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[fresh smelt]

man night is actually night now with the recommended preset

[crude marsh]

its a bit too night tbh

[upper sun]

I feel like I can see too much in the dark SUS~1 i gotta check next time its night outside fo the city

[flint moss]

Thats what I've thought too, didn't think it affected blacks so im confused rn

[fossil scroll]

did someone say that there is a fix for dlss4.0 with the black flickering? If so where can this be found?

[fresh smelt]

i like it, gives me dragons dogma vibes

[flint moss]

Btw anyone here have a mso qd oled and tried eotf boost?

[stone comet]

yummy though doing this shit at night might be a bit rough without autoexposure LMAO

[lucid thorn]

Does that recommended preset work on not max settings?

Wasn't that a thing that it didn't?

[fresh field]

will my lantern still blind me when used at night in close quarters?

[stone comet]

nope

[fresh field]

every wall like a focusing mirror when you get close to one with lantern out lol

[quiet copper]

what's this overlay with render latency? looks nice and compact

[stone comet]

though everything else is considerably darker

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[small ferry]

not sure if these are related but i’ve got some very reflective highlights and some “sparkling” shadows. what might cause this?

[analog root]

Why is the sky so bright in my game 😭

[digital elbow]

its a feature

[tawny raptor]

Question.. I tried turning off HDR after trying this mod and my game is now entirely oversaturated and far too dark. HDR off in game and on monitor/windows. Kind of an HDR noob, having trouble finding answers on google. Anyone know what's going on?

[upper sun]

i think its when theres like fog or mist it goes crazy xD had that earlier on a mountain

[fresh smelt]

ReLimiter
https://github.com/RankFTW/Ultra-Limiter/releases/tag/v2.0.5

[paper heron]

which is better to you guys

[crude marsh]

so you guys want more lantern huh

behold

[stone comet]

this shit turned into a horror game

[upper sun]

https://tenor.com/view/job-application-jump-scare-gif-11326455699963497416

[karmic quest]

Now I will need to hold my lantern up all night haha

[worn ibex]

First

[lucid thorn]

How do I make my game this dark 😂

[stone comet]

new reno

[drowsy fiber]

That's how it should work xD

[steel wolf]

What does it look like not held? Because combat would be tricky if its not bright enough

[quiet copper]

Anyone can explain why game always recompiles shaders when i just replaced reno addon file?

[stone comet]

well no because everyone would be blind lmao

[fresh field]

someone go check out the house at howling hill. before when i walked into it was like the two side rooms had their own suns in them

[upbeat magnet]

Anything I need to do to in-game hdr settings? set to default? still tune max brightness?

[lucid thorn]

Oh it just makes it darker? I'm down!

[stone comet]

should be default yeah

[vivid iris]

auto exposure adjustments

[stone comet]

it fixes the insane autoexposure but at the expense of being able to see properly

[narrow frost]

Vanilla Exposure (Left) & Improved Exposure (right).
Same frame, 3:16 am.

[viscid wedge]

the only in game HDR related slider you can play with is the UI brightness

[lucid thorn]

What is auto exposure doing 😂

[crude marsh]

this is 10x light btw

[stone comet]

Wish the game wasnt so unhinged so we could adjust autoexposure

[fresh field]

rename it to over exposure

[crude marsh]

I need to..... do this more selectively

[lucid thorn]

It's perfectly dragons dogma

[crude marsh]

yeah I think this will work, its just finding what is what

[lucid thorn]

I know I've said it before, but the work you guys do is incredible

[fresh smelt]

is there a better rt mod here btw?
i couldnt find it

[deft pulsar]

ok I reached 11 pm in game. This shit looks 10x better even with RR off, amazing job @faint bobcat thanks a lot

[paper heron]

im not sure how this looks in sdr since i play with hdr. reno at night

[small ferry]

this is how mine looks. as a picture it’s wonderful but some of the darker areas are too dark. maybe we need to lower contrast?

[analog root]

https://tenor.com/view/alan-wake-remedy-sam-lake-ilkka-villi-flashlight-gif-21142965

[deft pulsar]

on vs off, lighting ultra, RR off

[mortal wolf]

finally playable imo

[karmic quest]

rain again, did they incrase the probability of it or smth

but really liking the auto exposure

[fresh smelt]

10x better than it was when i played last a couple of days ago

[supple summit]

i tweaked the settings because my monitor is not true hdr but it looks way better compared to vanilla, thanks renodx

[karmic quest]

thought I will hate it

[flint moss]

I adjusted adaptation contrast down a few notches, helped a lot imo

[supple summit]

every panel is different, you need to finetune the settings imo

[karmic quest]

might start looking for horror mods.

maybe get a creeper

[lucid thorn]

Bloke in front of you could pass as a horror monster with that lighting

[karmic quest]

Like imagine you just vibing and something just silently approaches at you

[crude marsh]

time to restart the game 100 times wooo

fuck the loading screen

longest minute of my life

[karmic quest]

Waiting for a mod that cuts the loading screen

[supple summit]

i just want to be able to sleep again, my char hasn't slept for over 30 ingame days now

[lucid thorn]

It's gotta be more animation than loading time

[sick monolith]

@lucid thorn play this with mpv player. u must see the top left side of the shadows. if not, it means you are crushing

[karmic quest]

Im falling in love with night rain

[crude marsh]

why can't I change the intensity of the moon tho

[lucid thorn]

I can try true black or 1000

[sick monolith]

use whatever lets you see all the shadows

[fresh smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/mighty-boosh-moon-face-funny-gif-16873317

[sick monolith]

https://mpv.io/

[lucid shoal]

Because Forge modified its code maybe?

[karmic quest]

I see it all on mine with true black hdr 400 setting

[sick monolith]

what player did u use?

[upper sun]

what are you supposed to see in that i dont think understood that sentence

[karmic quest]

https://tenor.com/view/omg-leonardo-di-caprio-fist-bite-suit-bored-gif-5065709

[karmic quest]

the one you sent ofc

[upper sun]

Why doesnt mine look like that graha_cry

[ionic bison]

where d the DL link?

[rose jewel]

@faint bobcat autoEX on \ of.. all the setting maxed out and RR on, is that how it should look or too dark?

[ionic bison]

iiiiii hate my keyboard

[sick monolith]

well then your display is fine

[crude marsh]

ok if you were a pearly abyss developer, which one of these would be the players lantern

    <Unit Name="Lux">
        <Light Name="Sun" Value="1000"/>
        <Light Name="Moon" Value="0.1"/>
    </Unit>
    <Unit Name="Lumen">
        <Light Name="Candlelight"             Value="12.57"     ColorTemperature="1850"/>
        <Light Name="Candlelight_02"         Value="16.57"     ColorTemperature="1850"/>
        <Light Name="Candlelight_04"         Value="25.14"     ColorTemperature="1850"/>
        <Light Name="Candlelight_06"         Value="37.71"     ColorTemperature="1850"/>
        <Light Name="Candlelight_08"         Value="50.28"     ColorTemperature="1850"/>
        <Light Name="Torchlight"             Value="62.85"     ColorTemperature="1850"/>
        <Light Name="Campfire"                 Value="75.6"     ColorTemperature="1850"/>
        <Light Name="Chandelier"             Value="128.4"     ColorTemperature="1850"/>
        <Light Name="V_In_Down_sp532p"         Value="3600"     ColorTemperature="4000"/>
        <Light Name="V_In_Down_sp146p"         Value="3240"     ColorTemperature="5000"/>
        <Light Name="V_In_Down_LD20R6"         Value="1900"     ColorTemperature="5700"/>
        <Light Name="V_In_Spot_HeadLight"    Value="18000"    ColorTemperature="6500"/>
        <Light Name="V_In_Spot_pt320t"         Value="1901"     ColorTemperature="2200"/>
        <Light Name="V_In_Spot_LTL12C4W"     Value="1432"     ColorTemperature="3000"/>
        <Light Name="V_Out_Spot_by950"         Value="4550"     ColorTemperature="6500"/>
        <Light Name="V_Out_Spot_LDR31"         Value="3976"     ColorTemperature="4000"/>
        <Light Name="V_Street_LR150MS"         Value="17370"     ColorTemperature="5000"/>
        <Light Name="V_Street_360_ofmt1"     Value="2140"     ColorTemperature="4000"/>
        <Light Name="V_LightHouse"             Value="380000"     ColorTemperature="5700"/>
        <Light Name="V_In_Down_Booster"     Value="250000"     ColorTemperature="4000"/>
    </Unit>
    <Unit Name="Nit">
        <!-- 촛불 면적 10cm x 5cm 기준, 200 nit (1 cd) -->
        <!-- 횟불 면적 50cm x 10cm 기준, 200 nit (10 cd 가정)-->
        <Light Name="CaveStone" Value="3"/>
        <Light Name="LED" Value="45"/>
        <Light Name="Down" Value="65"/>        
        <Light Name="Aura" Value="200"/>
        <Light Name="CandleFire" Value="2500"/>
        <Light Name="Candlelight" Value="3000"/>
        <Light Name="fire" Value="3500"/>        
        <Light Name="FireFlakes" Value="4500"/>
        <Light Name="Breath" Value="160" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="Beam" Value="800" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="Lightning" Value="1000" AutoExposure="True"/>        
        <Light Name="Lava" Value="2500" AutoExposure="True"/>        
        <Light Name="WildFire" Value="5000" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="Magic" Value="10000" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="Spark" Value="60000" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="Explosion" Value="100001" AutoExposure="True"/>

