Game Automaticly starts in HDR

[Xinix]

Hey guys, whenever i start sekiro the Automaticly sets into HDR mode, i have HDR disable all the time cause it just looks ugly in my opinion, when im ingame im not able to turn it off, basicly in game its set on off but for real its on and i cant do anything against it... someone got an idea to fix that problem?

[NairBoT]

It only auto starts in HDR for me when I have HDR enabled in Windows.

[Xinix]

Thats the funny thing, HDR is Disable in windows for me all the time, as i already said just dont like HDR, thats confusin me, bcs, its just activated HDR and i cant do anything against it. ..

[NairBoT]

So i just tested and everything you said is correct.
I was wrong.

It does start in HDR even with it off in Windows and off in the game.
Toggling off/on in game doesn't actually turn it off.
Weird.

The off toggle in game is just making the game not recognize HDR is on instead of actually turning it back off.
Similar to having HDR on in a game that doesn't support it.

[Xinix]

yea absolutly, there is no sense to that, and when you tab out of the game when its starts in that "HDR" mode and you try to disable it via Windows HD-Color settings, its turned off there...

[NairBoT]

Did some testing and while it's true that game always starts with HDR on, it does turn off after hitting the start button on title screen. ...if you have it set to off in game settings.
I guess it defaults to on until it applies your specific settings.
I verified by leaving my HDR TV info screen up to monitor input signal.


For me, I like HDR on,
However, the HDR in this particular game looks like poo. Washed out.
I will keep off too and use "Special K" to get HDR looking better.

[Xinix]

Well thank you either for helping, it still keeps my HDR on, well however my PS5 controller is also not detectet by the game .. Sekiro dont want me to play it again :(

[NairBoT]

I figured out how to get game to stop starting with HDR ON.
Run in windowed mode instead of fullscreen.

It auto starts with HDR ON because game is set to Fullscreen.
I remembered that HDR can't be on in Windowed mode. This is true for many games.
I think it's the type of HDR used but not sure.

Anyway, running game in windowed mode, it can't run HDR and defaults to HDR off.
Furthermore, HDR will be greyed out in the menu since it can't run.
At this point, it can't even be selected.

If you don't like bordered window,
All you need to do is use external program or autohotkey script to remove border essentially making game borderless fullscreen.
Special K program can remove border too.

Here is autohotkey Fullcreen toggle script,

#UseHook On
F12::

WinGet, WindowID, ID, A
WinSet, Style, -0xC40000, ahk_id %WindowID%
WinMove, ahk_id %WindowID%, , 0, 0, A_ScreenWidth, A_ScreenHeight

Return

F12 is hotkey to toggle bordered/borderless fullscreen.

Injustice 2 is another game that if set to fullscreen mode, it will auto start with HDR ON.
So Sekiro isn't the only game with this odd behavior.

[Xinix]

Thank you alot my friend finaly it works! next problem my PS5 controller is not detected :D this game is challanging me even before it rly started :D

[Rast4Man2.0]

when that happens I jujst restart the game it work fine the second time normally

[Bobert]

This started to happen when I upgraded to windows 11. Even though ony monitor and in windows settings HDR is turned off sekiro forces it to turn on when launched. This never happened before even while using full screen.

[TVAPPATTACK]

2025. Same issue. Def washed out with HDR on Win 11

[KoweK]

Same issue. This is the only game that forcing HDR on my monitor even if it's completely turned off in hardware options! WTF

[Kotton]

mine also starts with HDR on - but as soon as i hit x past the intro screen - like the screen with game name - hit start screen . it changes right to off .HDR in this game is horrible.