Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

[late yacht]

Not sure, haven't looked that much into it

[thorn prism]

Are the recommended settings just the default ones? That's what I get when I click on Musa's recommended, also in the unreal HDR option meant just for frame gen or should everyone use it for the best HDR?

[sturdy halo]

i've tested both and i think the sdr path doesn't look as it should

i used fg so unreal but tested later and they deviated quite a bit

i'd say unreal hdr is the best

[viral mica]

About the status with the mods: If I just install RenoDX for HDR and nothing else, do I need any battle fix addon?

(And if yes, could maybe the renodx mod be updated?)

[indigo grotto]

There is a toggle for proper battle fix in Ultra+, don't use the add on.

Battle fix is only needed if you use the Unreal HDR path in Reno, I don't think there's any reason to do so unless you use frame gen?

[viral mica]

Seems like you are right about FG. Not sure if there is other reasons for it. Didn’t know it only happens on that hdr upgrade path

[sturdy halo]

i tried both and they both look different

and to my eyes ue hdr looks similar to sdr

but not sdr path

[viral mica]

Which do you think is better?

[sturdy halo]

i just wrote it above lol

for me ue hdr mode was matching sdr color grading

sdr path made lights white

i'm not sure why

[viral mica]

Ah I didn’t know which you thought was better, if it matched SDR or not :D

[sturdy halo]

they are yellow with UE HDR path and SDR

[viral mica]

so for you ue hdr mode was better, because it matched the sdr color grading

[sturdy halo]

yea

[viral mica]

(could’ve also been the other way around, some people hate vanilla color grading in some games)

[sturdy halo]

i tested quickly and i couldn't figure out why SDR path had shifted colors

[viral mica]

Ty for answering! So the best path is probably use RenoDX and then use Ultra+ just for the battle fix lol

[sturdy halo]

it shouldn't happen

RTX HDR did the same

it made yellow highlights in sdr white

[viral mica]

(or fall back to Special K’s retrofit HDR like I did for my first playthrough)

[sturdy halo]

just go reno

[wraith pawn]

yeah its good with co33

[sturdy halo]

when you're stuck with a shintel gpu that can't do native hdr sure

[viral mica]

I’ve installed Ultra+ just for the BattleDelayFix now (I never used/use Ultra+) and it has several settings without a "game" setting so it probably modifies some stuff in E33 that I do not want modified

[viral mica]

I have to say, E33 is a spectacular HDR game, all the special effects in combat

https://tenor.com/ko7LEDoGnTF.gif

[sturdy halo]

Endgame spells made the room fully colored lol

[sturdy halo]

@scarlet vessel is the mod available on your rep ? (for snappies)

[scarlet vessel]

It was merged to the main repo

This game isn’t good enough to warrant updating again

Gotta go back to updating ubislop

[sturdy halo]

so i can

main repo the snappy ?

[scarlet vessel]

Probably should have the thing telling people to add the ini edit so it updates in real time

[sturdy halo]

@final bronze

https://giphy.com/gifs/uscesports-silksong-hollow-knight-sherma-hUSyfYfkLFQgj0yRrJ

[final bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/silksong-fleas-hollow-knight-hornet-hollow-knight-homies-gif-7976644766520327046

[sturdy halo]

i let u do the changes

me confuse repos

[sturdy halo]

my question is

if reno can do the engine ini hdr changes

why can't it add the lut update thingy

i forght the answer

[scarlet vessel]

It can

Not really tryna update the mod to add that

[sturdy halo]

so the ue unreal / ue extended have it ?

[scarlet vessel]

idk

[late yacht]

No, engine.ini path has to be hardcoded so it can't be added to generic mods

[wary blade]

Can someone help me with installing this, I have the reshade with addons but it crashes the second i start the game with fatal error.

[tender kestrel]

I had the washed out UI too, my monitor color settings in nvidia were only at 8bpc. i changed to 10bpc /full range and it fixed for me

[tender kestrel]

i had same issue with 6.7.3, just went back to the prior version and it worked fine

[sand gate]

that shouldn't make any difference? That only tells me your monitor/tv settings black level were mismatched. I use 8bpc ycbcr limited + 8bit temporal dithering with no issues

[sturdy halo]

Fixed

[gusty oriole]

frame gen not working for me despite using the UE HDR upgrade method and 6.7.3 reshade

[sturdy halo]

not working as ?

like you don't have better perf ?

[gusty oriole]

as in it's clearly not on, FPS and latency numbers don't change

[karmic bolt]

Can u show in game fg settings

Is it set to auto or certain multiplier

[gusty oriole]

it's set to 2x (4080 here)

I'll try auto rq

[karmic bolt]

Probably won’t change anything bc I think auto was actually the one that caused other users fg to not work

[gusty oriole]

it works for you I take it?