        <Light Name="Burn" Value="15.01" AutoExposure="True"/>

        <Light Name="BackgroundLED_Small" Value="1.5" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="BackgroundLED" Value="5.0" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="BackgroundLED_Large" Value="100.0" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="BackgroundNatural" Value="15" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="BackgroundLava" Value="8.0" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="CharacterLED" Value="25" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="CharacterLightning" Value="600" AutoExposure="True"/>    
        <Light Name="CharacterDecalLED" Value="3000.001" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="CharacterElement" Value="2.0" AutoExposure="True"/>
        <Light Name="TrapLED" Value="1.1" AutoExposure="True"/>
    </Unit>
</LightPreset>```

[upper sun]

Mine looks funky the 2nd column and the shadows are like brownish color HUH

[karmic quest]

Im drooling rn. its 00:16AM here, need to be up at 06:30

[hidden ivy]

CharacterLightning maybe

[crude marsh]

Lightning

[upbeat magnet]

Looks great on my AW monitor. Great tool. Gonna config for AVP later tn. thanks all

[karmic quest]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-infinity-war-everything-avengers-gif-14066494

[crude marsh]

I can't change the moon but

[mortal wolf]

Torchlight

[flint moss]

Definitely the "sun" one

[crude marsh]

I can change most everything else

[mortal wolf]

that's a guess

[crude marsh]

yeah couldn't decide if that was real torches

I'

I'll try it

[lucid thorn]

does only mpv io work?

[sick monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/zeus-dota2-gif-6711383834705741531

[crude marsh]

just setting things to a million and relaunching game

[flint moss]

Went from "gonna hate it" to drooling real quick 😂

[mortal wolf]

maybe they thought of torches and then decided they wanted handsfree (no idea, but i'm assuming you don't pick and choose)

[sick monolith]

it's the most accurate player out there

[crude marsh]

I am guessing one of the V_ ones might be it because of it changing between up and down but idk

[lucid thorn]

I can't figure out how to download it 😂

[mortal wolf]

having to choose between carrying a torch or weapon would be a very HDR-first game

actually, didn't Doom3 do that?

[lucid thorn]

I found 2 zips with wildly different files and one tripped windows smart screen 😂

[tranquil estuary]

Smart screen? People leave that on? lol Everything gonna trip that.

[sick monolith]

https://github.com/zhongfly/mpv-winbuild/releases

[upper sun]

What's that video supposed to look like, cuz this feels weird on my hdr one xD

[karmic quest]

Disable the map and it actually would be funny asf trying to fight enemies that jump u

[upper sun]

It like weird brown when im tabbed into the mpv player, when im not tabbed in its not brown KEKW~7

[viscid wedge]

my mpc-hc will fight you 😆

[lucid thorn]

hmm

[mortal wolf]

if i code my eye adaptation properly, you won't need to use torches, but everything might be slightly blue grayscale

[lucid thorn]

lemme run the download. She's real slow

[sick monolith]

u can use this too @lucid thorn

[upper sun]

maybe its my mpv settings actually SUS~1

[true dagger]

i luv mpc

[lucid thorn]

dw it wont fight back

[mortal wolf]

mpcbe

[karmic quest]

Might as well start playing the game blindfolded

[lucid thorn]

wait is it bad that I use VLC? 😂

[viscid wedge]

wrong site, thats ancient. i get updates seemingly weekly

[true dagger]

https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases

[sick monolith]

hopefully that's just your camera cause it shouldnt be blue shades

[crude marsh]

ok good news

[lucid thorn]

ah the github

[upper sun]

the brown one is the one i was looking at xD

[crude marsh]

torchlight is neither torches nor the lantern

[viscid wedge]

is VLC still not able to handle subtitles in HDR..

[mortal wolf]

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/

[crude marsh]

but it did blow out the intro walk in ?????

[lucid thorn]

wait that's good news?

[karmic quest]

Crimson Desert has introduced me to frequent github visits.

[sick monolith]

vlc is not accurate. it enhances the picture

[crude marsh]

yeah it means that we can confirm the devs are absolutely batshit

[viscid wedge]

yeah nothing ever looked right for me in VLC

[crude marsh]

probably just RNG names

[karmic quest]

What about the stock windows one

[sick monolith]

i have no idea

[karmic quest]

VLC is the OG that almost everyone used. So it still has a place in my heart.

[tame vault]

The grind of quests has just hit me and I think I'm bored.

[lucid thorn]

huh.. okay, and discords hdr isn't right for this

[crude marsh]

apparently there are jedi commands hidden in the exe

[karmic quest]

Can we get King Arthurs excalibur too?

[wheat elk]

anybody know what causes this? friend of mine saw it in their game and was wondering

[upper sun]

it does look like that graha_cry but it looks very different when i actually run and tab into MPV so i think i might have weird custom settings in mpv KEKW~7

[crude marsh]

just togglesith and togglejedi

[lucid thorn]

yeah that's just the game for some people

[true dagger]

someone here said that it happened to them when they left the game in the background

[lucid thorn]

saw gamersnexus mention that it happened 3 times to him

[karmic quest]

Maybe devs were just having fun naming something

[true dagger]

so like they were alt tabbed typing in discord for some time and then it happened

[karmic quest]

Knowing a lone modder might spot it

[viscid wedge]

someone just hit the characters with a yellow highlighter so you wouldn't miss them

[true dagger]

no clue tho if thats the culprit

[wheat elk]

@faint bobcat 🙏

[faint bobcat]

uhh

tiled deferred

decomp was broken when Shortfuse sent but I fixed it

unless

its broken for some reason

on other settigns till

[tranquil estuary]

Honestly, even when I tried VLC in like 2012, I couldn't stand it.

[upbeat magnet]

New driver make a big difference?

[upper sun]

wheres a good place to check out night xD

[faint bobcat]

wait

[lament nymph]

beeg

[sick monolith]

the video is sdr. it's just bit legal shadows to check if your crushing

[faint bobcat]

@wheat elk you mean this is base game issue?

[wheat elk]

yeah

[upbeat magnet]

595.97 vs. 595.79?

[lucid thorn]

gotcha

and its crushing if the top left square is just black?

[tranquil estuary]

Shouldn't be, the driver does next to nothing.

[potent spear]

pretty sure I saw this issue in gamersnexus video on the game. Not sure if they go into why it happens though

[faint bobcat]

no Idea then, I havent seen this anywhere on my end but its caused by tiled deferred fuck ups

they have two

one for scene

[sick monolith]

you are crushing if you cant distingush the top 4 left rectangles

[faint bobcat]

and another for hair and cloth

[wheat elk]

ahhh

[faint bobcat]

So I am guessing something caused the hair and cloth one to bork

You have to remember

RT off

has giga fried inteirors

with banding

[jade flame]

No real reason to play with RT off though.
Unless you have a pre 20 series card I guess.

[faint bobcat]

So theres a good chance other things are bad as well

[fresh sparrow]

I cant remember but was the LOD/pop in issue non solvable after all?

[restive roost]

How is it supposed to show anything then, i can just have a lower SDR content brightness in windows settings and im suddenly crushing?

