Cyberpunk 2077

[steady lichen]

you are yet to finish it yet right

might be worth another attempt

[formal orbit]

Not sure yet, I kinda want to play a couple smaller games before I play something big again

Been playing W3 since end of November, only just now about to finish it

[steady lichen]

yea thats fair

the indiana jones game is really good and not too long but pt and renodx dont work correctly so i think ill wait to finish it. i got deep with the native hdr using pt but native hdr in it is kinda meh

been playing the wolfenstein games on the side because theyre not super long either

[formal orbit]

[pallid plaza]

Second Preem LUT. It's beautiful.

[maiden oasis]

Preem LUT 3 has been my go to for a while

Combine that with a little reshade preset and you're gold

[chrome zephyr]

Try midpoint 1.

[formal orbit]

I think the modlist I was trying only had Preem1 ? With like 5 shadow boost versions 😭

[chrome zephyr]

That was Preem 3.

[formal orbit]

Hm

Yeah I didn’t like that one with Reno either

I use midpoint 1 iirc

Since that’s what you’re supposed to run with Reno

[minor compass]

the modlist should come i think only with preem and nova, or only cyanide's luts from what i remember

unless he changed it back to all

[formal orbit]

Yeah I think it was those

3077 modlist

[maiden oasis]

Don't feel forced to use a LUT either btw. I went through like 4 different LUTs before settling on Preem

The WIP reno doesn't look bad with vanilla if you configure it a little

[formal orbit]

Well I don’t feel like using anything since I can’t run FG with these artifacts

[minor compass]

yea i mean my fav was nova 3 or preem 3 with reno adjusted somewhat to my preference, or vanilla lut with reno 60/60 like in the pinned message

[tepid galleon]

Waiting for AMD gpu driver issue fix before trying a Cyberpunk playthrough.

[maiden oasis]

still don't know what happened with that

was it obvious in motion?

feel like screenshotting with FG is always going to be a little wonky based on what I know about it (which isn't much tbh)

[formal orbit]

Extremely

Even worse than the images honestly

[maiden oasis]

oof

[formal orbit]

It reminds me a bit of bad screen tearing just only around hdr highlights

[minor compass]

i saw it on the video u sent before, very weird

[undone compass]

Real Color 4, and nova lut 2.0 PURE are nice, i agree the rest look bad.

[valid gyro]

u can try vsync and special k native pacing settings maybe

and rr preset E possibly with latest dlls if u havent already

[formal orbit]

i did try different fps limiters including rtss reflex and frontedge, driver cap, using preset D with latest dll as its regarded as the best

[valid gyro]

hmmm

i just remember something like this happening to me before

i just forgot what it was

[formal orbit]

[ashen pendant]

Try with a fresh install and my bet is that it won't happen, then you can pinpoint what's causing that.

My gut tells me it might be U+ though 😬 .

[formal orbit]

well guess waiting for an update then

cause i aint playing without it

[ashen pendant]

But if anybody reports the issue... That update might never come.

[formal orbit]

i have

[minor compass]

you had that issue on the latest build of u+ from their server? i wanna go see for myself if i also have it

[formal orbit]

8.0 sumn

[minor compass]

ill try for myself, was it just moving the camera and looking at highlights, nothing specific?

[formal orbit]

well i was only in the corpo lifepath beginning sequence

can be seen here with like the bright 2077 text for example or the bright lightstrip

this one

which in motion turns into something like that lmao

edge of that advertisment as well

[maiden oasis]

screw that

is anyone else having that issue?

so weird

[ashen pendant]

Not in Cyberpunk but this looked very similar so might be a good to take a closer look. Lazorr added a RenoDX compatible setting for that mod after he and RenoDX modder both worked their magic.

[maiden oasis]

Lazorr and Sammi are both amazing modders so I have hope

Sammi is adding a VRAM counter too I saw

which is nifty

[minor compass]

whatever it rendered like an idiot

but still, i dont have this at all, renodx

[maiden oasis]

@formal orbit which PT modes did you try? Does the FG issue happen with PT turned off?

-# apologies if someone already asked that

[wary ember]

How on earth are you getting this? I don’t get it at all

[wary ember]

Uh that’s nice

[steady lichen]

is real color 4 not supported for lut switcher?

[minor compass]

realcolor 4 is the one in lut switcher pack. real color 3 isnt available for lut switcher

https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/16156 its in this pack

[steady lichen]

ah i see that now

tyvm

[minor compass]

np i was confused about it too at the start

sucks that realcolor 3 isnt for lut switcher cuz i wanted to try it, some people say its better

[steady lichen]

could always not use lut switcher for a bit to test and take some screenshots before with 4 and then the same spots with 3 and compare

[minor compass]

yeah youre right, i was just too lazy to do that xd

[steady lichen]

lmao fair

what settings do u run with this lut @minor compass if u dont mind me asking

[minor compass]

with realcolor? i dont actually use it, i liked preem3/nova3 or just vanilla lut

oh and i also liked emotional vision a lot

[quiet patio]

Speaking of LUTs, what is everyones thoughts on EVO LUT? I found EVO 1 and 2 way too contrasty, EVO 2 - Night City way to blue. EVO 3 however was really nice with RenoDX, looks very similar to preem 3 except a little more contrast.

[maiden oasis]

I did a LUT switcher 2 blind LUT test last night

highly recommend

vanilla was number 1 lmao

at least from the LUTs I tested

most LUTs look like crap with HDR / Reno so it's not hard to see why vanilla came out on top

I'm adding a section to my Cyberpunk guide on how to use it but instructions are listed in the description of the LUT switcher mod itself as well

[quiet patio]

Where did EVO rank?

[maiden oasis]

I didn't test Evo

or Nova even

[quiet patio]

Oh I see

[maiden oasis]

you have to pick the LUT packs you test

Nova LUT 3 HDR has like 10 LUTs for each color temp

so testing them all would be a lot

at this point, I prefer to make my own ReShade preset anyways

so the LUT I pick is more of a baseline to start with

[quiet patio]

Yeah I have a bunch that I constantly switch between, just wanted to hear what others thought about EVO 3 specifically since people were talking about what LUTs they liked with Reno. I personally really like it. Check it out if you have a chance

[maiden oasis]

Preem LUT 3 with Reno is still my favorite

[quiet patio]

I am going a little bit crazy with the constant switching though... I should just remove LUT switcher and install one LUT and stick with it lol

[maiden oasis]

switching LUTs is part of the fun

it's ok to not be ok with what LUT you like

just consider it another mod you're switching out

I went from GITS Fuji to Real Colorr IV to Preem LUT 3

[quiet patio]

Problem is I want to play, but every time I launch the game I just end up sitting there swapping LUTs for hours like a maniac haha

Bro I did the exact same thing GITS Fuji to Real Colorr IV to Preem LUT 3 and now finally to EVO3

[maiden oasis]

cyberpunk is a screenshot game for me at this point

and I'm ok with that

[formal orbit]

these eye searing overlays are so aids with CET

[minor compass]

i did the same a few weeks ago, also had vanilla at number 1 lmao, says a lot

[valid gyro]

is lut scaling at 65 and sdr eotf emulation more accurate than lut scaling 100 and ui/menu only?

idk what to use

[reef kelp]

hello folks, started with cyberpunk 2077 na few days ago, my first run i already installed reno and it works i guess, anything crucial im missing? i see your talking much about LUTs whats that?

[gilded stirrup]

RenoDX has a LUT included already but there are other LUT's as well, RenoDX looks perfect on its own IMO

[minor compass]

renodx doesnt have a lut lol

i think its just the vanilla default lut from cyberpunk devs themselves

[maiden oasis]

btw LUT stands for Look Up Table. It's used for color grading.

