007 First Light

[livid jolt]

especially radial blur

my resolution setting also doesnt save along with hdr settings

[wicked wasp]

https://www.nexusmods.com/007firstlight/mods/37

[zinc fossil]

omg yess

[frozen nebula]

Time to download to endorse and vote up.

Any change from beta 8?

[wicked wasp]

minor adjustments to tonemapping

[frozen nebula]

Vanilla / Original Code Mode
For the closest original game behavior:
Set Tone Mapper to Vanilla.
Set Film Grain Type to Vanilla (Broken).
This uses the original tone mapping and original film grain paths.

This would break the highlights just like native does, right?

[wicked wasp]

ya I removed that section

[frozen nebula]

Okay, good.

Wonder if it's worth giving Broken option for Film Grain, too.

I guess good for science.

[wicked wasp]

gotta draft a thread for twitter breaking down the tonemapping

[frozen nebula]

Feed your Nexus write up to clanker and done.

Edit as needed.

[wicked wasp]

ya I did that with death stranding

[glacial sand]

Musa out here giving us a belated Eid gift

[frosty mortar]

anyone else getting frame drops on explosions?

[inland birch]

Just finished. Fantastic game

Has some minor issues but still a solid 9/10 imo

Kinda the same vibe as Indiana jones where it 100% captured what is was supposed to

[clever tapir]

crashed when i turned on HDR in game.

EDIT: No longer crashing after re-launch

[wicked wasp]

so far the game's been really slow and too handholdy

very naughty dog like pacing

[frozen nebula]

Without the ND quality.

But it’s a good game, I like it thus far. It’s definitely more handholdy.

[opal pebble]

how far in are you guys?

it was defs v handholdy at the start but i felt like that reduced significantly as the game went on, except for the very linear set piece moments

it being so guided at the start kinda worked for me with going thru training etc

[ashen agate]

Damn, Reno just took this game’s HDR to another level – the contrast and fabric detail are insane, I’m absolutely in love with this thing.

[clever tapir]

damn, good game

[frozen nebula]

That’s what I’m thinking, and hoping.

[remote idol]

nice work musa, thanks man

[halcyon star]

Is the Nexus release the same as Beta 8?

[wicked wasp]

that opening chase scene with the armored truck didn't hit the same as uncharted 4

[wicked wasp]

animation wasn't as clean

last I played I had just gotten to africa and was driving in the sand

[halcyon star]

Also is the game brightness setting for full screen brightness? I have a S90F, trying to figure out the perfect number

[rigid salmon]

Does game has RR ?

[halcyon star]

Thanks

[wicked wasp]

not yet

[wicked wasp]

you're not supposed to set it based on a display metric

it'

[halcyon star]

How exactly are you supposed to set it?

Just what looks best?

[wicked wasp]

It’s based on viewing environment / preference

Set it like you would a volume slider

[halcyon star]

Gotcha, so every game will be different essentially

[clever tapir]

Dark room = around 100-120nits
Dim room = around 150-170nits
Bright room =203nits

This is what I usually do

[halcyon star]

Looks a bit too dim for me. 250-300 range seems to look the best to me

[frozen nebula]

Yeah, pretty much.

Albeit, tbf to IOI ...

There aren't really any studios out there that can match ND in terms of animation quality in games, Hellblade comes close.

But ND is very refined, in a natural way.

Like they literally hold master classes for other Sony studios to come and learn from them.

[remote idol]

i think due to the name a lot of inexperienced gamers might pick it up hence the hand holding

[frozen nebula]

Others do the same, like Santa Monica, but you get the drift.

With that said .. you can see IOI trying their best.

I like the touch of normal walking animations.

And how Bond will touch objects, wall, people, etc as you get close to it.

Very ND coded.

[frozen nebula]

Outside of Japanese studios.

Hand holding is a staple pretty much for all games coming out of West.

So, it's not really anything new or something unique to this.

They're more interested in making games that past every other study group, and test.

Than making games 'fun', and how they want to make 'em.

Everything's too sanitized in the West.

Hollywood has the same problem by large, apart from few creators doing their thing.

[bronze moth]

im sure youve noticed but my faves have to be bond fixing his hair or brushing off his shoulder after leaving a restricted area (i think thats what triggers it, smth to do with stealth)

[frozen nebula]

Yeah

It's very ND coded, I love that shit.

Small stuff like that really gets me giddied up, lol.

[frosty mortar]

just finished, can’t wait to replay with path tracing when it’s out

[pure badger]

It’s ok to play with the mod and FG?

[mighty wind]

Yes

[kindred mantle]

Well there are some visual issues with HDR and FG in this game with certain objects, might not bother you though

[mighty wind]

Really? That's weird

[charred grove]

Any number recommondation for Game brightness playing in a Dark room?

[rigid salmon]

100
120

[cerulean bramble]

It doesn't seem to be just HDR. I see the same artifacts when I turn off HDR as well.

[kindred mantle]

Yeah I noticed it on the walls in Q's lab, it sort of smears

[cerulean bramble]

Yup as well as other patterned floors and walls and some scenery.

[kindred mantle]

Really? That specific issue goes away when I turn off HDR

[cerulean bramble]

Weird, not for me.

[pure badger]

Thank you. I will try. HDR mod is pretty good know? I saw the beta’s during a few days.

[kindred mantle]

I just tested it and yeah the issue is still present when you turn off HDR, but if you then turn FG off and on while HDR is still off then the issue is gone

[mighty wind]

Lol. Sounds busted

I'm just gonna brute force 4K max settings, DLAA, preset M, FGx2 locked to 120

And try my best to ignore any issues

Pretty wild how HDR turns itself off each time it restart game. Hope they fix that quick, it's annoying

[cerulean bramble]

Oh ok that's so weird. thanks for the info

I can't do no HDR I need it

https://tenor.com/view/ineedit-needit-spongebob-squarepants-need-it-gif-4883495

[thorn wigeon]

When are they going to release the next update?

[rugged lodge]

Should I leave frame gen off when using hdr?

[random sonnet]

Hello, HDR must be enabled ingame ?

[tranquil zenith]

if it’s doing weird stuff for you with FG enabled probably. For me it has been completely fine so I have it on

[tranquil zenith]

yes, also make sure to enable it after every game restart as it’s currently bugged and turning it back off automatically

[rigid salmon]

@wicked wasp does it has sharpening like hitman ?

[rigid salmon]

Is it oversharp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Xy35cw93E

[burnt kestrel]

the AI in this game is bad as fuck!! breaks my immersion!!!

[valid wadi]

the full second half was bad too storywise

and my game is freezing at every loading screen so I drop it for now and come back to tacsim when the summer update comes out

[thorn wigeon]

There will be a summer update?

[valid wadi]

yes the pathtracing update, and bugs will be gone by then too, new tacsim stuff also

[thorn wigeon]

and framegen?

[valid wadi]

pretty sure, would be impressive if they dont

[zinc fossil]

path tracing without frame gen would be insane haha

[valid wadi]

yea

[thorn wigeon]

I mean a properly working framegen

[zinc fossil]

ah sorry

wasn't aware there is FG already

it's broken?

[thorn wigeon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/007FirstLight/comments/1toyfm5/dlss_frame_generation_hdr_issue_on_pc/

[zinc fossil]

no way it's that basd

lol

holy

[thorn wigeon]

It's in slow motion, but yeah

[zinc fossil]

that's with HDR only?

or general

[thorn wigeon]

yes

[zinc fossil]

they need to fix that asap

looks like missing motion vectors or something

[mighty wind]

If ever you need advice suggest asking this guy, he knows his stuff

[cerulean bramble]

Has anyone reported the issues with frame gen and hdr? It’s not part of their known issues which is a bit concerning. Hopefully become aware soon or they do know and haven’t updated it yet. I was planning on reporting it some time tomorrow even if someone else had since the more reports the better. https://007firstlight-support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/36203682496413-007-First-Light-Known-Issues#outstanding-issues

[empty bear]

This is why I refraim from commenting on Reddit anymore..

