How to launch this game in HDR on PC

[SidorovichJr]

I found a way how to easily hack yet another UE4 game(after the Observer) and launch it in HDR. If launched in native 4k it will give a stunning graphic experience.
Go to C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\HellbladeGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\GameUserSettings.ini
edit or add
bUseHDRDisplayOutput=True
and thats it enjoy high dynamic range of color

[Exotropic Mercurian]

When I return to the ini file after playing the game it has gone back to "False". This doesn't work.

[danman]

Originally posted by Decoy:

When I return to the ini file after playing the game it has gone back to "False". This doesn't work.

Have you tried setting it to write protected?

[V I D A L]

This is not how HDR works kids. It won't display correctly. HDR needs in game settings to be ajusted as each TV is different and the level vary. The game needs to provide sliders for HDR Brightness and Whitepoint. Every game that supports HDR has a calibration settings for you to adjust specifically for your screen. A txt toggle won't work properly and is not the same as having offcial support.

[rockandroll251991]

I know this thread is old but i just want to chime in on how to enable HDR for any game you want. The only program you need is cru utility.

Open CRU UTILITY

click towards the bottom where it brings up extensions such as tv resolutions and other things.
There should something that says HDR Meta data,

1. Click edit on HDR meta data
2. Uncheck Traditional Gamma
3. Put check mark next to Traditional HDR Gamma
4. Put a check mark next to something that says SMPTE 2084

Log gamma is not required for this trick to function. Click apply or enter and then restart your pc and or restart your GPU driver.

Once you have restarted right click and click on Nvidia Control Panel,
5. With control panel open click on resolution
6. Scroll all the way down to color space selection
7. Click YCBCR422 and click enter
8. NEXT important change output color bit to 12 bit chances are if you have a HDR TV your tv will have 10 bit which means 1 billion colors it will work with 12 bit, it will just downscale the 12 bit into 10 bit when you enter a game.
9. Change bit to 12 bit
10. Right click anywhere on desktop and click on desktop settings,
11. Scroll down until you see HDR and WCG click on

Now all you do is click on any game you want and it should automatically switch to HDR mode. This hack works for any game out there what it does is trick the game engines into thinking it has its own HDR implementation and switches display into HDR mode. Colors should come alive along with massive bump in brightness quality. If you see any kind of banding mess around with your tv settings.

Final notes; When your tv switches to HDR mode you should have a set of quality presets to mess around with that is one sure fire way of seeing you're in HDR mode.

[danman]

Why would you want to do this, if the game tonemaps the image down to 8bit sRGB before it is even sent to the display? It'd be the same as those "vivid" image modes on your TV that make everything look overly saturated.

[SidorovichJr]

Originally posted by rockandroll251991:

I know this thread is old but i just want to chime in on how to enable HDR for any game you want. The only program you need is cru utility.

Open CRU UTILITY

click towards the bottom where it brings up extensions such as tv resolutions and other things.
There should something that says HDR Meta data,

1. Click edit on HDR meta data
2. Uncheck Traditional Gamma
3. Put check mark next to Traditional HDR Gamma
4. Put a check mark next to something that says SMPTE 2084

Log gamma is not required for this trick to function. Click apply or enter and then restart your pc and or restart your GPU driver.

Once you have restarted right click and click on Nvidia Control Panel,
5. With control panel open click on resolution
6. Scroll all the way down to color space selection
7. Click YCBCR422 and click enter
8. NEXT important change output color bit to 12 bit chances are if you have a HDR TV your tv will have 10 bit which means 1 billion colors it will work with 12 bit, it will just downscale the 12 bit into 10 bit when you enter a game.
9. Change bit to 12 bit
10. Right click anywhere on desktop and click on desktop settings,
11. Scroll down until you see HDR and WCG click on

Now all you do is click on any game you want and it should automatically switch to HDR mode. This hack works for any game out there what it does is trick the game engines into thinking it has its own HDR implementation and switches display into HDR mode. Colors should come alive along with massive bump in brightness quality. If you see any kind of banding mess around with your tv settings.

Final notes; When your tv switches to HDR mode you should have a set of quality presets to mess around with that is one sure fire way of seeing you're in HDR mode.

Nice trick that actually works!! Although non HDR games looks like washed out crap still HDR mode triggers on everything. Maybe in future we will make better use of it