Game's too dark

[Swordgun]

When I look at screenshots from other people, or YouTube videos, the game looks really good. Mine looks like you're wearing sunglasses all the time. I can barely see anything that's not too close to a light source. Even at the beginning of the game where you walk in the woods during the day, the areas in the shadow look almost pitch black.

After watching a playthrough I realized I missed a LOT of details solely because of the darkness and it's really ruining the experience for me. I have tried changing the color space, cranked up the display brightness (IPS, it can be blindingly bright). The only thing that seems to do anything is the brightness slider in-game, but that's not how you'd go about fixing this, the slider must be set to a certain position where the left symbol disappears and the right one is barely visible. If I maxed it out the game looks washed out.

All inputs are welcome.

[Pickleman]

my friendly friend i always do the second or third last brightness if not maybe your computer brightness sorry if this does not help good luck

[NotHacks]

i redownloaded the game today and had this same issue and realized that when i played the game originally i had the same issue. did you ever get it fixed?

[Swordgun]

Originally posted by NotHacks:

i redownloaded the game today and had this same issue and realized that when i played the game originally i had the same issue. did you ever get it fixed?

No sadly. I finished the game anyway and I'm not sure if I'll ever replay the game again. If you ever manage to solve it in the future I would be curious how you did it.

[Elara]

Can this be the HDR turned ON?
In the ingame options, in "Display"

[hgfsdghfsdgf]

switch from hbao+ to ccao or ssao

[muscahanssen]

Set it to a different color spectrum. From SRGB to BT.709

[DessIntress]

If no setting in the game helps, take another look at the basics.
Strictly speaking, the newer RE titles have some of the best settings for brightness/HDR, so I would look outside the game if nothing helps.
- Windows HDR settings
- TV/Monitor settings (Avoid NVIDIA/AMD display settings if your hardware has such settings!)
[TVs adjust the color spectrum automatically, but as the previous speaker said, you may have to change this manually for whatever reason.]


And for display settings, also try to avoid templates from sites like rtings or even the very rough factory settings - rather use them as a rough template that still needs to be adjusted.
It's better to use professional and uncompressed material to set up. (10-20€) Each panel requires its own adjustment to produce the best image. Problems with wrong values ranges from ghosting of dark objects on bright backgrounds to incorrect black levels and incorrect white colors or far too juicy colors. Above all, don't forget that the values are all related. Changing just a single value is usually not good at all.

If you try something here, take a photo of the old settings beforehand as a backup.
If that's really the case, then the games that "look totally okay so far" might look significantly better. But assume that you will have to readjust some of them.

[Adrii_Lalii]

Originally posted by hgfsdghfsdgf:

switch from hbao+ to ccao or ssao

I was having the same problem and your comment fixed it, thanks buddy!!

[mcdcecil]

what worked for me was to ignore the Gama light dark image and put it to full bright.

[Pino]

Originally posted by hgfsdghfsdgf:

switch from hbao+ to ccao or ssao

confirmed (nvidia rtx4080), its complete broken. I use FidelityFX CACAO now and it looks perfect.

[Bryant800]

Originally posted by Vim:

When I look at screenshots from other people, or YouTube videos, the game looks really good. Mine looks like you're wearing sunglasses all the time. I can barely see anything that's not too close to a light source. Even at the beginning of the game where you walk in the woods during the day, the areas in the shadow look almost pitch black.

After watching a playthrough I realized I missed a LOT of details solely because of the darkness and it's really ruining the experience for me. I have tried changing the color space, cranked up the display brightness (IPS, it can be blindingly bright). The only thing that seems to do anything is the brightness slider in-game, but that's not how you'd go about fixing this, the slider must be set to a certain position where the left symbol disappears and the right one is barely visible. If I maxed it out the game looks washed out.

All inputs are welcome.

turn of HDR some games I had it has that plus if your PC has HDR its going to be automatic on you can go to setting and turn it off dont know why its a thing

[Pumpkin]

Originally posted by hgfsdghfsdgf:

switch from hbao+ to ccao or ssao

Thank you ever so loving much. I cannot believe the entire time the issue of darkness had to do with ambient occlusion.

[Zalinth]

Originally posted by hgfsdghfsdgf:

switch from hbao+ to ccao or ssao

This worked for me in 2024 tysm

[StingingVelvet]

A lot of the videos you see online are probably from people who crank the in game brightness setting. Speedrunners and such especially do this so they can see more, but some normal players insist on it as well. You're probably seeing the game as intended by the developers unless you've got black crush from your monitor maybe (too high contrast, dynamic contrast, who knows what).

[Dinky]

Originally posted by hgfsdghfsdgf:

switch from hbao+ to ccao or ssao

bro you are a legend thank you so f-ing much