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RESIDENT EVIL 4 REMAKE - Light reflection artifacts

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HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton#2964 · opened 2026-04-26 by RetroSteak · updated 2026-04-27 · 3 comments · github
RRetroSteak 2026-04-26 github

Some light reflections seem to not react as they should.

The recording is showing a specific part of act 10, but throughout the game you can find other examples of the same behavior.

Software information

Name: Resident Evil 4 Remake

Almost all settings on high or turned on except:

  • Ambient Occlusion is set at FidelityFX CACAO
  • Lens Distortion and Motion Blur are off
  • Not using upscaler or anti-aliasing

Launch Parameters: PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 WAYLANDDRV_PRIMARY_MONITOR=HDMI-A-1 game-performance %command% /WineDetectionEnabled:False

System information

OS: CachyOS
KERNEL: 7.0.0-1-cachyos
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT 16-Core
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (radeonsi, gfx1201, ACO, DRM 3.64, 7.0.0-1-cachyos)
GPU DRIVER: 4.6 Mesa 26.0.5-arch2.2
RAM: 64 GB
Proton: proton-cachyos-10.0-20260420-slr

Log file

steam-2050650.log

Footage

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1010fcd5-192b-4ebb-80a2-b7afd47957a6

Mmbriar 2026-04-26 github

Does this still happen if you set anti-aliasing to TAA? If not, can you confirm that this doesn't also happen on windows with anti-aliasing turned off?

RRetroSteak 2026-04-27 github

This is with TAA on

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/927238ff-b21c-4e61-88d2-ed4710bbe80f

This is Windows with TAA on (my friend video, he has a nvidia gpu)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a968d9aa-ddfb-4549-a158-56663df6bf14

And this is Windows with TAA off (my friend again)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/007fed85-d99f-4679-a835-009ed5f1f692

P.S. He plays at 1080p and i play at 4k, maybe this has something to do with it but idk

Mmbriar 2026-04-27 github

Interesting. I reported pretty much this exact same issue in 2023, and back then it was definitely fixed by https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/pull/1648, seems that isn't working anymore. I've also recently seen an almost identical flashing issue in RE3 Remake, but there it is completely gone when you enable TAA.