HDR Guide 🎮💯🔧

[Grov3s]

HDR Guide

Navigate to C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\b1\Saved\Config\Windows and open the Engine.ini file. Scroll down to the very bottom and copy/paste this.

[SystemSettings]
r.AllowHDR=1
r.HDR.EnableHDROutput=1
r.HDR.Display.OutputDevice=5
r.HDR.Display.ColorGamut=2
r.HDR.UI.CompositeMode=1
r.FullScreenMode=0
r.HDR.UI.Level=1.5
r.HDR.Display.MidLuminance=54
r.HDR.Display.MaxLuminance=750




UPDATE #2!
The search for the best settings never ends! I have been going back and forth between the engine INI version and the reshade version and they both that their positives and negatives. I find the engine INI one to be truer to the original vision of the game, whereas the reshade version changings things quite dramatically. If you just want basic HDR without fussing with programs, use the engine INI version.

I would love to try the nvidia HDR but i dont have windows 11. I hear there is bit of a performance impact with that one too. I will put the engine ini version here at the top for the people that want HDR without a fuss...



Reshade method (More flexible, harder setup, less true to original game visuals)
1) Download reshade 6.2.0. (latest version) Make sure you get the one with addon support (important!)

2)Run the reshade exe and install it to the b1.exe. (game executable) When you install it select the directx 10/11/12 option. https://ibb.co/hHBqPLV

3)When it asks to select which effects to install, install the default ones but also scroll down and select reshade hdr shaders by lilium. https://ibb.co/MSfRxFq

4) Then on the addons page select auto hdr by endlessly flowering. (this is why you need the addon version of reshade) https://ibb.co/8xJHdqp

5)Launch the game and press home to open reshade. You can follow the tutorial if youre not familiar with it. At the top select the "addons" tab and enable auto hdr, enable hdr and use hdr10. After you enable those either restart or just change your games resolution to enable it. https://ibb.co/vvfRK7h

6) Go into the home tab and enable liliums inverse tonemapping. The default settings should work great, but if you want to adjust brightness, contrast etc you can do it below.
https://ibb.co/jV8r654

7) When you have your settings dialed in, enable the performance mode of reshade in the bottom right corner of the window. This will disable the realtime editing of the settings but help with performance.


Other notes...
For some reason it appears the game is elevating the black levels by default, (even in sdr) making everything look very washed out. I enabled the levels adjustment filter (default settings) and that dramatically improved the contrast. I also like very colorful images so i added a small vibrancy boost but that is 100% optional.
For those who are more technically inclined, you can use the liliums hdr analysis tool to dial in your settings. It has things like brightness histograms, heatmaps, gamut maps etc.


If you get some great settings please post them for others!



Info for engine ini edits (for advanced users)

r.AllowHDR Creates an HDR compatible swap-chain and enables HDR display output.0: Disabled (default)
1: Allow HDR, if supported by the platform and display

r.HDR.Aces.SceneColorMultiplier Multiplier applied to scene color. Helps to reduce over saturation

r.HDR.Display.ColorGamut Color gamut of the output display:
0: Rec709 / sRGB, D65 (default)
1: DCI-P3, D65
2: Rec2020 / BT2020, D65
3: ACES, D60
4: ACEScg, D60

r.HDR.Display.MaxLuminance The configured display output nit level, assuming HDR output is enabled.

r.HDR.Display.MidLuminance The configured display output nit level for 18% gray

r.HDR.Display.MinLuminanceLog10 The configured minimum display output nit level (log10 value)

r.HDR.Display.OutputDevice Device format of the output display:
0: sRGB (LDR)
1: Rec709 (LDR)
2: Explicit gamma mapping (LDR)
3: ACES 1000 nit ST-2084 (Dolby PQ) (HDR)
4: ACES 2000 nit ST-2084 (Dolby PQ) (HDR)
5: ACES 1000 nit ScRGB (HDR)
6: ACES 2000 nit ScRGB (HDR)
7: Linear EXR (HDR)
8: Linear final color, no tone curve (HDR)
9: Linear final color with tone curve

r.HDR.EnableHDROutput Creates an HDR compatible swap-chain and enables HDR display output.0: Disabled (default)
1: Enable hardware-specific implementation

r.HDR.UI.CompositeMode Mode used when compositing the UI layer:
0: Standard compositing
1: Shader pass to improve HDR blending

r.HDR.UI.Level Luminance level for UI elements when compositing into HDR framebuffer (default: 1.0).

r.HDR.UI.Luminance Base Luminance in nits for UI elements when compositing into HDR framebuffer. Gets multiplied by r.HDR.UI.Level

[Kermit]

Do you turn windows auto hdr on or off? Also, great work. I’ll try later on and get back

[Roie]

Originally posted by Kermit:

Do you turn windows auto hdr on or off? Also, great work. I’ll try later on and get back

auto hdr in only on windows 11,,,not 10.

[stylar]

https://www.neowin.net/news/black-myth-wukong-picture-mode-launches-on-select-hisense-tvs/ Updated special picture mode (BM: Wukong) with fake HDR for selected TVs wtf.