Brightness, HDR, OLED

[elevenfourteen]

Hi there!

Enshrouded is a nice game so far! I really like what the dev created!

What I want to talk about is not a high priority issue, but certainly something for the future!

I play with a Samsung 32:9 OLED monitor. I already set the brightness to the lowest possible. But still - for me, the game is very, very bright, colors appear relatively washed out, like there is a white haze everywhere.

For somewhen in the future it would be amazing to have a brightness slider to begin with - and maybe even HDR settings. It would be great to have the true OLED black in this game, too, not only the hazy shimmer that almost seems like there's a filter over everything.

Do some of you with that kind of hardware have similar experiences? Could you even change it for the better?

Thanks for input and opinions!

[Imhotep]

I would like to chime in and state, do you use AMD or Nvidia?

nVidia comes with a control panel that actually lets you change the desktop color settings in there and it makes a huge difference.

[elevenfourteen]

Thank you for the suggestion! I just tried, it does not really help though - I use an Nvidia GPU. Graphics are generally really sharp, but colors are still washed out.

[boxinabox]

Originally posted by elevenfourteen:

Thank you for the suggestion! I just tried, it does not really help though - I use an Nvidia GPU. Graphics are generally really sharp, but colors are still washed out.

The problem is not just brightness, but the overblown bloom they implemented, and not sure there is any way to fix that externally. There are some reshades that try to tone it down, but only somewhat successfully.

[elevenfourteen]

Yes! That's the word I was searching for! Bloom! Indeed it's too much bloom. Thanks for that! :D

[Beertruck]

Game looks terrible due to that white filter look over the screen. That plus the mist wrecking my FPS made me refund it. I hope they give us more options in the future since it looks like a good game.

[thestile]

I use the Nvidia experience control panel to lower the gamma by about 30% and I think that looks really good. But when night comes around, it looks way too dark. I do like the bloom but it's a bit too much.

[alexyenov]

i use reshade preset with custom tweaks and play with LSFG and HDR enabled in windows, now i have a nice picture in this game.

[28k]

It is washed out the whole game world is covered in haze, and I'm not talking about the shroud. Install reshade 6.0 and this filter it removes most of it.

https://www.nexusmods.com/enshrouded/mods/6

[SummerVacationPunk]

I had alot of problems on hdr screen using nvdia , looks like override to reference mode in nvidia control panel fixes all those too bright or too dark and the bloom + white foggy looks.
After you enable it you have to adjust settings with your monitor instead using nvidia.
RGB to HDR conversion doesn't work right when you change nvidia settings .

[Humpenstilzchen]

Yes bloom is the main culprit here. When you try to look out of a window in your house it´s like starring directly into the sun and everytime I walk out of my house I´m incredibly annoyed by how blinding this effect is when everything is superbright and then dims down again.

It´s a shame because bloom could enhance the immersion of the game if it were not that excessive.

Originally posted by 28k:

It is washed out the whole game world is covered in haze, and I'm not talking about the shroud. Install reshade 6.0 and this filter it removes most of it.

https://www.nexusmods.com/enshrouded/mods/6

That looks much better. I might try that. Thanks

[*Gen*HeroCrusher]

Yeah I had the same problem of the washed out overall look on my OLED... Just returned it and see if they fix it in the future I'll pick it up then.

[Viper]

If you have the geforce overlay enabled, you can hit alt-f3 with game running to add a filter called "Details". I saw this suggested in another Enshrouded thread, and it def helps a lot. You can see my filter settings in screenshot, but lower HDR Toning to your preference. My game only looked a little washed out, but this made a huge difference. Just got a new monitor (but not OLED) so I've been messing with HDR settings.

https://imgur.com/a/nPKB9ee


Edit: Testing Brightness/Contrast filter as well. Not fine tuned, but I think an improvement. Seems like it might help dusk and dawn transitions not looking so sudden as well? Will have to test more. At least more settings to possibly fix any washed out look.

[microtramp]

Using the Grim reshade found on nexus, and then bumping up the saturation a bit in the reshade settings fixed this very nicely for me.

[Anaheim]

Can the devs please fix this? Looks awful on OLED.
Give brightness and contrast sliders at minimum. HDR implementation as a bonus (though should be standard in 2024)
edit: special k helps a lot and even gives acceptable HDR
doesn't work unless you enable vulkan bridge

[Old Man Gibb]

If you have an NVIDA card, ( Newer card ) you can use ALT-F3 while in game to set custom filters. You can use this to kill the STUPID bloom and make the game look as it should. The Devs really need to UN-FRAK the graphics in the game.