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[dapper lake]

there were 5 settings lol

[fresh field]

yeah RR forces a bunch of settigns to go beyond what 'max' is

[dapper lake]

when i turned on RR

[fresh field]

thats why its so intensive

[dapper lake]

there were 6

[lucid thorn]

I swear I'm not losing it 😭

[upper sun]

You definitely could do max on thje first patch without RR

[fresh field]

yeah, they didnt change any graphics stuff officially

[dapper lake]

god knows then

[upper sun]

The only thing that changed is that turning lighting down from max when RR is on turns RR off now instead of the setting just not doing anything

[fresh field]

i know because in my initial game set up i had it on max lighting without RR and was like damn it doesnt look as good as RR lol

so i left RR on

[dapper lake]

i 100% remember being confused at a whole ass extra tier of lighting showing up

when i turned on rr

[sleek veldt]

Medium is huge

[lucid thorn]

This was from early review access https://youtu.be/9ig5PT5yDDk?t=1349&si=dxjYGOI8I34UmVmJ

Max has been there just expensive haha

[dapper lake]

yeah - i assumed those were with RR on because the option didnt exist otherwise for me lmao

[sleek veldt]

Almost an 80% positive on steam for all languages

Good for them

[dire pilot]

Once you suplex an archer through a sniper nest, you can't hate the game anymore

[lucid thorn]

Or raise your sword and light the nest on fire

[dapper lake]

ive always ran rr anyway after first going into settings lmao

[dire pilot]

What the fuck!!!

I gotta do that when I get home

[lucid thorn]

I'm not 100% sure that's what burned it down but I don't think I hit a barrel haha

And you can burn the vines and stuff

[dire pilot]

Strictly for science, I tied a pirate up and threw him in the ocean

[sleek veldt]

Honestly I know it's like 30 hours in but chapter 6 is just too fun

[dire pilot]

Also if you just throw someone in the water, they'll swim back to land

The tied up pirate drowned tho 🥴

[fresh field]

imagine, without use of legs/arms in water, you drown. realism is out the window

[dire pilot]

Only his arms were tied up - he could have used his legs!

[fresh field]

you can also grab an animal and hold it, walk into water and drown it as well

just FYI

[lucid thorn]

Spin in circles

[fresh field]

did it to a raccoon cause he looked at my garbage can funny

[dire pilot]

I got an abyss artifact challenge that was fence 3 goats lol

[faint bobcat]

Vanilla burley / EON

what the hell is going on here

looks like someone forgor to clamp

[fresh field]

AI slop house

[dire pilot]

Missing the qte when you're being mauled by a bear is very funny - the animation is 🤌

[fresh field]

just grab the bear, carry it to water and drown it

easy

[rough granite]

brightness difference issue just turning camera away from sun source

meh jxl not liking

[faint bobcat]

@wheat elk

[rough granite]

what do you use for hdr screenshots?

[faint bobcat]

Reshade

it takes HDR pngs for you

(if it detects HDR swapchain)

[fresh field]

just by hiting print screen button, right?

[faint bobcat]

yh

or whatever the hotkey is for screenshots

for reshade

[manic valve]

Sent you a DM

If anyone else needs UV guide, lmk lol

[dapper lake]

bro im not crazy right??

[dusty loom]

hi guys where can i download the file?

[dapper lake]

check the pins up top

[quaint gorge]

Hi, I have two questions, this beeing the first time using the Renodx magic 😄

1. Do I need HDR Monitor for this mod to work ?
2. Do I need HDR set to ON in-game settings?

[dapper lake]

Yeah visual bug thats resetting but i knew it let me lmao

[lament nymph]

... so when will they fix some ppl not being able to summon balloons

[rough granite]

well not sure it ouputs HDR, but problem is well visible

any idea @faint bobcat ?

[lucid thorn]

Does it flip back if you go back into settings

[lament nymph]

also dlss fix

[lucid thorn]

Like exit settings and go back

[dapper lake]

aye thats what i mean its resetting - but only in main menu not in game. Thats whats thrown me lmao

[faint bobcat]

what am I looking at?

[dapper lake]

any setting change in game it immediately is reflected on the other

[rough granite]

quite big brightness difference for same location, just turning camera away from sun (left) and more towards it (right)

[lucid thorn]

Might just be a ui thing since RR wouldn't respect the lighting setting

[rough granite]

nearly like there is barely any sun on the left

[dapper lake]

oh well back to chugging along at max

[rough granite]

auto exposure changing

[hardy owl]

Something cool. If you double tap the weapon seathe button, John Kliff does a very cool animation after finishing a combat

[dapper lake]

yeah it is 100%, the UI doesnt seem to check the other on settings being applied when in the main menu but does the check when in game

[lucid thorn]

Very weird :p

[dapper lake]

im just glad im not straight up losing the plot man

was acc a bit concerned

[lucid thorn]

I love the small things like that. Like how if you open the equipment wheel and hoover a helmet that you can open and close it then it flips the helmet

[faint bobcat]

this with alt exposure?

[rough granite]

yeah

[lucid thorn]

We good now aha

[faint bobcat]

we are working on a new exposure setup

[rough granite]

tried latest reno or the one before same behavior

[frozen shale]

Nice! Will this fix the noise with the blue light?

[rough granite]

? i'm just posting my settings

[frozen shale]

This is the GitHub versiuon of Reno?

[rough granite]

no it was from here

[dapper lake]

could someone donate a new set of eyes to me please doesnt look as bad in the clip but im blind

[burnt dew]

Lol dafuq, use this https://www.nexusmods.com/crimsondesert/mods/1 it now include the noise effect

[rustic storm]

same!

[dusty loom]

I can't find the download link guys in the pinned message. Can someone copy it for me here please?

[warm scroll]

do we tune to the values suggested in the post or does RENO "fix" this handshake issue regardless?

[faint bobcat]

Reno fixes everything HDR related

The "recommendations" in that post are insane

[lament nymph]

once I got 75/75 bosses in this game it's time to quit

[kindred shoal]

you will probably habe played like 150 hours by then so yea

seems like a good time

[mortal wolf]

no, he's mocking the nonsense in the post

there is no "handshake issue"

maybe if you use HDR10+ which you shouldn't

[manic valve]

can't wait for the LOD/popin fix mod

[lament nymph]

I have issue handshaking ppl, I don't know which hand to use

[manic valve]

Feels like a Playstation 2 game lol

[manic valve]

I use my third leg usually

[karmic quest]

Havent got an answer, can I have 2 seperate addon64 files in the game files?

[manic valve]

I think it only uses the one with the default name

So you could have a bunch in there as (1), (2) variants etc

[karmic void]

@faint bobcat how do I fuckin fix the pixeleted smoke coming out of the chimneys? I'm getting mad

[karmic quest]

Wdym by default name? Renodx shouldnt work then either

[faint bobcat]

I havent checked

[manic valve]

I think it only uses the one that's named renodx-crimsondesert. Could be wrong.

[faint bobcat]

might not be using tricubic B-spline filtering

or might be some other issue

[karmic void]

It is horrible

[faint bobcat]

1/64th render

or something

[karmic quest]

Yeah, I have another mod that is also addon64, similar to renos, but I was wondering if I can run both

Dont want to break them game if I put them 2 there lol

[manic valve]

Well, there is one easy way to find out

[stone comet]

last man standing at this point take a break 😭

[karmic void]

why does it look better in screenshot?

[karmic quest]

Its not even funny how disgustingly bad the graphics are by default..

[cursive stream]

you blessed my eyes

[rough granite]

just to confirm, disabling the auto exposure on same spot / similar scenario and it does not happens with the native one

[dapper lake]

i will admit i think loss of sight was worth it

[kindred shoal]

man is auto follow on horseback also scuffed for anyone else?

[faint bobcat]

not in motion so you dont see the flickering

[kindred shoal]

Killf just decides he never wants to go any faster than a slow gallop

[golden scaffold]

Which post what did I miss

[dire pilot]

Using rcas sharpening cleaned that up for me but ymmv

[karmic void]

I'm using it too but it didn't, it starts at a certain distance

[dire pilot]

Crimson Desert is an enigma 🤷‍♂️

[lament nymph]

did you guys know in chapter ... 6 or 7 ... there's this one guy that calls kliff by his name in a cutscene

other than that ...

everyone else besides his friends call him greymane

[dire pilot]

Most people don't call Geralt by his name

Medieval folks know you by profession, not name

[jagged charm]

auto follow?