[tranquil zenith]

crazy comment lmfao

[empty bear]

Statistically probably more people using FG+HDR in 2026 than not, if not close.

[tranquil zenith]

glad my FG has been completely fine with HDR though

[thorn wigeon]

I don't think many people use HDR

[tranquil zenith]

I think there might be a bunch of people who enable HDR on their monitor permanently or something but then never open the game settings to turn it on there if it's not on by default

[thorn wigeon]

HDR isn't even popular as RTX or other letters

[empty bear]

Yes, letters.

[tranquil zenith]

just filmed my game in slowmo to see if it did anything weird with HDR + Frame Gen and there is genuinely just nothing to see

no warping or anything, it's literally the same as always but in slow motion

[zinc fossil]

you don't have artifacts?

[thorn wigeon]

You can try to notice it on a grid or something similar, that's where it shows up the most

[tranquil zenith]

imma do it without FG now to check, though my game just crashed by alt tabbing lmao

first crash I've had

[tranquil zenith]

is this when moving the screen like crazy and picking 1 frame from it or?

[thorn wigeon]

This is with camera movement

[tranquil zenith]

ye but like, you're able to see it when you move the camera? or only if you were taking a screenshot mid movement or something

[thorn wigeon]

It's noticeable one way or another. It's harder to capture in a screenshot than to see it for yourself

[tranquil zenith]

could it be framerate or Hz related?

[thorn wigeon]

The more frames, the less noticeable it is, I guess

[tranquil zenith]

ah hmm, ye I mean rn I'm sitting at 170 or so

I disabled VRR tho due to it lifting the gamma when going below your monitors native Hz, which is 540

[wooden tinsel]

how do you clean shaders before installing reno?

[kindred mantle]

You probably don't need to, game might recompile on its own when you install reno

[tranquil zenith]

when I installed the new reno mod it did the whole shader thing at the start again

not the super quick 1 second to 100% but actually taking a bit

[thorn wigeon]

AppData\Local\NVIDIA\DXCache\

[wooden tinsel]

I updated my drivers recently so that should've forced the shaders to recompile but it didn't

I tried removing reno, adding it back, deleting the PipelineCache.bin file next to the game's exe, deleting everything in DXCache

and none of that made the shaders to recompile still

[kindred mantle]

it's way more noticeable the lower your fps is

[kindred mantle]

Don't delete the pipelinecache.bin file, I did that too and shaders didn't compile

[wooden tinsel]

yeah I just noticed now, that's a game file 😅

[kindred mantle]

Keep pipelinecache.bin and delete everything in DXCache

Should work

[wooden tinsel]

it's compiling now, thanks!

[tough granite]

I’m more concerned that you have CA on 🤢

[shell tundra]

Frame gen isn't doing anything for me funnily enough

It's literally the same fps with or without

Latency cuts down by 30% for some reason though

And I have no fps limits set besides vsync in Nvidia App

[timid perch]

I'm trying to like this game, only just got to Malta. Coming from CD, this game feels like its 20 years old. Hoping the gameplay gets interesting and saves it. 4K, everything maxed out, of course.

[thorn wigeon]

It was Reno’s defaults. They removed chromatic aberration in Crimson Desert by default in Reno, but here they only reduced the film grain

[wicked wasp]

Maybe just after TAA runs. In hitman they had sharpening run at the end right before UI. It wasn’t like that here

[remote idol]

musa will you be adding this to the wiki or should i just link to nexus right now for RHI?

[buoyant gorge]

1

[grizzled flicker]

What is this?

[inner seal]

fixing their shadows

these stupid lines have been driving me insane for like 3 days

oh its so much better

what a relief

[grizzled flicker]

How do you fix it?

[inner seal]

I modified renodx and replaced part of the shadow filtering in one of the deferred lighting shaders

[ashen marten]

Good shit

[inner seal]

I'll post it but I want to wait for Musa

[tardy wolf]

are raised blacks just normal for this game? even with the mod? i feel like every scene with lighting looks kinda gray

[inner seal]

fog related probably

and possibly bloom

also you could turn down LUT strength

their LUT looks to wash out in certain places

[tardy wolf]

might just be how lighting is handled tbh, only the darkest scenes look black to me

hopefully path tracing will make this a non-issue

[rigid salmon]

What preset to use,
DLSS Quality Preset M
DLAA Preset K

[inner seal]

what base resolution

[tardy wolf]

on 4k im just using the vanilla dlss

whatever that is

[rigid salmon]

4K

Rtx 5090

[zinc fossil]

how is the audio in this game?

worth playing on a home theatre?

[inner seal]

I would use optiscaler and set output scale to 2.01 tbh

or ratio

rather

[kindred mantle]

Preset M with input res just below 1080p

[inner seal]

yep

[zinc fossil]

wtf

[kindred mantle]

idk

also look at the performance difference in the top left

[inner seal]

I'll see if I can find the shader responsible but decent chance it is engine side

[loud notch]

So weird. Does it solve the reflection artifacts as well? Like in Q branch on the ground.

[rigid salmon]

Never used optiscaler, is it better ?

[inner seal]

this game just doesn't respect SR scaling override otherwise

I just have mine configured like this to get below 1080 vertically

[rigid salmon]

Do you mean to set base resolution to 1080p with preset m dlaa, and upscale resolution through optiscaler ?

[inner seal]

no

[cedar crane]

No, making the ratio slightly under 50%

[inner seal]

yep

[rigid salmon]

Ok, 4k Dlss performance, with optiscaler upscaler 2x

[inner seal]

2.01

must be less than 1080 input res

[kindred mantle]

You mean the flickering specular reflections? Doesn't seem to make a difference there

[rigid salmon]

Thanks, let me try

@inner seal getting only 3 fps, just installed optiscaler, through manual method

[jolly helm]

It looks amazing! Thanks to @wicked wasp for all the hard work!

[wicked wasp]

I'll add to wiki rn

[thorn wigeon]

хочу с фреймгеном играть (

[jolly helm]

А что с фреймгеном?

[wicked wasp]

haven't been able to recreate the weird issues people are having with fg

someone mentioned vsync doesn't turn off automatically when you enable fg

[kindred mantle]

Saw other people with this issue but I have no issues on my end. Which optiscaler build are you using?

[rigid salmon]

stable build, but i am going to try the latest from optiscaler server

[kindred mantle]

Try the pinned 0.9.3 pre2 build

And only move optiscaler.dll to your game folder, rename to version.dll

that's all I did and don't have any issues

[rigid salmon]

same result

[languid ice]

can I play without grain? the game is terrible with it.

[timid perch]

I don't know, can you?

I sure can

[sand night]

Great game ty @wicked wasp

[ocean heron]

Anyone else had trouble installing the mod?
followed the instructions, but it just won't recognize ReShade.
Tried versions 6.7.2 and 6.7.3, but no luck with either. Has anyone run into this or knows a fix? Im using the steam version

[inner seal]

what wont recognize reshade

[mighty wind]

Empower your mind. Think for yourself. Be confident.

[inner seal]

Shadow/Lighting Noise Fix

• Custom version built on top of Musa's
• Adds IS-FAST Shadow Noise setting which will get rid of all of the visible lines in lighting/shadows
• Please try it and lmk, comparison attached

[kindred mantle]

I have no idea then, it seems to randomly happen to people with nvidia cards. They've been trying to figure it out in the optiscaler discord

[quartz geyser]

TESTING TIME

[remote idol]

nice timing
was just about to play

[wicked wasp]

working fine for me

less of a noticeable noise pattern

[remote idol]

yeah loads and works well here
looks good

[inland birch]

so are there a lot of textures in this game that are very.... smeary?

it almost looks like RR pre transformer type of smear

[wicked wasp]

IS-FAST Noise
off / on

[inland birch]

huge

didnt expect it to change the look of shadows that much

like under the painting on the left

[frozen nebula]

What is that red pixels and blue one and what not.

Present in both pics

[wicked wasp]

oh weird

[frozen nebula]

Game is on LSD.

Unplayable.

