Where is nvidia DSR (downsampling) support? Please implement it.

[Paul]

I play on 1080p plasma screen and I have RTX2080Ti. The reason I have this card is because image quality is much higher when downsampling from 4K to 1080p that my screen displays. In nVidia control panel, you can enable DSR (dynamic super resolution as they call it), which then lets you select even 4K res on your 1080p screen and get much higher image quality.

And despite having DSR enabled, in the Death Stranding menu the max resolution I can select is pitiful 1080p.

I had same issue in Control, but there I could edit ini file and set the 4K resolution for proper downsampling.

In DS, I found the ini file but resolution is not set there, apparently.

If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

Or Kojipro, please implement normal DSR support (hell, every game supports it normally without any input from developers. So you actually had to break something to make it not work!)

Thank you.

[Bylund]

Originally posted by Grenyes:

Yes, the lack of DSR is a dissapointment. I hope they implement it soon.

Read the first response. It's not lacking, it is just inconvenient. You need to set the DSR resolution on the Windows desktop before launching the game, then it will work.

[Purzifal]

have you got anything set for DSR - Factors in your nVidea Settings?

Open nVidia Control Pannel, under 3D Settings click Manage 3D settings. Look for DSR -Factors. if it says "off" DSR will not work

https://i.imgur.com/NIduGpA.png

in game select your resolution to the upscalled res you want after you have set the DSR factors. If your using AMD i dont know AMD side of things

[Grenyes]

Originally posted by Bylund:

Originally posted by Grenyes:

Yes, the lack of DSR is a dissapointment. I hope they implement it soon.

Read the first response. It's not lacking, it is just inconvenient. You need to set the DSR resolution on the Windows desktop before launching the game, then it will work.

Yes, but is an unnecessary hassle. I just want to work ingame and not to change my desktop resolution every time I want to play.

[Purzifal]

Originally posted by Grenyes:

Originally posted by Bylund:

Read the first response. It's not lacking, it is just inconvenient. You need to set the DSR resolution on the Windows desktop before launching the game, then it will work.

Yes, but is an unnecessary hassle. I just want to work ingame and not to change my desktop resolution every time I want to play.

if you have nvidia check my post just before yours, you really dont need to mess about with desktop resolution

[Bylund]

Originally posted by CAPGames:

have you got anything set for DSR - Factors in your nVidea Settings?

Open nVidia Control Pannel, under 3D Settings click Manage 3D settings. Look for DSR -Factors. if it says "off" DSR will not work

https://i.imgur.com/NIduGpA.png

in game select your resolution to the upscalled res you want after you have set the DSR factors

That's not the issue, the issue is the game won't allow resolutions higher than the one the game was launched at due to the way DirectX 12 borderless window full screen works. To use DSR you need to set the highest resolution you want on the desktop to use BEFORE launching the game, then change it back when you quit the game. I don't know if this will ever be fixed and on what end. The game itself? Windows? Directx? GPU driver?

[Grenyes]

Originally posted by CAPGames:

Originally posted by Grenyes:

Yes, but is an unnecessary hassle. I just want to work ingame and not to change my desktop resolution every time I want to play.

if you have nvidia check my post just before yours, you really dont need to mess about with desktop resolution

Thanls, but that is exactly the main problem. I have DSR factors enabled and all other games allow to change to an upper resolution than my native, except Death Stranding.

[Bylund]

Originally posted by Grenyes:

Originally posted by Bylund:

Read the first response. It's not lacking, it is just inconvenient. You need to set the DSR resolution on the Windows desktop before launching the game, then it will work.

Yes, but is an unnecessary hassle. I just want to work ingame and not to change my desktop resolution every time I want to play.

I agree 100%. But as this issue is in every game that uses borderless window fullscreen, I'm not sure if it can be fixed from the game developer themselves.

[Grenyes]

Originally posted by Bylund:

Originally posted by Grenyes:

Yes, but is an unnecessary hassle. I just want to work ingame and not to change my desktop resolution every time I want to play.

I agree 100%. But as this issue is in every game that uses borderless window fullscreen, I'm not sure if it can be fixed from the game developer themselves.