[stone comet]

I mean its kinda different when its your own camp, when they're referring eachother with names but you're not

[lament nymph]

most folks don't, but the important figures do know geralt by name

[naive jackal]

Better than being called they (even to the characters face lol) all the time like Hogwarts

[lament nymph]

in this game, you are dealing with every important figures and they refuse to call you by name

[stone comet]

(the story was barely salvaged as admitted by the ceo anyways)

something went really wrong and they decided to salvage what they can and focus on game mechancis instead

[dire pilot]

They're all just very rude (idk it's very sloppy lol)

[naive jackal]

Is it true that the crimson desert itself isn't even mentioned in the story dialogue?

[dire pilot]

I assume it's because most side quests can be done by any character so it cuts down on having to record multiple lines

[stark arch]

that looks clean

[kindred shoal]

you can hold A, o whatever your run button is, in segments where you hav eto follow someone and Kliff will just follow them automatically

It works on foot fine but on horseback he only ever goes like the 2nd slowest speed

[jagged charm]

I had no idea, i've been painstakingly following them manually

[dapper lake]

yeah it can be quite scuffed

[karmic void]

ya pictures completely different than game

[dapper lake]

i think the issue is more the npcs you follow

they cant decide whether to full sprint or stay still or just dawdle

[stone comet]

it seems they do it when they exhaust their dialogue

for the most part

[kindred shoal]

its weird cause like the first 2 times on horseback it worked

[dire pilot]

I imagine it was more intimately tied to BDO at one point and they made the decision to pivot because it can be hard to sell a game that relies on knowledge from another game, especially an MMO

[dapper lake]

one of the guard npcs you follow in pailune would sprint then walk pm and off until he finished dialogue lmao

[lament nymph]

not true, u go there in chapter 9

[kindred shoal]

maybe some weird interaction got bugged with the change sthey made in the patch or something

[naive jackal]

@lament nymph Nice to know, saw the claim being made either on reddit or the team forums

[stone comet]

Idk I think it was supposed to be standalone from the start, just sharing certain aspects of the world like abyss stuff, races etc thats about it

[carmine stump]

Somebody know why it has been removed?

[naive jackal]

I bounced off BDO pretty quick when it came out, what is the CD relation, is it a prequel, sequel, or side plot?

[dire pilot]

Or if you believe the anonymous reports, they scrapped everything from the ousted director out of pettiness or necessity

[kindred shoal]

as far as i have seen its not related at all

[stone comet]

based on what just the ceo said I think thats legit very probable

[dire pilot]

It started as a prequel but quickly became its own thing

Think like FF11 and 14 or Tactics and 12 - same races and themes but different worlds

[naive jackal]

Ah gotcha

[golden scaffold]

Fleekazoid review is out and it's absolutely goated

[hardy owl]

John Desert is the main character though

[golden scaffold]

You want a story? READ A BOOK!

[vital bay]

It's in the no hud mod now too

Also on nexus mods

[deft pulsar]

with the latest build should we still use lazor's more light?

[karmic quest]

Y

[hollow hamlet]

this might be dumb but I can't find the download link

[karmic quest]

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

[upbeat magnet]

@steel wolf ok so I did some testing
P1 🚫 - tons of artifacting in motion, lowest latency
P4+ ✅ - P4 was best latency/quality ratio with little noticeable compression
SpatialAQ 🚫 - at our bitrates it actually costs us quality
VBV 300+ ✅ - huge increase for me in fidelity, allows host to request more bits per frame up to 500% based on this factor if necessary.
QP <10 ✅ - this has a massive effect on compression, make sure this is below 10 so long as your network is stable. You’ll find this under advanced.
HEVC > AV1 ✅ - slightly more compression than AV1, but supports 4:4:4 chroma subsampling and HDR.

With the above I pushed up to P6 and maintain 12ms of latency overall on average. Near native. I also lowered my bitrate overall for this test.

[hoary vector]

Spent an hour trying to figure out a vault puzzle and didnt realize auto exposure was hiding a color difference on something 😢

[quiet copper]

looks like increased lights intensity mod and latest reno combined causes lanter to become darker now when shining. without Lazorr's mod brightness of the lantern when shining it is birghter than when not shining normally

[vivid iris]

I don't see this since implementing the fix
edit: oh it's the engine absolutely fucking cranking the exposure when the lantern is picked up.

[karmic quest]

What also is causing my Brown dog being Black Dog now and my White Horse being a Black Horse, usually happens at night

During rain it goes from White to Grey or has some weird issue where one half was in grey once and other one in white lol

[lucid thorn]

I've noticed this and I'm not using RR

using the lantern legit turns it into a horror game in some spots

Because the lantern on the hip lights up everything but aiming is it like a flashlight

[karmic void]

Ooooh now I get it ffs

so the lamp changes exposure too

[vivid iris]

both auto exposure implementations are limiting that behavior

[golden scaffold]

It was actually really cool when I was just exploring a dark forest the other day and out of nowhere had my first encounter with a pack of wolves. Also playing with Gabriele at the time I was caught completely unprepared as I'm not familiar with her kit yet. It was super cool

Fighting wolves in pitch black with nothing but the lantern was something else

Didn't even know game had them, what a memorable experience

[karmic quest]

My auto exposure ceiling is set to 85

Its perfect ngl

Not running into trees anymore at night

[lucid thorn]

That's awesome!

I found a legendary horse except he's all black and I kept losing him because it was night time

Bro was a ghost

[karmic quest]

Can I have that horse

[lucid thorn]

Sure he's legendary and cool haha

[karmic quest]

I'll trade you my Chamaleon White Horse

[lucid thorn]

Sure! Haha

[karmic quest]

Where did you find it? I've tried to tame a couple to no avail, the only legendary horse I tamed is my first one...

[flint moss]

Is it possible to see if a horse is legendary? Like shiny pokemon?

[stone comet]

it usually does a first time pop up

if its your first legendary animal

[lucid thorn]

You get notified that they're legendary yeah

[stone comet]

theyre in few very specific spots

[lucid thorn]

But also trying to tame a horse, you'll know if they're legendary

He was not easy haha

[stone comet]

easiest way is following the tail with your camera and just holding S

[lucid thorn]

It also updates your codex

[hybrid geyser]

legendaries have thier own tab in knowledge

[karmic quest]

I was fuming when I couldnt even tame a horse that was for the greymane quest

[rough granite]

a friend of mine in ultrawide, with reshade / this addon (unsure its the addon), he gets side blackbars and cannot select 3440x1440, any clue?

[lucid thorn]

Yeah this is true but I'm on controller and he moved faster than the camera haha I should switch back and forth

[flint moss]

You dont know if they're legendary unless u tried taming? 🫡

[stone comet]

ahh yeah thatd make it more annoying LOL

[lucid thorn]

I'll have to try m&k for horses

I played half the game on m&k I like the controls

I've just been leaning back and playing recently

[stone comet]

its deffo easier, got it on my 2nd try while cold debuffed and like lvl 3 in stamina

[flint moss]

Ooh didnt know this

[lucid thorn]

Oh nice

I'll make a note

So far archery is also way easier for me on m&k cause I'm a first person shooter guy

[stone comet]

i think they nerfed archery too

[lucid thorn]

They did indeed

[stone comet]

as in its easier to do

[lucid thorn]

I've not tried it since

[lament nymph]

the horseraces in this game are garbage, they slow down if you are behind them so you can catch up, but stick to you like glue at a certain distance regardless of how fast you are doing, which makes the race pointless so you just conserve stamina and sprint once near the end

[flint moss]

Archery is damn hard on controller, no way ill get 3/3

[quiet copper]

cg supe from ILM here. If you modifying foliage translucency and subsurface parameters perhaps worth doing additional screenshots with the back lit angle not only front lit (just to make sure leaves shader work as expected when light is behind)

[lucid thorn]

They also nerfed arm wrestling

[lament nymph]

not to mention one of the horse race quest in demeniss is bugged and can't be completed

[flint moss]

Oh good they nerfed

[lucid thorn]

Rubberband baby

[dapper lake]

this game keeps deciding it can be fucked in a way i hadnt seen yet each time i play. right bumper + Y input on oongka lmao

[lament nymph]

see DF is gonna make a graphics of the year list and somehow crimson desert will win, I guarantee

that channel is fked up

[lucid thorn]

Damn he has the light of the gods

[dense raft]

Skill issue. I did it before they nerfed it. The AI was shooting before the target was up 😂

[kindred shoal]

the winners each year generally pretty spot on

[lucid thorn]

Game has its moments tho

[kindred shoal]

but there is no shot that GTA 6 doesnt win this year lol

[lucid thorn]

Same!