[lucid thorn]

It definitely looks different in this than any of the other programs I'd tested, everything also kinda looks....gray?

[karmic quest]

Bro wtf how bad is this game then graphically.

What was the point of optimizing for lower end systems when it looks like garbage anyways

[eager epoch]

Some vid in youtube shows 1fps improvement, not sure how reputable is the sure though… Anybody can share the latest NVPI .nip file for crimson?

[lucid thorn]

I can't see a diagonal row (top left to bottom right) but I can see everything else

[mighty estuary]

optimization went too far

[restive roost]

use this to test black levels in HDR https://testufo.com/blacklevels

[jade flame]

CD's profile got changes in the new driver.
But I don't know what exactly changed.

[tranquil estuary]

Mmm, 1FPS totally isn't general variance.

[upper sun]

Make raytracing not drop performance, but make it unuseable without RR smart

[karmic quest]

Hey I'll take that 1fps any day of the week

[tranquil estuary]

You'll never see it considering scenes always are, different.

[restive roost]

with framegen thats 2 FPS!

[wild kraken]

I wish RR wasn't maximum blur mode.....

[karmic quest]

Doesn't matter as long as mt 1% lows are consistently getting 1 more extra fps

[tranquil estuary]

I ain't touching the game till VRS dies, easily causing most prominent issues.

[sick monolith]

you are not supposed to crush even if you put that to 0

[tranquil estuary]

Point over your head on the fact you could take any drivers through a set course and see that type of variance.

[upper sun]

I think my stupid vrr gamma thing is ruining it at night SUS~1

[karmic quest]

Nah some are actually bad.

[tranquil estuary]

Literally no sense, that reply, lol.

[karmic quest]

I mean I'm just stating facts.

[lucid thorn]

I.. Think my stuff is setup correctly

[upper sun]

damn yeah it is the vrr gamma that makes night look like shit with the addon

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/911311479133831168/1276520542186246184/1cc7d06538b41b7031426a1be4eedbc2_6294339374444409334.gif

[lucid thorn]

I had to turn off free sync

[karmic quest]

Your monitor is gsync compatible so it'll natively run gsync, not freesync

Ofc with nvidia gpu

[lucid thorn]

I have an amd gpu

[karmic quest]

Ah

[upper sun]

man, it looks so good when im tabbed out and then when i tab in and VRR engages and teh gamma shifts it looks ass

im so sad

[karmic quest]

I dont really understand when the gsync turns on in my case, may try to disable it entirely and see what it does.

[shut badge]

save bricked cus of softlock

[polar crow]

so the recommend settings make nights extremely dark is that right or is something wrong on my end?

[deft pulsar]

steam cloud

[karmic quest]

Ah shi, gsync is on all the time for me here. Since I'm running 280Hz monitor

[restive roost]

Gsync is an allways on thing, if your monitor has an fps counter youll see what it does.

[karmic quest]

@lucid thorn what did disabling freesync fix for you?

[dire pilot]

congrats Laz, thanks to your tireless efforts in breaking open the assets, CD finally has a nude mode on Nexus lol

[shut badge]

I went to a puzzle area wayyyyyyyyyyyy before when the main quest sends you there and got natures grasp early

20 hours into my save too

[deft pulsar]

why is that a softlock

[viscid wedge]

GSync being "on" in your driver and VRR engaging are two different things

[karmic quest]

Yeah, forgot that it turns on the moment my fps goes below 280

[sand vector]

@sick monolith any tips for fixing my black crushing? settings wise

[upper sun]

In my case its just a woled thing afaik, when VRR is on the further away from the set refreshrate the hz is the more it changes the gamma

[shut badge]

quest objective tells you to learn natures grasp, you can't learn it again, I slipped into the puzzle room where you get it through a small hole in the roof and did the puzzle before the part where the cat guides you to said location

[karmic quest]

Thats weird

[sick monolith]

gamma boosted. you are seeing correctly. there are no rectangles in the diagonal

[dire pilot]

yeah that sounds like a sequence break they didn't anticipate or accomodate

definitely worth putting in a bug report

[shut badge]

already did through their bug report app and made a few steam threads raising awareness

[sick monolith]

uhh check your monitor settings? or do the windows calibration

[lucid thorn]

Ah then ye I'm good

[shut badge]

ig one of the benefits is that when I come back to this game renodx will be more developed

[runic onyx]

i might be restarted but idk how to install it. i know how to install reshade and stuff but this file is just an addon64 file isnt it not an ini

[lilac urchin]

some totk vibes up in this game

[strong girder]

hello - where can i download the mod? when i use the github link windows complains about a virus and deletes the file...

[sand vector]

i did windows calibration and monitor settings doesnt seem to affect it

[sick monolith]

there's a reason why i ask to test on video.. the game is like a video not like a browser page.. even on full screen that pludge test is treated by a monitor differently than a video

[restive roost]

its an sdr video though

[robust drum]

are you guys using the reshade hdr installer thing?

[tranquil estuary]

People will be confused as that got renamed like, an hour ago.

[viscid wedge]

I was confused that it was renamed the other day, then just again today

[frosty fulcrum]

Improved Auto exposure on/off

[tranquil estuary]

Twice today you mean.

[viscid wedge]

I just mean what I've experienced

it was UPST the other day, now its RHI

And the "update" is installing another copy, so you've gotta make sure to uninstall the old one (if you like a clean system)

[robust drum]

im looking for a guide on how to get optiscaler and reshade working. im on the optiscaler wiki and going through the methods but i can only get one or the other. anyone have experience with this?

[polar crow]

this is cool and all but how tf do you even play like this?

[robust drum]

yep you're right thanks

[tranquil estuary]

Scrolling a thread for two seconds is difficult.

[jade spruce]

surveillance camera mode

[frosty fulcrum]

I'm just showing the issue

[upper sun]

are the screenshots supposed to be looked at in sdr or on hdr xD

[sick monolith]

ok you want extreme

[tranquil estuary]

If it's HDR, you'd see it swap, generally.

[polar crow]

so its not supposed to be this dark?

[viscid wedge]

if they're taken with ReShade or SK, you can view them in either. (only two things you really want to be taking HDR screenshots with anyway)

[sick monolith]

@restive roost here you go

[frosty fulcrum]

no that's unplayable

[polar crow]

okay I was confused I thought people really play like that because its realitstic or something

[upper sun]

It looks pretty dark when i view it on my SDR but ingame and viewing it on my hdr monitor it doesnt look dark at all jsut grey xD

[deft pulsar]

now that i think about it this mod is a major black crush stress test

[viscid wedge]

holy crap, the guy this morning that was saying if you teleport while standing on one of the fast travel points, there is no animation at all was right. short black screen then boom, you're there

[deft pulsar]

just means yall need to calibrate ya monitors

[strong girder]

where can i download the mod?

[sick monolith]

how about these @lucid thorn does your monitor pass?

[viscid wedge]

https://klipy.com/gifs/check-the-pins-kowalski-1

[sand vector]

my monitor hella doesnt pass

[lucid thorn]

do i run them through the same video thing

[tranquil estuary]

400 kb bitrate hdr tests let's gooo

[sand vector]

need to find a fix

[paper oriole]

you guys have unlimited patience. I'd start banning. I really appreciate this community for being so helpful.

[narrow frost]

I'm absolutely loving this improved auto exposure, especially since my QD-OLED has 0 black crush. 🙏

[sick monolith]

yeah

[strong girder]

thx, i havent used discord that much

[low crane]

Isnt indoor abit too dark with Improved AE? Or maybe im just used to the blown out nuclear look.

[deft pulsar]

same

[sick monolith]

your monitor must have a black level setting you can adjust

[lucid thorn]

uhhh... I don't think so

they're kinda grey and then they kinda flash black 😂

[runic onyx]

i must be dumb bro ive followed the instructions in the pinned downloaded the mod put it in my cd bin folder and when iboot the game up my hdr is exactly the same as before

[sand vector]

maybe the problem is that im on displayport since it cant be adjusted

[stone comet]

Check your antivirus, give exception to folder

[lucid thorn]

you need reshade too

[lucid thorn]

looking through discord I can only really see to 68

[sick monolith]

yeah the video is flashing. u must be able to differentiate up to 66. but 68 is not too bad

[runic onyx]

yea ive got reshade, problem is it isnt enabling any settings; do i have to do that manually? sorry for stupid questions

[paper oriole]

when you open the reshade menu in-game, do you have a tab that says renodx?

