HDR is not working properly

[DenHudo]

Guys, what's wrong with HDR in your game? Why does the picture become less contrasty and black colors are washed out when this is turned on? It looks much worse and paler than the SDR. Even the steam overlay becomes less bright and almost colorless. I have an HDR monitor and with other games this feature looks great, making colors more vibrant and highlights more blinding, and the steam overlay becomes very bright. But in your beautiful game, I only see real HDR for one second when I press the exit button, then the image becomes really very bright for a moment with a nice contrast, as if HDR is actually turned on.
My monitor is samung odyssey g9, windows 11, HDR is enabled in system settings.

[Goat]

Yes i have noticed this as well. And to make matters worse, you can use nvidia's filter to fix things up cause the current drivers has no profile for the game

[DenHudo]

I saw something similar in the game Metro Exodus. There was also washed out black when HDR was activated, but at the same time, all other colors really became brighter and it was clear that HDR was working. I noticed that when you take off and put on a gas mask, the image becomes even brighter and more contrast for a moment, so I started looking and found a solution. In the launch settings, it was necessary to add the line "-deependark" and the whole game became contrast and bright. I have a feeling that some similar algorithm works in this game and for some reason it replaces HDR

[Rajackar]

Noticed this as well.
Lowering the brightness on your display helps a bit.
It makes the game look a lot better on my oled

[Baron01]

HDR is one area where I do not really see/experience these problems. Dark spaces without lightning are really dark. Light sources are very bright, almost too much as I can not see much passing near them.
I'm using default HDR and brightness settings from the game and only tinker a bit with monitor settings. I have very little to compare this to since I have new computer and monitor so it is only few games I have tested (Metro Exodus Enhanced edition, Dying Light 2, Cyberpunk 2077). My monitor is MSI Optix MAG281URF.

[uKER]

I have an LG OLED B6 and an RTX 3070 Ti and HDR seems to work fine for me.
Black levels are OK.

[DenHudo]

My friends, if the HDR is really working in the game, then you do not need to additionally manage the monitor settings, because the real HDR takes care of this control, doing all the work for you. The only thing worth adjusting is the HDR calibration in the settings of the game itself. If you have to further adjust your monitor, but this HDR is garbage.
True HDR is when you see all levels of brightness and when you see all the details in the brightest place without highlights and in the darkest corner without loss of contrast.

[uKER]

Also, there's now an HDR levels calibration in Windows 11.
It's linked from Windows' display settings, but I'll just provide the direct link to the store.
https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/windows-hdr-calibration/9N7F2SM5D1LR
Try that. Maybe it helps.

[DenHudo]

Thanks, I already calibrated my monitor right after installing Windows and all other games that have HDR look great, but not this one. I know what HDR should look like and I can safely say that HDR does not work correctly.

[Fenixx]

Exactly the same problem! HDR looks bad! It's like a gray filter! I have a Samsung Odyssey G7. p.s sorry for my English =)

[Toodeloot]

remove the windows hdr calibration file it makes everyrhing look waashed out, it's under color management.
Also in the nvidia control panel set the color to default and NOT Nvidia, this is especially true for factory calibrated monitors like Alienware qd oled.
Your monitor allready displays perfect colors no need to screw it up

[Myztkl©-Kev]

I dont have an HDR monitor, but the brightness setting alone is calibrated wrong. When i set it correctly (left image can't be seen, middle can barely just be seen, and right can be seen) the game was too bright and washed out, I turned the slider back down to about half and just kept switching between the menu and the game until blacks were black.

[Angelus]

HDR fix - set Output dynamic range to Limited in Nvdia CP

[Digi_Devil]

The gamma curve is wrong in the game thats why its washes out. Someone suggested to set the nits to 600 in the game menu instead of 1000 and that actually fixed it for me even though my qd oled monitor is 1000 nits

[DenHudo]

I'm glad someone was able to find a solution, however nothing suggested worked for me. I don't see any changes at all and it's very sad

[Frosty]

Originally posted by Toodeloot:

remove the windows hdr calibration file it makes everyrhing look waashed out, it's under color management.
Also in the nvidia control panel set the color to default and NOT Nvidia, this is especially true for factory calibrated monitors like Alienware qd oled.
Your monitor allready displays perfect colors no need to screw it up

You mean all the profiles under the Advanced tab?