Washed out HDR issue

[Turbo Man]

Unfortunately the game looks completely washed out with HDR enabled in fullscreen. I think this is due to the lack of exclusive fullscreen support and window's crappy implementation of HDR refuses to work in borderless windowed mode.

Is there any way to force exclusive fullscreen or should I just move on and play in SDR mode?

[Marbo]

Same problem. Can't even use HDR in the game if its not enabled in windows. What a shame

[SeeNoWeevil]

Do you have the original to compare?

Also, go into Windows HDR setting and drop the slider right to minimum. Go back into the game and if it's really dark, that proves it's not proper HDR and just SDR in an HDR container.

[Marbo]

Originally posted by SeeNoWeevil:

Do you have the original to compare?

Also, go into Windows HDR setting and drop the slider right to minimum. Go back into the game and if it's really dark, that proves it's not proper HDR and just SDR in an HDR container.

If I do this it is really dark. You know what can I do about it?

[SeeNoWeevil]

Originally posted by Marbo:

Originally posted by SeeNoWeevil:

Do you have the original to compare?

Also, go into Windows HDR setting and drop the slider right to minimum. Go back into the game and if it's really dark, that proves it's not proper HDR and just SDR in an HDR container.

If I do this it is really dark. You know what can I do about it?

It sounds like HDR is broken then and because you have HDR turned on in Windows, it's just converting the SDR game to an HDR signal (the slider determines how bright SDR is when converted to HDR). Seems like it might need to be patched.

[waltc]

I have an HDR-1000 certified monitor and the HDR is brilliant, actually. But I agree that it could be improved. This is also a WCG monitor, and the SDR is 90% as good. When I first ran the game it ran it in "Auto HDR" mode because although Win 11 was set for HDR rendering, I hadn't yet turned HDR on in the game's settings. Once I did that and ran the game again with Windows HDR turned on, I didn't get the "Auto HDR" message Win11 creates whenever "Auto HDR" is running. Auto HDR = a Win11 feature that takes non-HDR games and maps them to HDR on the fly. Works well most of the time, but native HDR is better, of course.

[Deaken Frost]

when i play DS with HDR its really dark. (play in fullscreen)
I have a Samsung TV Q70R and my solution is to set Local Dimming on high and constast enhancer on high.

A little reminder:
To enjoy HDR you have to change your settings in nvidia control panel to YCbCr422, 10 bpc.

[velocity7]

Sorry to wake up a very old thread, but I'm also having the same issue.

The HDR implementation seems to change between windowed and fullscreen mode for some reason, which causes colors to be somewhat washed out in fullscreen versus windowed mode. This is not an issue with say, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I can adjust luminosity just fine in-game though, and adjusting the HDR/SDR bar in Windows 10 confirms that the game is indeed rendering in HDR.

I'm running an Alienware AW3423DWF at 3440x1440 @ 157 Hz, 10bpc RGB if anyone is curious. YCbCr422 10bpc does not have an impact.

[GrandTickler]

one thing to consider is what kind of hdmi cable you have.
i believe HDMI 2.0 only supports up till 4k/60hz with only static HDR
HDMI 2.1 on the other hand can handle 4k/120hz with dynamic HDR (or 8k/60hz)

[velocity7]

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

one thing to consider is what kind of hdmi cable you have.
i believe HDMI 2.0 only supports up till 4k/60hz with only static HDR
HDMI 2.1 on the other hand can handle 4k/120hz with dynamic HDR (or 8k/60hz)

Only the RTX 30/RDNA2 series cards onward implemented HDMI 2.1. It's extremely unlikely that dynamic HDR has been implemented for DSDC.

[VisciousFishes]

Originally posted by velocity7:

Originally posted by GrandTickler:

one thing to consider is what kind of hdmi cable you have.
i believe HDMI 2.0 only supports up till 4k/60hz with only static HDR
HDMI 2.1 on the other hand can handle 4k/120hz with dynamic HDR (or 8k/60hz)

Only the RTX 30/RDNA2 series cards onward implemented HDMI 2.1. It's extremely unlikely that dynamic HDR has been implemented for DSDC.

I use HDMI 2.0 and its an HDR t.v. on an rtx3080.

[JayRebirth]

Mine works fine. My issue is steam is a POS and the screen capture doesn't pick up HDR.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2904097322

[GrandTickler]

Originally posted by jakethebusker:

Originally posted by velocity7:

Only the RTX 30/RDNA2 series cards onward implemented HDMI 2.1. It's extremely unlikely that dynamic HDR has been implemented for DSDC.

I use HDMI 2.0 and its an HDR t.v. on an rtx3080.

as long u play 4k 60fps u should be fine, but it wont be able to handle higher framerates on that resolution. when i first bought my 4k samsung tv i had issues enabling "input signal plus" which in turn seemed required to enable HDR in windows. (dead stranding was my first game on this tv) i think it must have been a 1.4 cable which can only handle 4k 30fps max. only after swapping the cable for the newest hdmi version i was able to turn input signal plus to 'hdmi 2' and unlock more options in nvidia control panel that were color related (besides windows hdr)

[Velovar]

Originally posted by Deaken Frost:

when i play DS with HDR its really dark. (play in fullscreen)
I have a Samsung TV Q70R and my solution is to set Local Dimming on high and constast enhancer on high.

A little reminder:
To enjoy HDR you have to change your settings in nvidia control panel to YCbCr422, 10 bpc.

don't spread misinformation, delete this post

[Deaken Frost]

Originally posted by Velovar:

Originally posted by Deaken Frost:

when i play DS with HDR its really dark. (play in fullscreen)
I have a Samsung TV Q70R and my solution is to set Local Dimming on high and constast enhancer on high.

A little reminder:
To enjoy HDR you have to change your settings in nvidia control panel to YCbCr422, 10 bpc.

don't spread misinformation, delete this post

why should this be misinformation?

[velocity7]

I'm happy to report that the HDR issue is finally resolved as of the latest update from April 20.