HDR Setting

[LawnDart]

What HDR setting is everyone using (and why)?

[Elwin]

Turned off - because of my old hardware :-/

[Snoopy]

I had it off until today...switched it to normal and water to high and am getting better fps than before....go figure

[Madman777]

If the virtual pilot had the option to put on sun glasses, then I would use it more.

 

@ wish list - In-game sun glasses. :-)

[Migo]

I use "normal". Cold is too blurry and warm is too saturated.

[Sarge55]

Switched from Normal to Warm. Terrain colour looks better. Runway lights at night look a bit cheezy though.

[cichlidfan]

Using warm here, though I agree that the saturation is a bit high but I find normal a bit too washed out. I also prefer screen shots with it set to warm. It is easier to dial the saturation back a little in Photoshop than the reverse, if desired that is.

 

I suspect that normal is probably a lot closer to RL without any kind of polarized or tinted glass.

[Nu-NRG]

At the moment I have it set at SOFT. After reading this posts I'll experiment with it :D

[dusel]

I had it off until today...switched it to normal and water to high and am getting better fps than before....go figure

 

that was exactly what I figured out as well! I read the hints here in the forum to get better FPS, then i switched it off as well as AA down to 2x (from 8x) and the FPS were much worse...

 

anyone else noticed this?

 

I'm using a ASUS ATI 6950 ...

[Eddie]

On newer hardware that's to be expected. By turning on these graphics features you're taking load off the CPU by letting the GPU use its redering power for more aspects of the sim.

[Harzach]

If the virtual pilot had the option to put on sun glasses, then I would use it more.

 

@ wish list - In-game sun glasses. :-)

 

After spending far too much time thinking about this lately, I just put on some RL sunglasses. Amber-tinted, not too dark. Works great!

[Nu-NRG]

Just moved HDR from SOFT to NORMAL and water from LOW to NORMAL. Got improvement!

[LawnDart]

I used the soft setting in 1.1.0.8, and so far in 1.1.0.9 I've been using cold mostly. Is that the even same or equivalent setting since they changed what it's called?

 

Soft looked the most realistic to me before, as anything else seemed over-saturated.

[Nate--IRL--]

The names were changed before the HDR was adjusted to its final state. Cold = Soft = Original DCS HDR settings.

 

Nate

[Mustang]

I'd say alot of this depends on the hardware you use and how it's configured (monitor temp setting or brightness/contrast, digital vibrance etc) each setting will look better on one setup and not so good on the other.

[Nate--IRL--]

I'd say alot of this depends on the hardware you use and how it's configured (monitor temp setting or brightness/contrast, digital vibrance etc) each setting will look better on one setup and not so good on the other.

 

I'd very much agree, unfortunately my monitor is crap, which is why some people really hate how some settings look. I wanted to do more presets but it was limited to 3 unfortunately.

 

Nate

[VFA41_Lion]

I turned it off because every time my game minimized voluntarily or no, and I returned to it, the HDR would be reset to off. So now no weird visual changes when I alt+tab out. :)

[skouras]

I use "normal". Cold is too blurry and warm is too saturated.

same

[Yskonyn]

I have it on Normal. Didn't check the other settings, but as I normally hate any HDR and Bloom effects in my games I figured Normal would be a decent setting.

So far, it does not dissapoint. There is realistic HDR use, no action hero overdone effects.

 

So what, from a more technical point, does HDR do in-game? It makes light reflection differnent, but what else? Any special effects affected by HDR?

[DAZnBLAST]

Had to turn it on because without it enabled, if you turn into or away from the sun, it's like switching a light off and on in the cockpit. Instead of a nice gradual change from bright to shade. I'm certain DCS use to handle this fine before this HDR setting came along?

[SeaW0lf]

I turned it off today by accident (testing settings) and it was a huge relief. Before, with HDR, I was flying with tunnel vision, with a small window of clear eyesight. I am not sure the reason for this feature, but I am glad to have found a way out of it.

 

The problem is, with HDR off the Sun becomes just a white circle, no rays, no nothing. Is there a way to get the Sun back without the HDR with blinders?

[kylekatarn720]

am i missing something here, i got only on and off options for HDR. no cold, soft, warm, normal.

[SeaW0lf]

am i missing something here, i got only on and off options for HDR. no cold, soft, warm, normal.

 

The topic is old, so they might have simplified HDR to on and off.

 

I had to go back to it, since turning off HDR makes things flat / blend. Canopy reflection seems to be worsened and in some angles you lose visibility with that rainbow (P-51D). I'm back to blinders for now... Maybe there is a way to fly without HDR and fix with SweetFX.

 

I just hope that we have a realistic HDR option with the new maps. The sunglass / blinder effect is not only unhistorical / unrealistic but it hinders visibility a great deal in angles that the Sun should not be doing anything. I went for a run today at 9AM / blue clear skies (not a single cloud) and there is only a small angle where the Sun will interfere with eyesight. You can look at it from an angle and the blue of the sky / eyesight is untouched.