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[Papaspud]

If you are running W11 and have a HDR monitor, the game will default to HDR for MWO- even though it doesn't have HDR native. Very noticeable difference, the colors really pop. Just a heads up.

[D V Devnull]

Question to you from someone running on earlier stuff... Will this also work for those on Win10 at all, if one were to force HDR upon MWO there? Or is Win10 not capable of this?

~D. V. "wondering what Windows' reach is with HDR upon MWO operation" Devnull

[dario03]

D V Devnull, on 14 September 2021 - 05:57 PM, said:

Question to you from someone running on earlier stuff... Will this also work for those on Win10 at all, if one were to force HDR upon MWO there? Or is Win10 not capable of this?

~D. V. "wondering what Windows' reach is with HDR upon MWO operation" Devnull

Not sure about w11 hdr settings for w10 but you can make colors pop with filters. Use something like Nvidia/AMD control panel (based on what graphics card you have) or Reshade. Color Saturation and Hue will do it, and there are other settings/filters you can try like image sharpness, contrast to make the game look better to you. Reshade probably has the most options but from what I've seen caused more fps loss than the others, though it depends on the filters you use. Or if your monitor has presets/profiles just do the ole switch profiles on your monitor when playing and have a profile with the monitors colors turned up.

Edited by dario03, 14 September 2021 - 07:46 PM.

[Nightbird]

dario03, on 14 September 2021 - 07:43 PM, said:

Not sure about w11 hdr settings for w10 but you can make colors pop with filters. Use something like Nvidia/AMD control panel (based on what graphics card you have) or Reshade. Color Saturation and Hue will do it, and there are other settings/filters you can try like image sharpness, contrast to make the game look better to you. Reshade probably has the most options but from what I've seen caused more fps loss than the others, though it depends on the filters you use. Or if your monitor has presets/profiles just do the ole switch profiles on your monitor when playing and have a profile with the monitors colors turned up.

+ 1 for ReShade, I only lose about 4-5% FPS for the filters I use but I can't look at the stock game anymore.

[Papaspud]

D V Devnull, on 14 September 2021 - 05:57 PM, said:

Question to you from someone running on earlier stuff... Will this also work for those on Win10 at all, if one were to force HDR upon MWO there? Or is Win10 not capable of this?

~D. V. "wondering what Windows' reach is with HDR upon MWO operation" Devnull

That would be a no, I think it is a W11 feature. I could be wrong.

Nightbird, on 14 September 2021 - 07:56 PM, said:

+ 1 for ReShade, I only lose about 4-5% FPS for the filters I use but I can't look at the stock game anymore.

I have messed with that, but not really the same "POP". You can really get it looking pretty good though.

[JudauAshta]

D V Devnull, on 14 September 2021 - 05:57 PM, said:

Question to you from someone running on earlier stuff... Will this also work for those on Win10 at all, if one were to force HDR upon MWO there? Or is Win10 not capable of this?

~D. V. "wondering what Windows' reach is with HDR upon MWO operation" Devnull

yes but you need beta build of win10 to get it
its called windows insider or something, you sign up for it and microsoft send you exclusive win10 beta build/features

[w0qj]

I have HDR screen, and it renders all colors more vibrant where appropriate, especially on MWO maps like Solaris City...so it's not a matter of Win10 or Win11... just the way colors are presented to your eyes... (mine is Win10 btw)

HDR also makes it almost literally painful to your eyes under RAC flash... ymmv

I've switched to newer Win10 computer with regular LCD monitor, faster computer, etc.
No more HDR eye pain under RAC fire flashes...

and then I find out that MWO performance depends on CPU, and not the GPU...

(At least my eyes don't get pained under RAC flashes in my new regular LCD monitor...)

Edited by w0qj, 30 January 2022 - 04:58 PM.