saying I’ll look into fixing it but I haven’t yet lol

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 7:21 PM

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tribal sable ```cpp const float A = 0.22, B = 0.30, C = 0.10, D = 0.20, E = 0.01, F = 0...

what does this extend to and how do you control it 🤔

tribal sable Dec 9, 2025, 7:22 PM

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It just creates an uncapped version of hable

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 7:22 PM

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ah alright

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so we just displaymap with something else

tribal sable Dec 9, 2025, 7:22 PM

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Ya

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At the point where the third derivative is 0 is where it stops curving and just becomes linear

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You can change it to 2nd derivative if you want it brighter

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 7:52 PM

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this is dark af and I'm not sure what I did wrong 🤔

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float3 Uncharted2Extended1(float3 untonemapped) {
  float A = CustomPixelConsts_112.x, B = CustomPixelConsts_112.y, C = CustomPixelConsts_112.z, D = CustomPixelConsts_128.x, E = CustomPixelConsts_128.y, F = CustomPixelConsts_128.z;
  const float W = 11.199999809265137f;

  float coeffs[6] = { A, B, C, D, E, F };
  float white_precompute = 1.f / renodx::tonemap::ApplyCurve(W, A, B, C, D, E, F);
  Uncharted2::Config::Uncharted2ExtendedConfig uc2_config = Uncharted2::Config::CreateUncharted2ExtendedConfig(coeffs, white_precompute);

  float3 outputColor = Uncharted2::ApplyExtended(untonemapped, uc2_config);
  return outputColor;
}```

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Here's uncharted2 from their shader for reference ```cpp
float Uncharted2Tonemap1(float color) {
float _42;
float _43;
float _44;
float _45;
float _52;
float _62;
float _69;
float _79;
float _88;

_42 = color * CustomPixelConsts_112.x;
_45 = CustomPixelConsts_112.z * CustomPixelConsts_112.y;
_52 = CustomPixelConsts_128.x * CustomPixelConsts_128.y;
_62 = CustomPixelConsts_128.x * CustomPixelConsts_128.z;
_69 = CustomPixelConsts_128.y / CustomPixelConsts_128.z;
_79 = CustomPixelConsts_112.x * 11.199999809265137f;
_88 = max(0.0f, (((((_79 + _45) * 11.199999809265137f) + _52) / (((_79 + CustomPixelConsts_112.y) * 11.199999809265137f) + _62)) - _69));
return ((max(0.0f, (((((_42 + _45) * color) + _52) / (((_42 + CustomPixelConsts_112.y) * color) + _62)) - _69)) * CustomPixelConsts_256.y) / _88);
}```

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surely I just mixed up the alphabet and am blind to it

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 8:21 PM

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oh, CustomPixelConsts_256.y needs to be factored in

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hm, not really sure how to do this...

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it's part of exposure

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 8:43 PM

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stark anvil oh, CustomPixelConsts_256.y needs to be factored in

@tribal sable I'm struggling to think this through, you know how I'd integrate this post exposure thing into this?

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wait I think I get it now

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hm, maybe not

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it's almost right I think

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 9:56 PM

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no help needed anymore, it was kinda obvious where it went actually 😅

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works great, just gotta rework my sat correction and whatnot around it

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 10:54 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/pog-fish-pogging-currently-gif-2252544987340524926

Tenor

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will it fix the fire

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risitas

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 10:54 PM

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gonna keep it real with you, this doesn't solve any of the problems with this game, it's just cool that it works

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 10:54 PM

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i see

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 10:54 PM

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I'm tweaking the per channel blowout slider some

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 10:54 PM

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ill stick with reinhard then i have settings that im really happy with

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am i weird for reducing the tonemapping strength a bit because it helps with stuff being so dark / contrasty

spring crown Dec 9, 2025, 10:58 PM

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stark anvil gonna keep it real with you, this doesn't solve any of the problems with this ga...

what does it do then?