[wicked wasp]

when I keep it still on the menu they accumulate

[inner seal]

my clanker said the reflections had a bunch of out of bounds values

[frozen nebula]

Interesting

[inland birch]

i didnt notice that until now

fuck you umer

now i will see that

[burnt kestrel]

guys does DLLA with preset K has the hdr highlight issues that DLSS has?

[inland birch]

all the time

[wicked wasp]

did you double check with bin2hlsl that the decomp is fine

[inland birch]

preset M and L or the only ones that dont reduce highlights

[inner seal]

dlss 4.5 is only one that fixes the problem

[wicked wasp]

you could actually make the IS-FAST slider unload the shader entirely

[inner seal]

well, this was from using devkit to inspect resources

[wicked wasp]

let me check without the mod if the issue still happens

[burnt kestrel]

sucks!! cause playing DLAA with preset M or L is rough as hell!!!

[inner seal]

DLAA also sucks in this game right now until they fix bug

need like 49% render resolution for best image

[burnt kestrel]

oh not on this one! but other games that i have head room

was just wondering if the highlight issue was just on dlss quality performance presets only

example is forza playing dlla with preset M is a big sacrifice

[inner seal]

just use like 75% with M

or quality

[burnt kestrel]

you think quality would look like DLAA or close at least?

i'll guess i'll have to settle for that

i like the 75% idea

[kindred mantle]

I can reproduce this but only with DLSS presets M and L

[wicked wasp]

oof

[inner seal]

well, its also likely that K would kill something like that

[kindred mantle]

yeah i don't think it's a real issue, I never noticed it in gameplay

Camera has to be still for at least 15 seconds before they appear and even then it's only in very limited areas

[wicked wasp]

https://girlcockx.com/badfilmtakes1/status/2060770940217160165

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girlcockx · May 30, 2026, 5:10 PM

[remote idol]

the sooner they fix this hdr turning off on every game launch the better

[zinc fossil]

how are musas links actually working

why does it start with girlcock lmao

[remote idol]

girlcock wat

[long needle]

Look at Musas url

[remote idol]

oh right lol

[unkempt girder]

hi, i have a question about 007, can u help me?)

[remote idol]

really depends on what the question is 😄

[unkempt girder]

on my msi claw8 and other handhelds global illumination option is disabled by devs. i tried opti, reedit - nothing, can u give me an advice where to seach, is there a possibility to mod coming from you group or fix for this thing?

[brisk needle]

Because otherwise discord embed dont work

Theres another one with an interesting name that I rather wont say lol

[zinc fossil]

lmao what

it's so random

[brisk needle]

The one that also works for embed and doesnt have a weird name is fxtwitter though

[remote idol]

i dont really know anything about this man, sorry

[pulsar ginkgo]

guys quick question

hdr on in game or off?

windows hdr on or off?

[wooden tinsel]

on and on

[pulsar ginkgo]

thanks and thanks haha

[timber tendon]

Wait you’re running at 7680x3240? Can even 5090 do that well?

[pulsar ginkgo]

should i leave the values

under hdr at 250?

by default in the game? i think is called ui or something like that

[inner seal]

no

[timber tendon]

What should we use with L in 4K? Is there a list of values we should use? Thanks!

[inner seal]

I am running at 5k x 2k and upscale res of 49% with M

[pulsar ginkgo]

profile L is for games with trees

[timber tendon]

Game brightness is subjective so you set it like volume

[pulsar ginkgo]

M is for general use

[timber tendon]

It feels like the best looking one

[pulsar ginkgo]

is sharper with scenes with greens and trees and so on

[timber tendon]

Ah like on an ultrawide? And you’re doing that bc DLAA is bad I think you said?

[pulsar ginkgo]

but in overall if youre under 4k performance or balanced preset M

[inner seal]

I dont like L generally, more artifacting but its fine

[timber tendon]

Got it

[inner seal]

is game dependent depending on motion vectors and how bad the GI is internally

[inner seal]

the game doesnt render correctly at 1080 vertical res or higher

so 49%

[timid perch]

So many games with reshade and this is the first one where reshades own settings aren't sticking. Reno is fine, but i'm having to re-setup my screenshot hotkey and save location every time I start this game. Down a google rabbit hole, I guess

[inner seal]

is optimal

[pulsar ginkgo]

hmm for some reason is not working

[inner seal]

thats why I am using optiscaler

[timber tendon]

Wow...but what’s the 5K 2K ultrawide?

[pulsar ginkgo]

the plugin with the game i set to 1500 peak but is like not working wtf?

[inner seal]

5k x 2k is my monitor res

[timber tendon]

I have such trouble getting it to work, never gotten it to load even when I switch the hot key

[inner seal]

just use RHI to one click install it

[pulsar ginkgo]

does any one kknows why is not working?

[timber tendon]

But does this handle the overlapping hotkey with Reshade lol

[timber tendon]

Did this solve all the noise you were noticing? Bc 1080 and above was causing it? Thx

[inner seal]

reshade is home by default, and opti is insert

[timber tendon]

Yeah my keyboard is small and doesn’t have some of those keys

When I use the special combinations it seems to overlap I gotta go look

[inner seal]

it resolves a decent bit of artifacting, deferred lighting breaks so you get tiling issues and haloing

[pulsar ginkgo]

well thanks for the reply

[timber tendon]

Ah got it

[pulsar ginkgo]

cya

[timber tendon]

Yoy showed that

Ever figure out the noise?

Gonna fix in Ultra Plus?

[inner seal]

#1499664181170012181 message

[kindred mantle]

What isn't working?

[remote idol]

wait, what
i mustve missed this one
what is wrong with it?

[livid hinge]

Ok... I dont know how I feel about this but I have played a significant chunk not knowing the DLAA preset K was jacked. I just switch to 4.5 L and damn... I wonder how many millions of people are playing with jacked highlights? It looks fantastic on 4.5, the highlights on my OLED pops. I'll have to start over.

[kindred mantle]

IS-FAST Off / On

Looks so much better, thanks lazorr

[livid hinge]

Yes, thank you!

[inner seal]

some of the deferred lighting breaks

foliage

AO

get flickering

haloing

[kindred mantle]

#1499664181170012181 message

[remote idol]

ok so just generally broken then
49% it is

[remote idol]

this is my exact location right now

yup, can totally see it now

[wicked wasp]

at 4k?

[zinc fossil]

how did you even realize that it render correctly at 49% instead lol

[kindred mantle]

Yeah 49% at 4k, has to be below 1080p internal res

[wicked wasp]

so just below 1080p preset m is best?

[remote idol]

yeah just below 1080p and the issue is gone

[timber tendon]

how did we decide M

Thanks

[wicked wasp]

idk i'm asking

others say m is good

[zinc fossil]

M is probably middle ground if you wanna use Transformer 2

I usually find L looking better but it's heavier

either one is better than previous models since it preserves highlights better

or does anyone know of any artifacts with preset L in this game?

[kindred mantle]

M is just generally the best, it does way better with the noisy/smeary shadows in this game too

[zinc fossil]

better than L?

[kindred mantle]

I only use L if M has noise issues

Didn't try L much in this game

[zinc fossil]

so if you have extra performance then L

[kindred mantle]

Yeah if you want, M has less ghosting usually though

[zinc fossil]

I thought L is usually the best in terms of picture quality and sharpness

just very heavy to run

[glacial sand]

Just finished the game. It’s quite good and I was pleasantly surprised by its length (that’s what she said).

[inner seal]

I also disagree, pretty much only use M myself unless there is a problem (usually related to flickering GI) that L can fix but M can't

[zinc fossil]

hm okay

[inner seal]

not like L is bad though

[timid perch]

ReShade, installed through RHI, was simply not creating many entries in the ReShade.ini for this game, for some reason. Looked at other games and added in the KeyScreenshot= entry under Input, and the whole [Screenshot] section and everything below it manually from another games ReShade.ini. Now its at least retaining my screenshot settings on each game start.