You can find different LUT mods to replace the vanilla LUT (or use LUT switcher that allows you swap between them with the click of a button). They're not really necessary but a lot of people, including myself, use them to change the look further.

they're often fun to mess with for screenshots as well

[gilded stirrup]

I saw "LUT'' in the RenoDX settings, that's what I meant

[reef kelp]

May i see pics in hdr from vanilla and your fav LUT sir?

[maiden oasis]

you can change the strength of the LUT using the Reno settings or completely turn it off. Which you might want to do if using ReShade to do your own colorgrading

[maiden oasis]

yeah I can take some later. I don't have any good ones of vanilla vs my favorite LUT now (Preem LUT 3 btw)

[reef kelp]

Do those LUT mods play along with the reno settings eg proper hdr

[maiden oasis]

depends on the LUT

a lot of LUTs don't particular like HDR and some LUTs will require more fine tuning in Reno than others

[reef kelp]

Is this something like tw3 lighting mods where some do play along and some look like shit with proper hdr?

[maiden oasis]

partially. If the LUT wasn't designed with HDR in mind then that plays into it. But everyone has their own opinion on what LUT looks good to them as well so that's another part of it

I'm going to be adding a section on LUTs to my Cyberpunk guide in the next couple days as well

I also need to upload my ReShade preset I made to the Nexus

the LUT you pick will also depend on what other mods you're using

[reef kelp]

Aah i see ty for the explanation.
Btw im playing the game without mods, are there any must have mods (visual improvements) that dont introduce lesser perfomance or bad dlss bevahiors ofc

[reef kelp]

Looking forward

[maiden oasis]

Ultra+

if there's one mod you should get it's that one

I'm biased because I'm on the Ultra+ team but it adds new graphics modes, performance enhancements, etc

it's good for both low end and high end hardware

they make mods for a lot of Unreal Engine games as well

[reef kelp]

Ik i used it for Expedition 33 really liked it

[junior trellis]

Cant play this stupid ass game without key binding mod

"i am super enhanced cyber mercenary but i can only use a single type of grenade :("

and some game designer thought that optical camo should be mutually exclusive with grenades and arm laucher 🙁

[mint ridge]

Custom Quickslots is a must-have for that 😉 Especially with controllers

[vestal olive]

ah

[past locust]

do we agree the pinned version is the same as snpashots ?

[sacred sentinel]

We don't

[past locust]

so

which is better

and also why is the debug graph on by default on the pinned one

this is confuse

[sacred sentinel]

Pinned is the latest one

[past locust]

argh

[maiden oasis]

[past locust]

hush creepy wen merge

blerg

[maiden oasis]

I get it trust me lol

Also cyberpunk and ddu errors are horrible

Game is so sensitive to overclocking, undervoltage, if you took a nap today, etc 🤣

[wet mural]

anecdotal but i was having this issue with the Nexus Mods version of RenoDX- full transparency, I have NO idea what I did to fix it. Fugged around with Ultra+ settings, disabled RenoDX, reinstalled, problem gone. But it was literally the exact same issue (blocky artifacts on bright objects when moving). Just wanted to throw it out there for the record.

[reef kelp]

what in the washed outness is this

i just followed the cyberpunk hdr guide didnt change anything just the steps im told, did i forgot anything?

[wary ember]

It follows the sdr path so it looks less vibrant than vanilla hdr

It’s normal

You can put 60 to contrast and saturation I think it was? And that should match hdr

Not sure about the values tho, check this chat they are here somewhere

Yep it’s pinned #1434377434022809610 message

[reef kelp]

i really thought tw3 hdr was compilcated but this time it seems that i need to study hdr because after that post they re discussing other values and with much of special words for special values that my brain shuts down

[maiden oasis]

I'll have to add those to the guide as well

Cyberpunk is a PITA

partially because it's so heavily modded most of the time

[maiden oasis]

preview

had to post the meme

Which LUT should I use???

Whichever one you want

I am adding details about some recommended settings etc but the opinions about LUTs in this game

-# the meme may not be there on release, but for now it's keeping me company while I edit this

[maiden oasis]

Was going to take my own comparison images for this but you did such a good job I felt no need. Gave you credit for figuring this out 😄

[urban bison]

squarto

also it was Gn3xus that put me onto this, I didnt really find this without him

[maiden oasis]

I'll get that fixed

Both will get credit

[formal orbit]

bruuuuh

my issue was this shit all along

for some reason i didnt have this hdr sat set to 0

is 0.3 default or sumn?

i had the game uninstalled

[vital junco]

0 is default

[formal orbit]

how tf did i mess this up then

it was 0 before i uninstalled it

then when i reinstalled it a few weeks ago i only set paperwhite and peak

im so confused

[brisk zodiac]

Me paying off the Rothschild's to bork your HDR

[formal orbit]

this u

[maiden oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/greys-anatomy-amelia-shepherd-you-breaking-stuff-break-stuff-breaking-stuff-gif-25112683

[tired magnet]

For some reason my reno settings are no longer being saved

[maiden oasis]

What version of Reshade you on?

[vestal olive]

any good way to disable eye adapation in this game

[vestal olive]

I might be stupid but why does the game force 1000 nits peak when I look in the sky when I have max nits set to 470

[steady lichen]

do u have the wip renodx version pinned in this channel? also idk if this is true but i read nova city 2 helped with this or rather just exposure being bad in general but idk. test and see or see what someone else says here

[wary ember]

Is the map being blown out fixable?

[opal ravine]

Can someone using nova lut 3 lifelike, nova city 2 and ultra plus mod share their renodx settings please? Ever since I downloaded ultra plus the tonemapping option kinda ruins the game for me because it makes dark areas completely dark and daylight scenarios overexposed and too bright so that's why I downloaded renodx and could mitigate some of the issues but still can't get a good set up.

[wary ember]

Env tunner might help

[opal ravine]

Got that one too but still can't get a decent set up it's more that I don't really know what I'm doing and kinda messed every setting available lol

[maiden oasis]

Try out Preem LUT 3

Nova LUT 3 requires a lot of tinkering to get right with Reno

just recommend Preem because it's easier to setup 🙂

[opal ravine]

I'll try it would you say it's in the "realistic" side?

[maiden oasis]

It's not something that's in the fun LUT category, but realism is subjective

but that being said take a look at some of the screenshots I've taken in #🖼️gallery and you tell me 😉

also I have a ReShade preset made for Preem LUT 3 that enhances the look https://discord.com/channels/1296187754979528747/1462028030305370317

currently posted in the Ultra+ server but I'll post it on the Nexus as well when I make a Nova LUT version

[opal ravine]

If I download that preset will it set renodx automatically?

[maiden oasis]

everything you need to know is in those PINs over there, but I just use the defaults for the most part in Reno, other than LUT strength set to 50, and peak brightness setting to what your display can support

also read my cyberpunk Reno guide as well

if you haven't already

it's pinned in both servers in their cyberpunk channels

[opal ravine]

Thank you i just changed to preem lut and downloaded the reno wip and it now looks much better

[maiden oasis]

[urban bison]

@maiden oasis i may have found the REAL real culprit behind the crushed blacks issue I was having, and for some reason it was having HDR10+ Gaming enabled

within the game options i mean

my game looks flawless now with it disabled

[maiden oasis]

oh wow

I'll make note of that

[urban bison]

should note I AM using this with stuff like ReLUX and Nova City 2 as well as Reno so I've no clue if they interact in such a way that accelerates the black level

[maiden oasis]

I use both as well

Nova City 2 does make it darker

can you take a screenshot of the HDR10+ setting for me so I can include it in the guide?

[urban bison]

im already out of the game goin to bed shortly

[maiden oasis]

all good

no hurry anyways. If you think of it I would be grateful, as well as a before/after picture. But just including that info in the guide should be good enough

[reef kelp]

https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/20808?tab=description

does it makes sense using this mod with reno?

