Steam overlay is terrible in HDR

[christofin]

Title. Either in HDR PQ mode the overlay is washed out or in SCRGB it's overly saturated. Does nobody at Valve have a single HDR screen to at least test the Steam overlay on? This has been an issue for years.

[WoodenDann]

They will fix it later

[Crashed]

Does FFXV use PQ mode and Doom Eternal SCRGB?

[christofin]

WoodenDann původně napsal:

They will fix it later

Have they gone on the record to say this?

Crashed původně napsal:

Does FFXV use PQ mode and Doom Eternal SCRGB?

I know DOOM Eternal does use SCRGB, not sure about FFXV.

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christofin původně napsal:

WoodenDann původně napsal:

They will fix it later

Have they gone on the record to say this?

Crashed původně napsal:

Does FFXV use PQ mode and Doom Eternal SCRGB?

I know DOOM Eternal does use SCRGB, not sure about FFXV.

FFXV is washed out unless I install Special K. DOOM Eternal does have the crazy contrast but I do find it less objectionable than FFXV's washed out look.

[Shockrift]

Whew, I thought I was the only one experiencing this issue. Firstly, I work in the IT sector and "they will fix it later" is the best thing we want our customers to say (either to us OR behind our back) so they leave us the hell alone. (...and no, we will not think about your issue beyond EOD or EOW)

Assuming you don't stream and are just concerned:
To temporarily fix this issue (assuming you're using windows), open start menu and type 'windows hd color settings'. Then go to display settings 'use hdr' -> 'on' and 'stream hdr video' -> 'off'. Steam overlay is tethered to that setting but not utilizing it appropriately. As such, disable for now, or perhaps forever--it's just a menu screen after all.

Assuming you stream and insist on having it:
Don't use the overlay unfortunately until they 'fix it later'

Consider further that if you want to stream in HDR you need a streaming service that is capable of utilizing it (and wont down sample it). so if you're just streaming to your discord buddies/randos or something equivalent. they likely wont notice the difference or even know you were using hdr as they only see lower resolution and washed out display anyway--they'll see that crap, and you sit there thinking your display looks awesome while patting yourself on the back :) As such, turn off stream hdr video if you don't fall under the streamer category that has those capabilities.

Cheers.

[HelgenX]

When they going to fix it? It looks like ♥♥♥♥.

[James]

Still not fixed. I think so few people have HDR monitors that just don't bother which is disappointing. It makes using the overlay nearly impossible because it's hard to make out anything.

[christofin]

Vertigo původně napsal:

Still not fixed. I think so few people have HDR monitors that just don't bother which is disappointing. It makes using the overlay nearly impossible because it's hard to make out anything.

Not only do so few people have HDR monitors, I'd be willing to bet that they don't have any at Valve headquarters... someone send them an LG OLED

[rogermorse]

This is really horrible I use the overlay a lot and Whatsapp with Halo Infinite is just impossible to use, can't even read the text. Maybe by changing luminance or white brightness or whatever it is, in the game settings, the overlay can become a bit more decent at the cost of visual quality in game.

[AEIDOLONE]

March 2022, still not fixed.

[Hyperon]

Day 438: Still not fixed.

[AEIDOLONE]

Hyperon původně napsal:

Day 438: Still not fixed.

It's actually Day 2848.

Eight years.

HDR is there since 2014.

[Sp-4ce]

I wonder if the (non-big-picture) overlay was even touched since introduction of the steam controller. And even for that only the changes to big picture happened I think.
The only thing they do is to ensure compatibility with new OS versions...

just sad...

[kdl]

they will fix it in other patch trust me

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Please note this thread is still relevant as Steam Overlay still fails to properly tonemap to HDR framebuffers.