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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 3d

Nice and positive tech review here:
youtu.be/VDc-UhlWsPo

Control Ultimate Edition - New 1.30 Update Tested On PS5 Pro | Big Win For PSSR?

YouTube video by RealRob Gaming

youtu.be

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 3d

www.resetera.com/threads/a-ne...

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A new patch for Remedy's Control just dropped, adds fake HDR despite true HDR being available in the config files (Edit: Not fake, just artistic HDR)

Fanatical has Ultimate Edition Steam keys for $7.19. I have an EGS key from way back but might as well for that cheap.

www.resetera.com

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 4d

The CONTROL consoles patch I've worked on is finally out!

Hope you enjoy the graphics and frame rate (VRR) improvements, especially on PS5 Pro!

Remedy Entertainment @remedygames.com · 4d

🔻 Update Control: Ultimate Edition on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S now to get:

Three previously locked outfits
Unlocked frame rate
HDR support
PSSR support (PS5 Pro)
And more!

Update notes: https://controlgame.com/control-ultimate-edition-october-2025-update-notes-console/

📸 hellacoreshots

A screenshot from Control. Jesse Faden floats below a starry sky. Virtual photograph taken by hellacoreshots

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 8d

If they release a cinematic trailer, it means there's no game yet.
I don't get them 😅. Most of the times they are made by an outsourcing studio and look nothing like the game, neither in graphics nor gameplay. So what's there to be excited about it?
I wish devs didn't waste budget on them

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 8d

After wanting to do it for years, I finally found the time to write an all encompassing guide on HDR, with a focus on gaming.
Hopefully you won't be confused by it anymore, this covers all the basics.
You can find it here, on our new subreddit!
www.reddit.com/r/HDR_Den/co...

From the HDR_Den community on Reddit: HDR: The Definitive ELI5 Guide

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 11d

Remender that you are looking at an HDR screenshot compressed to SDR.

filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 12d

We already made a mod:
www.reddit.com/r/HDR_Den/co...
HDR uses ACES, a filmic tonemapper, while SDR doesn't.
Skin tones become red due to the filmic per channel hue shift etc.

From the HDR_Den community on Reddit: HDR Mod: Dying Light: The Beast - RenoDX

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 12d

@dark1x.bsky.social github.com/KoKlusz/HDR-...
Here's an analysis from our community
I wouldn't say it's a bad implementation overall, good for being their first!
But it doesn't match SDR at all, that seems to be reference for the art.HDR has crushed shadow and clipped highlights, often over exposed

DYING LIGHT THE BEAST (PC) HDR Analysis · KoKlusz HDR-Gaming-Database · Discussion #53

Chrome Engine ✅ HDR available in the windowed mode ✅ Ignores EDID/Windows color profile information 🤷‍♂️ Gamma mismatch present, covered with contrast slider in game ⛔ Alternatively, you can use SD...

github.com

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 13d

Sadly the second game fixed none of that.

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 14d

I didn't. But Musa did. The sky looks overly saturated and is of a weird color in hdr iirc.

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 14d

The answer is technically complicated. They raised the blacks so much in post-processing, that they went beyond the usual raised black mismatch between sdr and hdr, hence they both look equally raised (the devs defaulted the HDR to a higher contrast to further balance this out, but it's a hack)

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 14d

Both

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 14d

They use an additive offset in post processing, most other games don't use that as it's a bit of a weird thing to do in 2025, but artists will express themselves however they like.
The game cannot output black (or even near black) due to that.

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 14d

bsky.app/profile/filo... the difference with our mod is wild. Silent Hill 2 went for the same weird raised black floor, but here they did it even more.
It left me quite confused on the tone of the game. Raised blacks on OLED just kill the atmosphere for me.

filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · Sep 4

1/2
Me and my collaborator Ersh threw out a quick (but carefully done) mod to fix the massively raised blacks in Cronos.
nexusmods.com/cronosthenew...
This is from the same developers as the Silent Hill 2 Remake, which is graded very similarly and that we also fixed.

Black Floor Fix

Shader replacement fixing the black floor raise prevalent in the game, especially noticeable on OLED screens and in HDR.

nexusmods.com

filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 14d

We made a mod for Cronos

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 14d

youtu.be/ZI12tAyBbEs

Silent Hill f - HDR Is Broken - Another UE5 Game With Bad HDR - SDR Is The Way To Go In This Game

YouTube video by GamingTech

youtu.be

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 15d

Yes. I'm collaborating with the author.

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 15d

We just opened a reddit dedicated to HDR and all of our mods, from our discord by the same name, join if you love HDR (in any form)!
www.reddit.com/r/HDR_Den/

The HDR Den

Welcome to r/HDR_Den. This is the place for all things High Dynamic Range. Share your stunning HDR screenshots and videos, discuss the best HDR games, movies, monitors and TVs, troubleshoot your setti...

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 15d

And yeah, we just opened a reddit dedicated to HDR and all of our mods, from our discord by the same name, join if you love HDR:
www.reddit.com/r/HDR_Den/

The HDR Den

Welcome to r/HDR_Den. This is the place for all things High Dynamic Range. Share your stunning HDR screenshots and videos, discuss the best HDR games, movies, monitors and TVs, troubleshoot your setti...

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 15d

Just so it happens that I released a Remastered mod for Deus Ex Human Revolution the day the DX remaster was announced
I added HDR rendering+output, improved SDR, fixed 4k and Ultrawide support, + fixed graphics issues

HDR images and DL tinyurl.com/3wh847sf

We just went reddit tinyurl.com/49m9uuwf

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 15d

I wrote a huge document that highlights all of the problems with Unreal's HDR. I sent it to Epic and they've seen it. I have a branch that fixes all these issues for whoever hires me.
Hopefully things will change down the line, but it's not guaranteed, not unless we keep trying to push so hard.

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 15d

We take SDR as reference and expand on that. We never stray from the artistic intent. We put massive care on that.
It's miles away from the old trashy reshade presets.

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 15d

It's not really a problem anymore in PC, Luma and RenoDX have an HDR fix for almost every single game.

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 15d

Such a shame. Invest billions in great cameras, locations and actors
and then compress the color and brightness range to an old standard just to grade it once for SDR and HDR...

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filoppi.bsky.social @filoppi.bsky.social · 15d

No. Same on consoles. It's a widespread UE issue. Can't blame Epic though, devs should fix it themselves.

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