[maiden oasis]

if you're using path tracing absolutely

I use both that and Nova City 2

[reef kelp]

i love and hate cdpr for the 2 same reasons, they always do thos 99% ultimate nearly perfect rpgs, but on the other it really pisses me off that they dont reach that 100% without mods, and even with mods there is always something that blocks the 100% same goes for witcher, and while this is my first cb2077 run i immediately realized the same pattern

[maiden oasis]

If you look at the game like a Fallout or Skyrim type deal you'll be much better off

don't focus on the flaws, just enjoy the ride

download some mods and have a good time

in that respect Cyberpunk is one of the most moddable games there is

vanilla Cyberpunk still isn't bad, especially after 2.0

we just happen to hyperfocus on the flaws in these types of servers

[reef kelp]

yea if you think of ,,good,, and ,,bad,, hdr you are already to deep into the rabbit hole 😄

niche of niches

[maiden oasis]

for me it's the most fun I've had taking screenshots in a long time

[reef kelp]

yea tw3 was my first reno game and also the first one where i started documenting my journey with cinematic screenshots 😄 never done it before

[maiden oasis]

it's addictive

[alpine spruce]

mod probably needs to be redone with sdr path for that

lut order is after the tonemapper for the map in hdr

[wary ember]

Damn, sounds like it would be quite a bit of work then

[steady lichen]

yea its still amazing vanilla, just a lot better with mods

pretty much every game ever made is better with mods, i think cyberpunk is still extremely good without them

[kindred fjord]

hi, this doesn't seem to save "preset #" selection. Unless I made a mistake somewhere

[steady lichen]

mine definitely does

are you using the one pinned in this channel

thats the latest version

not the nexus or github one

[kindred fjord]

the "wip" one ? #1434377434022809610 message ?
if yes then no, I'm not using that one but I will

[steady lichen]

yes that is the one you should be using

the wip one

[maiden oasis]

there's a full guide pinned that walks you through the recommended settings

#1434377434022809610 message

[urban bison]

@maiden oasis i tried to get you the screenshots you wanted but unfortunately i cant get a good shot that shows the crushed blacks

[maiden oasis]

all good

don't worry about

I appreciate you trying though 😄

[urban bison]

reshade's screenshots dont show them and they show barely any difference, snipping tool gives BOTH images crushed colors, and so does Steam

[maiden oasis]

so it shows in SDR

[urban bison]

best I can try to do is a phone image i guess but

[maiden oasis]

nah

if you can screenshot the setting page itself, that's all I need

[maiden oasis]

perfect

thank you so much!

I couldn't find a good picture online anywhere

[vestal olive]

Yah I touched it just to check it was so ass

[vestal olive]

Once again asking whats the best mod to turn off auto exposure

[urban bison]

Nova City 2 got you covered

just beware that it makes some of the places in the game a bit dark so install a flashlight mod maybe

up to you

[vestal olive]

k

[maiden oasis]

I figured Nova City 2 did it

but that is a must have anyways

[steady lichen]

i replied to u

the day you sent it

nova city 2 most likely

[vestal olive]

ok thanks I saw but fergor to read

[reef kelp]

im using nova city 2 do i have to change some settings here?

like lut order or smth

[reef kelp]

guys i swear i have a hard time trying to play this game, really have the feeling that something is not correct with hdr or whatever, its either black crushed or way to washed out in specific areas idk catching myself constantly playing with sliders instead of playing the actual game, is there any essential mod that im missing or anything that would help me get better visual quality?

[wary ember]

The issue is nova city lol

Just use vanilla + Reno with contrast and saturation at 60

[reef kelp]

what? are you sure everyone is recommending that one tho 😄

[wary ember]

That’s my personal opinion

Make of it what you want. But those issues you describe sound like a LUT/NC2 thing

Vanilla with the settings I told you looks perfect

[kindred fjord]

so this is what does the WIP one .... also same kinda bug around minimap edges
unsure what I did wrong, removing the addon file fixes it
reshade 6.7.1

[brisk zodiac]

@tame canopy might want to set debug graph to default to off

[tame canopy]

It is I think

Just a bug with the c++ implementation

Because I pack 32 on/off states (bits) in one float

And it's being weird about tracking initial state

[brisk zodiac]

ahh

[kindred fjord]

had not noticed debug graph was enabled
I even tried deleting reshade.ini to go back to defaults thinking I did something wrong

Anyway, it's fixed
Thank you very much 🙏

[past locust]

midpoint tonemap override, debug graph fix, uploaded to github and nexoos

[maiden oasis]

Btw there's some troubleshooting tips in that Cyberpunk guide I wrote. Goes over most of the issues people run into with it, including the debug graph showing up.

[past locust]

the auto exposure slider doesn't disable that ?

[maiden oasis]

tbh I never tested it

[past locust]

yeah ok it doesn't work

moving my head in a car autoexposes

[kindred fjord]

missed it
also when using "reset" debug graph defaults back to ON

[maiden oasis]

that would make sense if its a default setting

that's what the reset button does

I can add a note for that in the guide

won't hurt

[kindred fjord]

also one "interesting" bit
you'd think using the preset "OFF" would disable everything
well not for debug graph
if it's ON, then preset "OFF" will have debug graph enabled as well (which causes the bug)
if it's OFF, then preset "OFF" will have it OFF

which is all the more confusing when the slider access is fully disabled in the "OFF" preset

[maiden oasis]

like ShortFuse said it's a bug, its supposed to be defaulted to off

side effect of it being a WIP / Test version

[kindred fjord]

yeah but let's imagine someone turns it on (who knows why), it's still weird that the "OFF" preset inherits that setting & that setting only

I think it's actually two separate issues in one

[stable sphinx]

any LUT recommendations that go well with this?

[maiden oasis]

Preem LUT 3 is my go to for RenoDX because it doesn't take much effort to setup. Maybe put the LUT strength to like 50

A lot of people like Nova LUT 3 as well, but it requires more setting changes within RenoDX and seems like ENV Tuner is also needed to get the highlights to behave themselves with it.

I do recommend using LUT Switcher 2 though, because it allows you to change LUTs without restarting the game

[kindred fjord]

I disliked Nova City 2 myself, tried it for a while because I was annoyed at the constant exposure changes
and since Nova LUT is made for it ....

[maiden oasis]

I use Nova City 2 and Preem LUT 3

Nova City 2 has amazing weathers

it's how I get my screenshots to look so good

[stable sphinx]

yeah i was also using Nova City 2, i'll try preem ty!

[stable sphinx]

setting the strength to 50, is this done through the LUT switcher or?

[heavy condor]

Is the wip still the needed or the snapshot from january is the one that should be downloaded?

[maiden oasis]

Via RenoDx

[maiden oasis]

WIP

[stable sphinx]

is it the LUT Scaling option?

oh nevermind, im blind

[reef kelp]

@maiden oasis how are the black levels with nc2 und preem lut3 combined or are there any downsides to hdr?

https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/19019

r u using this too? on top of reno?

[maiden oasis]

I use my own preset

I've been meaning to post it on the Nexus

[maiden oasis]

Nova City 2 will make interiors / nights a bit darker. This may or may not be preferable depending on your own personal preference. That's why it says to use flashlight and night vision mods

But the black levels themselves are fine

Personally I couldn't play the game without NC2

think this does a good job of showing what it can do

the same applies with HDR

so the lighting itself just looks better overall

I do recommend using ReLUX (and it's requirement ReImagined) as it also helps with the lighting

I've gotten a lot of good feedback on that preset too. Sammi (author of the Cyberpunk Ultra+) is going to make it the official Ultra+ ReShade preset whenever I get it posted

[stable sphinx]

prolly not the right place to ask this but, what size limit do you guys use for reBar?

[reef kelp]

So correct me if I’m wrong as im new to this: you install Nc2 and preem3 both at the same time, on top you use those shaders and on top of that renodx?

[maiden oasis]

all good 🙂

Nova City 2 = in-game lighting / weather
Preem LUT 3 = in-game colorgrading
RenoDX = Fixing in-game HDR shaders
ReShade = Post-processing shaders that are applied on top of everything else.

