Quick HDR enabling guide using Special-K

This is a quick guide for enabling HDR in this game via Special-K.

Enabling HDR via Special-K

Download Special-K (https://sk-data.special-k.info/SpecialK.exe) and install it.

Open the folder "Steam\steamapps\common\Banishers Ghosts of New Eden\Engine\Plugins\NVidiaDLSS\Streamline\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64" using your file manager.
Replace the "sl.interposer.dll" file with the one provided by Special-K (https://sk-data.special-k.info/misc/SK_Streamline-2_0_0.7z) as explained here: https://wiki.special-k.info/Compatibility/Streamline , and also remove or rename the "sl.dlss_g.dll" file (this will disable DLSS frame generation for the users of RTX40xx).

Launch Special-K and launch Banishers through it.

Open the Special-K configuration in-game by hitting Ctrl+Shift+Backspace. Enable HDR there (via HDR (in the top bar)->HDR Setup->scRGB HDR"). You might need to press "Alt-Enter" a few times and/or change "Windowed" to "Full Screen" in game's settings for it to work.

I suggest using "SDR->HDR passthrough" option in Special-K HDR Setup settings, as "Native HDR10" one doesn't produce good results in my opinion. I suggest enabling "Perceptual Boost" and setting "Brightness scale" to max, but otherwise the default settings seem to be fine. You can fiddle with other options, but I found that the default values worked the best for me.

Here is the general guide (not specialized to this game in particular) on using the Special-K HDR function on Special-K wiki:
https://wiki.special-k.info/en/HDR/Retrofit

[✠HellBoy✠]

mods like these will never be the same like the real deal

[✠HellBoy✠]

i see no point in using this,, the game look just amazing without it

[elandread]

@Яйцапса

Yes, I used precisely these instructions, and it works, the game runs and HDR is available.

It's strange that it doesn't work for you. Did you replace the "sl.interposer.dll"?

Maybe it depends on hardware (it'd be strange if that's the case though); I have an Nvidia GPU and an AMD CPU.

[Яйцепас]

Did you actually manage to run the game with HDR support using these instructions? I did everything according to the instructions but the game crashes on startup

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[elandread]

@Dark Knight
>Or..... instead of doing all that, and risking installing a virus....wait for a patch

Special-K is a very well known and widely-used tool, it's not a virus.

You can of course wait for a patch, but it's unlikely that it's coming. Lots of games unfortunately never get HDR support. I'd say chances are quite slim that it'll be added if it isn't there now.

[Dave_El_Jefe]

Or..... instead of doing all that, and risking installing a virus....wait for a patch