[slim cobalt]

@inner seal thanks for shadow noise fix. by any chance have you had any luck solving specular white dots/noise flicker? seeing it on M and L presets. haven't test others

[inner seal]

if by white dots you mean the games completely broken reflections, I briefly tried but didnt keep looking

[zinc fossil]

just started playing

game looks amazing

big thanks to you guys @wicked wasp and @inner seal

[tranquil zenith]

idk I usually hear people saying L is for 4k when using one of the lower DLSS modes and M for 1440p etc

for me personally M just usually looks nicer on quality but it's very much a preference

[zinc fossil]

idk I just liked L and stuck with it

[tough granite]

OHHHHHH

[tranquil zenith]

yeah that's completely fine

some people find M too sharp

[tough granite]

OHHHHHHHHHH

[timid perch]

Due to Nvidia's original explanation from the release of 4.5

Model M is optimized for DLSS Super Resolution Performance mode, and Model L is optimized for 4K DLSS Super Resolution Ultra Performance mode. While both models are supported for both DLSS Super Resolution Quality and Balanced modes, and DLAA, users will see the best quality vs. performance benefits in Performance and Ultra Performance modes.

[inner seal]

L just introduces ghosting/smearing and aliasing artifacts that M doesnt have in my experience

doesnt handle particles quite as well

but has stronger temporal for when you need it for specific game problems

[timid perch]

Anyway, this isn't meant as a jab, I paid full price for this game and intend to play it all the way through. However, i'm genuinely curious if there is a area you finally get to where it looks like a AAA title released in 2026.

Its so jarring that I'm wondering if something is wrong, but I have all the settings cranked to their max at 4K. I saw notes about there being a PT update at some point, that might be what I need. Expecting too much for right now?

[tough granite]

I dunno I thought the game looked beautiful. Art carries it

As yes it is very last gen tech wise

[zinc fossil]

idk man this game is living up to AAA from my perspective

[tough granite]

The physics. AI and immersive sim elements are what the game is all about

[inner seal]

its definitely last gen graphics and shows it

[timid perch]

I've only just arrived at the Q branch, i'm hoping it gets better. The textures and just general feel.. yeah, feel last gen.

[inner seal]

old techniques, poor "new" GI implementation

reflections are generally just kind of busted

postprocessing feels off

[timid perch]

Ok so i'm not losing my mind, at least. Yeah

[tough granite]

Haha you’re not

[timid perch]

Hoping the gameplay makes up for it and it sounds like it will

[inner seal]

and yeah textures one of the most disappointing things

some of the lower res textures I have seen in recent history

[wicked wasp]

channel / luminance

luminance looking much better

[loud notch]

Guys, how do I type 2.010 in optiscaler? Can’t get it right with mouse 🤦‍♂️

[wicked wasp]

haven't used optiscaler before but if its a slider then you can prob ctrl+click on it

either that or edit the ini file

[loud notch]

Thank you 🙏

Ctrl+click worked!

[gritty plank]

What is up with the scaling? Should I change anything, if im using dlss quality on 4k?

[pulsar ginkgo]

thats on the current build?

[pulsar ginkgo]

4k dlss in quality?

under what gpu are you?

[inner seal]

TLDR vertical res under 1080 will look better

so 49% at 4k

[opal pebble]

moving thru crowds in general is a highlight. crowd behaviour in general. the way ppl look at you (or dont), moving past peeps and thru crowds, walking with someone/following someone, all feel and look great. v natural

[opal pebble]

yeah i was a bit disappointed PT wasnt there at launch bc i didnt think id wanna replay the game "just" bc PT but im looking forward to replaying it A LOT. i think i said so elsewhere in the thread, but as a giga-level Bond fan, this game is basically fucking perfect

[opal pebble]

yes. im playing on my atmos setup and its great. not "best ever", but v good. defs worth playing on a home theatre if you have a decent setup 👍

[obtuse topaz]

I really love how the melee combat feels and looks. Flinging dudes across tables and following them over feels so badass. I also like how meaty the gunplay feels

Like I could sneak around the enemies but I really like going through them

[frosty mortar]

i wasn’t able to get atmos on the game, did you get atmos working?

[queen jolt]

What are the go to settings do you think guys, on the Renodx settings

I’m using lg g5

[neon frost]

Hey guys if i want to use the new fix Lazorr uploaded i just need to replace the current renoDX file right? or do we need both

[wicked wasp]

replace

@inner seal is there anything you wanna test or should I just put it on nexus

[inner seal]

I think current is good given nobody has mentioned any issues

might try and work on reflections tomorrow idk

[rigid salmon]

does any other game have upscaling problem, like this game for vertical resolution to be below 1080

[livid hinge]

Scaling is good if using DLAA?

[inner seal]

no, this is just something wrong with their lighting setup/engine

[oak horizon]

great stuff

[smoky lava]

looking gooood

[inner seal]

dude its so much better

[smoky lava]

now i regret finishing the game yday, should wait for u guys to do your magic first

[inner seal]

#1499664181170012181 message

this comparison is nuts

[smoky lava]

yepp

i noticed later on in the game as well

it can get REALLY bad

i was annoyed pretty much throughout

[wicked wasp]

nexus updated with IS-FAST Noise

[frosty mortar]

same bro but im gonna just wait for path tracing to replay 😂

[smoky lava]

IS-FAST Shadow Noise
Off/On

Also worth noting for people deciding between DLSS presets, M is the best for HDR highlights with L still a bit behind and K and older not even worth mentioning

Their behavior is consistent across games as well

[timber tendon]

Is that in performance mode though? As in does the mode affect the highlight detail you mention such that we should pick a different preset?

[smoky lava]

it's quality iirc

but the mode does not make a difference

the differences are more or less the same even with DLAA

[timber tendon]

Thanks!

[modest jasper]

qq hdr should still
Be on with mod right?

And the paper white setting does not matter anymore?

[smoky lava]

yes

correct

[livid hinge]

Thanks, been using L. Will switch to M

[tardy wolf]

anyone have virus detected from the mod?

defender tagged it as a wacatac trojan

[smoky lava]

L and M are for the most part fairly similar close to the camera

or rather, it's mostly small highlights that differ between the 2.

[mighty wind]

Can't believe I'm about to drop from native Res to 49% Res to work around a bug

Don't think I've ever seen this before

[frozen nebula]

Native? Was DLAA affected, too?

I thought Quality and other modes were affected.

[mighty wind]

DLAA too, right?

Looks a mess

[gritty plank]

5090

[frozen nebula]

Got any comparison pics for it?

[mighty wind]

No I'm in bed with a hangover

But I was definitely seeing busted AO with DLAA

Flickering

[mighty wind]

See ^

[smoky lava]

@frozen nebula

AO or whatever it is, is noticeably different and flickery with Native TAA as well

[pure badger]

I started the game on uw OLED and aside the flickering on the ground a don’t see any réal issue with FG ON,
And thx for the HDR mod!

[rigid salmon]

Seems any value equal or above 1080 vertically

[clever tapir]

I just noticed that Level of detail and Volumetric effects quality options are disabled. Any idea?

[mighty wind]

However, one huge downside to lowering the res to < 1080 is that the flickery/speckled light reflection artifacts become way worse

[smoky lava]

those are pretty bad at all non native render res from what I tested

but do become slightly worse the lower the res

[mighty wind]

Also sucks the game gets CPU bound as soon as there are a few NPCs. 100fps on 9800X3D 🙁

[smoky lava]

yea it's a shame frame gen is so borked

would work so well

[mighty wind]

Yep, I was using FG til I saw awful artifacts indoors at one point

First time trying to use Optiscaler, game won't load into view. CPU is certainly doing something though

Installed it via RHI

[drowsy charm]

You need to be in main menu

to change those settings

[timber tendon]

@inner seal game wouldn't boot with Optiscaler installed even when I used RHI, as soon as I uninstalled Optiscaler using RHI the game booted again, any ideas? RHI should prevent any conflicts no?

@wicked wasp should the oversaturation of skintones be fixed in the recent release thx

[zinc fossil]

I wonder if the frame gen thing couldn't be fixed using reno

I guess it would need proper logging/debugging tools though

[mighty wind]

Same

Well, game does eventually boot but sits at like 1fps with Optiscaler

[timber tendon]

I heard M has better highlights?