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 11:00 PM

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assuming I understand this right, compared to what was being used, it extends the top end of the curve in a way that should be more faithful to a hypothetical HDR uncharted2. But it's still going to max, I still have to display map afterwards, and the game still needs per channel stuff at a lower brightness target for certain things to look right

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 11:01 PM

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Im really happy with this so far, hue shift for fire with some blowout. reduced tonemapper strength helps with too much contrast while looking better than touching the contrast slider, saturation correction just personal pref i find it looks more pleasing that interiors look slightly warmer since they all candle lit

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 11:01 PM

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should help with brightness of some stuff looking a bit more natural maybe, idk

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saturation correction might work better now

spring crown Dec 9, 2025, 11:01 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/you-don't-say-uh-huh-nod-nodding-mm-hmm-gif-10011426157199047873

Tenor

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 11:02 PM

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dont think ive touched the settings the past 20hours gametime atleast

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 11:04 PM

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it's funny to me that you're sticking with one of my stupid "throw shit at the wall with sliders" builds

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 11:04 PM

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i know but

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it works best for me

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xd

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the hue shift applies to the whole image no?

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 11:05 PM

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gonna post a build for anybody interested in looking at this new method

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 11:05 PM

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eh sory

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the correction

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while shift only does for highlights

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iirc

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 11:05 PM

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pretty much yeah

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 11:05 PM

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and since i mainly want to adjust highlights i prefer that slider

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 11:06 PM

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it's just arbitrary, a random per channel tonemap

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 11:06 PM

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yeh

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works tho

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cheemsmile

cold basin Dec 9, 2025, 11:08 PM

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stark anvil gonna post a build for anybody interested in looking at this new method

yeh sure ill give it a try later

stark anvil Dec 9, 2025, 11:09 PM

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yeah this helps with sat correction

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nice

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the most cursed scene looks a lot more natural now

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haven't updated presets, defaults are the only thing I've done (got HDR boost off for now)

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📎 renodx-thewitcher3.addon64

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I should have kept my code so it was easy to A/B new/old 😅

proper valve Dec 9, 2025, 11:37 PM

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cold basin Im really happy with this so far, hue shift for fire with some blowout. reduced ...

if it looks slightly warmer now with those settings wait until you reach Toussaint :p

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 12:10 AM

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@tribal sable you still have that reinhard + inverse reinhard code around? Wondering if that might work out for me here

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I'm thinking that getting the tonemap all setup for HDR and then just reinhard max channel down to the vanilla tonemap max might "just work" for bloom, then I can inverse reinhard later on (which won't be perfect since I won't know the max from before, but if it gets bloom working fully it might be worth it)

tribal sable Dec 10, 2025, 12:17 AM

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It’s in Batman

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Tonemapper.hlsl

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 12:17 AM

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thanks

tribal sable Dec 10, 2025, 12:17 AM

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Computereinhardsmoohclampscale()

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 12:19 AM

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well dang, I'd need a way to get scale back I guess

tribal sable Dec 10, 2025, 12:20 AM

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Multiply and divide for scale

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 12:20 AM

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alright I guess this won't work for me. I need basically just the inversion of reinhard I guess

tribal sable Dec 10, 2025, 12:20 AM

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Inverse Reinhard is in the repo

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 12:20 AM

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tribal sable Multiply and divide for scale

unfortunately I'll have to reverse it in a different shader entirely

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oh nice

tribal sable Dec 10, 2025, 12:21 AM

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Idk how good it is to tonemap all the way to SDR in 16 bit linear in one shader then inverse in another

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@lunar stirrup

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 12:22 AM

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I'm skeptical this will work well but my options are pretty limited

cold basin Dec 10, 2025, 12:22 AM

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proper valve if it looks slightly warmer now with those settings wait until you reach Toussai...

In a hundred hours maybe

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KEKW

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 12:23 AM

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ah I see inverse reinhard here

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I didn't even know we had inverse stuff

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gave it a try, guess this doesn't really work with how much bloom pushes above SDR

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deep fried

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hmmm wait I can probably try inverting before bloom is added into it

tribal sable Dec 10, 2025, 12:53 AM

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I thought you had already singled out a bright pass shader

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 12:54 AM

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I'm messing with bloom in the shader that generates the bloom mask

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for some reason this whole bloom/sunshafts pipeline takes place over like 6 shaders or something

tribal sable Dec 10, 2025, 12:57 AM

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So you just need to clamp the input to the bloom shader

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 12:58 AM

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dynamic parameters result in a dynamic peak

tribal sable Dec 10, 2025, 12:58 AM

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But isn’t sdr 8 bit after tonemap

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 12:58 AM

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no

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weird ass game, I don't envy the artists working on this

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but yeah if I had a way to get the peak value over to the bloom shader, this would be easily fixable.

