game is very grey and washed out color

[Studzyy]

Is it just me or has anyone noticed that the game is very grey and not much color. Ive been using nvidia filters to help.

[J]

Originally posted by Lord Poshname Von Plumbingparts:

Britain is very grey and washed out in general.

Do you even live in the British Isles?

[Starcake]

Looks normal to me. Maybe your monitor calibration is alll over the place and/or your ingame gamma slider is way too bright washing out the grey by removing all contrast. Did you check brightness settings ingame? There is a big symbol where the game suggests you to have where you can barely see it in the center. Has to be almost fully blended in the black background, yet distinct enough that you can make out the full symbol. The closer you can get to true black without losing sight of the symbol the better.

[LordCarmesim]

Mabye you've calibrated the brightness using the slider? If set "correctly" by the instructions, the game will loose a lot of contrast.

[Monopanda]

It DOES look washed out. Both on my PC aswell as my laptop which has a very vibrant OLED. The game is a bit desaturated at times, even when it doesn't make sense stylistically. The last guy is right, resetting the brightness settings helps to some extent. Not perfect, but better than before

[Lord Poshname Von Plumbingparts]

Originally posted by Moira:

Originally posted by Lord Poshname Von Plumbingparts:

Britain is very grey and washed out in general.

Do you even live in the British Isles?

Mainland Britain, Yorkshire for a more precise location and it's currently very grey and very washed out.

[zero.calvin]

this game is trying to be realistic, hance the muted and wash out color because in real world, things arent really colorful, everything is just a shade of grey... i should know considering i'm a landscape artist.

but if you really want more color, there should be a mod for that in nexus mod... just install that.

[Blacksmith77K]

This Game is really pale...

on the other hand there are several reshades, but they are also stupid *lol*
you're also always fumbling around with an extra .dll

But you can easily change your colors in the UE4 via the engine.ini.

Here's a correction that I personally find VERY appealing:

[/script/engine.renderersettings]
r.Color.Min=0.0
r.Color.Mid=0.72
r.Color.Max=1.05
r.TonemapperGamma=1.35
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1.25
r.TonemapperFilm=1
r.Tonemapper.Quality=2
r.EyeAdaptation.ExponentialTransitionDistance=4
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.DisableDistortion=0

Simply copy into the engine.ini, if you find it bad, delete the lines out again. totally easy

[TurboGuru]

Originally posted by Blacksmith77K:

This Game is really pale...

on the other hand there are several reshades, but they are also stupid *lol*
you're also always fumbling around with an extra .dll

But you can easily change your colors in the UE4 via the engine.ini.

Here's a correction that I personally find VERY appealing:[/script/engine.renderersettings]
r.Color.Min=0.0
r.Color.Mid=0.72
r.Color.Max=1.05
r.TonemapperGamma=1.35
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1.25
r.TonemapperFilm=1
r.Tonemapper.Quality=2
r.EyeAdaptation.ExponentialTransitionDistance=4
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.DisableDistortion=0

Simply copy into the engine.ini, if you find it bad, delete the lines out again. totally easy

Thank you - this worked very well and feels like it should have been the default settings from the beginning instead of the cloudy mess the game is at retail.

For anyone else reading this, literally copy the settings block as described by @Blacksmith77K above into your engine file - you can find that here:

C:\Users\WINDOWS_USERNAME\AppData\Local\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini

When you open Engine.ini you will see lots of lines like this:

[Core.System]
Paths=../../../Engine/Content
Paths=%GAMEDIR%Content
Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/Media/BinkMedia/Content
Paths=../../../Phoenix/Plugins/Utilities/Content
Paths=../../../Phoenix/Plugins/Wwise/Content
.......

You just need to paste the code block and the end of the file, save and boot up the game.

[-AtF- Ryme]

Originally posted by Blacksmith77K:

This Game is really pale...

on the other hand there are several reshades, but they are also stupid *lol*
you're also always fumbling around with an extra .dll

But you can easily change your colors in the UE4 via the engine.ini.

Here's a correction that I personally find VERY appealing:[/script/engine.renderersettings]
r.Color.Min=0.0
r.Color.Mid=0.72
r.Color.Max=1.05
r.TonemapperGamma=1.35
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1.25
r.TonemapperFilm=1
r.Tonemapper.Quality=2
r.EyeAdaptation.ExponentialTransitionDistance=4
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.DisableDistortion=0

Simply copy into the engine.ini, if you find it bad, delete the lines out again. totally easy

Just wanted to drop a line and say thank you for this. I got this game for my wife who is a novice gamer and I'm watching her play it. I couldn't stand how awful the stock color settings were. Your settings have drastically improved my second hand experience with the game. Why in the world the devs released this game with those awful settings is beyond my comprehension.

I paid for an 85 inch 4k 120hz HDR TV to enjoy beautiful PC games. Now I can enjoy this one. Thanks!

[Abyss Cat]

Originally posted by TurboGuru:

Originally posted by Blacksmith77K:

This Game is really pale...

on the other hand there are several reshades, but they are also stupid *lol*
you're also always fumbling around with an extra .dll

But you can easily change your colors in the UE4 via the engine.ini.

Here's a correction that I personally find VERY appealing:[/script/engine.renderersettings]
r.Color.Min=0.0
r.Color.Mid=0.72
r.Color.Max=1.05
r.TonemapperGamma=1.35
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1.25
r.TonemapperFilm=1
r.Tonemapper.Quality=2
r.EyeAdaptation.ExponentialTransitionDistance=4
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.DisableDistortion=0

Simply copy into the engine.ini, if you find it bad, delete the lines out again. totally easy

Thank you - this worked very well and feels like it should have been the default settings from the beginning instead of the cloudy mess the game is at retail.

For anyone else reading this, literally copy the settings block as described by @Blacksmith77K above into your engine file - you can find that here:

C:\Users\WINDOWS_USERNAME\AppData\Local\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini

When you open Engine.ini you will see lots of lines like this:

[Core.System]
Paths=../../../Engine/Content
Paths=%GAMEDIR%Content
Paths=../../../Engine/Plugins/Media/BinkMedia/Content
Paths=../../../Phoenix/Plugins/Utilities/Content
Paths=../../../Phoenix/Plugins/Wwise/Content
.......

You just need to paste the code block and the end of the file, save and boot up the game.

Thank you both very much! This grey foggy filter was driving me crazy, now the game looks much more crisp and vibrant. I also feel that it should have been the default settings, it's very strange that the devs decided otherwise

[Luc1dNightmare]

Originally posted by Blacksmith77K:

This Game is really pale...

on the other hand there are several reshades, but they are also stupid *lol*
you're also always fumbling around with an extra .dll

But you can easily change your colors in the UE4 via the engine.ini.

Here's a correction that I personally find VERY appealing:[/script/engine.renderersettings]
r.Color.Min=0.0
r.Color.Mid=0.72
r.Color.Max=1.05
r.TonemapperGamma=1.35
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1.25
r.TonemapperFilm=1
r.Tonemapper.Quality=2
r.EyeAdaptation.ExponentialTransitionDistance=4
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.DisableDistortion=0

Simply copy into the engine.ini, if you find it bad, delete the lines out again. totally easy

Still saving people july 2024. I do not understand why developers do this. I am honestly curious. Is it more effective to render? So many games are covered with a pale overtone i cant stand. WTF are they up to.

[NanoBeef]

nice