[wicked wasp]

I didn’t do anything about saturation, just made skin less red and more brown

[timber tendon]

Got it, that's what I was looking for, thanks

[timber tendon]

Wow so if i waited forever it might boot lol

[daring timber]

Guys is the final version out?

[rigid salmon]

#1230959813807050792 message

[daring timber]

?

[zinc fossil]

check the pinned message or nexusmods

Preset M and L both have major aliasing during motion for me

on DLAA

[rigid salmon]

found sharpening values in regedit, don't know should disable that ?

[zinc fossil]

probably yea

[wicked wasp]

I made all the changes I want to make for now, but lazorr might add more rendering enhancements unrelated to hdr

[ocean stone]

maybe but K looks like shit with volumetrics, at least on the first level not sure how present they are later on

[lucid herald]

does anyone know which pillarboxing / ultrawide fix mod doesnt interfere with renodx?

[ocean stone]

genuinely awful

[lucid herald]

cause the first one i downloaded is asking me to override reshade.ini so im not sure if i can use it

[ocean stone]

currently using M but I see that reflections on the floor suck regardless, I'm so tired of software RT bs

take me back to prebaked everything pls

[kindred mantle]

This is the worst part of K for me and it's crazy that they just deprecated the older presets and made K the default while it has this issue

[zinc fossil]

well as far as I'm concerned all preset have issues especially the transformer ones

but they're all still better than we had before so

[kindred mantle]

4.5 is definitely better, but I think I prefer E to K

As long as you have a high output res

[cobalt spruce]

How do you change the resolution scale to 49%?
I don't use the nvidia app.
Have been playing at 4k dlss balanced all this time.

[kindred mantle]

Try nvidia profile inspector

[cobalt spruce]

Ok thanks
I do have that installed

[mighty wind]

I think I'm the only person in the universe who just happily uses NV App

[cobalt spruce]

Still using goat control panel hehe

[serene yoke]

According to Lazorr it breaks if the internal height res is 1080p or higher

So that means using 49% at 4K

Wonder if setting custom dlss res works though because I remember you could do that

[loud temple]

Any fix for the smearing with FG on?

[proper robin]

I am using this one: https://www.nexusmods.com/007firstlight/mods/6 I only use the Black bars toggles and OK for me. Only one behavior: you need to desactivate it when prerendered cutescene because you see the game behind the black bars.

5120x2160 screen ok for me

[serene yoke]

Okay just checked it seems it was dlsstweaks that I saw

[quaint oriole]

I think it only works through optiscaler on this game, havent done it myself yet. Anyone know what exactly we have to type into optiscaler?

[inner seal]

2.01 upscaling ratio

[proper robin]

LG 45gx950a ? If yes are you putting 1300 peak brigthness in reno ? or 600 like in windows?

[inner seal]

I modified edid profile and ~1000 works a bit better than 1300

[proper robin]

Ok thanks 👍 and you play at 49% of native res? I don't try it and i play Dlss quality preset M

[quaint oriole]

I use L, is M better for this game?

[proper robin]

I read here that M is better for this game

[cedar crane]

Ofc M best fits this game, it's a 007 game

[green temple]

Anyway to disable or reduce the blood screen effects?

[gaunt geode]

sooo

007 first light got 1.0 renodx now?

stable release, or still in progress?

[wicked wasp]

stable

[unborn wyvern]

Hello musa last renodx is flagged by windows defender any idea ?

[timber tendon]

Do highlights in DLSS K. suffer if you run it in quality or DLAA? Like is it all modes have worse highlights? Thanks

[last knot]

Yes it is for all

[cobalt spruce]

I'll stick to dlss balanced then
Don't want to mess with other programs

[wooden tinsel]

is anyone having insane stutter? I started having that at the plane section

[quaint oriole]

do you use RHI? you can just click a button to install optiscaler through that. then just type in 2.01 outputscaling. takes 2 mins

[wooden tinsel]

why not just this?
DLSS - Forced Quality Level: Custom
DLSS - Forced Scaling Ratio: 49%

[quaint oriole]

it doesnt work for this game

[wooden tinsel]

works for me

you have to enable this setting as well

[hollow yoke]

yeah, I was about to say, it works fine with that custom flag set

[quaint oriole]

Idk lazorr said it wouldnt work like this, I didnt try

[kindred mantle]

I tried NVPI too and it didn't work for me 🤷

But it is working for you

[hollow yoke]

works for me as well

[inner seal]

yeah 49% with M

I also tried NVPI and it didnt work but 🤷

[kindred mantle]

okay it works if I don't have optiscaler installed

[kindred mantle]

I had insane stutter during a later level until I installed the most recent nvidia drivers

[cedar flame]

what settings are you folks using in reno? trying to find the best look

[inner seal]

I think dechroma 60-65 is a big improvement

[cyan igloo]

o.o

[cobalt spruce]

I'll try this first

[inner seal]

I also turn down lut strength a bit

helps with crushing

[cyan igloo]

it wont let me download the latest update, the previous one i can download fine?

[zinc fossil]

make an exception in windows defender

probably just the virus lazorr snuck in in the last build

[inner seal]

you can click the green checkbox on nexus and see its virus scans

[cyan igloo]

i just added an exclusion in defender for it, weird that it happens only with this file but not the older version on nexus

i guess its just windows being windows

[wooden tinsel]

iirc, it seems NVPI doesn't work for you in many aspects, like setting a global setting as well

I'd suggest using the latest pre-release version from here, it works much better than older 2.x.x version

https://github.com/Orbmu2k/nvidiaProfileInspector/releases

[inner seal]

NVPI generally works for everything

it was new RR that didn't accept global

don't know if that is still true though

[wooden tinsel]

that's been working fine for a while now

[cobalt spruce]

seems like it is working

[remote idol]

RHI beta out soon with this available too

[cobalt spruce]

can anyone confirm

[kindred mantle]

yes it's working

[wooden tinsel]

if you want to be able to read the dlss overlay, disable these two graphic settings:
Radial blur effects
Chromatic aberration effects

[cobalt spruce]

Discord compression makes it hard to read

[wooden tinsel]

the top section is for frame gen only

[cobalt spruce]

I left the ones with warning next to them on

Is it alright

[inner seal]

personally I think pretty much all the post processing effects you can turn off are quite bad/overdone

[cobalt spruce]

Also think hdr was off
Keep forgetting it's bugged

[wooden tinsel]

you can disable them temporarily just to see the overlay

[cobalt spruce]

Glad it's working
Thanks

[wooden tinsel]

that's true but I think they gave the game a unique look

[inner seal]

the blur is just sooooo aggressive

[wooden tinsel]

yeah a slider for that setting would've been than just on and off

[mighty wind]

Load times are loooong

[cobalt spruce]

Not as long as crimson desert lol

[timber tendon]

The game will not boot for us if we use RHI to install it, couple people here

[remote idol]

#1474481327691665553 message

[wooden tinsel]

for me it's pretty instantaneous but that's a known issue for lots of people so the devs will probably address that

[inner seal]

oh my 007 nvidia profile didn't have the game exe

that would do it

[wooden tinsel]

they added the correct exe in the new driver update, 610.47

[serene yoke]

Have you tried setting a custom internal upscale res with dlsstweaks instead.

You can set custom resolutions instead of percentages

[wooden tinsel]

I'm on that driver, and the traversal / shader compilation stutter are just insane for me
I know it's that because if I run through this area again I don't get any stutters

[hollow yoke]

oof that's rough, I didn't experience anything like that at all across my playthrough

[inner seal]

I havent installed it due to mixed feedback on frame pacing and stuttering

[inner seal]

just had to set correct exe

[serene yoke]

Yea okay but that's only percentage scaling right?