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I tried co-opting the alpha channel for this but it didn't work out lol

tribal sable Dec 10, 2025, 1:50 AM

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You’ll have to do something in cpp

heady dune Dec 10, 2025, 1:56 AM

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Look at those new raindrops from the new version of my mod. They combine perfectly with Reno Stronge

witcher3.exe_Screenshot_2025.12.09_-_16.52.34.25.png

witcher3.exe_Screenshot_2025.12.09_-_16.52.56.100.png

cold basin Dec 10, 2025, 2:01 AM

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heady dune Look at those new raindrops from the new version of my mod. They combine perfect...

speaking of that, for some reason it looked not good when i used it.. like you know how you have like a ring around you where the rain is much more subtle right?

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with your mod there wasnt any visible rain in that range so it just looked like i have a ring around me where no rain drops are

heady dune Dec 10, 2025, 2:03 AM

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Now the drops are transparent. So the density around Geralt is harder to notice, but in the new version I just finished, everything is much denser. I'm preparing a video, I haven't uploaded the new version yet.

cold basin Dec 10, 2025, 2:03 AM

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can you ping me when you upload the new one

heady dune Dec 10, 2025, 2:05 AM

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Sure! 😉

cold basin Dec 10, 2025, 2:05 AM

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thumbsup

heady dune Dec 10, 2025, 2:06 AM

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Stronge

witcher3.exe_Screenshot_2025.12.09_-_16.53.43.47.png

cold basin Dec 10, 2025, 2:07 AM

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@stark anvil any chance that this sort of eye adaption can be toned down? or will that break everything

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 3:02 AM

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should be able to

cold basin Dec 10, 2025, 3:04 AM

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POGGER

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 3:04 AM

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not sure which shader it is, no promises lol

cold basin Dec 10, 2025, 3:07 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/fahhh-fah-skeleton-vonoffe-meme-gif-17918076419074819351

Tenor

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jk all good ahah

proper valve Dec 10, 2025, 5:23 AM

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cold basin <@82555599505588224> any chance that this sort of eye adaption can be toned down...

yeah this is one of those things that is so annoying in this game :S worst offenders are when entering caves, or being in the threshold of "cave lighting activate!"

cold basin Dec 10, 2025, 5:30 AM

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feelsAmazingMan

lunar stirrup Dec 10, 2025, 6:24 AM

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stark anvil I'm skeptical this will work well but my options are pretty limited

What's the pipeline?

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 4:59 PM

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lunar stirrup What's the pipeline?

tonemapping -> depth blur -> motion blur -> bloom/sunshafts/lens dirt -> NIS (if DLSS) -> grading

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in SDR these post processing resources are still HDR I think until grading?

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tonemapping is dynamic parameters uncharted2 with different peak, can't access the right cbuffer values outside of the tonemapping shader

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 5:42 PM

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finding out I accidentally made motion blur/depth blur work better with HDR by forgetting to do something the vanilla shader did

quiet sandal Dec 10, 2025, 5:53 PM

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Wondering what is worse, W3 processing or Ghost Recon Failpoint

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Failpoint does colour grading and tonemapping within the first 10 shaders

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so then everything CSMs, global illumination, motion blur, eye exposure, bloom and another 80 shaders are processed after

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What that means is, if I unclamp from their dodo SDR tone curves, the game breaks because some shader(s) somewhere later down the pipeline receives HDR causing NaNs

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heihachiPlasma

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:06 PM

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honestly their shaders seem fine, they're just incredibly dumb for not running tonemapping after bloom

quiet sandal Dec 10, 2025, 6:07 PM

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then breakpoint is worse

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:07 PM

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though the motion blur in this game is a travesty

quiet sandal Dec 10, 2025, 6:08 PM

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yes

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soyjak_crying

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:09 PM

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I'd love to replace it

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I tried improving it but didn't have much luck

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seems like it would need a rewrite

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I'm downloading redkit, let's see if this can give me any insight

quiet sandal Dec 10, 2025, 6:11 PM

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CP2077 redkit when

lunar stirrup Dec 10, 2025, 6:21 PM

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stark anvil honestly their shaders seem fine, they're just incredibly dumb for not running t...

this is pretty normal

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:22 PM

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unfortunate

lunar stirrup Dec 10, 2025, 6:25 PM

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tribal sable Idk how good it is to tonemap all the way to SDR in 16 bit linear in one shader ...

yeah not good

lunar stirrup Dec 10, 2025, 6:28 PM

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stark anvil tonemapping is dynamic parameters uncharted2 with different peak, can't access t...

since the reno dev kit can read cbuffer values (I think it can), you should be able to replicate that behaviour and maybe grab the cbuffer values?