If I remember, I think Red Dead Redemption 2 is a Direct X 12 game and allowed DSR ingame, so I think if they really want, some solution can be done.

[Bylund]

Originally posted by Grenyes:

Originally posted by Bylund:

I agree 100%. But as this issue is in every game that uses borderless window fullscreen, I'm not sure if it can be fixed from the game developer themselves.

If I remember, I think Red Dead Redemption 2 is a Direct X 12 game and allowed DSR ingame, so I think if they really want, some solution can be done.

Are you sure? It's not their own built in upscaling/downsampling you are referring to? I've encountered lack of DSR in many other games. It never works in Unity games for example without the workaround.

It could also be because Red Dead Redemption 2 has Vulkan support with exclusive full screen and because of that it can show all resolutions? But in DirectX 12 mode nothing happenes when you select the DSR resolution? In Unity games, for example Wasteland 2 Remastered, I can select the DSR resolution but when hitting "Apply" nothing happenes, it stays on the desktop resolution.

[Bylund]

Originally posted by Grenyes:

Originally posted by Bylund:

I agree 100%. But as this issue is in every game that uses borderless window fullscreen, I'm not sure if it can be fixed from the game developer themselves.

If I remember, I think Red Dead Redemption 2 is a Direct X 12 game and allowed DSR ingame, so I think if they really want, some solution can be done.

I just tried it in Red Dead Redemption 2 and yes, you are correct. It works in there without changing desktop resolution first. In either DX12 or Vulkan, works fine on both. So this can be fixed by the game developer. It just isn't by many.

[SHREDDER]

On my 24'' 1440p 60 hz ips how much better will it look with 4k DSR?

[Paul]

I was wondering why some games do not work with DSR (for example telltale Batman) why others do (for example telltale Walking Dead S1 - I have both installed). It is so bizzare.

[Grenyes]

I've opened a ticket In 505 games asking for a quick *ingame* fix. Maybe if a lot of players ask for the same they do something... We can always dream ;)

[Bylund]

Originally posted by Paul:

I was wondering why some games do not work with DSR (for example telltale Batman) why others do (for example telltale Walking Dead S1 - I have both installed). It is so bizzare.

I think it goes something like this. Some games have what they call "full screen" which is not true full screen but a borderless window full screen. These games will not allow DSR to work without the workaround.

When it comes to DirectX 12 this is also true. Although DirectX 12 doesn't have a true exclusive full screen, it still has a mode that is different from borderless window full screen that is able to change resolutions above the desktop resolution. Death Stranding doesn't use this mode, only borderless window mode.

In RDR2 you can choose either full screen or borderless full screen. Only in full screen can you change the resolution to the DSR resolution from within the game.

[Schmerzspender]

For DSR to work in this game (as well as several other modern DX12 games, Metro Exodus and Control are problematic as well), you need to set your desktop resolution to your wanted DSR resolution *before* launching the game.

This is quite cumbersome, therefore I came up with the following automated solution:

- Download a tool called ChangeScreenResolution from here:
https://tools.taubenkorb.at/change-screen-resolution/

- Place this tool in a directory on your hard disk

- Create a batch file (e.g. called start.bat) in the game’s directory; add the following lines of code:

 
@ECHO OFF
SET varExecName="ds.exe"
SET varToolPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\ChangeScreenRes\ChangeScreenResolution.exe"
%varToolPath% /w=3840 /h=2160 /f=144 /d=0
START /MIN /B "" "steam://rungameid/1190460"
:waitstart
tasklist | find /I /N %varExecName% > NUL
IF NOT "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" GOTO waitstart
:waitfinish
tasklist | find /I /N %varExecName% > NUL
IF "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" GOTO waitfinish
%varToolPath% /w=1920 /h=1080 /f=144 /d=0

From now on, start the game through this batch file.
It will change the resolution to 3840x2160, launch Death Stranding alongside Steam and then when you close the game it will revert the resolution back to 1920x1080.

Of course you need to tweak parameters varToolPath, w, h, f to mach your system/requirements.