Normal colors on story scenes, washed out in game

[Reinaldo]

This is driving me crazy... as soon as some story scene starts, the colors and textures look nice, good saturation, etc. When I go back to the game, everyone seems to be shined on with a big bright white light and it looks awful.
I've tried every setting combination, I don't know what's going on.
Anyone else noticing this? Any fix? I don't want to go on the reframework/reshade route...

[Mr2Thumbs]

Adjust the brightness settings in the menu. I know that it doesn't matter for most games, but in this one, follow the instructions exactly.

[Darksidewalker]

Originally posted by Mr2Thumbs:

Adjust the brightness settings in the menu. I know that it doesn't matter for most games, but in this one, follow the instructions exactly.

This.^

[Reinaldo]

That fixed it a little, yes, but still, there's a difference between the title scene for example (when you're inside your tent and go out), and the regular game... I will generate shots in a couple of minutes

[Reinaldo]

OK, it seems like it was a combination of the textures not loading correctly, and rtx hdr clashing with the game's hdr... but now it looks better.

[MadPhoenix]

is it maybe that the games "vigneting" effects arent applied during cutscenes? also, are your cutscene grpahic settings the same as the gameplay ones? i think they are the same per default, but im not shure.

[Reinaldo]

Originally posted by MadPhoenix:

is it maybe that the games "vigneting" effects arent applied during cutscenes? also, are your cutscene grpahic settings the same as the gameplay ones? i think they are the same per default, but im not shure.

Everything's the same for cutscenes, and I have everything maxed out, hd textures, etc., only Ray Tracing is off, but it didn't affect when I tried. I turned off volumetric fog in the ini.
But like I said, doing all the things other threads mentioned for other issues (textures, shaders, etc) made it look better and less washed out.

[J-Dawg]

dude. THIS. Especially in the Scarlet Forest, cutscenes showed me vibrant colours and tint but absolutely disappears during gameplay. Have you solved it?

I swear it's an oversight, they really need contrast/saturation setting in display option. Brightness calibration doesn't do enough.

[Marquim]

Same problem here lemme know if you find a fix, also the game doesn't look blurry on cutscenes but it's on gameplay

[Reinaldo]

Originally posted by J-Dawg:

dude. THIS. Especially in the Scarlet Forest, cutscenes showed me vibrant colours and tint but absolutely disappears during gameplay. Have you solved it?

I swear it's an oversight, they really need contrast/saturation setting in display option. Brightness calibration doesn't do enough.

I didn't really fixed it, I just saturated the game more, and now I get almost pitch black cutscenes... I believe it's something effed up with some sort of global illumination thing, that gets turned off during cutscenes... it's like a big white light over everything.

[J-Dawg]

Man... I had to do the same thing with saturation via Nvidia game filter, it's a skill issue that Wilds didn't include more display options in-game. Still hoping for a big patch though!

[Reinaldo]

I followed the steps on this thread:
"I might have figured out how to get HDR working perfectly..."
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2246340/discussions/0/596268233570445193/
now game and cutscenes look the same (for better or worse)