[dapper lake]

ngl i found it easier on controller than with my mouse bc of the horrible feeling of the mouse in this

[lucid thorn]

I returned my aim center mass and flicked the targets and still beat the cheating ai

[dapper lake]

and i hate aiming on controller

[lucid thorn]

Wdym

[faint bobcat]

I am reworking some of the contact shadowing. They have per stencil ID and I dont like how blocky and pure dark some of the shadows are for grass and bushes. I will adjust per ID

I will capture some more pics

[lucid thorn]

What's wrong with mouse

[dire pilot]

Yeah GTA6 will mop the floor with everyone despite being console only

[lucid thorn]

All while being 30 fps

🙏

[kindred shoal]

for sure gonna be 30fps lol

[flint moss]

Yeah you literally need to see into the future lol

[dense raft]

Get yourself a TMR controller 😏

[dapper lake]

mouse input felt super floaty on launch for me

i think mine is? could be wrong

[lucid thorn]

That's a setting you can change

[lucid thorn]

Controller does the same thing

Set acceleration to 100 and it feels normal

[dapper lake]

aye i figured it was probs just latency so switched

too far in to switch atp

[flint moss]

Have one, didn't help 😅

[lucid thorn]

I recommend doing it on controller too haha *

[dapper lake]

aye ive done that for controller already lma o

[lucid thorn]

Oh good yeah mouse that's all it is

[dapper lake]

because i havent been a huge controller user for years now i dont notice input lag etc as much on one

[lucid thorn]

I'm primarily mouse and keyboard guy I get that

[steady orbit]

Anyone got best last renodx settings fir crimson desert? Everything defoult or no? Thank you

[fresh field]

enjoying the new auto exposure update for reno, very nice

[vivid iris]

game looks good and has a lot of cool tech, idk what else this year is gonna compete off the top of my head. Like sure it has a lot of oddities that are annoying but so does every game 🤷

[dapper lake]

re9?

[lament nymph]

not when almost all the indoor has broken lighting

[vivid iris]

oh duh, yeah re9 should win lmao

[dapper lake]

lmao

[kindred shoal]

RE9 and GTA6 gonna be in the running

[faint bobcat]

Example, you can see how I fixed the random ass transition line deleting contact shadows but I dont like how the hardening for the leaves and grass looks like

[vivid iris]

re9 with PT is borderline flawless

[dapper lake]

tho ngl looking at pt vs rt vs raster comparisons - theyve cucked raster users far more than necessary

[vivid iris]

nah that's just how raster always is out of cutscenes

people just fixate on it now that it can be solved

[dapper lake]

i had to drop to 1080 in racoon city to keep DLAA as the boiling was horrible otherwise

[kindred shoal]

raster vs PT is blowout every time

[dapper lake]

i mean volumetric lighting existed long before RT and PT

[kindred shoal]

the path tracing mod for dark souls 2 that ragevitamins made is absolutely insane

[dapper lake]

and its just missing in some scenes

[stone comet]

i dont remember having much boiling in RE9 honestly

[kindred shoal]

makes a horrible looking game look crazy good

[lucid shoal]

They can use the excuse it's called graphics of the year and not graphics tech of the year

[plush parcel]

this was making me crazy

[stone comet]

but i was like completely maxed out

[dapper lake]

i was maxed too,still any DLSS setting below DLAA would have boiling issues at certain points

[kindred shoal]

oh my god

[stark arch]

i see everyone says you basically need to play with RR for this game to look good, but with RR on rain looks absolutely abymyssal, is that just how it is now? gotta turn RR off when its raining

[kindred shoal]

is this in the newest released build?

[sly vigil]

any decent mods on nexus or still all reshades

[faint bobcat]

I saw this in their gameplay vids, DF vid and in the intro

I died

[stone comet]

still reshades

just get that 1 shader toggler noise fix thats all

[golden scaffold]

Remove annoying songbird is my top mod

[stone comet]

https://www.nexusmods.com/crimsondesert/mods/1?tab=files

oh wtf its gone

[viscid wedge]

I don't bother turning it off. Previous build (from yesterday) with AE settings off then on. RR enabled.

[stone comet]

well that one has it

[golden scaffold]

Am I the only one that was annoyed to hell with the obnoxious songbird? It's the best mod! I'm not being sarcastic

[stone comet]

i tune em out 😭

[plush parcel]

How cooked is the game compared to other games you worked on ?

[stark arch]

well its dark u cant see shit the difference for the rain in daylight was pretty insane

i can live with it but it definitely brought down the visuals quite a bit depending how often its gonna rain

[stone comet]

its mega obfuscated + denuvo makes it worse so it's deffo not making their lives easier LOL

[viscid wedge]

my god these are bad https://www.nexusmods.com/crimsondesert/mods/240

[stone comet]

the first image 💀

[kindred shoal]

most reshades are very awful

lol

[golden scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/gordon-ramsay-gif-19630229

[stone comet]

its actually just pitch black bro

[tawny ravine]

"Everything you'd want to see in this game"

[dire pilot]

I imagine most reshades are made by people with TN monitors trying to claw any kind of color out of it

[kindred shoal]

yea

[viscid wedge]

That first image is what people think getting their first OLED will make everything look like, in my experience

[golden scaffold]

Why is nexus still allowing this it is ridiculous

[plush parcel]

I hate denuvo

[golden scaffold]

It has nothing to do with modding

[viscid wedge]

thankfully..

[golden scaffold]

They added it finally? Oh you just type that in search bar?

[dire pilot]

It's technically modifying the image 🙃

[fresh field]

yeah but the modder has to use that tag lol

[faint bobcat]

Endfield had some shenanigans but that was more soo the game being built around mobile support

BG3 is flat af with light leak everywhere, missing shadows (they just didnt apply the shadow gbuffer for some reason), lack of contact shadows

[dire pilot]

Reshade presets is what most games on Nexus exclusively have

[stone comet]

can you just do that but applied every single time?

[viscid wedge]

there is a Tag's section on the left in the mods page. just add ReShade to Excludes in the drop down

[manic finch]

was anybody able to fix the issue with the nature's echo skill and noise/grain. There was a mod that got removed from nexus that apparently fixed it

[faint bobcat]

BG3 has some disgusting shadow saturation boost

[viscid wedge]

that i'm not sure about. it seems to reset for me if I reload the page

[stone comet]

its included in nohud now

[golden scaffold]

So annoyed when I check for an obscure game see like 15 mods and all of them are reshade 😭

[stone comet]

#1469072401450012774 message

[manic finch]

oh beautiful thanks

[stone comet]

ahhh maybe theres something in profile settings idk i figured it would

[manic finch]

it started driving me crazy once i got the skill

[stone comet]

yeah i was legit confused when i first got it my screen would get fucked LOL

[golden scaffold]

Has anyone figured out why hide (only) minimap in nohud mod doesn't work?

[vivid iris]

reshade presets can be decent, the problem is that it's a lot of peoples intro to modding/graphics

[manic finch]

yeah it's so awful, gonna install this now

[vivid iris]

it's an accessible tool which is a double edge sword

[plush parcel]

I need to fire up BG3 again sometime with Reno

[stone comet]

ff14 has some really cool reshade stuff

[faint bobcat]

BG3 applied a constant fresnel fx to all characters

[fresh field]

i have a copy of the OG noise fix without all the other stuff if you want that as well. i downloaded it before it got removed @manic finch

[faint bobcat]

Diddy party

[stone comet]

they make special graphics that lets you layer the ingame character with them depending on depth with extra effects etc

[stark arch]

hey, i think crimson desert actually is the first game where most reshades are better than vanilla

[faint bobcat]

Act 2 Haven shield has a harsh alpha clip

[kindred shoal]

Skyrim would like to have a word

[plush parcel]

all oiled up xD

[faint bobcat]

Grymforge lacks any sort of shadowing

[gritty steppe]

Not schizophrenia, I'm you heavy attack with RR on the whole screen becomes grainy.

