Glare effect get crazy sometimes

[Escain]

Hi,

I don't know if it happens only to me, but I have crazy glare effect, that can get really annoying sometimes.

https://steamcommunity.com/id/escain/screenshot/2420192774810257798/

Usually, moving few meters further, and moving the camera to an other direction resets it.

Does it happens to you too? Is there any solution?

https://steamcommunity.com/id/escain/screenshot/2420192774810269465/

[Karna5]

I'm guessing you have your effects opacity set to maximum?

I keep mine as low as possible (which is 30%) because turning it up any higher creates that problem where everything is obscured.

[Escain]

Those pictures are with the "Effect opacity" at 50%, but I does not seems to have any relevant impact on this problem.

[Pocahawtness]

Are you running Remastered? I won't use it for that reason. Although Remastered has it's plus points, it also has a lot of negative points. I prefer Very High.

[Karna5]

Hi, Escain. I recognized that zone so just logged in and went to it. I was lucky enough to get approximately the same weather and time of day as your screen shots when I went as well. I recorded the footage of how it looks to me and confirmed I do not have the issue you have. However, I recognize that the obscurity you are seeing there is supposed to be fog.

I'm going to upload the sample of my video and post it with a transcription of my graphical settings I use so you can try my settings. I still think the issue is having higher than 30% effects opacity, but that's not relevant anyway since I'll transcribe all my configurations for comparison when I'm done.

YouTube may take a while to process it, so that's why I'm giving you the heads up now that I've got something in the works :)

[Karna5]

Okay, this is how that zone looked to me. It's recorded in 4k, so you'd need to go full screen to see it at that if you want. I am convinced that what is fog to my game is glare to yours, Escain.

https://youtu.be/98_nWFZTCME

My graphics card is Nvidia 3080.

My graphical BDO settings are as follows.

Settings->Performance Settings:
- Graphics & Textures:
Texture Quality: High
High End Graphics: Remastered
Anti-Aliasing: TAA (shame that's mistake. I prefer FXAA, but it was TAA during test)
SSAO: On
Display Filter: On
Depth of Field: Off
Hit Effect: Off
Reduce Snow Build Up: Off

- Optimization:
Auto Frame Optimization: Off
Upscale: On
Low Power Option: Off
Hit Detection: On
Miss Effect: Off
Effect Optimization: Off
Scale meter: All way to left for Prioritize Effects (though it's off)
Character Optimization: On
Scale meter: All way to right (50)
Hide other Adventurers: Off

- Camera Performance:
Camera Vision Range: 100
Overall Camera Effect: 0

Settings->Display Settings:
- Game Window:
Full Screen Windowed
Resolution: 3840x2160
UI Scale: 174
Crop Mode: On
Display Width: Maximum
Display Height: a bit less than maximum

Display Quality:
Texture Quality: High
High End Graphics: Remastered
Anti-Aliasing: TAA
SSAO: On
Display Filter: On
Faraway Objects: On
Depth of Field: Off
Faraway NPCs: On

- Effects:
Adjust Gamma: 0
Adjust Contrast: 0
Effects Opacity: 30 (minimum)
Combat Focus: 0
Color Vision Aid: Don't use

- Camera Graphics:
Camera Vision Range: 100
Overall Camera Effects: 0
Vibration: 0
Motion Blur Effect: 0
Camera Angle: 0
Camera Zoom Action: 0

General Settings:
Font: Strong Sword

That's all my settings. I definitely don't have that glare problem. Keep in mind if you ever change any settings, you need to close the game all the way and then start it again to get the new settings correctly. A lot of the BDO graphical settings do not change without a game restart.

[Escain]

Thanks a lot for your kind help.
I believe it's related with the "Remastered" and with some hours of the day when the sun is bright at a specific angle.

I read your answers as some kind of "It happens only to you".
I will play a bit more with the configuration and see if I manage to get ride of it. I don't really want to remove the "Remastered" option neither.

[Karna5]

Originally posted by Escain:

I read your answers as some kind of "It happens only to you".

I'm sorry, I didn't mean it to sound like that. There are a few situations in Black Desert where I need to turn on effects opacity:
- Magnus Quest Line (cannot be done without it)
- Thundercloud Kutum (its game mechancis require you see colors only visible with effects opacity enabled)
- The new PVM zone's main quest line (markers on NPCs to whom you need to talk are only visible with effects opacity enabled)

Once I enable effects opacity, even if I then disable it, I get that effect you see in your screen shot. It only goes away if I disable it all the way and then close the game completely and reboot it.

I didn't enable effects opacity for the test because it's a pain in the neck to turn off.