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otherwise use some method, tone mapper or not, to compress at the beginning of each pass and then decompress at the end

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:31 PM

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I would need some way to save the cbuffer values and move them into future shaders

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the values change depending on where you are in the game

lunar stirrup Dec 10, 2025, 6:32 PM

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yeah, that should be possible

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I do not have the skills for it but it should be doable

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:33 PM

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pain

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might have to bug shortfuse

lunar stirrup Dec 10, 2025, 6:33 PM

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ye

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there is another way to do this:
rewrite the passes to run in HDR.

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:35 PM

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I attempted that (kinda how it works now)

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it works decently, but if I want to preserve vanilla behavior I just don't think there's any getting around it

lunar stirrup Dec 10, 2025, 6:35 PM

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I have a similar issue in KCD and probably need to rewrite the sunshafts to be HDR sunshafts with other code that actually does them in HDR as I can't build on the SDR code

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:36 PM

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I tried all sorts of things with adjusting their parameters, what ended up working best was simply applying rolloff to the bloom mask

lunar stirrup Dec 10, 2025, 6:36 PM

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I have HDR bloom at least 😄

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:37 PM

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it's really difficult to work with, cause sometimes this shader is expecting a value of 1 and sometimes it can be as high as 2...

lunar stirrup Dec 10, 2025, 6:37 PM

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yep yep

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:37 PM

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(SDR witcher 3 clips really bad sometimes)

lunar stirrup Dec 10, 2025, 6:37 PM

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it probably does: 1 - bloom_colour ?

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which is typical SDR trickery you can't convert to HDR

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:38 PM

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I actually don't think it does

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maybe it does somewhere in here. It's all three of those effects in one. The mask that bloom generates is handed to the sunshafts shader

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 6:55 PM

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stark anvil I would need some way to save the cbuffer values and move them into future shade...

@south musk do we have any existing code that would let me do this?

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 6:56 PM

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stark anvil <@115289688037785602> do we have any existing code that would let me do this?

somewhere i did this for dlss

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key being ```cpp
auto cb12_data = renodx::utils::constants::GetResourceCache(device, cb12.buffer);
if (cb12_data.empty()) {
cb12_data = renodx::utils::constants::GetResourceHistory(device, cb12.buffer);
}
if (cb12_data.empty()) {
renodx::utils::log::e("OnVertexDraw: Failed to read CB12 data");
return true;
}

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read back from GPU is expensive, so the cache system is what the devkit uses to store data being written

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if you know about when it pushes from CPU => GPU, then you can replicate that logic from utils::constants manually

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or just use the entire cbuffer cache which is probably slow

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 7:00 PM

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all I really know is that there's one shader I need to grab it from and the values change in the next shader

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same cbuffer but the values change

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 7:01 PM

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from the devkit log when does it push the cbuffer?

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 7:03 PM

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assuming I'd need trace cbuffers to see that?

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that setting unfortunately makes the game run at 2 fps so I can't really interact with it

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 7:11 PM

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is it dx11 or dx12?

night yarrow Dec 10, 2025, 7:12 PM

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dx12

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dx11 not supported

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(by this mod

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 7:13 PM

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yeah dx12. dx11 doesn't have HDR for some reason

night yarrow Dec 10, 2025, 7:14 PM

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maybe sdr path

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shouldnt take too much time to do i guess ?

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since it uses sdr tonemapper in hdr

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 7:15 PM

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I think it's the same shaders, would probably just work if I did upgrades

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but in any case, idk if getting this answer in dx11 would translate to dx12

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and frankly I see no reason to use the dx11 path

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 7:16 PM

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should just check if you can read the buffer in devkit with dx11

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 7:16 PM

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alright

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would it show up by searching cbuffer?

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ah, constant_buffer

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seems to trace I think?