[runic onyx]

good question actually, mine had errors for some reason - no idea why not sure if thats normal

[paper oriole]

not normal

[runic onyx]

ah

[viscid wedge]

Well, this is interesting. This a known side-effect of the hue shift options?

[sick monolith]

it's bad when you cant differentiate the whole top row

[paper oriole]

unless you put a bunch of old incompatible shaders in there.

[runic onyx]

nah its a fresh install of reshade so im confused tbh, will try again thanks for hel

help

[lucid thorn]

on one of them I can't

hold on I think MPC is forcing it to sdr or something

[paper oriole]

ok, so do this. Install reshade on the crimson desert exe in bin folder in install folder, make sure dx12 is selected. don't check any of the reshade boxes. once that's done, launch the game, confirm that you can open the reshade menu without errors. Once that's done, stick the addon64 file next to the exe in the bin folder. relaunch the game. you should see a tab that says reno dx, go to that tab and press reset settings. You are done.

[upper sun]

Like here it doesnt really get dark its just... grey

[crude marsh]

is there fog in that room

[sick monolith]

yeah that's fine.. it's an oled thing.

[crude marsh]

or whatever the hell that is lol

[upper sun]

Not really 02think it looks like this everywhere tho, but it looks normal when i view the screenshot on my sdr monitor it looks nice and dark xD

[lucid thorn]

I will say on HDR 1000 it's somewhere in the 70s, i see less blacks

oh nvm I can see 66

[runic onyx]

sorry 1 last question if thats ok - so where it says "Install ReShade with Full Addon Support to the game" does that literally mean i just tick everything?

[lucid thorn]

OH I get what's going on

[upper sun]

something is wrong with my monitor KEKW~7

[sick monolith]

like i told the other guy 1000 mode reveals the ramp better. true black 400 crushes

[lucid thorn]

With true black I can see down to 66. Even when I thought the top line was all black, it's just harder for me to see. Probably cause I'm red/green colourblind; once it started flashing I can see that up to 66 is flashing

[lucid thorn]

nono I switched back

[sand vector]

i cant see any lol

[lucid thorn]

On HDR 1000 I can't see like 80/84

on the true black I see down to 66

[sick monolith]

well that's weird..

ok use wthe mode that lets you see more

[lucid thorn]

true black 😄

[sick monolith]

you want to see the whites?

[lucid thorn]

oh god...

we can try!

[lucid thorn]

True Black mode also more accurately tracks the EOTF curve so blacks don't get crushed or highlights overblown.
that might be what's going on

full comment was

The difference per Rtings.com review is that the HDR Peak 1000 mode allows very small highlights to reach 1000 nits whereas True Black 400 limits the brightness to max ~470 nits.

The True Black mode can avoid automatic brightness limiting kicking in and reducing brightness (e.g when there's a large bright detail on screen) but also means those highlights never get as bright in the first place. True Black mode also more accurately tracks the EOTF curve so blacks don't get crushed or highlights overblown.

this is in regards to basically this monitors big brother

[restive roost]

Whats your monitor btw?

[worn ibex]

Ngl what’s the difference between true black 400 and just hdr400

[sand vector]

maybe my G8 G81SF is just doomed

[worn ibex]

What does true black have that 1000 peak mode doesn’t

[lament nymph]

true black is true

[nova cargo]

if (peak == 1000) black = false;

[restive roost]

tighter vesa certifications i think

[nova cargo]

basically peak 1000 is abl slop

[lucid thorn]

I have an aw2725df

[runic onyx]

we got the same monitor dayum

[viscid wedge]

This may interest @vivid iris or @faint bobcat #1469072401450012774 message

[sick monolith]

what do you think about paper white 300 on a true black 400?

[viscid wedge]

set it to what you're comfortable with.

[upper sun]

I think my HDR is just fucked idk why, i can get proper dark stuff with SDR just not HDR in the game graha_cry

[sick monolith]

no i'm just curious.. i have a 3000 nit tv

[golden scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/true-words-were-never-spoken-agree-true-yellowstone-paramount-network-gif-17661008

[worn ibex]

Not what I’m curious about, I wanna know what makes the black levels different

[viscid wedge]

it doesn't work that way, there is no "correct" setting. Depends on your preferences, your environment and your display. Not just your display. https://www.reddit.com/r/HDR_Den/comments/1rwvd20/about_hdr_paper_white_hdr_reference_white_level/

[sick monolith]

when not implemented correctly by the software.. they tend to crush blacks or clip whites

[restive roost]

https://displayhdr.org/

[faint bobcat]

light hue correction is being applied to both the flame texture/sprite and the local light sources

If Pearl for some reason decieded to make this UI style element part of the LocalLighting then it is what it is

[nova cargo]

don't think black is necessarily different, just the abl stuff

the name true black is just marketing speak

well I know some of those monitors have worse pq tracking near black with 1000 mode though

[viscid wedge]

Figured, its no worries as long as it isn't some unexpected bug.

[faint bobcat]

Does the UI element cast lighting?

does it have GI

[ruby tusk]

Keep in mind yall that TrueBlack400 is different than HDR400 on OLEDs compared to LCDs

[viscid wedge]

lemme see if I can quick find a dark area to test. in the light I can't tell

[restive roost]

are there any true black LCDs?

[ruby tusk]

no

[sick monolith]

adapting to ambient light/preference yes.. but what i'm curios about is when you only have 100 nits or left for highlights

[restive roost]

true black is just a harder certification to pass

[viscid wedge]

doesn't appear to?

[lament nymph]

the voice acting in this game sounds ai generated

[restive roost]

you set game brightness lower

mine is usually between 100 and 150

[lament nymph]

or at the very least they source these voice actors from assassins creed

[upper sun]

This is how the area looks in sdr, I guess there's a bit of fog to the right

[sick monolith]

yeah this is what i know is correct for hdr pop.. a third of your 400 peak

[restive roost]

my room is dimly lit so it finee

[lucid thorn]

Is this all it is? 😅

[sick monolith]

some people are adamant about preference.. you might as well turn off hdr when you only have 100 nits for highlights

[restive roost]

HDR on LCDs is a gimmick.

[ruby tusk]

ideally on LCD you want HDR1000 not 400

on OLEDs 400 is good

[viscid wedge]

all this monitor wonkiness. me sitting here happy I bought a proper HDR TV 3 years ago

[restive roost]

not without a good FALD, so miniLED

[ruby tusk]

yeah miniled is better

[lucid thorn]

Oh okay. I'm on qd oled, but is it the same?

[sick monolith]

not really

[upper sun]

Idk why mine looks so bad i cri

[ruby tusk]

well good luck finding trueblack 1000 on oled

lol

[restive roost]

you need a TV for that

[lucid thorn]

All I know is that i see more blacks with true black and less with 1000

[viscid wedge]

the best way to do HDR 😆

[restive roost]

i dont have the space for it lol have to compromise

[novel kayak]

Game locked up my entire PC while compiling shaders after driver update 🙃

[violet cobalt]

guys I'm super dense, I installed RDXC, opened Crimson Desert, and I can't figure out 2 things:

• should I enable/disable or fiddle at all with any HDR in-game settings?
• any recommendations for AW2725DF for the mod settings?
  there's now an overlay at top left, how can I disable it? D:
  🙏

[sick monolith]

the lg c5 exists no?

