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New Scout

4 years ago

Elevated Black Levels During Pre-rendered Cutscenes Since 17/5 Patch (HDR Only?)

7/6 EDIT: After today's patch (7th June), the correct black levels have been restored, during pre-rendered cutscenes, in HDR. I have only tested Mass Effect 2 so far but I see no reason for the othe...

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K4tja

4 years ago

I don't have HDR, and the cutscenes still look worse. Not nearly as bad as yours (no grey blacks), but the shadowed areas are mostly just black; before the patch there was some actual detail visible. I hope it's just a mistake and will be fixed because I fail to see how this is an improvement.

Wiz13688

4 years ago

Someone suggested that turning off "depth of field" is a temporary fix.

Rhino1931
4 years ago
Just tried this, didn't have any effect.
- krismate
  New Scout
  4 years ago
  @Rhino1931 Yeah, no change in settings is likely to have any impact, as the cutscenes are already pre-rendered.
  - Rhino1931
    4 years ago
    Man this is frustrating, and even more frustrating, I'm not seeing many people with this issue, so I'm kind of doubtful anything will be done about it.