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14:21:02:312 [10428] | INFO  | [RenoDX DevKit] push_descriptors(0x000001f6a364e810[2][12], type: constant_buffer, stages: pixel (10), buffer: 0x000001f6a9b72a60, size: 18446744073709551615, offset: 0)[12 / 1]
14:21:02:313 [10428] | INFO  | [RenoDX DevKit] push_descriptors(0x000001f6a364e810[2][12], type: constant_buffer, stages: vertex (1), buffer: 0x0000000000000000, size: 18446744073709551615, offset: 0)[12 / 1]
14:21:02:313 [10428] | INFO  | [RenoDX DevKit] push_descriptors(0x000001f6a364e810[2][12], type: constant_buffer, stages: pixel (10), buffer: 0x0000000000000000, size: 18446744073709551615, offset: 0)[12 / 1]

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shaders are different also

night yarrow Dec 10, 2025, 7:24 PM

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rip ?

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 7:28 PM

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gonna see if I can get the trace in dx12

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got it

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📎 ReShade.log

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 7:51 PM

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what's the shader hash?

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 7:51 PM

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0x5D5B4871

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 7:53 PM

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hmm

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 7:53 PM

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uhhhh might have been this permutation 0x957DD682

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 7:54 PM

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14:29:33:562 [12172] | INFO  | [RenoDX DevKit] update_descriptor_tables(0xf00000019002f9a4[0], heap: 0x000002654c3666f0[6093], buffer: 0x0000026511675c00, size: 256, offset: 23552) [0]
14:29:33:562 [12172] | INFO  | [RenoDX DevKit] update_descriptor_tables(0xf00000019002f9c4[0], heap: 0x000002654c3666f0[6094], buffer: 0x0000026511675c00, size: 768, offset: 33536) [0]
14:29:33:562 [12172] | INFO  | [RenoDX DevKit] update_descriptor_tables(0xf00000019002f9e4[0], heap: 0x000002654c3666f0[6095], buffer: 0x0000026511675c00, size: 512, offset: 34560) [0]
14:29:33:562 [12172] | INFO  | [RenoDX DevKit] update_descriptor_tables(0xf00000019002fa04[0], heap: 0x000002654c3666f0[6096], buffer: 0x0000026511675c00, size: 512, offset: 36864) [0]

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what's the shader look like?

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dx12 is one big buffer

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 7:55 PM

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two textures and cb3 : register(b3)

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not sure what you need

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 7:57 PM

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so it's here ```cpp
14:29:33:562 [12172] | INFO | [RenoDX DevKit] bind_pipeline(0x000002668255a420, layout: 0x00000265476e46f0, vertex_shader: 0x7b5c7961, pixel_shader: 0x957dd682, stages: all (7fffffff))
14:29:33:563 [12172] | INFO | [RenoDX DevKit] on_bind_render_targets(0x00000265115836f0, res: 0x000002654d28ff00, name: ?)[0]
14:29:33:563 [12172] | INFO | [RenoDX DevKit] bind_descriptor_table(0x00000265476e46f0[1], stages: all_graphics(df), table: 0x05f5678a0013f920, heap: 0x000002654c3666f0[6089]) [0]
14:29:33:563 [12172] | INFO | [RenoDX DevKit] bind_descriptor_table(0x00000265476e46f0[0], stages: all_graphics(df), table: 0x05f5678a0013f9a0, heap: 0x000002654c3666f0[6093]) [0]

14:27:58:660 [39660] | INFO | [RenoDX DevKit] logPipelineLayout(0x00000265476e46f0[0] | TBL | 2572747446080 | CBV, array_size: 1, binding: 0, count: 4, register: 0, space: 0, visibility: pixel) [0/1]

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0x00000265476e46f0[0] is the cbuffer for pixel shader

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0x957dd682 is on the same layout

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 7:57 PM

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🙏

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 7:58 PM

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descriptor tracking is hell though

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this is how it works

14:29:33:562 [12172] | INFO | [RenoDX DevKit] bind_pipeline(0x000002668255a420, layout: 0x00000265476e46f0, vertex_shader: 0x7b5c7961, pixel_shader: 0x957dd682, stages: all (7fffffff))

pixel shader layout is 0x00000265476e46f0

14:27:58:660 [39660] | INFO | [RenoDX DevKit] logPipelineLayout(0x00000265476e46f0[0] | TBL | 2572747446080 | CBV, array_size: 1, binding: 0, count: 4, register: 0, space: 0, visibility: pixel) [0/1]