[lament nymph]

trueblack and peak are both marketing terms

[ruby tusk]

yeah but who gaming on a PC with that

[lament nymph]

🤷‍♀️

[lament nymph]

I game on a g5, c5 is for the peasants

[sick monolith]

that guy on emoji

[ruby tusk]

Haha yeah I know about him

[viscid wedge]

Me, (well, C2 its older sibling) and a lot of people I know. 42" C-series is peak desktop monitor if you're not refresh rate obsessed (or just need a higher res). HDR is just elite on them compared to wonky mess that is "monitors"

[ruby tusk]

Plasma TV

[lament nymph]

lots of ppl game on pc on tvs

cause it's the better display

🤷‍♀️

[ruby tusk]

Nah I know people use it, just memeing cause it's big af

[sick monolith]

g5 is for peasants.. u should game on an x11l

[lucid thorn]

Maybe, but tthe quality on this thing is probably incredibly sharp :p https://www.displayninja.com/ktc-m27p6-review/

[lament nymph]

I have a 27 inch 4k 240hz oled ... I know all about sharp

and sharps is a shitty monitor brand

tv still better tho

[ruby tusk]

and yeah I don't blame you, HDR on Monitors can be a pain

[lament nymph]

but trueblack and peak are both marketing terms, one is just what it is, the other one is just what it can't do

[upper sun]

This monitor I have now was the first one i have where HDR was supposedly fine but guess its not KEKW~7 I dont even know where to begin seeing why it looks like ass cuz i never used HDR before getting this one

[frosty fulcrum]

Improved Auto Exposure supposed to look like this at night?

[upper sun]

I want the dark nights graha_cry

[lament nymph]

and hdr400 was what comes first, invented to tell you that this fake non hdr capable is capable of fake hdr

[ruby tusk]

yeah basically fake hdr

[shy brook]

42in c2 user here and can confirm it is amazing. Probably will never go back to a regular PC monitor

[blazing roost]

is there good hdr yet for crimson desert?

[sick monolith]

hdr starts at 1000

[viscid wedge]

Same. Looking forward to C6. Nothing so far has been a compelling upgrade from my 3y/o C2 which looks incredible still.

165Hz may be nice

[lament nymph]

my food looks so good with this lighting

[lucid thorn]

Yeah nights are perfectly dragons dogma

[frosty fulcrum]

cant see shit

[lucid thorn]

Perfect medieval simulator

[sick monolith]

need for speed frying pan

[frosty fulcrum]

better off just turning your monitor off and playing with sound for the true dark night experience

[sick monolith]

brother it's a toggle.. you can turn it off if you dont like it

[ruby tusk]

Yeah I thought I about getting that new 5k2k panel from LG but decided not too, been chillin on my G85SB for about the same time

[quartz flame]

https://tenor.com/view/blinding-light-jerry-smith-rick-and-morty-too-bright-adult-swim-gif-9951096662630262377

Hdr in windows ^^

[upper sun]

I want itttt graha_cry

[frosty fulcrum]

I know, the game just lacks any lighting to make it playable like that

[viscid wedge]

what display

[lucid thorn]

night, as PA imagined

[flat bear]

how did u get it that dark

[lucid thorn]

new reno haha

[sick monolith]

all we need now is a flashlight mod from lazorr

[lucid thorn]

may as well call it the bat signal

[sick monolith]

no not that bright

[lament nymph]

this graphics suck doodoo

help me oh dear god this is the ugliest game of this year

[eager epoch]

Looks great on the PG27AQWP-W 540hz tandem OLED! GRT WORK

[sick monolith]

don't worry u going back to console to play gta6 by the end of the year

[lament nymph]

unless somehow rockstar went crazy, no chances gta 6 looks sloppier than this

[lucid thorn]

I don't know how they get gta 6 to 60fps on ps5/xbox series

[viscid wedge]

extreme upscaling

[flint moss]

Wait don't tell me its ps5 exclusive?

[lucid thorn]

console exclusive

[flint moss]

WHAT

[ruby tusk]

upscale from 360p

[sick monolith]

console first.. not exclusive

[lucid thorn]

well

[ember tulip]

I have the T6 1400nit model of that I've been happy with it it will flash bang you though

[lucid thorn]

console exclusive for a year

[viscid wedge]

its Rockstar, its always console first

[crude marsh]

if anyone wants to tell me if this works, pretty much anything that is fire should have much more light (back up your files first)

[lament nymph]

what kind of shadows are like this

help me dear god

[flint moss]

Omg so another year for pc then shit

[lament nymph]

[lucid thorn]

I'm so indifferent on gta it doesn't mae a difference to me 😄

[flint moss]

Laz is cooking 🔥

[blazing roost]

Install Instructions

• Download the latest version of the mod and place in the bin64 folder of the game
  where dowmload?

[sick monolith]

dumb me actually opened the file..

[ruby tusk]

I got you bb

[blazing roost]

can someone point me plz to the mod?

[crude marsh]

its in the pins

[viscid wedge]

https://klipy.com/gifs/check-the-pins-kowalski-1

[ruby tusk]

#1469072401450012774 message

[blazing roost]

i see np download button

[lament nymph]

can someone mod my eyes to see all graphics as bootiful

[ruby tusk]

jesus christ

[real stag]

lmao

[crude marsh]

the file

[upper sun]

oh this time windows got mad at the addon, how was it you exclude a folder im stupid

[plain fractal]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-does-he-know-gif-26833694

[real stag]

at this point people are probably just trolling

[blazing roost]

OH above the link lol

[ruby tusk]

nah they serious

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-star-patrick-dumb-stupid-empty-head-gif-6382591252072604951

[flat bear]

https://tenor.com/view/btweers-gif-12554037691025205909

[crude marsh]

ok guys chill out

anywho here is my town with the file I posted above

[fresh field]

not everyone has heard of reno or mod their games as frequently as we do

[plain fractal]

Yes, you can just download the file via discord when clicking on it

[ruby tusk]

it wasn't about that but sure

[paper oriole]

it's hard to tell just like this, but is the radius larger, or mainly just brighter?

[real stag]

it's because literally just above there was a message to check the pinned message

[true dagger]

the difference is insane

[crude marsh]

both

[paper oriole]

will give it a try in a sec with auto-exposure on and off

[plain fractal]

Maybe some people are coming from console or are 'modding' their games for the first time, considering this is a long awaited release for some people

[plain fractal]

Is this with fixed autoexposure enabled?

[compact sedge]

why my antivirus says there is Trojan32 in the RenoDX file?

[plain fractal]

False positive

[paper oriole]

surely?

[plain fractal]

you can view the entire code on github

[true dagger]

second image yes, firs tone is with off

[sick monolith]

game dont want to run when i use the 0011 files

[ruby tusk]

False positive, just set it to ignore in Windows AV

[compact sedge]

ok thank you

[lime bridge]

Got some artifacting on the horizon in this foggy weather with the sun/moon enhancements. (on/off for comparison).

[plain fractal]

Can you do a test indoors? Maybe this improves the missing light inside buildings, caves etc.

[crude marsh]

big moon

a moon slider was something I didn't know I desperately needed

[true dagger]

nah this to me actually looks so much better when it's dark, great work @faint bobcat ty for this

[crude marsh]

yeah it doesn't look like day 100% of the time

[faint bobcat]

they tried to do lighting with auto exposuyre

pretty much

isntead of with lighting

so the end result is nukes

and major brightness fluctuations

and day night

[paper oriole]

does laz's fix affect the indoor lighting? if so, are these with or without the increase?

[plain fractal]

Thanks to you both. This looks amazing now

[crude marsh]

there is some indoor lighting it would impact

[true dagger]

btw exposure we keep at default 50 in the ingame settings or is there any specific value to be set with reno?

[crude marsh]

I only changed "fire"

[paper oriole]

so like that fireplace would be brighter with your mod? could be a great middle ground

[plain fractal]

This could be worse than MH Wilds lol

[crude marsh]

yeah fireplace probably would I think

[blazing roost]

my post is gone?

[crude marsh]

granted

[quartz flame]

https://www.tcl.com/eu/en/monitors/34r83q

[plain fractal]

Is this the build used for the screenshots?

[quartz flame]

windows cant decode hdr pic even in 2026 🤦‍♂️

[crude marsh]

ye

for my screenshots

[plain fractal]

Ok thanks, trying this one now

[vale scarab]

SO auto exposure is better on or Off for now ? have an oled monitor

[low crane]

I think Improved auto exposure on is a tad too dim/dark in some places. Much better than that nuclear explosion tho.

[viscid wedge]

can it do 2000+nits 10% window? Unless this was done at a joke, I think you need to re-run the HDR Calibration app

[crude marsh]

basically the answer is increasing the radius and intensity of lights now methinks

[ruby tusk]

Definitely need to use HDR Calibration app

[lucid thorn]

im slowly learning about HDR while lazorr dismantles the game 🙏

[viscid wedge]

i'm patiently waiting until night. I've seen nothing extreme as some of these shots people are taking thus far

[quartz flame]

even on 60% can do a little over 2k nits ya

[paper oriole]

I agree

[crude marsh]

I could try a flat 2x on all lights (fire at 4x), and then tone down some things as needed

[gleaming marlin]

What the ass is that terrifying entity in the corner? Is that shadow from you?

