ZOS, Thank you for fixing HDR for Xbox!

JasonSilverSpring · June 2022

While I did not see anything in the patch notes that references this, I want to tell you how excited I was to see that the HDR issues seem to be fixed. The game is much brighter in default mode (perhaps too bright at default). And, there are multiple new HDR adjustments. This is such a huge improvement! Before I had to use vivid which I dislike just to be able to see anything at night or in delves.

I feel like I am playing a new game!

Thanks for addressing this. Now that HDR works really well, please add it for PC users too. :-)

ZOS_Kevin · June 2022

Thanks for the feedback here on your experience with HDR, @JasonSilverSpring. Appreciate it and we'll pass it on to the team..

vivisectvib16_ESO · June 2022

Likewise for PS5! Nice to see it finally working properly!

JasonSilverSpring · June 2022

vivisectvib16_ESO wrote: »

Likewise for PS5! Nice to see it finally working properly!

Glad they fixed it for PS as well. Great news.

Hrolthar · June 2022

Also they have added water reflections to Performance Mode on Xbox Series S! Very pleased to see this.

PrimusTiberius · June 2022

Good to hear, looking forward to firing up the console after work!

Rex-Umbra · June 2022

Great finally. Hated adjusting upon each login.

ZOS_GinaBruno · June 2022

We accidentally forgot to include this in the patch notes initially (guilty...) but just added a write up to explain what we added and improved for HDR! For visibility, here is what was added to the patch notes just now:

HDR Improvements
We had previously made improvements to our console HDR implementation by adding a new hue-preserving mode (Default), but it lacked proper settings for configuring it to fit your viewing environment and display and the “HDR Brightness” slider never functioned properly. In Update 34, we’ve addressed this by adding several new configuration settings:

HDR Scene Brightness
HDR Scene Contrast
HDR UI Brightness
HDR UI Contrast

These allow you to adjust the brightness and contrast levels of the game and UI independently, and to what best fits your environment.

Additionally, we have refactored and fixed the old brightness slider and named it “HDR Peak Brightness.” This defaults to 500 nits but can be adjusted up or down to fit your display and preferences.

katanagirl1 · June 2022

I think the above was listed in PS patch notes.

I would like to add my thanks as well. I’m still fiddling with the sliders to get things to look mostly like I had before, but brighter overall. It is much better at night though for sure.

I don’t see the regular brightness screen where you adjust to see the three rings, looks like that has been removed or moved somewhere that I cannot find. Was this intentional?

Thanks again for the improvements.

Dazzaw · June 2022

This is brilliant. Also excellent timing. I bought a neo qled TV last week and the game looks amazing but the UI melted my eyes 😳 so now I can fix that 👍

Lucozade85 · June 2022

This is the best thing about this dlc!

dotme · June 2022

The game looks the best it's ever looked with the new sliders. Visually, it's absolutely stunning now. Well done ZOS!

NickFirzen · June 2022

@ZOS_Kevin @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_AlexTardif So does this mean that I can finally look forward for PC HDR arrival in Q3/Q4 dlc? 🙏

Tharonil · June 2022

Have to say it's a whole new experience 🙂🙂🙂

I had my HDR settings off, but now after reactivating it looks stunning.

Great job 👍👍

NewBlacksmurf · June 2022

A looooong time coming but here to also say thanks

Dauntess13 · July 2022

This is a lot better but there's one issue. It appears the default UI brightness is when the slider is all the way to the left. As you increase the HDR peak brightness, the UI also gets brighter, which ends up making the UI way too bright. The default UI brightness, the slider should be in the middle which would allow us to actually dim it. The game looks fabulous with the right settings but that UI is just to bright.

renne · July 2022

I wish it launched with the settings that matched the old additional-sliders free colour and lightning, because I've not quite been able to get it back to what I'm used to but it's really nice to know if I play on another telly I can adjust the settings to something that works way better than "on" or "off"!

WiseSky · July 2022

NickFirzen wrote: »

@ZOS_Kevin @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_AlexTardif So does this mean that I can finally look forward for PC HDR arrival in Q3/Q4 dlc? 🙏

Dauntess13 · July 2022

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Additionally, we have refactored and fixed the old brightness slider and named it “HDR Peak Brightness.” This defaults to 500 nits but can be adjusted up or down to fit your display and preferences.

About how many nits is one click on the slider? I'm guessing 50.

cptscotty · July 2022

Can we get some HDR settings on the PC side? Also, an overhaul on "brightness" slider that is really a gamma slider would be appreciated. A lot of people think the game is washed out and look for reshade to fix a problem that could be solved if just the in game brightness setting was overhauled a bit and easier for people to set up properly. Also would suggest brightening up the shadow areas individually like how "Daybreak dev" was able to do...the reason people have to up their brightness/gamma in the game is because of the shadows being photo friendly instead of human-eye friendly (human eyes adjust to shadows naturally to be able to see where photos are static and thus darker). The upping of those values causes the colors to wash out and then they look for other solutions.