CBV[3] for that layout is 0x00000265476e46f0[0]

14:29:33:563 [12172] | INFO | [RenoDX DevKit] bind_descriptor_table(0x00000265476e46f0[0], stages: all_graphics(df), table: 0x05f5678a0013f9a0, heap: 0x000002654c3666f0[6093]) [0]

0x00000265476e46f0[0] is bound to heap: 0x000002654c3666f0[6093]

14:29:33:562 [12172] | INFO | [RenoDX DevKit] update_descriptor_tables(0xf00000019002f9a4[0], heap: 0x000002654c3666f0[6093], buffer: 0x0000026511675c00, size: 256, offset: 23552) [0]

heap 0x000002654c3666f0[6093] was updated with buffer 0x0000026511675c00

so resource 0x0000026511675c00 has what you need

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maybe dx12 has some heap readback

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 8:04 PM

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south musk Dec 10, 2025, 8:05 PM

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do you want to read it back or just write to it?

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 8:07 PM

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I just need to read it (I just want to be able to calculate the SDR peak so I can properly emulate bloom behavior)

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 8:07 PM

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so i guess readback and write to push constant?

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 8:07 PM

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I guess?

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having trouble conceptualizing what's going on

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 8:14 PM

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default heap = entire VRAM (basically). descriptor heap = VRAM section that says where to find cbuffer section

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so you update the default heap first with cbuffer constants (data), and then tell the GPU to use descriptor heap at X (references to data).

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uploads cbuffer data to default heap (not in log)
updates descriptor table to point to cbuffer data on default heap
binds descriptor table to current layout state (not picure, but in log)

when you bind a pixel shader it switches layout

layout => descriptor table => heap

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 8:21 PM

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ah alright, that helps. thanks

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 8:24 PM

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i need to figure out how to not explode descriptor tracking

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because order is

upload cbuffer from CPU => GPU heap (not logged)
update random descriptor table GPU on descriptor heap with cbuffer heap position
bind shader layout
bind layout with another (they don't match) descriptor table CPU from before but with matching descriptor heap

so to get the data, i have to had been tracking both the cbuffer and relate those descriptor heaps before the shader is even bound

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essentially i need a CPU copy of the GPU Descriptor heap

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Memory footprint: Even a max heap (1,000,000 descriptors × 32 bytes) is ~32 MB. A CPU mirror is cheap compared to GPU memory.

Performance: You don’t need to “track everything” in real time. Just update your mirror when descriptors are written, then resolve only when a table is bound.

Injection angle: This avoids brute‑forcing through the heap at bind time. You only need a fast lookup (heap pointer + offset → descriptor metadata)

copilot

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i do that already. kinda, but probably not that efficient since i wasn't going for full replication

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i should do a fixed size descriptor heap clone instead of a bunch of maps

stark anvil Dec 10, 2025, 8:34 PM

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stark anvil I just need to read it (I just want to be able to calculate the SDR peak so I ca...

oh, alternatively I just need to be able to move a single extra float around

south musk Dec 10, 2025, 8:39 PM

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i'm going to bother crosire about it, to not duplicate our efforts. if it's only 32mb or ram, might be better as part of reshade and just overall faster for addons and fxs

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let me prototype some stuff 🥼

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 12:32 AM

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cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 3:19 AM

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cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 4:27 AM

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lol first time ive seen the sun so completely cooked compared to SDR

proper valve Dec 11, 2025, 5:54 AM

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cold basin lol first time ive seen the sun so completely cooked compared to SDR

I thought that was how the game was lmao. I only saw this in Toussaint though. In fact, that whole area suffers from this even at night

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need to compare with and without

proper valve Dec 11, 2025, 6:27 AM

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a lot of candles in toussaint aren't hdr kekpepehands

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cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 7:29 AM

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lul

gusty silo Dec 11, 2025, 9:48 AM

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cold basin lol first time ive seen the sun so completely cooked compared to SDR

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-my-eyes-cant-unsee-burn-gif-7225082

Tenor

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 12:17 PM

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night pond Dec 11, 2025, 12:37 PM

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stark anvil honestly their shaders seem fine, they're just incredibly dumb for not running t...