[inner seal]

yeah

[serene yoke]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1499664181170012181/1510572566618574948/image.png?ex=6a1d4dd4&is=6a1bfc54&hm=8ffb8f3354acbc00c9d1d773713eb6719ac409d2b387d1a80e44d47db4b6a078&

[inner seal]

I am not that worried about 30 extra pixels

[serene yoke]

Dlsstweaks supports this but haven't used it in awhile

Found it useful on ultrawide sometimes with the earlier dlss versions

[ocean stone]

Yeah mfs haven't touched K and J since they came out 1.5 years ago, literally 0 fixes

The only reason they're currently the default for balance and quality is because they know that M and L are too demanding for everything that isn't a 5090, you're legit just getting worse visuals with those vs performance when the presets are being swapped automatically

Completely counter intuitive for people who aren't in the know

[inner seal]

idk if I agree with the statement that M and L are too demanding

at 4K on a 4070 with dlss performance, M isn't even 1ms more expensive

[tough granite]

On 30 series sure

[inner seal]

30 series sure

[tough granite]

Yeah 40 and 50 is fine

I feel the warning for 30 series has become a blanket statement for both

40 and 50 series is fine. Theres probably some outliers where some games are heavier with it.

Path tracing will use RR so we will be stuck with 4.0 presets anyways

[loud notch]

Maybe the devs know something we don’t and NVIDIA drops a new RR preset around the same time they release PT for it 🤞

[zinc fossil]

[lucid herald]

what is this about, can someone fill me in?

[inner seal]

some of the games deferred lighting passes break at 1080p or above internal resolution

[timber tendon]

Would RR not benefit from a Tranformer model is that why no updates?

[timber tendon]

Even more crucial I guess this Optiscaler not booting issue figured out

[zinc fossil]

RR already has transformer model afaik just no V2

[limpid lantern]

is this only with DLSS?

[inner seal]

well, my nvpi profile was just missing the games exe

[inner seal]

I think so? not 100% sure

[timber tendon]

I confused, so I can set the render scale in NVPI?

[inner seal]

dlss and fsr live at slightly different places in their pipeline atm and dlss has an extra pass or something

[timber tendon]

So the current RR presets use transformer but you say we still need a V2? What would that even be?

[quaint oriole]

new RHI is so good hardly need NVPI anymore

[kindred mantle]

No, it's broken at all resolutions with FSR and TAA

It can only be fixed with DLSS

For whatever reason

[inner seal]

oh its just default broken

oof

[limpid lantern]

but in what way is it broken? what does it affect?

cause its between DLAA with broken whatever and performance with fixed and thats not a great choice lol

[inner seal]

meh, tbh this game is pretty low res anyways and 49% with M looks fine

basically you get all kinds of artifacts

foliage breaks, tiling and flickering, broken AO, haloing around characters

[kindred mantle]

it's partially why DLSS quality has such a small uplift at 1440p vs FSR. Native/FSR are both broken, but dlss quality is below 1080p which fixes the issue and incurs a performance hit

[inner seal]

so basically seems like half of their lighting just stops running

[timber tendon]

Wait, DLSS quality uses below 1080p base resolution? I think it uses 1440p no?

[kindred mantle]

At 1440p output I mean

[timber tendon]

Got it

[remote idol]

i just added exe associating in a newer beta now so if a profile is ever missing the games exe it'll add it too

[timber tendon]

Sweet

[timber tendon]

Did you see how some folk are not able to boot after installing RHI and only works after removing Optiscaler

[remote idol]

yeah dont know why though, seems ok here

[proper robin]

When I play 5120x2160 DLAA i have sometimes translucent dark square in the background but with DLSS quality it is ok and i notice no more problems

I just test 49% of native with NVPI-R and i see no difference with dlss Q exept that it is sharper (with Dlss Q)

[quaint oriole]

I think the dlss mode makes no difference anymore when you override the upscaling. Its just 49% of your monitor resolution

[inner seal]

its specifically less than 1080 vertical resolution

[remote idol]

yeah 49% applies to 4k and 5k2k screens

so for 1440p you can still use dlss quality or even 74%

[inner seal]

man i completely failed at being a spy during the training and just had to beat the shit out of like 20 dudes

[proper robin]

No with DLSS Q i am a 1440p and 49% i am at 1058p

[inner seal]

right, so bug wont happen at 49%

[pliant sage]

Fwiw, I never saw stuttering this bad during my entire playthrough and I have the exact same gpu/cpu as you. I didn't install the newest driver tho. I'm still on the one for Forza. Game was smooth 99% of the time with only a few spikes through my entire playthrough.

[quaint oriole]

damn with RHI Im at 1058 and optiscaler is 1076 res might have to switch I neeeed those pixels man

[weak silo]

Why is everyone talking about reducing the dlss resolution to 49 percent, what's wrong with the game?can someone explain?

[pliant sage]

DLSS breaks if the base resolution is above 1080p. Look at this to see. The vegetation starts shimmering immesnely when using DLAA and then disappears entirely at DLSS Quality. That's because Quality at 1440p is 960p internal resolution whereas DLAA is full 1440p hence above 1080p which causes these artifacts.
https://youtu.be/m-2v86i4-hs?t=567

[loud notch]

#1499664181170012181 message

Check this comparison from yesterday’s comments

[inner seal]

quality vs ultra perf

[tough granite]

Wait which is which

[empty bear]

Load times are long if you frame limit, I've noticed if I toggle off my cap in DC, my load screens go from minutes to seconds.

[mighty wind]

Lol wtf

Game is busted

[empty bear]

Like some PS2 era logic, but it makes sense, the load screens go to like 300+ FPS when you uncap. Highest I just saw was about 800FPS.

[mighty wind]

What about the vsync cap?

[quaint oriole]

ultra perf looks better because its under 1080p which solves the bug the game has

[zinc fossil]

so foliage is broken even at 4k DLAA?

damn

I didn't notice so far

[inner seal]

time to try and fix this nonsense

[mighty wind]

Oh god please! Makes me dread going to the lab

[loud notch]

Preset K fixes most of that but than you have to cope with 4.0 issues. Pick your poison basically

[inner seal]

probably doesn't fix it as much as it just hides it

due to killing highlights

[loud notch]

That’s true

[serene yoke]

Seeing you fix things like this so quickly really makes me wonder what happens at studio's sometimes

[proper robin]

Well done !!!!

[inner seal]

this one seems like a genuine bug in how they sample reflections

gonna try to implement a filter and then will post it

[tardy lintel]

Awesome can't wait, I just reached the Qlab and can't stand the shimmering with preset M

[tough granite]

Yeah it’s so weird. It’s like an awful SSR reflection but it only reflects light? Its fucking weird

[glacial sand]

The achievements in this game are so broken. I found all the collectibles but the trophy doesn’t pop up. Others are having the same issue online.

[timid perch]

the outer edges of the screen being blurry

this is a known thing, right?

some sort of intended effect?

[brisk needle]

radial blur

[timid perch]

ty, that was driving me nuts

[zinc fossil]

reno doing render fixes now

[mighty wind]

I just think many people's eyes just dont see this stuff. It doesn't register for them.

Played a console game lately? Saros was lauded for its graphics but, to my eyes, even on PS5 Pro it's just a complete soupy mess

Basically we are the cursed ones

Forever destined to buy 5090s so we can resolve @ 49% render res

[inner seal]

Reflection Fix

• Adds SSR Pixelation Fix setting with Off/Sharp/Filtered options

[zinc fossil]

niice

[empty bear]

lol, just had to return to the lab too

[mighty wind]

Are you guys just not frame capping and letting VRR handle it?

Cause the CPU bounding is real. As are the load times when frame capping

[empty bear]

I'm capping at 80 and just toggling by load screen.

[timid perch]

DisplayCommander/Relimiter just set to VRR cap

[mighty wind]

My 9800x3d limits to like 100 on NPC heavy areas

|||night club||

[quaint oriole]

use vsync with FG? or only VRR cap limit. I had bad stutter in lego batman so I now always use vsync again

[timid perch]

VSync forced at driver level, off in games

no issues with FG, but I haven't had to use it in this game

[quaint oriole]

yes but then why do you need VRR cap when reflex already caps it there

its like double capped then from reflex+ relimiter

[timid perch]

I dunno, because its there?

not sure what else i'd pick

[mighty wind]

The idea being that the DC/relimiter cap offers smoother framerates and/or lower latency

[quaint oriole]

I just pick off when reflex is on

[mighty wind]

So it caps just below reflex

[inner seal]

reflex alone is typically worse

worse fps, worse latency

more stuttering

[empty bear]

Especially with boost.