[stone comet]

even regardless of that i dont think it even looks bad tbh

[golden scaffold]

Damn that's so much better. That place always looked off

[stone comet]

realistically youre always playing top down so it's not as important

[golden scaffold]

Always looked kinda flat to me

[plush parcel]

So good

[lament nymph]

I have 20k silvers now where to spend all this wealth

[fresh field]

just throw it on the ground

its pointless

[dense raft]

Has anyone found a solution to minimize noise and shimmering when not using RR? Not talking eliminating but just reducing the damn ugliness

[golden scaffold]

Donate to camp

[kindred shoal]

thats one thing that is always annoying in open world games or RPGs

at a certain point money just becomes useless cause you have so much lol

[stone comet]

not as far as im aware

[fleet jacinth]

in some of them yeah

[golden scaffold]

Nothing a mod can't fix

[faint bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/hideo-kojima-blink-what-gif-16050340

[kindred shoal]

its why i install crippling economy mods in games that have them

[stone comet]

kojima clip that

[lament nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/tracoon-tracoon-too-rich-tracoon-suffering-from-success-gif-1458791985615496704

[sly prism]

my performance is so hit or miss, I really dont get it, HDR feel like the setting is on but doesnt actually like activate sometimes. Sometimes I tab out, desktop is bright and colorful, other times dark/dull
Sometimes I load in FPS 130, sometimes 60......like cannot get any consistancy

[viscid wedge]

I can't say i've experienced any of that sorta thing

[plush parcel]

Hey it's dnd maybe it's lore accurate cause she has no soul or something

[tame vault]

The new auto exposure is great.

[fresh field]

ive had the FPS issues a few times, usually quitting and starting the game again fixes it. its like FG is on but not enabled but ihavent had it in a few days now

[tame vault]

The old one was too, but this one just makes it a bit more usable with the games fucky lighting

[fresh field]

old one was nearly perfect, the slider is chefs kiss

[tame vault]

Yup

RenoDX 4 lyfe

[golden scaffold]

No GPU driver issues discovered for this game? Like the RE9 has been having, performance all over the place?

[tame vault]

What value you rocking?

[gritty steppe]

https://www.nexusmods.com/crimsondesert/mods/1?tab=description

[fresh field]

i havent messed around with it much, i have it set to 100 now for testing purposes but i'll dial it in along side contrast and other settings soon enough

[gritty steppe]

What happened to the other mod, why did it get removed from Nexus? Should I uninstall it?

[viscid wedge]

i'm still on 581.57 from October and right in line with others running the latest, from what i've seen

[dense raft]

Didn't have the balls to update my drivers to the recent one 😂

[tame vault]

Default 50 seems nice, though I've bumped paper white to 240

[fallen knoll]

https://www.nexusmods.com/crimsondesert/mods/256?tab=images

[fresh field]

mine is 220 but i had contrast settings dialed differently with the last auto exposure. with this slider i can probably revert those changes

[sly prism]

So if my monitor is HDR 10+ how should that be handled, Just left off in favor of RenoDX?

[viscid wedge]

yes

[stone comet]

does same thing as nohud parallax disabler

has the same shader hash

[faint bobcat]

Top comment on RenoDX menu mentions it

HDR10+ is irrelevant

addon fixes whatever issues there are , HDR10+ just sets peak brightness based on metadata

also HDR10+ is Samsung

so Pearl probably added it because

[thin kelp]

wonder why my game refuse to load with it

[mossy gust]

weird, i don't see the blue fast travel markers anymore when i hold l1+r1

[viscid wedge]

Get some elevation

[mossy gust]

nah, i mean i'm right up next to it and nothing

[viscid wedge]

and with the latern?

[mossy gust]

same, not showing anymore

[viscid wedge]

just since this test update?

are you sure you didn't already step on it?

[mossy gust]

no, i just found one i hadn't found before to test, i'm not sure when it started, i'm on the newest update.

Anyone else have that issue?

[fallen knoll]

send screen shot?

[dapper lake]

i had that the other day but it stopped after restart

[mossy gust]

could be game issue, i'll try restarting

[fallen knoll]

yeah try reloading the savefile

dude i tried to go back to sdr its completely ruined for me now

[golden scaffold]

This mod is this person's only contribution and it seemed odd (also not following any of the typical installations were using) but what is really freaky to me is the tone of their writing, wtf is going on with all these AI posts? Are these even real people

[worthy belfry]

reddit is full of these

[glad vessel]

The vanilla auto exposure is very wild in the reed fields I thought my panel dimming got activated

[worthy belfry]

i dont know why they wont even bother to change the writing style lol

[golden scaffold]

And the em dash...

[worthy belfry]

and so many people reply sincerely like guys u are not talking to a human being rn!!

[golden scaffold]

Is this the bot itself posting in wondering

If you look at the archive, it's 1 file

How the fuck do you even install this?

[worthy belfry]

what mod is it

[golden scaffold]

I haven't seen a mod like this yet

[worthy belfry]

.cdmod

[mossy gust]

looks like my issue is resolved after a restart, that's good

[golden scaffold]

It's not like crimson browser mods

[tawny ravine]

Jesus in a few years nexus mods will be 90% AI created mods and AI bots replying in comments

[worthy belfry]

.cdmod is a filetype for this

https://crimsondesertmods.com/cd-mod-manager-v1-1/

which also looks like slop

ai generated thumbnail lol

[acoustic crescent]

Path tracing unlock!

[stone comet]

we need more mod managers

waiter waiter 10 more mod managers please

[worthy belfry]

i need the manager

[tawny ravine]

Ya this mod manager is vibe coded by AI too

Got claude as its contributor on github

[worthy belfry]

man

[ruby tusk]

Even more sad is I had someone try to tell me they were using Path Tracing in this game last night

[golden scaffold]

Oh that's why, I never bothered with this one. First time seeing something actually use a cdmod

[dapper lake]

before release i saw a lot of articles claiming that cinematic was PT

or well, right at release

[kindred shoal]

to play devils advocate it is possible that they dont know english very well

[worthy belfry]

ur right but also its using the slop filetype

[stone comet]

theres no reason to not just use standardised json instead of its own filetype

makes 0 sense

[worthy belfry]

claude said its own filetype would b cool

[tawny ravine]

it makes all the sense to Claude

[stone comet]

true

[maiden forum]

jo were do i get renodx for crimson desert?

[kindred shoal]

pins

[jade flame]

Is it better to increase Exposure or Game Brightness if I want the game to be brighter?

[kindred shoal]

5000 peak brightness is the sweet spot

[stone comet]

game brightness for psychov/this game at least

[worthy belfry]

i used claude agent to write a readme for my dissertation project and there were a million em dashes and the install instructions were wrong. AI is taking over this is peak development

[stone comet]

also increasing auto exposure should help

[jade flame]

I don't use the modified AEL. The effect is too extreme for me.

[ruby tusk]

Game Brightness

[sly prism]

The Samsung 49" Odyssey OLED G9 (G95SC/G93SD) has a maximum HDR peak brightness of approximately 400–1000 nits, depending on the window size and settings, with sustained brightness in SDR being lower (around 250 nits). While it can hit high peaks in HDR, its typical brightness is lower than Mini-LED alternatives to protect against OLED burn-in.
Reddit
Reddit
+5
HDR Peak Brightness: Advertised up to 1000 nits, though many users and reviewers note actual peak output is often around 400–700 nits depending on content.

......wtf should I set this monitor to?

[jade flame]

Ok. That's what I was already doing. ty

[stone comet]

your 10% is 1000 so just that

[ruby tusk]

his 10% is not 1000

it's likely around 400

[obsidian widget]

i get a log error when i open the game and cant change the hdr settings, what should i do?

[viscid wedge]

G9 OLED

[ruby tusk]

its certified for trueblack400, so it's 10% is likely around that, it probably has a boost mode for peak brightness to 1000 but then you have to deal with ABL

as expected

[stone comet]

oh i meant the boost mode

[manic finch]

actually could you? that would be great

[dapper lake]

ABL is when a bright aspect dims the entire screen (simplifying it a bit ik) right? NGL ive only encountered that in one game for some reason

[ruby tusk]

yeah rest of the scene gets dimmed

[dapper lake]

Weird, my monitor has a lot of complaints for that in Peak 1000 but only noticed it in The Isle

[fresh field]

yeah let me upload it to my google drive and i'll dm you the link

[dapper lake]

sorry, i tell a lie - star citizen too

[stone comet]

you can just steal the shader toggle code from the .ini and rename it to group 0 and in general set groups to 1

[crude marsh]

antivirus

[errant wolf]

so idk if title screen crash is amd or epic games related ? crash happens when epic overlay is supposed to show up on the screen

[golden scaffold]

My best case scenario too

But how do you figure out "this was code that PA left behind and didn't activate it" without knowing English

[mortal wolf]

what does it say

[vivid iris]

don't worry about that, just set it to whatever your clip point is for a 10% window test. Just use the hdr calibration app

the point is to calibrate the content, not the actual output of your screen

if people had to set peak based on the actual measured 10% window size, all the 1000 nit modes on oled monitors would be set to 450 nits, which is nonsense lol

[ruby tusk]

exactly lol

[sly prism]

the calibration tool peaks at 400

[golden scaffold]

I also like to undercalibrate slightly to reduce potential ABL. Call me paranoid. But this game can certainly push it

[ruby tusk]

his monitor will clip at 400 unless he enables peak brightness mode for 1000

[ruby tusk]

yeah so set it at that

[golden scaffold]

Although every guide will tell you set it to "until the symbol is gone"

[solar bone]

https://www.nexusmods.com/crimsondesert/mods/275?tab=description Finally

[sour sigil]

hello guys just joined where can i download the reshade file ?

