DX12 gamma is wrong and bugged (DX11 perfect)

[greg.slaiher]

Hi,
I already made a thread about this issue, but now I'm certain that DX12 gamma is completly bugged...
Main game and DLC
You can see a kind of grey filter which make colors completly washed out... It doesn't happen with DX11, here are some pics and 1 video
The video is me playing, everything is washed out, then I make Sam sit... and colors become normal with the right gamma, I make Sam leave his sit and gamma stays correct

pics: https://imgur.com/a/MW4ZxFh
Video: https://www.sendspace.com/file/z12hqh

[Fum]

I too have this problems in HDR mode and DX12. It was introduced with Sam's Story or shortly before. Even the main game, e.g. the tunnel at the start of a new game, is not dark any more but grey. So it is not an imagined difference and I hope the developers are going to fix it.

[dany_bonin]

greg slaiher is so right... please fix this

[greg.slaiher]

Originally posted by Fum:

I too have this problems in HDR mode and DX12. It was introduced with Sam's Story or shortly before. Even the main game, e.g. the tunnel at the start of a new game, is not dark any more but grey. So it is not an imagined difference and I hope the developers are going to fix it.

Yeah, it's infuriating... I made another video, I'm inside a building and while moving forward the gamma simply change itself into something grey... I move backward, everything is normal again, rince and repeat... I've stopped playing for now, it ruins everything...
and my 2080ti/8700k diserve this RTX sweetness so DX11 isn't an option...
Very disapointed because it's been 1 year, there are still major bug, gamma, corrupted saves, low rez cloud, texture popin...
I give up...

[Ank Myrandor]

for me on my RTX 2070 dx12 is completely unplayable, I get almost instant BSOD's , so at least you can still play.. ish .

If you want to buy the game for Dx12 , I would say don't. DX11 works fine for me though, and the game itself is marvelous to play.

[Jac]

DX12 works perfectly for me other than the gamma issue. I wasn't sure if it was a real issue or just the limitations of my LCD monitor but tonight I had a scene with Anna in the bunker and the image clearly flipped into normal for awhile and then went back to the washed out look .

Need DX12 for raytraced illumination though, which looks much better than the standard GI so using DX11 not an option

[Jig McGalliger]

You mean like this?
https://steamcommunity.com/app/412020/discussions/0/3658515990051945879/

Not sure of a fix, but it seems to be related to some kinda haze from the environment. Going from inside to outside or weather changes like sandstorm or fog are the typical times I see it.

[alex010300]

Same thing happen to me, everything is fixed once I switch back to DX11.

[Jig McGalliger]

With their work on a Linux release it should support vulkan (as stadia uses vulkan), whether or not that will come to Windows isn't known. Also Vulkan RTX is not yet known.

I hope Vulkan RTX comes to windows so hopefully it will be easier to implement better than the current DX12 built.

[greg.slaiher]

Originally posted by Jig McGalliger:

You mean like this?
https://steamcommunity.com/app/412020/discussions/0/3658515990051945879/

Not sure of a fix, but it seems to be related to some kinda haze from the environment. Going from inside to outside or weather changes like sandstorm or fog are the typical times I see it.

Hi Jig,
Yes, exactly this kind of thing...
In fact DX11 has it also, but you can change gamma value in the setting.ini, the problem is with DX12 changing the value does NOTHING
The worst is the bug where I make Sam sit, and suddenly colors become... normal... what is this kind of bug?

[greg.slaiher]

Hi, just for you to know, I contacted 4A via Twitter, they asked me some files + pics + video, the guy in charge of the twitter account told me that ha passed all my info to the dev team...
Hope for a patch soon, at least with DX12 give us a command in the settings.ini to change gamma value, because it works wonders for DX11 but with DX12 you can change the value all u want, it does nothing...

[GOJIRA]

It's actually worse for me on DX11 and still noticable in DX12.

One room is grayed out, if I step out the room you can notice it suddenly turns into this green-ish washed up hue/filter and stepping back in makes it have a grayish filter over it.

[greg.slaiher]

Originally posted by xevro:

It's actually worse for me on DX11 and still noticable in DX12.

One room is grayed out, if I step out the room you can notice it suddenly turns into this green-ish washed up hue/filter and stepping back in makes it have a grayish filter over it.

Hi Zevro, for DX11 you can change the value in the settings.ini from 1 to 1.5 and it will solve your issue
The problem is that for DX12, changing the gamma value in the settings.ini does nothing...
If we had the same thing as DX11, problem would be solved already

[GOJIRA]

Originally posted by greg.slaiher:

Originally posted by xevro:

It's actually worse for me on DX11 and still noticable in DX12.

One room is grayed out, if I step out the room you can notice it suddenly turns into this green-ish washed up hue/filter and stepping back in makes it have a grayish filter over it.

Hi Zevro, for DX11 you can change the value in the settings.ini from 1 to 1.5 and it will solve your issue
The problem is that for DX12, changing the gamma value in the settings.ini does nothing...
If we had the same thing as DX11, problem would be solved already

Thanks for your response, but what code do I change to 1.5?

I just changed gamma to it and checked the game, it's still the same..

[burningmime]

Hey I was wondering about that!

+1, happens here too.

[greg.slaiher]

Xevro:
Go to the configuration file location.
Open user.cfg
Set r_gamma to 1.5.
Save file and exit.