Alan Wake II - HDR not working

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HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton#1755 · opened 2023-10-28 by DomiStyle · updated 2024-06-02 · 10 comments · github

DDomiStyle 2023-10-28 github

As mentioned in https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/issues/1753#issuecomment-1783597078

When started through gamescope with HDR enabled, HDR is greyed out in the Brightness calibration menu in Alan Wake 2.

Software information

Alan Wake 2, gamescope is started from a TTY via this script:

#!/bin/sh

export STEAM_GAMESCOPE_HAS_TEARING_SUPPORT=1
export STEAM_GAMESCOPE_TEARING_SUPPORTED=1
export STEAM_ENABLE_VOLUME_HANDLER=1
export STEAM_DISABLE_AUDIO_DEVICE_SWITCHING=1

export ENABLE_GAMESCOPE_WSI=1
export DXVK_HDR=1

gamescope -w 3440 -h 1440 -W 3440 -H 1440 --immediate-flips --nested-refresh 165 --prefer-output DP-1 --steam --fullscreen --adaptive-sync --hdr-enabled --hdr-itm-enable --sdr-gamut-wideness 1 -- steam -gamepadui

System information

GPU: AMD 6900 XT
Driver: Mesa 23.2.1 (happens on mesa-git as well)
Wine version: Proton Experimental 8.0-2023101
VKD3D-Proton version: 2.10.0

Log files

steam-14472711212434980864.log

Log file shows game start, brightness menu and game exit.

Mmisyltoad maintainer 2023-10-29 github

I was not able to get the game to launch at all with Proton unfortunately =(

Mmisyltoad maintainer 2023-10-29 github

I am still not able to test the game, but are you able to test with https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/pull/3703 ?

This gets Control HDR working.

DDomiStyle 2023-10-29 github

Still greyed out unfortunately, Control (with mod) worked fine though.

FFiloppi 2023-10-29 github

Please contact me if you need help with fixing this, I worked on this game so I might be able to figure out what breaks here.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.graphics.display.advancedcolorinfo?view=winrt-22621 it could be that this is not implemented?

Mmisyltoad maintainer 2023-10-30 github

Thanks for the heads up, really appreciate you reaching out.

Are you actually using the WinRT struct you linked there or just the stuff in DISPLAYCONFIG_GET_ADVANCED_COLOR_INFO?

FFiloppi 2023-10-30 github

Yes, I think it uses https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-displayconfiggetdeviceinfo and https://microsoft.github.io/windows-docs-rs/doc/windows/Win32/Devices/Display/struct.DISPLAYCONFIG_GET_ADVANCED_COLOR_INFO.html and also the set functions, that's how we enable HDR on the display.
Rhedox already reached out.

BBlisto91 2023-10-30 github

@DomiStyle Could you try again with Proton Exeperimental Bleeding Edge beta branch?

DDomiStyle 2023-10-30 github

@Blisto91 HDR toggle works fine now!

Display peak brightness is detected as 1499 nits for some reason, even though the display is running in HDR peak 1000 mode. Not sure where it sources that info.

IMG_20231030_191832

HDR is definitely enabled, those flashlights are bright! Blacks are washed out though. Might be a calibration issue on my end, so will play around with it a little.

FFiloppi 2023-10-30 github

1500 (or 1499) is the default value Windows assigns as peak brightness if it didn't find any value in the monitor EDID and if the users didn't calibrate.

DDomiStyle 2023-11-08 github

Closing this since it seems fixed.

I'm halfway through the game and HDR looks beautiful, thanks for the quick fix!