[ruby tusk]

pins

[kindred shoal]

if you mean reshde itself jsut et it from the site

[kindred shoal]

the reshade site

[mental dune]

guys, whats the point of two handed when u can have 2 swords?

[warm scroll]

still there for me

[kindred shoal]

they have different movesets

[dapper lake]

different movesets, i highly recommend getting the basic combat skill maxed for the ability to switch between them with an attack

spear vs longsword movesets are different too just like sword and shield vs two swords

[mental dune]

so i can specialise dual wield for effects that benefit from attack speed

while two handed for big hits

[stray grove]

why use sword when you can go full on MMA

[dapper lake]

yep

[golden scaffold]

It's BDO all over again hell yeah awakened and pre-aw!

[dapper lake]

and also yeah you can have unarmed as your secondary weapon, still works with the weapon switch attack too

some really cool things they dont tell you you unlock as well, 2 taps of y then x does a grapple move thats not mentioned ( i think its linked to level 4 unarmed)

[kindred shoal]

for the love of jehova someone needs to make mod or PA needs to patch the option to CHOOSE if you want to use a key or not

[dapper lake]

never played BDO ngl

[golden scaffold]

Would feel right at home after this game

[faint bobcat]

Crimson Desert - CHECK PINS FOR ADDON

[warm scroll]

https://www.nexusmods.com/crimsondesert/mods/208?tab=description

so good

[kindred shoal]

on 21:9 monitors it never comes up at all lol

[final widget]

Yeah I was surprised to hear

[hoary vector]

was gonna say I dont remember it being letterboxed

[viscid wedge]

Maybe i'm not understanding then. For the past 3 years I've run the calibration tool on my C2 and the point at which the pattern disappears is roughly around 800. What should I be doing differently for checking for clipping instead?

[vivid iris]

that's correct, it's just that not all screens clip at the 10% window value that is measured out of the screen

most monitors don't unless using the trueblack modes

[viscid wedge]

oh brother. i'm sticking to TV's.. so much easier 🤣

C6 is looking nicer and nicer as a step up

[ruby tusk]

yeah mine was measured at 456 on RTINGS but clips at 400 in Windows Cal

[vivid iris]

the 1000 nit modes clip when the content asks for 1000 nits on a 10% window, but the actual output is like 450 nits

ABL on monitors is crazy

[ruby tusk]

yeah

[vivid iris]

then the EOTF probably overshoots

[ruby tusk]

Yeah it does

[lament nymph]

I swear to god I had a c6 before

that had 3d

[vivid iris]

it's counterintuitive but without a calibration test most people should probably set to clip point to the measured 2% window

but every platform has a calibration screen so there's no reason people can't find out

[ruby tusk]

for my display

[mental dune]

nothing better in a single player game than upgrade chance

[stone comet]

wouldnt be korean devs if no rng 😭

[mental dune]

well, it has it s own charm lol

[stone comet]

it doesnt matter that much honestly since you can complete the game without em

[mental dune]

ye, but people will cry

" oh, PA, mmo mechanics"

[hardy owl]

Cutscenes look much better without it

[lament nymph]

those 4% gears are good, but they break in 15 mins

... bad game design

the normal gears don't

very rare to get but they break

[ruby tusk]

wait this game has letterboxing on 16:9?

but not on 21:9?

[hoary vector]

about time those 16:9 people got a taste of that medicine

[kindred shoal]

it probably just letterboxes to 21:9

[crude marsh]

based

[ruby tusk]

That seems backwards

[crude marsh]

ultrawide wins again

[ruby tusk]

lmao

[viscid wedge]

I did the 34" 21:9 thing for 6 years before going to 42" 16:9. I do miss it. Felt like I had horse blinders on in games for a week before I adjusted.

[hoary vector]

man all these mod managers for crimson desert not being open source is skeevy. Feels very sus downloading and using random exes off nexus hub

[thin kelp]

I have a feeling i didn't calibrate my hdr right

[lament nymph]

money stronk

[hoary vector]

man im like 50 hours into the game and have barely done anything

i need to focus up. I cant even open a bank account yet

[kindred shoal]

good lord lol

[thin kelp]

same, but now i know where that gold bar everyone mumble about is

[forest elk]

is moving the file and replace it enough to update renodx or I have to update shaders on reshade app?

[crude marsh]

hey I am like 35 hours in and all I have done is carry a sheep and fight one boss

[crude marsh]

reshade shaders are irrelevant

[hoary vector]

wasnt even the right sheep too, smh

[viscid wedge]

just overwrite the renodx file

[vivid iris]

I should clarify that this is assuming HGIG/static tonemapping.

[golden scaffold]

Is it just me or does the autoexposure fix in new version not do anything anymore?

[viscid wedge]

i do use HGiG, cool

[forest elk]

I'm 20 hours in, I randomly walked around the map, climbed the mountains and towers before taking the memory helmet, I have some regrets

[alpine bear]

Snow area is a bit too dark on this build

[vivid iris]

Does moving the auto exposure ceiling slider change it?

[hoary vector]

have to disable windows defender to get the addon64 file to stop being deleted automatically still

[warm scroll]

without the mod or without the letterboxing?

[alpine bear]

Nope, in fact, improved auto exposure does nothing. It's an issue with default auto exposure that the previous build fixed, but with new one there is no changes to snow area

[vivid iris]

Next build we post will offer both options

[hardy owl]

Without black bars

[golden scaffold]

Where's the mod version with dark power option? I skipped that one. Would like to test. Current version autoexposure fix seems not working?

[viscid wedge]

yesterdays had it and it appears to still be pinned

from the 26th

[potent spear]

Lmao the new thread title

[steady orbit]

I use renodx. What about in game HDR settings must be on and HDR nits same like renodx or no?

[lament nymph]

these devs next game is gonna be called "color" desert

I can feel it

[viscid wedge]

there are install and setup instructions in the pinned posts

[stray grove]

about time 😂

[viscid wedge]

I'm waiting for someone to still ask

[stone comet]

this is so nice actually

[faint bobcat]

ID 12 = Controls tree leaves and larger bushes but only close / medium range from the player camera

ID 13 = Controls small scale foliage close / medium range from the player camera

ID 14 = Controls small scale foliage close / medium range from the player camera

ID 15 = Controls distant tree lods and larger bushes from medium to long range

ID 16 = Controls the same larger bushes + smaller bushes from close to medium range but doesnt handle trees

ID 17 = Controls grass, flowers and other small foliage from close to medium range

ID 18 = Controls very small bushes and grass not already handled by any of the other ID's or ID17 for grass from close to medium range

So this was fun, if we have a large bush thats defined under ID16, well the medium to long range of it will count as ID15. I cant reduce ID 16 becasue then ID15 will missmatch but if I adjust ID 15 then distant tree contact shadows will look jank

I did find their occluders

so for grass whats causing those deepfried abysses near the base

is the occluder for ID17

is giga maxxed

but the reciever barely has any shadowing

so I will reduce occluder but increase reciever

[kindred shoal]

that is a huge fix because that is one of the mostdistracting things about he visuals

any peformance hit?

[warm scroll]

why is windows 11 detecting reno or w/e as a threat?

[karmic quest]

What you gonna do with allat money

[quartz tendon]

Don't forget to get the 77 inch C6 at least to get the same panel as the G5 had (Tandem OLED). But at that price, it might be worth it waiting for a deal for a G6 65 or 55 inch.

[golden scaffold]

Do cats want something else than raw meat? Don't tell me it has to be cooked?