Regular ReShade shaders don't interact with the game assets at all, just the final image. Whereas RenoDX is using ReShade's addon system, which can interact with deeper systems, to replace the game's own shaders

if that makes sense

so they all do different things and work at different levels

People will also use ENV tuner (lite version) to further tweak the in-game lighting.

[reef kelp]

Ty i will set this up tmrw as of now i just installed reno, u+, novaLux, nc2, preemlut3 and it lux way better than without these for me, im only missing thos shaders you did post i will add them tmrw

[noble cave]

Hi All, i just installed RenoDX for the first time to compliment a lut, i have lut switcher 2 and really like the look of Nova lut 3.0, Preem lut and Nova Pure lut. All of them look pretty bright though (not dark at all). Are there any resources here where i can grab some RenoDX settings people have posted for each of the luts? I'm using a LG C2 OLED, current settings are 800 peak brightness, 1 midpoint, paper white at 200 and saturation at 0

[maiden oasis]

you've come to the right place my friend

I also have the LG C2

Preem LUT 3:

Nova LUT 3 setup someone else shared, just change the peak brightness. For Nova LUT 3 you'll also want to use ENV Tuner (Simple version) and enable highlight reduction, set to 1. The rest in ENV Tuner leave as default

Also are you using the WIP version of RenoDX that is pinned?

Feel free to also check out the preset I shared above (make sure to grab the textures folder from the GitHub repositories mentioned as well, not just the shaders)

[noble cave]

Thanks for the details, i'll have a play around with both of them, really appreciate it! Is it normal for it to be bright indoors with RenoDX? In Judy's and Viktors for example there aren't many dark corners and i'm not seeing too many shadows either

[maiden oasis]

are you using Nova City 2?

that fixes the exposure issues

will also make the interiors more realistic in brightness

[noble cave]

Yeah i am but i dont have anything specific settings or anything, just installed it and left it as defult

[maiden oasis]

same with me tbh

[noble cave]

Hmm ok ill take a look and maybe try reinstalling it or soemthing, see if tha helps

[maiden oasis]

feel free to check out my guide as well if you haven't already 🙂

though most people have issues with it being too dark, not the opposite

also, recommend using Ultra+ with Cyberpunk

they added some new RT and PT modes that can either help performance or boost the visuals more

usually both

[noble cave]

Awesome, yeah im a little surprised as well lol never had "too bright" being an issue. I'll def check out your guide. Everything is looking amazing, its just a touch too bright on all the luts

[maiden oasis]

makes sense tbh

that's why I changed the LUT strength to 50 with Preem LUT 3

plus everyone has their own preference on what they like

[noble cave]

I reinstalled nova city 2 and that definitely made a difference, thanks for all your help! I'll try out your guide tomorrow as well

[maiden oasis]

You're very welcome 🙂

[steady lichen]

You will want to be using the renodx pinned in this channel too, if you're not already

Not the one from nexus or github

[noble cave]

Thanks for the heads up, i made sure to grab that yesterday. Things are looking darker so whatever i did it seems to have fixed the issue. Now to choose between Preem LUT and Nova 3.0

[noble cave]

Hey so i copied your preset but just wanted to check that i got everything setup correctly, i basically downloaded all the shaders and textures from the links that you posted then copied them into cyberpunk root directory --> reshade-shaders --> Textures/Shaders folders respectively then put your preset.ini in the x64 folder and loaded it up in reshade. Have i got that right or did i mess something up? Just want to make sure i installed the custom shaders correctly

[maiden oasis]

https://guides.martysmods.com/reshade/installing/reshademanualshaderinstall

This should help explain it

[noble cave]

Thank you sir, you've been great. The preset looks AMAZING 🙂

[maiden oasis]

thank you so much

[reef kelp]

@maiden oasis

i think i messed up smth

😄

[maiden oasis]

ohhh

did you install ReShade manually?

[reef kelp]

i installed it with skipping the addons and created the reshade shaders file manually afterwards

[maiden oasis]

easy fix, reinstall ReShade with the installer, but don't skip the shaders. Just don't pick any other shaders

it'll put in all the helper shaders the other ones use

[reef kelp]

which one to use

[maiden oasis]

the non WIP

[reef kelp]

do i need to check all?

[maiden oasis]

no

are you using my preset?

[reef kelp]

aah wait forgot that one

[kindred fjord]

btw now I'm using the WIP version but I still have the exact same issue
the only workaround I found is editing reshade.ini to switch around profiles & make the one I want profile #1 ...

[stable jackal]

I have been using emotional vision lut because preem and nova lut are just.. too bright for my tastes in many areas. Night doesn't look like night with them, but it does with emotional vision.

So, now I am trying to figure out how to tweak things a bit more to look better with renodx and emotional vision. Not sure how to begin.

[maiden oasis]

can you post your reshade.log for me?

will be in the /bin/x64 folder

[stable jackal]

What are some good locations to visit when tuning various settings?

[maiden oasis]

the easiest one with LUTs is LUT strength and scaling

[maiden oasis]

JigJig street and El Cojo Coyote have a lot of colors to work with as far as LUTs go

[stable jackal]

Thanks

[maiden oasis]

that's honestly something I need to get a list together for as well

-# the guide is never finished

[vestal olive]

Dam the darks in this game dont look right unltess I turn on SDR EOTF em to on

[maiden oasis]

I'm going to give you a warning on that setting, be very very careful with it. It can easily make night time look too dark with certain weathers

it does work sometimes but if it ever gets too dark, turn that setting back to UI/Menu only

[vestal olive]

Well I am on oled so too dark is pixel is off

[maiden oasis]

same here tbh, I have the LG C2

[vestal olive]

Got an AORUS FO32U2P

[stable jackal]

Hmm.. curious. As far as env mods go, what do people tend to like using for HDR? I am currently using Natural Californian Lighting Mod for the ENV. Wondering what others are good to try out.

[maiden oasis]

hard to beat Nova City 2

[reef kelp]

yea i catch myself often enabling sdr eotf, but again there are a few places and scenes where the darks are crushed

CP2077 is by far the worst HDR experience for me, it delivers but too many options for different spaces, probably because the games colour handling i a mess and thats why all this stuff is needed

[stable jackal]

Do you happen to have recommendations for dark places to tweak things? To tell if blacks are too dark/crushed.

[kindred fjord]

Though, nights in this city aren't supposed to be very dark, it's not the country side on a cloudy night, no moon ....
just my 2 cents 😉

[stable jackal]

Well, I meant it felt unnatural in that it was bright enough I would expect shadows, but there were none. lol

[kindred fjord]

do you mind through PMs ?

[maiden oasis]

Can you upload it here?

I don't do DM support

[merry breach]

Anyone here have a suggested modlist? Been trying to find one to compliment this

[maiden oasis]

You looking for mainly visual upgrades? Or are also a bit of a overhaul to the gameplay?

[merry breach]

Both. I tried 3077 but it killed my performance with RT and flickered my OLED like crazy.. i have a 7900xtx and 7800x3d, 64gb ram

I had hell trying to set up optiscaler correctly and all.. maybe I did things wrong, idk

And then the microstutters started. I gave up lol

[kindred fjord]

forget it, it's not the end of the world, I'll just work around it as I did so far
thank you for your help so far anyways 🙂
really appreciated 🙏

[maiden oasis]

little confused why you won't send the ReShade.log file, but I wish you the best of luck 🙃

[stable jackal]

@maiden oasis I am trying out your reshade preset for the first time. I like it so far. The key part for me will be when I get to a dark area and I don't have raised black levels. I keep having that issue I feel like with some Nova LUT and Preem LUT in some areas, but maybe your preset will be different.

[maiden oasis]

let me know how it goes 🙂

[stable jackal]

One big issue with Nova LUT for me too was it made some pink signs pure white.