[mighty wind]

Boost should be sunsetted

[quaint oriole]

so you use reflex, relimiter VRR cap and adaptive smoothing all together? when using FG

[empty bear]

Praise.

[inner seal]

relimiter is built specifically around reflex, and SK/DC also do a bunch of reflex stuff

I usually use relimiter with adaptive smoothing yeah

[mighty wind]

I need to try relimiter

[quaint oriole]

cause someone told me to not use vsync and just cap with relimiter but that gave problems

[inner seal]

idk, I feel like vsync is just kind of a toss up for different setups

I dont usually use vsync in most games

[empty bear]

I generally just limit to the closest variable I can run games at with Q=1 in DC now a days.

[timid perch]

Been doing this for years, never had a problem. Someone made a post about it. https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1lokih2/putting_misconceptions_about_optimal_fps_caps/

[smoky lava]

how do you prevent games from spiking out of vrr range

is reflex alone enough

[inner seal]

I always run a limiter

[hollow yoke]

using a 60FPS cap with FG disabled to demonstrate it, if capping via driver (NVPI), it reaches v-sync on load screens and the set cap when in-game, with normal loading times

[smoky lava]

usually they don't prevent spikes from going over refresh cap tho right?

[inner seal]

I mean, I guess I have never really had a problem with it

[smoky lava]

yea fair

[inner seal]

and I usually have more problems with vsync so 🤷

[empty bear]

Same

[zinc fossil]

dude this is amazing, thanks a lot again

[smoky lava]

I've not had any issues vsync locking in modern games

but have had issues with either screen tearing or vrr flicker without vsync locks

[timid perch]

This is the way (DC/RL on top doesn't hurt)

[quaint oriole]

in adaptive smothing do you leave it at default? p99 and medium?

[inner seal]

TLDR test it per game, if it works fine then great

[quaint oriole]

also can I just force vsync through relimiter or is it better through nvidia driver

[smoky lava]

damn was wondering why tf my loading screens were taking almost a whole minute

[inner seal]

annoyingly it can somewhat vary per game, its not perfect at measuring

[mighty wind]

Why doesnt my reshade save my "Performance mode" preference now?

I have to manually enable it every time

[inner seal]

99% could possibly be too aggressive

and decrease your fps

[timid perch]

reshade wasn't saving any settings for me in this game (Installed with RHI). Had to manually add a bunch of lines to ReShade.ini pulled from other games.

[quaint oriole]

hmm I have no idea what are good settings then, some presets would be nice maybe

[inner seal]

but adaptive smoothing basically just measures reflex and keeps your FPS limit under what the 99th percentile of what frames report (with some filtering)

[timid perch]

Reno settings DID stick, but anything in ReShade itself like my screenshot hotkey and save path I'd have to reset on every game launch. Realized nothing was being written to ReShade.ini.

[mighty wind]

Same in Forza. Hmm I think it's an RHI issue

[inner seal]

I dont see why reshade wouldnt write settings

not like RHI controls that

@remote idol

maybe something is malformed idk

[timid perch]

Nothing was being written to the ReShade.ini file. Once I pulled a few things from another games ReShade.ini, it would read and use them just fine. Very strange, never seen that behavior before.

[mighty wind]

file permission thing?

[inner seal]

@wicked wasp just PRed a reflection fix and pinned here

[smoky lava]

man's gone and fixed my biggest gripes with the game

based

[brisk needle]

I think its better to have Low latency to on or ultra, so if a game doesnt have reflex, then that works instead. also the math is a little wrong in the main post, 240hz should have 224fps cap not 226, but dont think it'd matter that much

[timid perch]

You'd think, but its just another game folder within steamapps\common... so I dunno.

[inner seal]

yeah those two things alone are massive improvements

[smoky lava]

yep

along with sub 1080p render

and you actually get a clean image now

[quaint oriole]

any chance the hdr+fg bug can be fixed or is that on the developer

[inner seal]

I havent seen any issues with hdr and FG myself tbh

[quaint oriole]

it gives pretty bad ghosting

[inner seal]

like I said I havent seen that

[quaint oriole]

if you turn the camera fast you see it in left corner up and around the characters head

[cedar crane]

The only horrible thing remaining imo is how characters have halos around their faces in cutscenes

Maybe some DoF fuckery

[zinc fossil]

Depth of Field and yea the HDR and FG are still screwed

[cedar crane]

It's immersion breaking af

[inner seal]

depth of field sucks yeah

[timid perch]

yeah I've noticed that today

[cedar crane]

Those having HDR + FG issues with DLSSG but only using 2x might like using Opti's DLSSG to XeFG, it's clean af

[quaint oriole]

good idea does it fix that, and do you still get reflex

[cedar crane]

I've never seen that issue with either it or Artur's Enabler (FSR MFG), so I suppose it does fix it and yes, you do get to keep Reflex or use XeLL

Basically you can just delete fakenvapi if you wanna keep Reflex (XeLL may have some fps drops and stutters on Nvidia)

[proper rock]

about thhe 49% fix. If am using dlls quality M preset 4k do i need it?

[inner seal]

yeah ok lol

[kindred mantle]

I think the FG issue would remain if you're still using DLSSG inputs no?

[inner seal]

XEFG uses DLSS inputs

[quaint oriole]

he so no dice, what about fsr fg?

[cedar crane]

Do you see it super glitchy when playing or only on such screenshots ?

[signal sinew]

Just embrace ghosting :p

[cedar crane]

In play, for me it's awesome

[quaint oriole]

its pretty bad when moving the camera a little fast

[cedar crane]

Maybe it's a GPU gen issue

[inner seal]

do you mean DLSSG?

[cedar crane]

No, XeFG

I assume you took that shot with it ?

[inner seal]

yeah above is dlssg

[cedar crane]

Ah ok

Yeah, I've not seen it at all with XeFG

[lunar pulsar]

Guys. Ingame HDR slider is paper white or max luminance?

[cedar crane]

Even screenshot would just show the usual interpolated look

[zinc fossil]

it's paper white but it's non-functional when using renodx

you can ignore it

[rigid salmon]

did someone reported 1080 bug ?

[zinc fossil]

actually the frame gen thing doesn't happen only with HDR I think

I just tested and I get artifacting in sdr as well

[kindred mantle]

You have to turn FG off and back on if you switch to SDR

And then it's fixed

[zinc fossil]

ah you're right

yea I'll ask my clanker maybe it's easy fixable with reno

[kindred mantle]

Yeah just tried with DLSSG to XeFG and it's fine, no bug

[zinc fossil]

or maybe lazorr is already on it

[quaint oriole]

what did you pick for dlss. dlss streamline? as input and xefg output?

[kindred mantle]

yes

[quaint oriole]

because I just tried that with fsr as output and FG wasnt working at all

it says current steamline state: activate FG

how do I do that

[kindred mantle]

there's a checkbox that says Active

[zinc fossil]

I think it's literally a checkbox or just press "END"

[quaint oriole]

ok I found it

[kindred mantle]

my game crashed when I turned on HDR after it was already active, I had to turn on HDR first and then click Active

[zinc fossil]

@inner seal From my clanker regarding DLSS FG: "The HDR resolve is writing the same PQ image to two render targets. For DLSS FG, the second output is often the UI/no-FG/overlay or auxiliary output path; feeding it full PQ HDR can cause history/composition artifacts only in HDR."

probably it would be possible to feed the DLSS FG pre-tonemap data or something

[quaint oriole]

Now I get crazy artifacts lol

[kindred mantle]

🤔

What kind of artifacts

Do they go away if you uncheck Active?

