Re: Battlefront 2 HDR brightness out of wack

Using the PS4 SHARE feature I've captured a screenshot with HDR off (top) and one with in on (bottom). You can see a brightness difference in the screenshots, but it stands out more on the actual TV itself.

I've tried adjusting the settings in game and in the TV menu with no solution other than reducing the brightness overall. With HDR enabled it also seems to mess with the sharpness creating an artifact affect on the images. Though this may also be due to the brightness saturation.

I've also enclosed a screenshot from God of War with HDR enabled. As you can see the shadows/light look as intended with no over saturation of brightness.

Hey, @ghost437 Thanks for the information and the photos it helps allot! 🙂 

When you have HRD on, have the brightness setting for SWBF2 changed and if you lower the setting do you still experience the same effect? 

And one more question what TV do you use? 

Thanks!

/Atic 

Atic,

I'm using a Samsung KS8500. I calibrated the TV for HDR based off of input from Rtings.com aside from a few minor tweaks.

https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/ks8500/settings

The in game settings are as follows:

HDR 10 TV Peak Brightness 16% (This is where the 2 boxes look exactly the same with no line on my TV)

Brightness 50%

I've tried lowering the brightness in game and on the TV. It only reduces the overall luminance, but the whites still look over saturated. 

It seems this issue came with the last patch after the servers were down last week due to some issues. Its worked fine up until that point, but currently I've been playing this game with HDR turned off in my PS4 Pro settings and re-enabling it for other games due to this issue.

What's the latest on this issue ?

I just bought SW:BF2 for my PS4 and the poor image in menus and certain video footage is very striking with HDR on. The game play looks amazing though.

The best example is even just when the game starts. There are terrible halos around the "Star Wars Battlefront II" title screen. Also certain menu screens look very washed out. It's a lot better after turning off HDR.

I had the HDR setting to 14%. Brightness left at 50%. TV is a Sony XE93.

Same for me. Got this game Thanksgiving 2017 with the PS4Pro SW bundle and had the issue on a Sony x900E. Had the issue until I stopped paying in April 2018. 

Just picked the game back up and now have a Sony x900F and a different PS4 Pro (Spider-Man). Same issue of over exposed whites on the splash screen and menus. During the game there is just this like coating on everything making it look a little washed out. I wouldn’t say it’s terrible and kills the gameplay, it’s just noticeable and not crisp. 

I have the HDR-10 peak brightness at 14% and other brightness at 20%. 

Like others have said...don’t have this issue with any other HDR game on the PS4 Pro. 

Thanks. 

Any follow up on this issue. I have the exact same issue with this game. I have a Panasonic GX800b TV.

Also have the same problem. We have to turn off HDR in the PS4 setting for the game to not look horrible. This was reported over a year ago and it's still not fixed.

Vizio P75-F1

Same here. 

Most of the game looks great, but deep blacks on the title screen, menus, and darker cinematics look awful. 

I like how problems like this are marked as "solved", but there's never a follow-up with a solution, even two years after the fact

Yes because this is greedy * EA they will never fix anything

Spent forever on this...
Must remember next time we even consider downloading a free game 🙂

yo fix this sh.it