[karmic quest]

I bet the sheep ypu carried was not the real one

[viscid wedge]

77" isn't fitting on my desk 🤣

[viscid wedge]

i would assume cats would want fish? I've not tried

[karmic quest]

What does it mean by resources?

[faint bobcat]

contact shadows cost barely anything, I am only modifiying their existing implementation not doing a custom one so theres maybe 1FPS cost

[karmic quest]

Stamina?

[quartz tendon]

Ye max 65 for me too, I got a 55 G2 now, perfect display, except that the newer model G6 delivers considerably an upgrade in almost all areas compared to it.

[daring orbit]

My cat only eats cooked meat

[stone comet]

health from what i noticed its pretty chill

[crude marsh]

no.... it wasnt?

[viscid wedge]

you can cook meat ez with the sword light thingy. just put it on the ground and burn it

[ruby tusk]

My desk only 63”

[karmic quest]

https://tenor.com/view/sure-oh-ok-if-you-say-so-gif-1413956450129625558

[golden scaffold]

I can try but I'm just surprised. Or do cats not accept food for friendship?

[karmic quest]

Ehh

Mid

[viscid wedge]

I dunno, i just repeatedly pet a dog lol

[dapper slate]

I fed mine with dried fish

[golden scaffold]

Try raw liver, they can't resist

[crude marsh]

can you get a permanent shoulder cat

[karmic quest]

So you burned a dog and ate it?

[dapper slate]

pet until 25 friendship, give fish until 50 or so, wait until, midnight and repeat

[karmic quest]

Does anyone know how to get that armored cat pet

I want it so bad

I cant

[golden scaffold]

So they are picky?

[dapper slate]

any cat, buy the armor?

[obsidian widget]

20:38:48:439 [22396] | ERROR | Failed to load add-on from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Crimson Desert\bin64\renodx-crimsondesert.addon64' with error code 4556!

[karmic quest]

Oh really?

[dapper slate]

🤷‍♂️ Can't say I tried any other food than dried fish

[viscid wedge]

I found it for my dog at a shop in ||Pororin Village||

Not sure if it only shows availability for the type of pet you have?

[karmic quest]

Didnt know, where can I find the fat orange cat then.@dapper slate pls

[dapper slate]

yeah, there

[crude thunder]

any mods that remove vignette?

[wheat elk]

eon looks better

[mortal wolf]

where did you get the addon? what's the date on it

[karmic quest]

Fuse the new addons no longer flag for virus?

[obsidian widget]

From the newest pinned message from today 27.03

[warm scroll]

windows still flags it as virus for me

[dapper slate]

Fat cat can spawn in Nas River Fishing Doc, but it doesn't always spawn. The cat you get is random too, but it will always be a fat cat. I got a black one

[mortal wolf]

it's back to being a virus again, even the old one that passed

[karmic quest]

Okay, do cats also pick up loot or just the doggo

[mortal wolf]

4556 means local antivirus is blocking

[obsidian widget]

so just turn off antivirus?

[mortal wolf]

yes

[dapper slate]

They pick up loot yes

[stone comet]

every animal

[karmic quest]

Omg

[obsidian widget]

amazing thanks!

[karmic quest]

My fat cat going to get exercises

Tysm

[viscid wedge]

Exclude the game folder. I've not had a single problem since that first day.

[lucid shoal]

You can also just do the file itself or the exact folder where it is placed

Personally I don't like to do general exclusions like complete folders

[fresh smelt]

[lament nymph]

... no use for them

I can go to a gambling den, win 900 every time and realized there's nothing in this game that uses that much money

[robust badge]

Could someone tell me how to download this mod?

[fresh smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/ricolino-scolari-gif-12061360726599077047

[karmic quest]

Yeah, need more places to spend that much money on lol

[ruby tusk]

Pinned Messages contain everything you need

[faint bobcat]

Look at vanilla

its cooked

I've seen this happen when I forget to clamp BRDF values

[ruby tusk]

[faint bobcat]

ignore the LODs, I cant fix that

[ruby tusk]

I know

[wheat elk]

what kind of clamp?

just a sat?

[ruby tusk]

I'm just enjoying them

[karmic quest]

Damn I wish we could increase the draw distance and avoid the pop in objects and shadows 😭

Why did devs not make a slider

[ruby tusk]

you can reduce the popin clutter (rocks n small plants) with the No HUD mod

[karmic quest]

It just disables them

[lament nymph]

this game needs more horror themed sidequest, so far it's not very horror esque

[ruby tusk]

I know

they're procedurally generated anyway

and look like shit

[grim elk]

damn, i need to get the no hud now. that kmicroclutter pop in was driving me crazy

[ruby tusk]

its a good mod tbh

[karmic quest]

I'll try the no hud mod tomorrow if it works with renodx without issue

[ruby tusk]

yeah works fine

[karmic quest]

Also no hud fixed the heavy attack problem?

[ruby tusk]

all the toggles are just in the add-ons tab

yeah

can remove the noise

[grim elk]

should work without issues, im using shader toggler right now

[robust badge]

Sorry I couldn’t find any pinned messages, but I used the search. It was hard to find, thanks!

[grim elk]

just for other stuff than no hud has

[karmic quest]

Or did it just remove the effects

[ruby tusk]

glad you found it , np

[ruby tusk]

#1469072401450012774 message can also add this

[ruby tusk]

there's 2 options, 1 removes swing trails and like smoke fx, and the other fixes the noise

I just use the noise one

[smoky brook]

enjoying the new auto-exposure

[karmic quest]

Ty

With the spirit that copies your swing it becomes a mess

[stray grove]

@ruby tusk i didn't check all the toggle is there one that remove that effect when you block an enemie? the green ghost of yourself i guesss 😅

[ruby tusk]

I think that's the Afterimage fx toggle

[stray grove]

ill give it a try

the ghost block ahah its annoying me

[eternal osprey]

Mhmm

[naive jackal]

@ruby tusk lol that reminds me of Dying Light 2 with distant trees and buildings

[manic valve]

the difference between vanilla and RenoDX on an OLED is staggering.

Vanilla is like playing on an LCD again

[karmic quest]

Took your time to even draw around it too

[karmic quest]

Yeah cannot go back now

Its like they put us on drugs

[smoky brook]

does auto darken annoyingly in daytime but im nit-picking

[lament nymph]

you guys can call me greymane now I have no name anymore

[smoky brook]

@claude do a linear interpolation of the two auto-exposure solutions

[manic valve]

Pretty sure this is one of those guys with 100+ hours already in the game lol

@lament nymph

[lament nymph]

100 is too much

I only have this much

[naive jackal]

55 hours so far and the only bosses i've fought are Matthias and Hornsplitter 😆

[eager epoch]

Well I’m not sure if vanilla necessarily worse here, cuz in the alternative character details are absent. How a loss of information can be considered a better result

[meager cipher]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFytccq5hrs maybe this solves the rain issue with RR via nvinspector by switching to E

[crude marsh]

E causes issues in some interiors/cutscenes

[eager epoch]

And when u close up to character face there are artifacts

[meager cipher]

got it

[eternal osprey]

shrugs in real life if it's dark, and the only light is from some candles, weak lights, I wouldn't see a lot of details either.

[ruby tusk]

apparently disabling DoF in-game fixes that

[crude marsh]

I have had dof off forever and same thing

[ruby tusk]

oh okay

[mossy gust]

is it helpful to force anything in nvpi for this game?

[ruby tusk]

doesn't seem like it

[mossy gust]

yeah, i know some games do but not this one i guess

[eager epoch]

Well following that logic in real life we dont see dragons, it depends whats the goal, its studio intensions or modders intention. Ofc its subjective I would rather fix HDR in a way that preserves studio intended details

[crude marsh]

studios intention to produce a fucked image

[crude marsh]

I wish they intended for us to look at the game past 10 meters

[ruby tusk]

[eternal osprey]

besides, it's variable. I set the auto-exposure ceiling down from 50 to 20. Raising it makes the difference less dramatic

[crude marsh]

or maybe had flame colored flame and not pink everywhere

[ruby tusk]

I was about to bring that up tbh, if we wanted intended art direction then we should all use ACESv2 tonemap

[eager epoch]

there are textures on character armor already seen in vanilla and I make it unseen by darkening it than how am I unfucking the presentation in a whole?

[crude marsh]

uh well

I legitimately couldn't tell when night time was happening in vanilla sometimes

[cold tree]

test build is brighter with alt exposure? or same

[crude marsh]

[mossy gust]

you can make nights brighter in new one

[crude marsh]

usually I like to be illuminated by light

[hoary vector]

its weird that the digital foundry preview videos were raving about the actually dark nights

[crude marsh]

and not magic

[eternal osprey]

because it's darkening during night time. Not day time.