[quartz flame]

its crazy bright and has no ABL at all but it gets a little warm with all that brightness

[lucid thorn]

tahts his sleep paralysis demon

[viscid wedge]

you may want to run the calibration again either way. Clearly you've got something set far too high

[quartz flame]

the screen i mean i had to add a small usb fan bellow it to cool it down

[blazing roost]

Game freezes on startup with reshade full addon suopprt.... 🙁

[sick monolith]

it's not the monitor.. something is wrong with your reshade or renodx.. your cie chart is expanded to oblivion

[quartz flame]

no think u got it wrong, that pic looks completely blown out washed out bcs its a hdr printscreen and windows cant decode hdr pics.

[flint moss]

There is like 0 light coming through the windows even though its 1000 nits outside. RaYtRaCiNg

[quartz flame]

in game looks totally diff

[plain fractal]

Maybe take a look at the reshade log

[lucid thorn]

use reshades' picture taking

[quartz flame]

it can do proper hdr print screens that look ok in windows?

[lucid thorn]

I think so, it's what I've been using

[quartz flame]

i was using the windows print screen

that basic one

[viscid wedge]

i'm not wrong that it can't hurt to re-run the calibration considering you're seeing 2000+ nits in that shot, but ReShade should be used for HDR screenshots using PrintScreen. Its all in the ReShade settings.

[quartz flame]

i see

[sick monolith]

press print screen.. the hdr pic will be saved in game folder beside the exe by default

[viscid wedge]

If you run the calibration, ReShade will pickup on the peak brightness automatically (unless you've set it manually, then just hit reset)

[quartz flame]

ya i nv used reshde for print scren and im using reshade from 2017 think lmao

[paper oriole]

windows alt printscreen also takes an hdr screenshot (in windows 11)

you can make a macro for it.

[viscid wedge]

snipping tool does have this option but its still broken as hell for gaming.

[paper oriole]

yeah this is only correcting

not actual hdr capture

you need to use gamebar for hdr capture

[abstract hawk]

It won't look okay on Windows, you have to view it in a Chromium browser if you want to see HDR.

[viscid wedge]

Gamebar looks like crap. ReShade and SpecialK get it right

[abstract hawk]

And make sure your SDR brightness slider is set at 31 for it.

Discord will also show it fine.

Since it's Chromium.

[paper oriole]

these are not native tools, which obviously is what I am talking about.

[viscid wedge]

I thought we were talking about HDR screen capture

[abstract hawk]

Game Bar takes screenshots in JXR for HDR, it's the source truth.

Well, 'source truth' is funny but that's accurate.

[paper oriole]

no I was only replying to someone asking if printscreen was hdr

[abstract hawk]

It just is horrible to share among others.

[blazing roost]

where did you find dthis i look snipping tool it not there

[quartz flame]

i see ya fck crazy windows even in 2026 it doesnt have a app or tool to get proper hdr picture decoding its that hard for them to do it. makes 0 sense

[viscid wedge]

its horrible to do anything with

[viscid wedge]

snipping tool settings. Its possible you're on an old version, even though this was added well over a year ago.

[quartz flame]

this pic taken from my phone

hdr pic from yt

[abstract hawk]

There is one, but third-party.

[blazing roost]

im on 24h2

[abstract hawk]

Soon™

[blazing roost]

owell

[abstract hawk]

[quartz flame]

i rem i used some 3rd party app at some point

[abstract hawk]

SKIV?

[paper oriole]

yeah the looking at the actual picture part is actually more difficult without third party tools than taking the actual screenshot is.

[viscid wedge]

probably why

[quartz flame]

to convert see proper hdr printscreens

[covert shuttle]

plasmaGuyHdr

[abstract hawk]

SKIV, yes.

[quartz flame]

dont rem the name but was from msstore 3rd party app

[abstract hawk]

Oh, nvm then

SKIV isn't on MS Store.

I have the app under review rn

Should be available in few hours.

Quick HDR PNG shares.

[crude marsh]

LetThereBeMoreLight

• Back up 0011 folder in game root and then overwrite with files above
• 2x all light sources, ~5x fire light sources
• For use with autoexposure fix

May only need to replace the .paz file

[viscid wedge]

Yeah the JXR's you get out of gamebar and Nvidia for that matter converted to PNG just look like crap. Nothing like what I see in person. ReShade and SK look fantastic.

[abstract hawk]

Keybind to controller, or keyboard, etc.

[abstract hawk]

Are you talking about the converted to PNG by Game Bar itself, the SDR variants?

If so, yeah. Their tonemapping is horrible for SDR.

[paper oriole]

why even convert?

[abstract hawk]

Cause JXR won't preview nicely on any app.

Apart from Windows Photos app.

[viscid wedge]

You can't share the JXR's anywhere without annoying people.

[paper oriole]

oh yeah, but for your own usage, it's fine.

[abstract hawk]

So, if you share it over Discord, it won't show the scene, you have to download it etc

Yeah, for record keeping it's fine.

If you wanna revisit later and work with it, touchup, etc.

It's more efficient than HDR PNG.

[quartz flame]

if u curios if this monitor can really do 2k nits then here u go

[paper oriole]

woah that's like 7890 nits!

[quartz flame]

its crazy bright in person with 0 abl

🤣

[jade spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/caseoh-flashbang-renza-gif-3499959455427823758

[quartz flame]

but gets warm hot especyally in summer time

i had to add a small cheap usb fan to cool it down

[tawny raptor]

I tried turning off HDR after trying out this mod and now my game is way too dark and oversaturated, what's going on? I tried launching after renaming ~dxgi.dll to disable reshade but that didn't fix.

[crude marsh]

clear shaders perhaps

[compact sedge]

How do i actually install RenoDX in crimson desert? where do i have to put the renodx file?

[crude marsh]

next to exe where reshade is

[spark oriole]

is there a TLDR somewhere best steps to de-smear this game...

[compact sedge]

can i have ReShade installed at the same time tho?

[crude marsh]

it uses reshade to inject

[compact sedge]

oh okay

[quartz flame]

ahh shit i found that app

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pgn3nwpbwl9?hl=en-US&gl=RO

this any good?

i was using this few years ago

[crude marsh]

but dont run any random ass shaders with it

[compact sedge]

so all i have to do is run the game and select the preset from reahsde menu?

[manic finch]

I was just thinking about this while I was using the latest reno file. Beautiful work, about to try it out now!

[compact sedge]

reshade*

after putting it in bin64 folder

[abstract hawk]

It's for viewing pictures, for that SKIV is overall better anyway.

[quartz flame]

i see ya need to try that i nv. used yet.

[paper oriole]

xnviewmp supports jxr

[abstract hawk]

If you're looking to view images in JXR, Windows Photos app is fine.

[paper oriole]

if going the third party route

[abstract hawk]

For HDR PNG, you can view it in Chromium browser if you use one.

[paper oriole]

and yeah windows photos is fine

[quartz flame]

im using google chrome

[abstract hawk]

That's perfect then

Just view HDR PNGs there.

And Photos for JXR.

[quartz flame]

i see nice!

[plain fractal]

This really improved the fixed auto exposure setting, looks even better now

[crude marsh]

awesome

[quartz flame]

this the brightness my monitor can deliver according to some Russian review site.

[plain fractal]

Is it possible that the lighting change impacts performance?

[crude marsh]

yep

this engine is so fucked lol

[covert ruin]

looks really good it brings life back to highlights

[viscid wedge]

worse?

[crude marsh]

costs a bit more when there are a lot of lights yeah

[covert ruin]

do you guys think all this is straying from creators intent or nah?

[lucid thorn]

Let's see if I can run it

[crude marsh]

the creators intent was to make a broken game

so

[tawny raptor]

The games in our hands now, who cares

[lucid thorn]

Imo it retains creators intent more than dlss5 so..

[plain fractal]

I noticed a big impact when standing before a burning house at night for example. But it does look really good

[crude marsh]

I can also probably make a version with less light that costs less if needed

really damn stupid that increasing light amount is actually costly

[worldly vapor]

how costy

[crude marsh]

idk

changes with the amount

I didn't compare myself directly

[worldly vapor]

not even the one you posted?