Preem LUT and Emotional Vision didn't have that issue, but Emotional Vision make reds pinkish.

[maiden oasis]

I usually do further color grading on the top of the LUT, and tweak it further for each screenshot. Think its hard to have something perfect for all scenarios

[stable jackal]

Yeah, I don't need perfect. Just a good balance so I don't have to weak it constantly. lol

[maiden oasis]

the tough part is when I want to have pure white lights for screenshots

[wary ember]

Can someone help me understand why on earth my game has suddenly started to do this? It gets overtly saturated unless I tab but then it returns almost immediately

Happens in sdr too

[maiden oasis]

is RTXHDR on?

make sure that's turned off at least for the game, if not globally

[wary ember]

Noup

I rebooted and now it seems fine

[stable jackal]

@maiden oasis Alright, that preset is really good. Using it wiht your renodx settings as well and it is better than anything I tried so far.

[maiden oasis]

thank you

[stable jackal]

Using Nova City 2 with it as well.

And ReLux.

[maiden oasis]

I'm going to post it on the Nexus in a few days. Just need some comparison screenshots. Feel free to post any and I'll give you credit

love how a simple preset can make a difference

[stable jackal]

I am not sure how to screenshot without it getting washed out, due to HDR. lol

[maiden oasis]

just use ReShade 🙃

it'll output HDR PNG

I've done Nexus hosted presets in the past and I have to tonemap them to SDR with SKIV for the actual image gallery, but I can embed the HDR shots in the description or a pinned post. I just need to host them on slow.pics.

[stable jackal]

Ah ok, I will get some screenshots with reshade when I can.

[maiden oasis]

no pressure, just thought I'd mention it 🙃

[oak dagger]

Hi, I'm using novalut 3.0 and nova city 2.0. Is this compatible? (screenshots are w/o renodx

Forgive my screenshots. I can't seem to take them in SDR

[maiden oasis]

where did you download RenoDX from?

Nexus?

that shouldn't look like that at all

[oak dagger]

I haven't installed it yet. This is just novalut and novacity mod and lilium's hdr analysis.

[maiden oasis]

I recommend checking out the Cyberpunk RenoDX guide I wrote, should help a lot https://www.hdrmods.com/Cyberpunk

also grab the WIP version of RenoDX that's pinned here

I'm not sure why your game looks like that though

but hopefully this fixes it

[formal orbit]

Bro got the Mcdonalds edition
-# ||deepfried||

[maiden oasis]

RenoDX will fix it 😄

[oak dagger]

.

Lmao no. Here's a picture taken from my phone

[maiden oasis]

I appreciate it but troubleshooting shots from your phone don't really help us. We need to see how it looks in game. ReShade is the best way to do this

Phone camera sensors do a bad job of capturing that accurately

[oak dagger]

Alright I'll try to install reshade

[maiden oasis]

if you read that guide it will walk you through all of that, including ReShade

[oak dagger]

It won't affect my mods right?

[maiden oasis]

correct

the only thing is you might want to change which LUT you're using

if you're going to use Nova LUT 3, make sure you're using the HDR versions with LUT Switcher 2 (optional downloads below the main mod). I personally recommend either Preem LUT 3 with Reno, or sticking with the vanilla LUT

[oak dagger]

This is HDR 6500k LUT btw

Nova LUT 3 - HDR Pack 2.0 6500k

[kindred fjord]

those whites seem overexposed to me, though I'm not the one to ask what you should do about it....

[minor compass]

he took an SDR screenshot. it def looks different to him

[maiden oasis]

why is your screenshot in SDR? Are you taking these with ReShade?

[oak dagger]

Renodx disabled

Renodx - RenoDRT Tonemapper

Renodx - ACES Tonemapper

Renodx - Vanilla Tonemapper

[oak dagger]

Forgive me. I believe these are HDR captures now

[maiden oasis]

those look so much better 😄

I'd just stick with the RenoDRT one if you're happy with it

[kindred fjord]

sorry noob question, how do you even know it's an SDR screenshot ?
was it jus intuition or ???

[oak dagger]

when you take a screenshot, the hdr screenshot gets saved by reshade at the game.exe location

sdr screenshot is your typical print screen + ctrl-v in discord

[minor compass]

i just dragged the image into SKIV and it showed SDR. But i also just saw it from the image itself

[maiden oasis]

Please post HDR PNGs. JXRs don't work on discord

They'll also auto tonemap to SDR

[late canopy]

can also end up in the overwrite/bin/x64 folder if using MO2

[maiden oasis]

I recommend not installing reshade with MO2 for this reason. You can also change where screenshots are saved within ReShade. I have a set of folders sorted by game name where all my screenshots end up

Changing the screenshot key is also nice so you don't open up the snipping tool when taking a screenshot

[late canopy]

yes i def need to do that

[maiden oasis]

if you use Special K then you'll have folders for each game already. I just do that even for games I don't use SK with. That way the folder is there in the future if I do ever use it

[late canopy]

tried installing Special K but can't seem to make it work with cp

but if i can take hdr screens with reshade, not sure i need it; only reason i tried

[maiden oasis]

I wouldn't use SK unless you need it

[maiden oasis]

that's not correct

HDR PNGs tonemap on Discord to SDR

https://www.hdrmods.com/Discord-HDR-Screenshots

that is not what it says

HDR PNGs tonemap to SDR, that is not destroying the info

it is how HDR PNGs work

I do that all the time, if you upload an HDR image to Discord and then someone else downloads it, they can see the original HDR image

even if it doesn't look right on Discord itself

with Hardware Acceleration turned on in the desktop version of Discord, and the SDR Content Brightness slider set to 31 within the Windows AutoHDR settings, then the images will look correct

otherwise on mobile devices you need to fully open the HDR PNGs to see the proper image

the info is not destroyed in the file upload

otherwise that would not be possible

now that is true for other websites sure

hence why imgur, imgsli, etc all suck for HDR

the only image host I've found that is free that works for HDR is slow.pics, but you have to turn off optimize images when you do it, otherwise it will remove the HDR metadata

do not use ChatGPT or other AI sources for HDR info, it's not accurate

even worse for ReShade

so if the image is SDR when we download the file, its because you uploaded an SDR image

this applies to other HDR formats as well, such as HDR AVIF

which looks horrible on Discord unless it's a smaller 8-bit file

[olive cloak]

pls don't use LLMs for anything HDR related

ACES doesn't use Bt.2020

[brittle glen]

this look good in hdr? I went back to my non hdr va panel lol

[minor compass]

🤣🤣🤣

[wary ember]

Please don’t use LLMs *

[jolly berry]

Hey folks - it looks like when I run the game with this mod, the in-game map gets... horrifying? Like, super white and washed out. Is there anything that can be done about that?

[wary ember]

Not really. Mod needs to be fixed

[jolly berry]

Dang, that's a real shame

[maiden oasis]

Download the realistic map mod. Not ideal if you like the 3D map, but at least that works

-# though it's not 100% perfect either

[jolly berry]

Unfortunately I really, really hate the look of that map 😂

I guess rollback to the older version of the RenoDX addon is the best option

Is the map issue likely to be fixed at some point? I'm pretty ignorant about what's easy and what's hard in this space

[maiden oasis]

Not sure tbh

As with a lot of things, it might just be investing the time into the issue

[nocturne basin]

Can you enable this in sdr? 🤔 Looks like it increases contrast, is it fixing black level?

[maiden oasis]

no this RenoDX mod is HDR only

[nocturne basin]

this game is the only one where renodx looks so much better than SDR, not only HDR, even the SDR is borked 🤣

[fading forge]

so, okay, where can i get started to install the renodx mod in CP2077?

thanks in advance

[maiden oasis]

Just follow the guide and all your dreams will come true 🙂
https://www.hdrmods.com/Cyberpunk

[fading forge]

Thahnks a lot sir

Its time I put the new monitor to good use hahh

[tawny silo]

Just wanted to say thank you for this awesome mod, its completely changed my game. Astonishingly beautiful

[tame canopy]

https://tenor.com/view/iconic-qoute-american-psycho-gif-489136375575849418

[mint ridge]

Oh, what's on the backburner for cyberpunk ?