[kindred shoal]

yea this was a real prolem

nighttime was bright as hell

and ye there were tiemes i could not even tell it was night time

[eternal osprey]

yesss

[crude marsh]

ideally we would have high quality directional light from the moon and enough of it as well

but

[meager cipher]

1 question since I saw this discussed before, specifically if I'm thinking about it the right way: RR is supposed to work alongside DLSS SR and uses the same Performance/Quality modes (RR sits on top of the DLSS SR mode you chose) so the break down would roughly mean this?

4.0 / K + RR = lighter / lower-overhead option (less FPS hit)
4.5 / M + RR = better fit for Performance-mode image quality, but heavier
4.5 / L + RR = more of an Ultra Performance-type case

Main reason I’m asking is because on RTX 20/30 my understanding is that M/L are heavier than K since those GPUs don’t have native FP8 support so the tradeoff is lower overhead vs better IQ alongside RR, rather than DLSS somehow ruining RR

[crude marsh]

nah

RR is independent

and does everything itself

including upscaling

[eager epoch]

Here in this presentation the details are all preserved no loss of information in that regard I can say yes the correction is properly applied.

[heavy mulch]

When will the renodx settings file be relased?

[heavy mulch]

not sure where to find that - can you advise please?

[cursive stream]

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[ruby tusk]

there should be a pin/thumb tack icon at the top of the chat

click on it

[wintry sparrow]

If I put brightness on 500
It ruining the hdr?

[ruby tusk]

what is your peak brightness?

[wintry sparrow]

1080

[kindred shoal]

i would assume paek brightness hosuld match your monitor and what the game setting is calibrated to

[wintry sparrow]

I’m using fo32u2p

[ruby tusk]

Did you calibrate with Windows HDR Calibration?

[wintry sparrow]

With default it’s to dim

I did the icc profile that came with the monitor

Should I use win instead?

[ruby tusk]

go to windows settings > system > display > advanced display and what's peak brightness say in nits?

[ruby tusk]

and yes, you should set it to what it clips at in hdr calibration app

[wintry sparrow]

1038

[eager epoch]

Its subjective thats why there are controls, I dont like to use cheat mods, some do, some like ultra reflective surfaces and some don’t… Usually when I edit levels in photoshop I correct them by closing the margins between the absolutes (black/white) its a common practice in image enhancement, one of the main tools. Another example if I reduce HIGHLIGHTS in RENO to correct over-brightness (clipping or whatever its called) in clouds till they are resolved fully, again I restore the information cuz the cloud must not look like a bright spot or part of it, it must resolve and show itself without compromise to details in a way that make sense

[meager cipher]

@crude marsh @ruby tusk
hmm so super-resolution and ray denoising are handled together as a unified task inside the RR model but also seeing NVIDIA developer docs say ray reconstruction is an addition to DLSS - the integration doc says RR is added through the DLSS pipeline, and NVIDIA Indiana Jones example talks about DLSS-RR in Performance mode

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/how-to-integrate-nvidia-dlss-4-into-your-game-with-nvidia-streamline / https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/path-tracing-optimization-in-indiana-jones-shader-execution-reordering-and-live-state-reductions / https://developer.nvidia.com/rtx/dlss

[ruby tusk]

[wintry sparrow]

Can’t understand which one is better
Non of them is dull or washed out
But with 500 I see the gamepretty good

[meager cipher]

removed the embeds, apologies

[crude marsh]

RR does everything itself.

[wintry sparrow]

But in in other way.. I don’t want to ruin the hdr

[ruby tusk]

If you're at 1000 nits, I'd say around 203-250 but it's really up to you

[wintry sparrow]

Thank you all for the help

[wintry sparrow]

And if I set it on tb400
500 would be good?

[eternal osprey]

Here's the day time Off and On. More subtle.

[ruby tusk]

if you set it on TrueBlack400, test in Windows HDR Calibration again, it should clip around 400, just set it to whatever it clips it aka when the image is no longer visible

[foggy cove]

tb400 means the highest your monitor will go is 400 nits. Setting the game brightness to 500 makes no since

[sleek veldt]

Allowing me to drown chickens to not waste arrows is peak

[heavy mulch]

the renodx file for this says its a virus , anyone getting this ?

[foggy cove]

when your peak nits is lower i'd suggest lowering game brightness to increase the contrast for highlights

[meager cipher]

Thank you, so would you say that even though RR itself is doing the reconstruction, by running dlss I'm ruining RR because it would then be running at the lower internal render scale

[ruby tusk]

yes, just set windows av to ignore it and set the game directory folder to exclusions

[tame vault]

The scale of this game is incredible

It really is a flawed masterpiece

[eager epoch]

That looks good imo as long as there is no loss of details

[heavy mulch]

cool will do , is there any recormeded sliders to use , our just leave at default?

[ruby tusk]

start with defaults and adjust game brightness and auto exposure according to taste

can mess with contrast and saturation as well

but start with defaults

[eager epoch]

Also I cant clearly decipher what was intended here like is it suppose to be a very bright sunny day or kinda afternoon near sunset time

[sleek veldt]

4.0 / K + RR = lighter / lower-overhead option (less FPS hit)
4.5 / M + RR = better fit for Performance-mode image quality, but heavier
4.5 / L + RR = more of an Ultra Performance-type case
RR = It's own independent DLSS4 + Denoiser in one on the Transformer Model ✅

[crude marsh]

no I just mean it all happens via RR, all of DLSS including SR and denoising

[eternal osprey]

9am, few clouds, but sun clear in sky. So far nothing overexposed, so seems fine. Main thing I prefer is the reduction in the sharpening. Seemed so sharp without reno it became noisy/pixelated on some things.

[wintry sparrow]

I speak about this in the menu of shader , not about the peak

[crude marsh]

yeah game brightness you definitely don't want to go too high

generally speaking only increase it if you are in a very bright room

[rugged sequoia]

@crude marsh Would you consider making a version of "LetThereBeMoreLight" with values raised by something like 30 or 50%?

[crude marsh]

I could

[manic valve]

That would be awesome

[foggy cove]

yes you said you're using tb400 which means your peak will be 400 nits. game brightness should always be below this regardless of preferences

[crude marsh]

the problem is I need to find the specific things to increase

meaning I need to test like 40 light sources individually and I don't know what they map to

[eager epoch]

Yeah gane suffer from alot of noise and artifacts, I believe some core mechanics (especially rendering stuff) can only be addresses by the devs (unless code become opensource)

[wintry sparrow]

Make sense haha

Thanks

[plain fractal]

Damn, the auto exposure can get really bad in this game. I wish it would be possible to only clamp the daytime autoexposure range

[wintry sparrow]

So there is no problems setting 500 brightness with p1000

[grim elk]

with peak 1000 you want to set peak at 1000 or at exacltry when it clips in hdr calibration tool

[foggy cove]

other than bad taste no not really

[grim elk]

with tb400/500 same, peak as it clips (at around 400/500)

[restive roost]

he is talking about game brightness not peak btw

[grim elk]

ahhh, then my bad

[wintry sparrow]

No worries 😉

[foggy cove]

the lower your game brightness is the more of an impact highlights will have

[crude marsh]

I could try just increasing fire, candlelight, and turn up the lantern a bit

[rugged sequoia]

That sounds exhausting. Right now the game is still a bit too dark when I try to balance outdoors and indoors. Also the raised lantern is not bright enough. There is so much to fix in this game...

[crude marsh]

and not touch anything else

[rugged sequoia]

Could work. These seem to be the most important. Right now the raised lantern seems almost darker than at the belt.

[kindred shoal]

yea when i walk in cabins and such with no doors or windows open it is very dark

have to use the lantern, candles dont do shit lol

[grim elk]

Martin, seeing you here now I have to say Im really enjoying your shader toggle, great work man!

[rugged sequoia]

thx

[lucid thorn]

Anybody able to test this? Aha https://x.com/i/status/2037631481653190707

clif08 🤍💙🤍 (@clif08_)

@BonafideXP @CrimsonDesert_ And when you load up your game, if you last played as Kliff, you'll see an animation of him getting up and walking. If you played as Damiane or Oongka, you just spawn after the light-and-cubes animation, much faster.

I feel like nobody informed PA that loadscreens are obsolete.