[karmic bolt]

Yeah I’ve never had an issue with fg not activating

[gusty oriole]

ok I think there might be a problem with my driver install, I'm getting really weird behavior in the nvidia app when trying to override FG model ("undefined", empty strings, "there was a problem applying setting", etc). setting it to a valid state fixed it

[karmic bolt]

Unrelated but I’ve always preferred using NVIDIA profile inspector over the app to get around games being unsupported by the app

[tender kestrel]

the other day when i enabled nvidia app beta features to activate the new fg models, on first load of e33 my fg wasnt applying (I hadnt actually activated the new models yet). I had to go into nvidia app program settings and turn on a multiplier there. after that it worked again, I turned the forced setting off and the in game toggle works fine now.

[urban vine]

Apologies for my ignorance but is the Nexus Mods version still the latest and greatest RenoDX version for CO:E33? 😅

[grizzled whale]

no its always going to be the builds on github

[sturdy halo]

They are the same as of now

[urban vine]

Ok thanks! Do you maybe also know the differences between versions from https://github.com/clshortfuse/renodx/releases and marat's fork https://github.com/marat569/renodx/releases or is there a recommended one in general?

[sturdy halo]

This is the only link you need

https://github.com/clshortfuse/renodx/wiki/Mods

[wind anchor]

Hello I did a first run with RenoDX, under addons under active effect I can see RenoDX but there isn't the sliders menu with the options/present to choose. Usually in other game RenoDX open a dedicated menu for doing the setting

running it on steam so I stalled the reshade addon supp and the renodx inside the win64 folder

using DLAA

[gusty iron]

RenoDX has a separate tab on its own...not under addons

[wind anchor]

exactly the menu is not show up there isn't

weird because under reshade addon tab is show as active effect

reshade is the lasted 6.7.3

[gusty iron]

which game?

[wind anchor]

expedition 33

[gusty iron]

ok...i have it installed let me check

xbox game pass version?

looks fine at my end

[scarlet vessel]

might just be another window hidden under the main reshade window

[wind anchor]

--__--''' thx u show me usually renodx open a small menu in this game the tab is inside the reshade menu instead and I didn't saw it at first

[wind anchor]

hdr upgrade method sdr or unreal hdr? I don't using frame generation thx in advance

[scarlet vessel]

If you’re not using fg then it shouldn’t matter so you can just leave it at default

[wind anchor]

dunno how is possible but with unreal hdr ( without active frame generation ) I have better fps

[trim turret]

hey guys, i got the mod to work on reshade6.7.2addon so far without any issues, just curious are the default settings appropiate for a QD-OLED?

i found some older posts on the nexus page, apparently there used to be way more options, maybe it's not needed anymore?

thanks

[wind anchor]

for what I have understand u must abjust the peak bright as the best fit with your monitor setting ( for example for me currently is 1020 nits u need to find your ). about profile or click on musa recommended setting there isn't a best you can scroll all of them and pick what is look better for u, just remember to find the correct peak brightness of your monitor

[trim turret]

got it, thanks! should be around 400 to 450 so not much different

[obsidian moss]

hey everyone! the only sliders that are working for me are the Peak Brightness and the UI Brightness which seems to control the overall game brightness too. Also , is it necessary to enable HDR on windows before launching any game? Because I noticed that the HDR on my monitor is automatically enabled every time I launch a renodx game. Any help is appreciated (:

[fresh jackal]

Yes, it's best to enable HDR from Windows and calibrate the screen using Control Color or Windows Calibrate HDR.

[scarlet vessel]

requires opening expedition menu to apply settings

[real sonnet]

Unreal Engine 5 doesn't have real-time sliders by default, create an Engine.ini file if it doesn't exist, and add this in:

r.LUT.UpdateEveryFrame=1```

[scarlet vessel]

5.3 and up

may require setting to engine.ini to read-only

[obsidian moss]

thank you for your answers!

[obsidian moss]

I would like to ask one more question. I noticed that if I launch the game without previously enabling the HDR toggle on windows , my monitor still goes into HDR mode and the colors in-game are more vibrant. In the case I do enable the toggle beforehand , the colors are less saturated. Which case is more recommended? I think this only happens with renodx games that don't have native hdr support.

[sturdy halo]

if you launch an HDR with windows HDR disabled it's not working right

you're forcing an hdr swapchain in sdr it's wrong

if you think the hdr lacks color just add saturation in renodx

youmusth ave windows hdr enabled for any HDR content

[obsidian moss]

I see , thank you for enlighening me!

[sturdy halo]

no matter if it's modd"ed or native or a filter like autohdr/rtxhdr

[west sage]

I usually just slap a cheeky +5 on the saturation in renodx