[tame canopy]

the psychotm stuff

[mint ridge]

The other tonemapper Marat is using in UE Extended ? 😮

So after Cy's Cyberpsycho's LUT, RenoDX's Cyberpsycho™

[worthy isle]

Can't wait to see what yall been up to

[remote karma]

Me too!

[crystal willow]

Guys anyone with pg27ucdm? Would love to see your settings in hdr cause i cant make it right (im newbie) Or maybe there is a preset that i can copy?

[maiden oasis]

that's awesome!

[maiden oasis]

those colors are much better

[maiden oasis]

that neon

[worthy isle]

https://tenor.com/view/thegoon-ted-lasso-nathan-shelly-whenever-you’re-ready-waiting-gif-8664217159217505418

[fallen mango]

I have the pg27ucdm and I followed the steps from the tutorial article pinned in the thread and it looks great, happy to hear from anyone else

[broken spindle]

Do you leave your contrast and saturation at 50? or bump them up? I switched to the wip mod and it looks kinda washed out to me.

[reef kelp]

Shit is this depressing

[maiden oasis]

did you actually play and beat the game? people do that?

I still haven't finished it

[formal orbit]

[maiden oasis]

have you even played it

[mint ridge]

I have to confess...

Still haven't played Phantom Liberty

[maiden oasis]

I barely started it

[maiden oasis]

rookie numbers

[mint ridge]

lol, got close to a thousand hours

Which are rookie numbers too by some people's metric

[formal orbit]

bruh what

thousand is wild

[mint ridge]

Cy has like more than 5000

[formal orbit]

my most played singleplayer games are like that

[mint ridge]

Trying mods out and chilling in since release ? Idk

[formal orbit]

i'll count poe2 as single player cause i only really play it by myself xd

[maiden oasis]

Cy also doesn't play the game, he mods 😉

[reef kelp]

Poe2 release destroyed me, got to 500hrs in 2 months

[maiden oasis]

I have a ton of hours taking screenshots

[mint ridge]

Or so he says

[maiden oasis]

lol

[mint ridge]

I'm sure he does play it

[maiden oasis]

Nova LUT 4 when

[mint ridge]

secretly

[formal orbit]

when renodx compatible luts

[mint ridge]

lol

[formal orbit]

[maiden oasis]

vanilla LUT is all you get

and you'll like it

[mint ridge]

I love it

[maiden oasis]

vanilla is honestly perfectly fine now

[mint ridge]

Sun kissed each time I boot

[formal orbit]

cant have shit in detroit

[mint ridge]

Musa approved

[maiden oasis]

[reef kelp]

Vanilla is nearly perfect except for that pissfilter tho🤣

But its intend i get it

[formal orbit]

i need to finish sekiro smh

[maiden oasis]

use ReShade, easy fix 😛

[formal orbit]

im like at the last 2 or 3 bosses

[reef kelp]

Sekiro is goated

I think my next game will be FFXV windows edition with proper HDR, the Ps4 release back then was horrible

After 100% cp77 ofc

[formal orbit]

sekiro is fire

i stopped playing 3 days ago because demon of hatred kept slapping my bootycheeks

[reef kelp]

Demon of hatred break the game you have to fight like youre playing dark souls, no parry just hit n running in out

[formal orbit]

[reef kelp]

Or you just do the glitch 🤣

[maiden oasis]

me trying to get this guide update out sometime today

[formal orbit]

no we dont do that

but yeah im playing with demon bell so he does crazy damage

[scenic pumice]

how do I uninstall Reshade then reinstall? accidentally picked the one that is without addons and picked some kind of pluging or w/e it was

it was auto selected

selected this by accident

[hardy atlas]

you can just do a new install and it replaces the dll.

reshade just installs dxgi.dll, its ini files, and reshade-shaders folder

so if you delete all those that's a full uninstall

[maiden oasis]

You can also run the reshade installer, act like you're going to install Reshade, then when it asks if you want to update you can pick uninstall.

[scenic pumice]

yup did that thanks

just the standard effects

[maiden oasis]

the important thing is to not select unneeded addons, you can technically pick all the effects and be fine

will just lead to longer load times when you start up a game

because there's like 300+ shaders ReShade needs to compile

[scenic pumice]

what the hell is this on my minimap lol

calls aswell

is this a renodx issue or something else I have fucked up

[maiden oasis]

check out the troubleshooting steps in the guide, it'll tell you 😉

[scenic pumice]

yep

saw it

just remembered there was a section in that for this XD

[maiden oasis]

yeah that guide covers just about everything now. Been battle tested

[hybrid surge]

Is the wip mod really needed? The snapshot mod doesn't make the map so bright and it sets the defaults for peak and game brightness better than the wip. The wip was setting my game brightness to 203 and peak to 418, while the snapshot set it to 450 and ~110

[tame canopy]

the map is the last thing we care about

the map uses a screwed up LUT

[wary ember]

I mean it’s needed for actual gameplay tho

[tame canopy]

how screwed up is the map for you?

and it's not gameplay. the game is paused when you open the map

there are also other map luts

[wary ember]

It’s pretty blown out. Can be hard making out some areas/buildings

I do get that it’s low priority tho, that’s fair

I currently use realistic map to avoid the issue almost completely but that map is just an image. Not 3d

[tame canopy]

the game has 3 different lut types, so a one shot fix for everything can't work. the map screen is a post tonemap force SDR lut. nothing in the game runs like that

you can probably get away with forcing Lut Processing to Before

to make the map lut function like a normal gameplay lut

at best, i think i try to do something different for lut after systems. but i think the map is the only time it does that.

[digital relic]

Hi guys, i'm new here, does somebody know how to fix crazy eye adaptation issue completely, not just reducing transition time?

[jolly osprey]

maybe U+ has an option for it, i know they do for some UE games

[wary ember]

It doesnt

[novel hinge]

there are couple of mods for this. But If u try Nova City 2 it mitigates this in a good way

[honest vine]

Did you ever find a fix for this?

[mint ridge]

A workaround rather, have the rtss overlay already showing when loading the game and keep it showing

Or toggle it in menus

[honest vine]

Yeah, that's what I found too. I guess that's the best we can get for now.

[worthy isle]

https://tenor.com/view/waiting-gif-4677175942198662182

[hybrid surge]

What's dlssfix?

[mint ridge]

An addon ShortFuse made to force reshade to work only on native frames when using frame generation, because dlss 4 fg flickers when upgrading from sdr to hdr in many if not all titles (same goes for xefg and I think fsr fg too)

Bonus of that addon is that even when not needed, it can help with performance a little by reducing the overhead reshade has, especially when dealing with 3x or 4x fg

[olive cloak]

up to you
I usually just leave it at 400 because I know for a fact it can at least reach that

damn deleted the message smh

[fallen mango]

sorry i read the guide and it answered my question

[hybrid surge]

Oh nice, could I get a link for it? I can't seem to find anything by looking for dlssfix on Google

[maiden oasis]

https://discord.com/channels/1408098019194310818/1410855640112566375/threads/1413548071987576862/1413548071987576862

[hybrid surge]

Thanks

[hidden loom]

Where is the link to the RenoDX download? I see the addon in pinned but that's all

nvm

im stupid

❤️

[zinc pebble]

Thank you so much for making the renodx file for Cyberpunk. Unfortunately on my OLED the UI's are just too burning hot in this game, and sadly the renodx doesn't include the UI adjustment bar like some other renodx files do in Resident Evil 4, Stellar Blade etc. I tend to lower UI elements to as low as 50 nits. Sorry if the explanation why it's absent should be self evident, I'm new to renodx. 🙂

[maiden oasis]

you can adjust the UI brightness with the Paper White setting in the game's HDR settings

my fault for not including this in the guide 😅

I'll get that added

[zinc pebble]

Thank you so much! That did the job. 🙂

[tight hound]

what's the point of the blowout setting?