X · Mar 27, 2026, 8:42 PM

[crude marsh]

I have wasted like 2 hours of my life watching kliff walk on cubes

[kindred shoal]

probably has something to do with the game state involving kliff, since he can do so much more than the other 2

[lucid thorn]

:p someone ping me the results I guess I'm taking my dog out for a bit

[meager cipher]

thanks for the explanations @sleek veldt @crude marsh

[crude marsh]

alright ill boost candles and pointed lantern and fire a tad, gimme a few

[rugged sequoia]

When you teleport from fast travel to fast travel it only loads as long as it needs. If initiate it from any other point it always plays the full animation.

[eternal osprey]

It's like this for me (midnight). Lantern off and on. I kinda like it.

[manic valve]

It needs to be like this always

[crude marsh]

np, it was very confusing for a lot when dlss 4.5 dropped and everyone realized RR was the same

[plain fractal]

@crude marsh Will there be a new version of your fixed auto exposure?

[kindred shoal]

I dont hate it, I just think the candles nad such should give off a bit more light

[rugged sequoia]

There is so much jank and clunky shit in this game. Its unreal. It's part genius, part madness.

[crude marsh]

you mean the lights? I am gonna bump up candles and pointed lantern

[plain fractal]

Oh sorry, I think forge did the first version of the fixed auto exposure lol

[ruby tusk]

yeah nvidia didn't make it very intuitive, not your fault

[crude marsh]

Forge Jon and shortfuse do reno stuf

[kindred shoal]

60ish hours into the game and just got a pop up about digging

[eternal osprey]

Some seem to. That's just 1 single candle. It's pitch black when the candle is off. Assuming you're looking at this image with HDR on.

[kindred shoal]

didnt even know it was a thing lol

[ruby tusk]

I knew it was a thing but yeah same

took forever to finally get some digging quest/tutorial

[vivid iris]

are these vanilla auto exposure?

[ruby tusk]

I wonder if that's latest build as well, cause for me the daytime auto exposure seems to be the same whether on or off

[warm scroll]

https://x.com/Ninjago9101/status/2037485930345619746?s=20

Ninjago (@Ninjago9101)

Crimson Desert Detail:

If you drop your loot in Crimson Desert, nearby NPCs will pick it up and start taking everything 😭

X · Mar 27, 2026, 11:04 AM

this is funny

[vivid iris]

that's on purpose

[ruby tusk]

I know

[vivid iris]

okay

[ruby tusk]

That's why I'm wondering if his screenshot is the latest build of reno

cause it's not the same

[vale scarab]

hi, Generic dept and effect runtime can be disable ?

[ruby tusk]

yes

[manic valve]

Some might disagree but this is the spiritual successor of Morrowind/Oblivion and Gothic

So much CRPG and EuroRPG jank

I love it

[kindred shoal]

it is now KRPG jank

[crude marsh]

can try this, I don't have nighttime atm

[lament nymph]

there's more jank later

there will be a part where you need to do platforming with a time limit for no reason

[toxic jungle]

updated to windows 11. i cannot find renodx in reshade since

[mossy gust]

I wonder if anyone has found out a way to get rid of crouch vignette, i hate it

[manic valve]

Kliff, is that you?

[viscid wedge]

its in the pins. and assuming your AV isn't killing it

[manic valve]

AV is killing it for sure

[lament nymph]

kliff wouldn't complain, he will fk a chicken if someone tells him to do it

[vale scarab]

For true hdr 400 better stay at 203 slider game brightness or less ? TY

[ruby tusk]

101-150 imo

[eternal osprey]

If I put the auto-exposure limiter off/on, or move the multiplier up or down in the middle of the day, nothing seemingly happens. And that's as intended, right? I assume it's when it's supposed to be dimming in the day, the autoexposure kicks in to keep it brighter? And you get that weird change in brightness if you look at the sky vs somewhere else?

[lament nymph]

I'm starting to think greymanes are just glorified title for handyman in this world

[vale scarab]

203 is for peak 1000 and 101 150 true 400 ? For every game ?

[lament nymph]

needing construction? greymane. need to kill someone? greymane. lost a chicken? greymane

need farmhands? also greymane

[ruby tusk]

pretty much

[lament nymph]

greymane also have engineers

[zenith belfry]

is there anything I have to tweak in the latest reno? Because I feel like the default presentation after reseting sliders looks a little off. Especially faces

[golden scaffold]

It seems to me like something underlying changed with exposure on global scale with this version. Before I could clearly see autoexposure dimming my daylight when I looked away from the sun towards the ground. Now it stays consistent. So maybe it's already built in, and the slider is only for nights. My best guess

[manic valve]

I kept thinking of Greymanes as the bootleg Witchers

Temu Witchers

[golden scaffold]

Grey Wardens?

[kindred shoal]

ive seen no mention of taint

so no grey wardens

[lament nymph]

witchers deal with stuffs by killing, greymane is more powerful

they do everything

need someone to clean ur toilet? greymane

call greymane for everything

[manic valve]

Did you know if you hold animals and then crouch so they're underwater you can drown them?

Greymane Pest Control

[golden scaffold]

Are you saying I can save bullets?

[ruby tusk]

I will say I ain't never seen a witcher clean a chimney with a broom

[manic valve]

You must not have played Witcher 1

Geralt was cleaning toilets

That was a great Eurojank RPG

[golden scaffold]

They might and they will tell you it was a curse inside your chimney

Witchers gotta make a living too

[lament nymph]

no wonder ppl refuse to call kliff by his name, greymanes are a detergatory term used for low class ppl

[eternal osprey]

Ye I couldn't tell if I was going mad. Since I've had this, whether profile off/on, I can't see that exposure change in day time.

[plain fractal]

No with auto exposure limiter

[golden scaffold]

I'm almost sure it's always enabled now for daytime because before that the dimming was pretty drastical at times

[vivid iris]

does anything change with it disabled?

I don't think it will

[plain fractal]

@vivid iris It can also kind of nuke the highlights at daytime

[plain fractal]

No, in those scenes it looked almost exactly the same when setting it to off

[vivid iris]

the vanilla auto exposure is just pretty flawed yeah 🙁

it's just something that will need a lot of testing to replace

[plain fractal]

Yes 😔

[golden scaffold]

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Does this look normal to you? This is what it did when you could toggle it. It doesn't dim like that anymore, now it's just always bright

[vivid iris]

simple clamp for nights is safe

[quartz tendon]

How do you guys take screenshots, so that it is not either without colours or blown out? Edit, thanks it works perfectly!

[vivid iris]

reshade screenshots

takes hdr pngs

[ruby tusk]

^

[golden scaffold]

So you're saying we're assuming right? Daylight exposure fix is always on? It doesn't do this anymore? #1469072401450012774 message

[leaden isle]

helo

[lime bridge]

This was taken from the build yesterday, but the Sun/Moon improvements can cause issues at ceratin times of day/lighting conditions

[vivid iris]

it shouldn't have any impact outside of dimly lit spaces and night time, will be vanilla otherwise

[leaden isle]

oh so nighttime being completely dark as hell is a common issue?

(installed renodx 2 days ago by grabbing the file from the website)

[vivid iris]

use the latest one here

[nova cargo]

that stuff has no good mathematical basis, should be ignored

[vivid iris]

the autoexposure adjustments before were flawed

[leaden isle]

will do, thanks

[eternal osprey]

Yeah I had that. And now no more, whether I have auto-exposure limiter On or Off. In day time, it just doesn't happen.

[golden scaffold]

So my understanding is it's always enabled now and the new function is night/indoor toggle only

[vivid iris]

auto exposure has always and will always be on, it's an inevitability of HDR rendering

[ruby tusk]

oh, my apologies

[cold tree]

test build is really good

[golden scaffold]

I mean the anti-dimming fix. It actually feels consistent now

[vivid iris]

ah okay lol

I just keep seeing people mentioning the game needing no auto exposure 😅

[plain fractal]

Yeah, there are some weathers that looked really bad with the previous auto exposure fix (first is previous auto exposure fix, second is vanilla)

[quartz tendon]

Thanks, it works super well 😄

[leaden isle]

woah looks crazy

which settings have u got in crimson desert itself? everything cinematic or wut?

[plain fractal]

Do you think it would help to add a second slider to also limit the max exposure amount in general? Maybe this could fix the overbright highlights from my screenshot.

[vivid iris]

the issue is I have to anchor it somewhere. With the floor there's an obvious point to pick.

[leaden isle]

is there a way to check the renodx addon version in-game?