[quaint oriole]

fast moving black dot smears all over

[wooden tinsel]

I played yesterday on the newest driver for like 6 hours with no issues at all, today out of nowhere that insane stuttering started, I tried DDU then reinstalling the previous driver, and again with the newest driver, but the stuttering is the same

I remember the very first shader compilation taking like a minute or two, but now they barely take 30s so it might be a game issue but I'm not sure anymore

[cedar crane]

Ah, yeah, those artefacts are fixed in latest 0.9.3 pre2

[quaint oriole]

ok so trying FSR FG game just craashes when I activate HDR

is this right?

[cedar crane]

Yeah

Might want to let Opti deal with all overrides tho

Ratios, Presets

[quaint oriole]

something is fucked it now crashes the moment I activate HDR

[kindred mantle]

Use that build

[quaint oriole]

I deleted fakenvapi but now optiscaler is no longer recognized. I want to still use reflex or is there another way to do it

[verbal lark]

Hi could someone resend the ReShade mod link for 007? I can't find the original message anymore. Thanks

[inner seal]

see pins

[kindred mantle]

You don't need fakenvapi with an nvidia card. Delete your optiscaler.ini and just use optiscaler.dll from the build I forwarded, rename to version.dll

[quaint oriole]

I think it works now I renamed opti.dll to d3d12 and deleted fakenvapi

[weary tusk]

Wait what I missed 2 days, why is everyone taking about optiscalar,

Will that fix the dlss hdr framegen problem or?

And make use of fsr frame gen?

[quaint oriole]

yes it seems like using opticsaler you can change dlss fg to xefg and circumvent the hdr bug

[weary tusk]

Isn't this because they use reflex as a fps cap,

You can also use that in rtss because if you are trying to cap a game when you use framegen it doubles latency if you don't use reflex cap

[weary tusk]

Ahh okay

[wooden tinsel]

I finally figured out the reason behind that massive stutter, my game files got corrupted somehow but the game was still playable, verifying the integrity of the files downloaded some stuff (including the game's exe again) and that fixed it, just took me 6 hours of troubleshooting

[quaint oriole]

that so good that FG trick completely fixed the ghosting

[cedar crane]

XeFG is King

Intel cooked hard

[quaint oriole]

thanks for the tip man

[cedar crane]

Pleasure !

[quaint oriole]

I feel like these fixed should also be pinned here and the 49% trick too, for others to see

[weary tusk]

Normal dlss frame gen works great/ best of all frame gens , idk about why this game has so much problems while hdr enabled

[weary tusk]

What preset are you using at 49% in nvpi you are setting it right?

[cedar crane]

Idk about best tbh

[quaint oriole]

I did through RHI but that should work too

[weary tusk]

What preset preset l or m?

[quaint oriole]

I use M

[cedar crane]

Recently some Opti members on Ada/Blackwell did some comparisons and XeFG handled many cases better than DLSSG, often way cleaner, especially HUD elements

[quaint oriole]

and then you need scaling lower than 1080p, which on 4k would be 49%

[weary tusk]

Why under 1080p? Did I miss something? So best to have it under 1080p dlss when I set game to 4k?

[weary tusk]

Insane didn't knew this

[wooden tinsel]

you're limited at 2x FG, right?

[cedar crane]

On non Intel yeah

[quaint oriole]

theres some bug with flickering and this fixed it

[cedar crane]

But ARC and Intel iGPUs can run XeMFG 4x

[weary tusk]

Ah okay!!! 49% what is it it's sits between performance and balanced of in right?

Ultra performance is 33% and performance around 40% something?

[kindred mantle]

performance is 50%

[quaint oriole]

ultra perf would work too but best do custom to 49%

[wooden tinsel]

what hdr bug are you talking about here?

[weary tusk]

Then setting it to performance so that's 50% doesn't fix it because that's 1080p?

[inner seal]

this one

[weary tusk]

So that's why 49%?

[quaint oriole]

hdr+FG would give real bad ghosting together

[quaint oriole]

yes

[weary tusk]

I think I just keep playing without framegen then, performance dlss I get enough fps almost always above 120 at 4k.

So I set a 49% with nvpi and test if it works 🙂 because I saw some people nvpi doesn't work in this game?

[quaint oriole]

if youre on a 1440p monitor you would need dlss quality I think that should work

[inner seal]

nvpi works, just make sure the exe is correct

[weary tusk]

I'm at 4k ( streaming with virtual display to my moonlight client to my tv) so best to use 49% then 🙂

[quaint oriole]

I really need FG for this game in large crowds the fps drops real low

[weary tusk]

It does 🙂 I will test it to make it sure haha, firs run performance and then 49% and I see if resolution changes in dlss overlay

[weary tusk]

What's you're cpu?

Haven't seen this on my 7800X3D

[kindred mantle]

nvpi override didn't work when I had optiscaler installed, but you can override DLSS res with optiscaler

[quaint oriole]

5800x3d so maybe because of that? but still with Fg its smooth all the time

[zinc fossil]

someone with a 9800x3d mentioned he dips into 100fps range

CPU limited

[quaint oriole]

yeah I dipped to like 60

its worth using the XEFG trick for sure

[weary tusk]

Maybe I'm not far enough in the game, I just went into egypt

Didn't had a problem in the big mansion

[quaint oriole]

I noticed it in that pirate market

[weary tusk]

Not there yet will check tonight 🙂

[wooden tinsel]

I never had this issue, so I think I'm good with dlss's fg?

[inner seal]

you have the issue

[quaint oriole]

everyone has it you just dont notice it yet

[inner seal]

just can be kind of difficult to notice sometimes with motion blur etc

[zinc fossil]

I think it's more noticeable in some areas than others

but it's definitely there

[wooden tinsel]

okay I'll try XeFG. this is the build you're all using? Optiscaler_0.9.3-pre2

[weary tusk]

Framegen is not actually the UI or text. Also some game elements is fucked up could see it inediatly

[wooden tinsel]

or just this

[inner seal]

the public build has artifacting

at some point this game will become playable

22 hours so far...

[zinc fossil]

lmao

I think some of us here just enjoy fixing the game rather than playing

[quaint oriole]

but seems Im losing reflex with the dlss to xefg trick :/

[zinc fossil]

👀

[inner seal]

I mean its literally not possible to play the game with the entire screen covered in lines 100% of the time

most obnoxious artifact of all time

[kindred mantle]

can you send a screenshot of your opti overlay

[wooden tinsel]

what lines are you referring to?

[quaint oriole]

it says reflex but when I remove the limiter reflex itself doesnt cap the fps, which tells me its not actually active

[inner seal]

the jittering shadow lines across everything in vanilla

[kindred mantle]

I think it's just set to 0 by default in optiscaler which removes the reflex cap. You can just manually set it

[spice pecan]

does the latest pinned version includes shadow and reflection fixes?

[kindred mantle]

Reflex is still active I believe

[quaint oriole]

I tried but the cap in optiscaler doesnt work

[kindred mantle]

I think it caps the real FPS, so set it to half

[quaint oriole]

thanks that works

still not 100% sure if its active but whatever

[spice pecan]

and why does hdr setting keeps resetting itself in game lol

[drifting bluff]

Known game bug they are working on

[timber tendon]

Same 😭

[kindred mantle]

I have no idea tbh, never touched the FG stuff in optiscaler before. It feels fine though

[quaint oriole]

I think it works there are some frametimes for reflex listed when you use the fps graph

[cedar crane]

It caps pre FG with Reflex, annoying caveat

[kindred mantle]

@cedar crane should fakenvapi be used for xefg? or is that on old thing?

[cedar crane]

It should for XeLL

But isn't necessary

[kindred mantle]

is reflex active without it?

[cedar crane]

Yeah

Unless if Opti shows Fallback

But on Dario's shot it says Reflex 😊

[kindred mantle]

thanks, so is there a reason to use XeLL over reflex? do some games just not use reflex when going from dlss to xefg?

[wicked wasp]

Is it ready for nexus

[cedar crane]

Can only use Reflex with DLSSG inputs or in games with native Reflex

Otherwise you'd rather use XeLL, it's really good when it works

[inner seal]

afaik, folks have said it works well

[zinc fossil]

yea it's good

excellent actually

[cedar crane]

Only one issue tho : can't see the difference between Sharp and Filtered so far

[inner seal]

its there