[olive cloak]

to reduce the saturation of the highlights basically

things can look funky if there isn't enough blowout

[hardy atlas]

any mod by shortfuse isn't updated on nexus

so use snapshot

map might just be broken

[maiden oasis]

it is with the WIP version

[hardy atlas]

also color precision setting or wahtever its called

needs to be set to high

you can change the lut order setting

it will make the map not appear fucked

[maiden oasis]

the best looking map with RenoDX is the Realistic Map Mod, but you lose out on the 3D effect

Cyanide's Preem Map mod has the same issue

the 4K version of the map mod has issues so use the 8K version

[mint ridge]

Never had this map issue, some setting must be causing it

[tight hound]

why does renodx not work with the HDR10 scRGB mode? or am I supposed to tweak something else in that case?

not work i.e. the colors are all blown up

[tame canopy]

HDR10 scRGB is not a thing

they're opposites

and they both work fine, so sounds like something in your setup

[maiden oasis]

Tbf that is how it's labeled in game for some stupid reason

Like let's just confuse everyone

[brisk zodiac]

8bit HDR10 scRGB HLG

[hardy atlas]

DV

[maiden oasis]

Those shots are in SDR

Double check all your settings to make sure you didn't miss anything

Reference my guide if needed

https://www.hdrmods.com/Cyberpunk

[tight hound]

do y'all turn off SDR EOTF Emulation?

[maiden oasis]

I keep it on UI Menu only

[tight hound]

do you tweak contrast to a higher value then?

[maiden oasis]

I keep my stuff pretty much on default

I have a very minor reshade preset that I apply that sharpens it a bit

I use nova city 2 as well

I also change up which LUT I use

[tight hound]

well, I guess it's different on every monitor

[tight hound]

on mine, if I set that, then I really gotta bump up the contrast slider to like at least 75-80

otherwise it looks way too "bright", no shadows

[maiden oasis]

If you're cranking the contrast that high, then maybe set the EOTF slider to on

[tight hound]

yeah, I do that most of the time, and then contrast to 60

[maiden oasis]

But yeah it'll be different for your display, mod list, etc

[tight hound]

It's like that for me with most LUTs, including vanilla

rn I use preem lut, same here

[maiden oasis]

Nova City 2 will make the interiors a bit darker

Preem LUT is nice for general use

But I've been liking the vanilla lut too

[tight hound]

same, I only use preem or vanilla

others look like ass

[maiden oasis]

I change the LUTs up for screenshots though

But most aren't the best for hdr

Of course after you apply 6 reshade shaders on top, you can make any LUT look good 😂

[tight hound]

the one I dislike the most is Nova LUT

[tight hound]

and yeah, true that

[maiden oasis]

Nova LUT isn't bad at the lower exposure settings, but you definitely need to tweak renodx for it. Maybe also use ENV tuner

[tight hound]

yeah, I just didn't want to spend more time tweaking it than I already have

[maiden oasis]

Amen to that

[tight hound]

the least maintenance luts are surely vanilla and preem for me

[remote karma]

Can you pls share?

[maiden oasis]

I can't

Wasn't something I'm allowed to share. Sorry I mentioned them 😅

[remote karma]

Understood, thanks anyway

[tight hound]

i have since then opted to just continue using no LUTs

vanilla looks too good y'know

[serene raptor]

I'm getting these artifacts around HUD elements when looking at bright lights like the sun. RenoDX and Reshade are both current. Any ideas?

[maiden oasis]

Wtf

Wait, That's an SDR sceenshot

[maiden oasis]

When you say current, which version of the addon are you using?

Nexus? Github snapshot? Discord WIP addon that's pinned?

[mint ridge]

All recent builds exhibit it in some circumstances, never could get rid of it on my end

Easiest to repro for me is using kerenzikov with Skippy's "reticle" right when shooting at a fire extinguisher in a dark room

[serene raptor]

tried both github snapshot and WIP. Is what Gn3xus saying your experience as well creepy?

[maiden oasis]

I've never noticed that tbh

First time I've heard of this issue

[mint ridge]

As you can see it's a very old issue

[maiden oasis]

Damn

[wary ember]

OOF that’s bad

[past locust]

@narrow gazelle

check pins

use the build pinned

contrast wip version

[narrow gazelle]

okay arigato

[tight hound]

if I want to make the game darker, should I lower game brightness or exposure?

[maiden oasis]

Depends on what you mean by darker

Like increasing contrast will give that effect fect while also increasing the highlights

[tight hound]

I'd say that's not making the game darker, it's just increasing contrast

[maiden oasis]

It can make the shadows darker though. Like if I'm taking a screenshot I'll often mess with the contrast.

Now overall brightness you can mess with the game brightness within renodx, which will make it darker

[tight hound]

is there any reason to ever touch exposure instead of game brightness then?

[maiden oasis]

I only mess with exposure if the highlights get blown out or the blacks are too crushed

But that's just my experience

For overall brightness I don't mess with exposure

[vague onyx]

hello, the only renodx mod I wasnt happy about is cyberpunk, rest is perfect, does anybody have recommended settings for this game?

it looks washed out

[tight hound]

I like preem lut with default contrast and EOTF only for ui/menu, but only most of the time... I still can't deny that in some scenes, it really has contrast issues - shadows that feel like they should be black just aren't, in some scenes there's zero dark shadows, all look too bright

[maiden oasis]

yeah same

I kinda like vanilla LUT better now tbh

[tight hound]

with default settings too?

[maiden oasis]

hard to say tbh

I kinda like contrast 60 with highlights also at 60

but I'm also seeing it from a virtual photography standpoint

for gameplay I'm not sure I would stick with that

[tight hound]

doesn't that cause overblown highlights?

[maiden oasis]

depending on the situation no

but I'm also using other shaders on top

like DoF, filmgrain, etc

[tight hound]

I sure can't use filmgrain with LSFG lmao

[maiden oasis]

that would look weird for sure

[tight hound]

yea, just like motion blur - messes with FG, produces artifacts which wouldn't be there otherwise

[maiden oasis]

I'm so glad I don't need to use FG. Seems like you have to jump through hoops to get it working with other stuff. and frame gen doesn't like ReShade at all, unless you're doing it post process like lossless FG

FG messes with ReShade's depth buffer

the depth buffer only works on native frames

dynamic resolution scaling also messes with it

but for the average HDR user that's a non issue

[tight hound]

my experience with LSFG is great, but only after it is set up...

and setting up LSFG with two GPUs is one of the most complicated and tedious things ever

[maiden oasis]

yeah I used it a year or two ago with Fallout 4

and I liked how it looked

[tight hound]

just about everyone who's done it hates the process

[tight hound]

looks even better with a dual GPU setup

[maiden oasis]

people use dual GPUs these days?

been a while since I've heard of that

[tight hound]

yeah, once again now

this time - for LSFG specifically

[maiden oasis]

[tight hound]

the strongest GPU renders the game, the second GPU does frame generation via Lossless Scaling

can use FG without losing any hint of performance on the main GPU

and can have quite a bit lower input lag

[tight hound]

was doing 60 FPS without FG, still doing 60 FPS with FG, but now FG-ing up to 120

and don't get me started on Adaptive mode... It is the only way to get 240 average FPS, 240 0.1% lows, and 240 0.01% lows all at the same time pretty much

nothing has more perfect frame pacing than Adaptive FG

[kindred fjord]

just wanted to thank you for the massive work into doing all those comparisons & this truely massive guide
I might give nova city another shot, I didn't like it at first
it's really bothersome though that HDR needs such work for a single game

[maiden oasis]

I appreciate the compliment. Nice to know the hard work is being utilized 😄

I think the length of the guide might make it seem more work than it actually is tbh. The main thing is getting people to use the Discord hosted version, which can be a bit unusual for people are used to just downloading everything from the Nexus.