Yeah I agree the post processing itself isn’t bad but having it run after tone mappers makes things unnecessarily difficult

night pond Dec 11, 2025, 12:38 PM

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stark anvil though the motion blur in this game is a travesty

This is very true tho 😭

rose whale Dec 11, 2025, 3:44 PM

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Sounds promising

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 3:59 PM

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okay another test build (unrelated to bloom discussion above). Likely to be what I go with, but I want to hold off on posting anything new to nexus until bloom is solved 😩. I guess SDR support is still messed up in this I think so there's also that.

changed how HDR Boost works (by luminance, won't mess with saturation now)
all presets updated and using luminance tonemapping (per channel blowout reference is per channel reinhard piecewise with a shoulder start at 0.18f)

📎 renodx-thewitcher3.addon64

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if bloom can be solved that would change what I do for SDR support as well actually...

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Vanilla | Purist | Recommended | Filmic

proper valve Dec 11, 2025, 4:28 PM

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stark anvil okay another test build (unrelated to bloom discussion above). Likely to be what...

Should one click on one of the presets when replacing the addon to load any changes?

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 4:28 PM

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Yeah

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 6:15 PM

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hmmmm now that I made HDR Boost by luminance I might throw a little bit of it on the purist preset too

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it looks good

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I probably shouldn't....

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 6:19 PM

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id just increase the highlights slider...

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 6:19 PM

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I think the ramp up looks better

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just gonna keep it at vanilla luminance though, it's kinda the whole point to not mess with it much

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SDR in HDR | Vanilla HDR | Purist | Recommended

proper valve Dec 11, 2025, 6:35 PM

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stark anvil hmmmm now that I made HDR Boost by luminance I might throw a little bit of it on...

Wasnt it already on all presets as per your description?

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 6:36 PM

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nah purist never had it

tribal sable Dec 11, 2025, 7:32 PM

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What are the defaults

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Are they just the recommended settings

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I think purist should have lowered hue shift

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 7:59 PM

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stark anvil okay another test build (unrelated to bloom discussion above). Likely to be what...

Ouhhhh

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Seems promising

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I will check in a bit, I probably won’t be able to make direct comparisons because I’m gonna assume Reinhard Piecewise isn’t in this build?

unreal badge Dec 11, 2025, 8:09 PM

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all presets updated and using luminance tonemapping (per channel blowout reference is per channel reinhard piecewise with a shoulder start at 0.18f)

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 8:25 PM

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tribal sable Are they just the recommended settings

yeah

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 8:57 PM

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guess witcher 3 dlc rumors are ramping up again, potentially even being in the game awards this evening

quiet sandal Dec 11, 2025, 9:02 PM

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cope

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CDPR hyped up 5th anniv for cyberbunk

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now they retracted and said nothing is happenening

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:07 PM

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broo imagine

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im bricked up for TGA tonight

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keksweat

rare scroll Dec 11, 2025, 9:08 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/please7tv-please-beg-pray-hope-gif-3860103425950934673

Tenor

spring crown Dec 11, 2025, 9:36 PM

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One day I will play through W3

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One day

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:37 PM

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if shortfuse can deliver on the cbuffer thing, I might finally be able to wipe my hands clean of this mod lol

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I'm happy with the setup otherwise now I think

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until invictus sends me cursed shots or something

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:38 PM

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spring crown One day I will play through W3

brrr

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:38 PM

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stark anvil until invictus sends me cursed shots or something

smile

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i only have a few hours to grind today smh

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gotta watch TGA

spring crown Dec 11, 2025, 9:44 PM

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cold basin brrr

Amateur

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:44 PM

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i will probably end up around 400 hours i think

spring crown Dec 11, 2025, 9:44 PM

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cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:44 PM

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damn

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i have 75 hours in cyberpunk

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never got to finish the game

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because my savegame is deepfried

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patches didnt fix it

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have to start over at some point

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kinda wanna wait for new GPU for that game tbh

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PT just too glorious

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:45 PM

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i have 1100 hours in dark souls 3

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:46 PM

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bruh what

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:46 PM

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heihachiPlasma

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:46 PM

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why so much

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:46 PM

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600 hours of ds1

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:46 PM

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are you one of these people that grinds pvp all day in souls games