[crude marsh]

I mean I tested it

just not the fps

I only noticed it costed more when I had fire at like 30x

[plain fractal]

They probably did some of the lighting via exposure to save on performance lmao

[covert ruin]

am i crazy or is there no light actually in the lantern when it’s lit up

[upper sun]

the lantern seems completely different with the auto exposure setting thing on xD

[covert ruin]

no but even with it at default there’s no light inside the lantern

[lucid thorn]

Even nights in the forest are more visible with the light change

[azure mauve]

the renodx tab isn't appearing on reshade, it was there yesterday

[crude marsh]

AV probably

[covert ruin]

check anti virus

[wanton falcon]

windows could have flagged it yeah

[lucid thorn]

I swear it's visible in game

[boreal thunder]

Guys I am on a trip and have to play on my 4090 laptop with IPS screen for the next two days 😭 Should I still install Reno for it or don’t bother?

[covert ruin]

what is visible?

[worldly vapor]

dont play for the next 2 days

[lucid thorn]

Not sure why the screenshot killed that tbh

[worldly vapor]

[naive terrace]

play now

https://tenor.com/view/cyberpunk-2077-cyberpunk-game-fixed-fixed-idris-elba-gif-16806780537268900044

[lucid thorn]

Performance did take a hit tho even in the forest. I'm just testing the og one to see if it's just this spot in the forest

[crude marsh]

weird

they do have area lights in places

[worldly vapor]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-meme-no-cat-no-cat-nuh-uh-nuh-uh-gif-5478596456695677807

[lucid thorn]

I kinda wonder if it was the moon

[worldly vapor]

waiting for that reno cooking

[daring orbit]

Its for sdr now too

[boreal thunder]

My laptop has hdr screen but it is so crappy I’d rather play on sdr tbh

[azure mauve]

yup you was right, got it back now cheers for that!

[boreal thunder]

Going from S95F and C4 to this thing is an eye sore

[modest hatch]

Idk why but the HDR for this game feels washed out

On oled I’d rather just have the colors even if it’s SDR

[lucid thorn]

One last test

[azure mauve]

seen a few people say it looks off

[boreal thunder]

Idk HDR looks glorious with Reno for me on my TVs with RR on

[crude marsh]

vanilla HDR is bad for sure

[plain fractal]

Huge Display Commander update just dropped

[plain fractal]

At least the changelog is long

[crude marsh]

working for others so idk

[quartz flame]

on my monitor the HDR didnt felt wash out in this game ,but def. had dim colors and needed more brightness to.

[covert ruin]

guys are torches unusable? i have one in inventory but cant equip it

[viscid wedge]

It isn't. Its all in the configuration of the game and your display.

[flint moss]

I only just realised I can climb down by pressing l3 by the edge...

[modest hatch]

NGL SDR on a qd oled looks quite nice

Glad I didn’t get a W oled

Although the rdr 2 mod was great , as well as cyberpunk

[viscid wedge]

How much experience do you have with both?

[modest hatch]

It’s my first , but I asked a lot of stuff before getting it lol, was a hard decision

[daring orbit]

How i played for 30hrs not knowing this

[quartz flame]

if we didnt had the renodx for this game i would 100% stick to the SDR mode. but the renoDX addon really helps here and with some minor extra tuning can look v good. not the best i seen so far ,but still way better then the vanilla hdr in this game

[flint moss]

Haha 50 for me so u good 😂

[daring orbit]

Bro, just use reno dx

[upper sun]

After testing some it does seem my problem in HDR is whatever happens when VRR is engaged and the framerate is low compared to the 240hz its not that bad when it gamma shifts in SDR but in HDR its apparently pretty big

[eager epoch]

Any suggestions on how I might address this?

[upper sun]

o7~1

[crude marsh]

can maybe try with your original pamt

[modest hatch]

I thought I was playing this game too much till I saw some ppl online

[crude marsh]

I think there is some timestamp fuckery potentially

[covert ruin]

i’m still in first city 55 hours in lmao

[crude marsh]

if you have the timestamps from my files it should work though

[daring orbit]

Yeah its amazing

[upper sun]

Im at 63 hours just about getting ready to leave hernand

[daring orbit]

Lazzors new favorite rpg

Or what whatever this is

[lucid thorn]

Action adventure

[crude marsh]

they do get the worst technical implementation I have seen award

[primal estuary]

just so i understand, the auto exposure fix referred to here is the setting built into reno at this point?

[crude marsh]

yeah

[azure mauve]

damn just opened renodx, loads has been added since yesterday holy

[lucid thorn]

Okay so my main performance problems are the fsr 4 int8 thing

It takes 10fps

Don't think the lights are impacting me in this area

[daring orbit]

How this isnt an rpg, but e33 is 😆

[crude marsh]

I miss looking at like, a specific minor issue and fixing it

like oh man, the skeletal mesh LODs are a bit poor

some slight flickering here

[abstract hawk]

LOOOOOOOL

[crude marsh]

CD be like

https://tenor.com/view/kool-aid-man-oh-yeah-gif-10117983411222945873

[burnt dew]

Anyone knows what DLSS auto-exposure does in this game? It's off by default and i'm not talking about renodx auto exposure setting

[lucid thorn]

I did one kinda silly drawback of the light mod tho

It's not really a drawback

just looks silly

[crude marsh]

nothing with RR or DLSS 4.5, haven't actually tried with 4.0

but in general it should reduce ghosting and kill some highlights/specular noise

[flint moss]

so i was fixing the kiln but had an accident 😭

[lucid thorn]

might not even be 'cause of the lights, either. The blue lantern twitch drop (maybe the default lantern? I don't use it anymore) shows you the things that the swords' R1+L1 shows you, and this just looked funny

[crude marsh]

you know, I didn't know that was a thing

[lucid thorn]

maybe that's default I dunno

😂

[low crane]

Before/after @crude marsh Fix. Much better

[lucid thorn]

it might be exclusively the twitch drop lantern, but I haven't seen anybody else mention it

[crude marsh]

very nice very nice

[restive roost]

i had that with a vanilla game, dont recall if drop or normal lantern

[lucid thorn]

The actual effect looked more uh, pronounced - maybe it did pre-mod tho

[quartz flame]

https://x.com/nib95_/status/2036570161314963567

NIB (@nib95_)

HDR appears to be broken in Crimson Desert, with HDR "Off" actually being HDR On, and HDR "On" weirdly muting colours and vibrancy. Least on PS5 Pro.

LG OLED off screen video.
#CrimsonDesert

X · Mar 24, 2026, 10:25 PM

ya the first thing i noticed using HDR in this game how muted the colors where

[abstract hawk]

lol

[restive roost]

Typical unclamped SDR user

[quartz flame]

In SDR its super ultra colorfull while in HDR vanilla looks almost dead black and white like

def a bug

[lucid thorn]

a bug in my crimson desert? unbelievable

[digital elbow]

who is gonna tell him

[quartz flame]

i am missing something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMMx_aDx1k&t=5s

[subtle sinew]

HDR is supposed to be less saturated

[quartz flame]

Ya i know

but here its def a bug

[subtle sinew]

because you are likely using a wider gamut on SDR

which saturates the colors

[lament nymph]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veW4sb4P1Nk

[crude marsh]

ACESv2 is also just not good for games

[worn ibex]

LMAO

[lament nymph]

[crude marsh]

I mean hell all of the lights in vanilla are pink

[restive roost]

Not really, people just have their SDR monitors in wide gamut unclamped so its oversaturated and theyre used to it

[eager epoch]

Only with paz it works, so am I missing something?

[subtle sinew]

I lost like 3 fps to fix the pink nights with a magenta color shift and an effect mask to only affect the highlights

[quartz flame]

so u guys liking the Vanilla HDR in this game?