Add the fact that Cyberpunk is one of the most modded games since Skyrim and it adds another layer of complexity since people will be using different LUTs, lighting and weather mods, etc

so it's not just about getting HDR working, it's also about making HDR work for each individual person

generally speaking, most RenoDX mods are plug and play besides adjusting a few sliders for some UE games

and on that front, I still stick with the mostly default setup for Cyberpunk so the sliders don't really need to be touched unless you're using a LUT that is vastly different from vanilla

or for personal preference obviously

[kindred fjord]

I dunno, for most games I just adjust a couple of settings and voilà done, HDR works just fine
here, the base game autoexposure is way overused, some dark environments are wayyyyy too dark (Perfect example in the Voodoo Boys mission once you get underground)
In other situations, the neon lighting is way too overexposed too (too red, too green, too blue crushing every nuance)
that is actually something you see in some recordings on youtube....
when I installed novacity and got the flashlight mod, is when detail started to come back to life, highlighting the necessity of fixes
it's a literal mess, and tbh I wasn't using any LUTs before trying to fix HDR

maybe the issue is that the overall lighting design of the game is just plain broken, who knows.... not me 😉

[maiden oasis]

not me, I just help troubleshoot the issues lol

[past locust]

@maiden oasis

https://www.reddit.com/r/HDR_Den/comments/1rupqiu/comment/oao1qal/?context=1

i'm confused

isn't he missing some sliders ?

but the build timer looks correct

[maiden oasis]

https://www.hdrmods.com/Cyberpunk#map-is-washed-out

it's a known issue

it's like the one downside to using the WIP version

I commented on the post 🙂

as far as those sliders go...wtf is he doing lol

298 for peak brightness

[past locust]

buit

where is the dynamci exposure slider

[maiden oasis]

I realize that was probably done for troubleshooting

[past locust]

@earnest geode aren't you the guy ?

[tight jetty]

I´m the guy hahah

[past locust]

reddit thread

but lol okay

mb

i don't get it

[maiden oasis]

yay Reddit

welcome btw 👋

[tight jetty]

Thanks

[past locust]

if you use the wip build

wbh

where are the debug graph and dynamic exposure sliders

ya

i got confused he had the same map pics as you

[tight jetty]

The reason why i set the peak brightness to around 300 is because im using the TB400 mode on my Oled, so i thought i had to match that

[past locust]

[maiden oasis]

you're good, though I'd thought it would have been like 400-450 for TB 400, but I never messed with those kind of displays

[tight jetty]

Then i realised i actually had to set it to 400

My mistake

[maiden oasis]

but yeah either way the map isn't going to look right

I'm just glad I like the look of the realistic map

[tight jetty]

Yeah, no problem tough, i just intalled a mod to fix it hahah

[maiden oasis]

😛

[tight jetty]

Thats the one im using

[maiden oasis]

I should post that guide on Reddit

make a separate post for it

-# I hate Reddit

[tight jetty]

I like the vanilla better (without it being washed out, of course hahha), but the realistic map is good enough

[past locust]

this doesn't herlp me @maiden oasis

IT DOES NOT ANSWER MY QUESTIONS

[maiden oasis]

what questions? lol

[tight jetty]

True

[maiden oasis]

help me help you

[tight jetty]

Im missing some sliders

[maiden oasis]

ahh the sliders

[past locust]

he uses the wip contrast build but debug graph and dynamic exposure missing

[tight jetty]

Dont know if they are that necessary tough

[past locust]

i legit thought it was an older build

nah they are not

[maiden oasis]

wait...

[past locust]

but i'm confused

[maiden oasis]

seen this before

make sure you removed the other cyberpunk renodx mod

they're named differently so they won't overwrite each other

also make sure the WIP addon is in the correct place

/bin/x64 folder within Cyberpunk

[tight jetty]

Yeah, its in the correct folder

I dont have any other cyberpunk renodx mods to remove hahah

I just intalled this one

[maiden oasis]

steam or gog?

shouldn't matter but just curious

[past locust]

it's just it could indicate a bigger problem with your game

or reno installation

[tight jetty]

GOG

But im not using their launcher

Im playing it offline

[maiden oasis]

so just to confirm, it does look something like this then

playing it offline?

[tight jetty]

Yes

[tight jetty]

Yeah, i downloaded the executable file

[past locust]

hey that's not the wip contrast file

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1434377434022809610/1437820317660741672/renodx-cp2077-wip.addon64?ex=69b81c05&is=69b6ca85&hm=f1bfc71c90b12f9fbde6283f656892f9e5d164c357e85677e5d012812d6414c9&

get this one

leave all defaults and just set peak brightness 460

[tight jetty]

Aaa

Ok

Lemme see if it works now

[past locust]

map could still be broken

disable debug graph too

[maiden oasis]

yeah if you read the guide I made you'll see some other troubleshooting tips as well

pretty much anything that has been complained about has been listed

[tight jetty]

I got the sliders now haha

[maiden oasis]

nice

[tight jetty]

Thanks!

[past locust]

but yeah renodx is just

leave defaults

set peak to 460

enjoy gaming

[maiden oasis]

leave defaults, adjust as needed for LUTs

enjoy gaming taking screenshots

[tight jetty]

But i should not mess with the dynamic Exposure, right?

[maiden oasis]

I wouldn't

[tight jetty]

Fair enough haha

Something else i saw you talking about when reading the messages

[past locust]

ya it was just to make sure you had updated mod

[tight jetty]

You said that reshade doesn´t like FG, so should i not use both together?

I have a 5080, but can´t get above 60 fps with path tracing all the time, so im using FG

[maiden oasis]

when I say ReShade I mean the actual shaders in the Home tab, specifically ones that use the depth buffer (AO, GI, RT, DoF, etc)

[tight jetty]

Ok

Im not using those haha

[past locust]

nah it's fine

[tight jetty]

So i should be good

[past locust]

played the entire game full pt framegen dlss

no problems at all

[tight jetty]

Nice

[maiden oasis]

I still haven't finished the game

[tight jetty]

The only thing that actually bothers me about the game is the draw distance and pop in

Its horrible

[maiden oasis]

there are mods that fix the LOD etc

this is a collection that was put together by one of the folks in the Ultra Plus server, it's not truely vanilla+ because it does add other mods that increase the difficulty etc, but you can use the list to find some visual mods that would be good to add https://www.nexusmods.com/games/cyberpunk2077/collections/lv4wpp

I recommend Ultra Plus at the very least

[tight jetty]

Yeah, Im using one from Sousine

I think thats his name

Or hers

But street sings and lights are still an issue

There is another mod that fix it, but i dont know if they are compatible

[tight jetty]

I finished it on the PS5, but its a whole different experience on a PC

[maiden oasis]

yeah that list should at least help with finding compatibility

that's what I use it for, but I ended up making my own custom modlist

[tight jetty]

Me too, but i want it as vanilla as possible, so im only using some quest and immersion mods and patches

[maiden oasis]

I get that

meanwhile me with all the clothing mods

[tight jetty]

How do even troubleshoot with some many mods??

[maiden oasis]

these days I just hope and pray

[tight jetty]

Theres over 500 in this collection

[maiden oasis]

I was using the Nexus Mod App but it got corrupted on me

[tight jetty]

I only use the website

[maiden oasis]

so these days I just have a manual install I want to eventually get transferred to MO2

but thankfully load order isn't as important with Cyberpunk

[tight jetty]

Also dont like using vortex, so only install it manually

[maiden oasis]

you can use Archive Conflict Checker to see if one mod messes with another

at least the archive mods

which mainly comes in handy for texture mods

yeah vortex sucks

MO2 is where its at