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kekwsit

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:46 PM

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350 hours of ds2 and elden ring

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 PM

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elden ring i have 190h

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 PM

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kekwsit

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 PM

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ds1 remaster 80

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 PM

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never played pvp once

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 PM

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stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 PM

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cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 PM

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only souls game i have 100%'d

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kek

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 PM

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bloodborne is also more than 1000hours

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 PM

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stark anvil

pog

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:48 PM

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still my most played game on steam

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:48 PM

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Cuz the biggest fromslop fan here

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im

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kekwsit

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:49 PM

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stark anvil still my most played game on steam

i could never get into that game

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:49 PM

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me and a college buddy played way too much of it

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:49 PM

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Mine is dota2

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:49 PM

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heh

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mines PUBG

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750h or so

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:49 PM

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10k hours i think

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:50 PM

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well across all games in my life it would be console

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:50 PM

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as far as weird ones go, I have more hours on party animals than anybody really should

molten swift Dec 11, 2025, 9:50 PM

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RIP

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:50 PM

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i easily have 6000-7000 hours in Black Ops 2

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:50 PM

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night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:50 PM

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I have 300hours of w3 on ps4

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:50 PM

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probably 15k hours across all COD games

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kek

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:50 PM

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saaaaame

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:50 PM

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pc is below 200

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:51 PM

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cold basin i easily have 6000-7000 hours in Black Ops 2

on Xbox 360 that is

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best time of my life

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despairge

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i miss you please come back

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:51 PM

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if I wasn't at school I was on COD, for better or worse lmao

molten swift Dec 11, 2025, 9:51 PM

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my most played game on steam 👀

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:52 PM

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I consider it a positive experience, was a very social experience

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:52 PM

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its genuinely ungodly how much cod i played, i cant imagine playing ANYTHING for this long these days

rare scroll Dec 11, 2025, 9:52 PM

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are we having a hours played contest because i probably have 28k hours in minecraft

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:52 PM

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yeah same

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:52 PM

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rare scroll are we having a hours played contest because i probably have 28k hours in minecr...

jesus lmao

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also not surprising steve minecraft

rare scroll Dec 11, 2025, 9:52 PM

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stark anvil jesus lmao

well tbf its across 15 years

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:53 PM

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Have you played any fromslop game before demons souls

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:53 PM

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my steam account is from 2019 when i got my first proper own PC, i have not played anything for even a thousand hours yet

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:53 PM

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I wish I could see how much time I logged on PSO back in the day

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:53 PM

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cold basin my steam account is from 2019 when i got my first proper own PC, i have not play...

You must be pretty young i guess

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:53 PM

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night yarrow You must be pretty young i guess

born 99

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aPES3_AngeryNod

rare scroll Dec 11, 2025, 9:53 PM

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i only played myazaki souls games

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:53 PM

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I've got 1325 hours on guild wars 1

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:54 PM

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hmm

molten swift Dec 11, 2025, 9:54 PM

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jesus theres a damn child in here!

rare scroll Dec 11, 2025, 9:54 PM

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i still need to play ac6

night yarrow Dec 11, 2025, 9:54 PM

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ac6 basically has nothing to do with miyazaki

molten swift Dec 11, 2025, 9:54 PM

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stark anvil I've got 1325 hours on guild wars 1

god damn. gwamm? if u play gw2 🤷‍♂️

rare scroll Dec 11, 2025, 9:54 PM

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night yarrow ac6 basically has nothing to do with miyazaki

ik

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:54 PM

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cold basin my steam account is from 2019 when i got my first proper own PC, i have not play...

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way too much time on slop

stark anvil Dec 11, 2025, 9:55 PM

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molten swift god damn. gwamm? if u play gw2 🤷‍♂️

didn't get into gw2 much. Most of my playtime is cope from liking gw1

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I played a lot of this as a kid, I didn't make a ton of title progress as a result

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(was in middle school)

molten swift Dec 11, 2025, 9:56 PM

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i played wow lol. never played gw1, i remember someone gave me an install cd, but i needed to buy an account, naaaaaaaaah

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if i could track my wow hours LOOOOOL

cold basin Dec 11, 2025, 9:56 PM

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ive never been into mmos like that

molten swift Dec 11, 2025, 9:56 PM

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well yeah

#The Witcher 3