Ark rendering issue or "works as designed"?

[Pehkhet]

First some love: Love the game so far and dig the art style :)

Got an issue on the ark though: Graphics there are way more blurred than in the city (looking at the character is like being at the eye-doctor having received those drops that make it impossible to focus). On top of it, and adding to the blurred effect, is that everything looks washed out and over-saturated at the same time? I know, sounds weird. Perhaps too much luminocity or glare? As if being in a room that's too well lit? Sure, there are colors, but since someone is basically shining a flashlight into your eyes all you really notice is white and more white.

I tried switching the graphic settings down one by one, but none of them did the trick (again, the city is fine, btw). Reducing the brightness takes away brightness from the monitor so that it doesn't actually physically act as a flashlight anymore, to stay with the analogy) but leaves the general notion of the rendered image of being washed out.

GTX 970 here btw with the current 'game ready' drivers.

Is anyone else noticing the same thing? Any ideas on how to fix it (assuming it's not by design)?

[Royal Fool]

Can't comment on the blur effect but performance goes to the dogs on the Ark. I have no idea why, since that is a much smaller scene than Seoul.

[Windir Kvitrafn]

I have the same issue. The Ark seems to have too much bloom, or something like fog.

[[V] UncleSam]

Can you post a screenshot so I can see the issue?

[Melody]

It's like some sort of "atmosphere", but I like it. Maybe there's a bug on your side.

[deszaY]

I thought I was the only one but the ARK looks a bit blurry I can't put my finger on what it is...

[Minokh3]

Sounds like a Depth of Field bug I've seen, like foreground things being blurred by mistake. I've seen it once or twice when first coming up to the Ark, but it cleared after moving around a bit.

[Pehkhet]

@[V] UncleSam

Sure, and sorry about the delay. I attached three screenshots below showing the issue:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1112729488
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1112729300
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1112744195

Just put them in full screen and look at them. Character blurrs into the background and it looks like a way overexposed photo. No depths to the scene, no contrast. Persephone in the 3rd shot is glaring brighter than any actual light source in the scene. She's also about to go supernova if her disintegrating thighs are any indication. It's not an artefact of taking a screenshot but looks even worse when seeing it animated in game.

Seoul looks fine:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1112744810

Edit: Settings while taking the shots:

DoF: Enabled
Motion Blur: Enabled
Display Mode: Full-screen
Effects Quality: High
Filter Quality: Anisotropic 16x
FXAA: Enabled
General Reflections: High
God Rays: Screenspace
Preset: Custom
HBAO+: Enabled
TXAA: Enabled
Planar Reflections: Normal
Resolution: 1920x1080
Scene Detail: High
Screen Space Reflection: Enabled
Shadow Quality: High
Sun Shadow: Normal
Edge Treatment: Enabled
Texture Cache Size High
Color Blind: Off
V-Sync: Tripple Buffered


@Minokh3

Yeah, could be. I didn't have it clear so far, though. Turning the whole DoF off in the settings didn't change a thing, though.

Edit2: Added one more 'bad screenshot' and a comparison shot for Seoul, same settings, same machine.

[Blitsie]

Originally posted by V UncleSam:

Can you post a screenshot so I can see the issue?

Not sure if this may help, but its a common issue by the looks of it. The few reviews I've read mention it and I have it too. Everything looks washed out and has this out of place haze effect.

Its not a huge problem per se, but it doesn't feel like it should be intentionally so.

[Vespertellino]

Yah its definitely blurry a bit laggy and much brighter than the rest of the game.

[Melody]

It's not so blurry here, weird.

[deggial27]

Having the same problem. Originally had it with the whole game but after updated nvidia driver most is good but the Ark is stil the same as described here for me. That said, enjoying the game so far and it is not a game stopper at least!

[Melody]

Can you guys try disabling "Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization" in your NVIDIA Control Panel and check if anything changes?

[Pehkhet]

@ Melody~

It's already set to "off" for me. "Use global setting (Off)" to be specific.

[Melody]

Originally posted by Pehkhet:

@ Melody~

It's set to "off" for me. "Use global setting (Off)" to be specific.

It's definitely a post-processing effect that has gone wrong, then.

[Pehkhet]

Hmm, I'm glad at least, that other people have it as well.. and some don't so hopefully it's not by design and can be fixed. Someone said, it wasn't a major issue... I agree. The rest of the game is fun, but the ark is not a place I enjoy staying at atm. If you look at those screenshots for 5 minutes straight, your eyes go bonkers :P