[crude marsh]

nah should be fine

[daring orbit]

Why tf would we be here if we liked vanilla hdr 😆

[subtle sinew]

The peak brightness works well in vanilla hdr but that's about as good as it gets

[quartz flame]

just earlier some people defend it said it suppose to look like that

[subtle sinew]

the blacks are doodoo

[crude marsh]

I mean fix is built into reno in 2 different ways now

[subtle sinew]

I haven't been able to try them yet but really stoked to hear that

[daring orbit]

Not a fan

[lament nymph]

holy shit there's a gambling table with 150 dollars in?

gambling time

[quartz flame]

i mean this guy saying its great

[daring orbit]

Thats fukin not true

[quartz flame]

i maybe blind then ^^

[ruby tusk]

Best HDR Settings
Moves 2 Sliders

[daring orbit]

Kcd2 actually does have good hdr

[restive roost]

did you watch the video?

[lament nymph]

I mean gamingtech is a joke

always has been

[lucid thorn]

i like his content 🙁

[quartz flame]

ya but not enterely

i missed something maybe?

[restive roost]

thats the point of the title then, to get you to click

[lucid thorn]

It looks real good in game. With the light mod I could actually see enemies

[quartz flame]

missing a little shadow detail here and there ^^

[lucid thorn]

It's proper in game! Screenshot ate it haha

[quartz flame]

[daring orbit]

Wait what fukin light mod?

[quartz flame]

anyway jk, even if the devs fix the hdr in this game, i think it cannot made it look better then the renoDX addon we already have

[daring orbit]

POST THE LINK!!

[ruby tusk]

It won't be better even if they "fix" it cause they'll continue to use ACESv2

[crude marsh]

nah reno is fixing a ton of shaders too

[ruby tusk]

PsychoV is King

and what Laz said

[lucid thorn]

Are you on latest reno

[quartz flame]

i see ya then i gonna forget about that, not even try to use vanilla hdr later on with further updates.

[crude marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/check-the-pins-kowalski-penguin-gif-20219688

[daring orbit]

Oh yea lol

[ruby tusk]

Yeah no point really imo

[lucid thorn]

It's a mod that is used with latest reno

[ruby tusk]

unless you just prefer ACESv2

[wise flax]

Is there a big difference between yesterdays mod and the updates today?

[crude marsh]

massive

[wise flax]

Howso?

[lucid thorn]

oh yeah, night and day

[azure mauve]

interior lighing without RR is awful in this game

[lucid thorn]

literally

[crude marsh]

literally night and day lmao

[wise flax]

okok you convinced me

[ruby tusk]

I got you with the patch notes

[lucid thorn]

nights are dragons dogma nights

[lucid thorn]

buildings aren't overblown

[daring orbit]

Nice thats good

[wise flax]

Hell yeah I like stuff

[ruby tusk]

Same

[crude marsh]

and then I modded the lights on top of the autoexposure fix

and

[daring orbit]

Its like lux for CD

[viscid wedge]

maybe thats not working for me. I just fought through the quarry at night, looked the same as it always has afaik

[lucid thorn]

it might be from the amount of lights 😂

[daring orbit]

Lazzor will be Cd MA number one, on nexus

[wise flax]

So drag and drop the new reno file and then follow the instructions for "LetThereBeMoreLight" and thats it yeah?

[lucid thorn]

I fought in two bandit camps at night in the forest. one with mod and one without, and one I could see and one was pitch black

[ruby tusk]

pretty much

[crude marsh]

yeah, also make sure to update reno settings

[pearl goblet]

20:14:47:068 [92940] | ERROR | Failed to load add-on from 'F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Crimson Desert\bin64\renodx-crimsondesert.addon64' with error code 193!

From the latest reno in pinned. Do I need to clear shaders or something?

[ruby tusk]

and backup your 0011 folder

[viscid wedge]

well its 6am so I gotta wait again.

[crude marsh]

antivirus

[pearl goblet]

Oh wow. That's annoying it didn't even notify me

Thank you

[primal estuary]

what settings are we using for reno, or just defaults after update?

[crude marsh]

more or less defaults

[ruby tusk]

defaults and click recommended

[crude marsh]

ye

[ruby tusk]

and adjust to your liking

[wise flax]

If its windows defender you have to click allow and then take action or something like that. Just clicking allow doesn't do anything...

[primal estuary]

clicking recommended seems to do nothing, the vanilla button turns all the stuff at the bottom off

[ruby tusk]

Was probsb on recommended already then

just click vanilla and recomm again

[primal estuary]

gotcha making sure im not missing anything, thmk ya

[lucid thorn]

it defaults to recommended

yeah haha

[ruby tusk]

yeah no worries

[wise flax]

Anyone know if todays' Nvidia driver did anything for this game?

I read the notes and didn't see anything, but they sometimes put random shit in and don't mention it

[viscid wedge]

Ctrl-F'ed through this thread a little bit ago, nothing stood out. https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1s2e7z2/game_ready_driver_59597_faqdiscussion/

[flint moss]

lazzors fix is way better, legend!

[wise flax]

Yeah I looked over that too.

Sometimes they shadow fix shit without mentioning it...

[viscid wedge]

what I mean is, from people playing the game.

[upper sun]

It made me get the classic 153 error crashes thats bout it KEKW~7

[wise flax]

Gotcha, I haven't checked it in a few hrs so if there's nothing yet then it likely means no changes.

[crude marsh]

its nice that 1 out of 100 things I have tried with this game have worked

[upper sun]

Also the game looks really nice with the light mod just got around to installing it PogU

[wise flax]

Hey 1 is better than 0 eh?

[crude marsh]

true

I could post it on nexus but also reno is required so

🤷

not like i care about nexus

[elfin hollow]

Do the render improvements work okay with DLSS?

[wise flax]

My game scared me and gave me a little stutter while loading with the mod update.

It looks good though

[crude marsh]

pretty much everyone using dlss

[wise flax]

DLSS is literally a requirement if you want to run RR...

[lament nymph]

at night white ppl become yellow

[wise flax]

Unless you're ok with 20-30 fps on a 5090.

[lament nymph]

[crude marsh]

wouldnt that be.... the color of the light

[lucid thorn]

again, thank you for everything 🙏

[naive terrace]

mmm HDR still doesn't convince me in this game. after testing with latest Renodx

[elfin hollow]

Just recalling that Endfield's improvements only worked on DLAA. But all good, thank you 🙏

[lament nymph]

this isn't a car headlights

[alpine bear]

snow areas with improved auto exposure really hurt my eyes

[final imp]

i got dlaa working with hdr, rr and framegen on 5090. For me it was as simple as setting everything up and restarting the game after the black bar appears

[lucid thorn]

looks accurate to me

[lucid thorn]

I'm sorry, day 67

[wise flax]

@final imp For me the black bar appears every few minutes and I'm not patient enough to watch that cutscene every 5 minutes...

[lucid thorn]

how many hours do you have

[lament nymph]

lots

[lucid thorn]

im day 20 in game

still in the first region

[lament nymph]

and I hate this game ...

[lucid thorn]

29.4 hours played

[wise flax]

Random question did the lantern always look like it's turned off and light is magically coming from around it somehow?

I legit don't remember

[final imp]

Its been okay for at least an hour now, one thing is tabbing out seems to bring it back and I got to restart again

[lament nymph]

🤷‍♀️ not a lot

I figured by the time I'm done with this game prob around 100 hrs

[lucid thorn]

huh, okay

[lament nymph]

just for the sake of criticizing games I don't like I usually finish it, maybe plat-ed if reasonable ... so ppl can't say " u only play for a few hrs then hate "

[lucid thorn]

there's no shot you're going to plat this game

this estimated 100% time is like 200-300 hours

because the achievements are geared towards like, completing things

[lament nymph]

I mean all the trophies seem reasonable

[lucid thorn]

ye reasonable just time consuming

[alpine bear]

And with vanilla exposure it's too dark. Who tf implemented their auto exposure and though "yep, that's it"

[low crane]

@crude marsh Is it possible to up the light some more? I still think its a litle too dark.

[lucid thorn]

What's it look like with your torch

[crude marsh]

tf is that location

[wise flax]

So improved auto exposure makes night time actually dark af yeah?

[lucid thorn]

Someone's house I think

[lucid thorn]

Ye

[lime bridge]

Some Auto Exposure fix on/off comparisons.

[lucid thorn]

The lighting mod then helps lights work

[wise flax]

Gotcha I turned it on to test out in the wilderness and immediately couldn't see shit

[low crane]

Glenbright Manor, lol

[lucid thorn]

Hahaha yeah

[lucid thorn]

Gotta rename it. Shits glendark manor now