Windows 10 can automatically activate HDR support.
Windows 10 can automatically activate HDR support.
Hello everyone, I'm using an HDR TV to play games that support it in HDR. Here are my issues: Windows always enabling HDR isn't an option, since it makes non-HDR content look poor and washed out. Adjusting the SDR/HDR conversion slider in settings doesn't solve this. - Certain games can turn on HDR automatically when launched, provided HDR is enabled in the game settings, the game runs in fullscreen, and HDR is off in Windows settings (such as Assassins Creed: Odyssey). - Others only show an "enable HDR" option if the game is started after enabling it in Windows settings, like Metro: Exodus or Borderlands 3. - Some games switch HDR on and off without any in-game settings, depending on the current Windows setting (like Dead by Daylight or Final Fantasy XV). My question is: Can I make my games automatically enable HDR at startup, similar to Assassins Creed? I don't want to constantly toggle it on and off, especially since SDR content isn't ideal. Any suggestions or solutions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Consider using a different approach. Make sure to launch the file first, then switch to the other one once you close that link.
Yes, you can link scripts to any .exe file. This allows the scripts to execute automatically when the game is opened or closed.
I discovered this discussion on the NVIDIA Forums website, I hope it is useful: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/for...ut-colors/
I don’t know much about that, but I just created a shortcut on the desktop and opened it manually before launching each game.
But you simply need to understand the steps: Start by enabling HDR on your display (either auto or manually) ensuring it supports HDR 10. Next, navigate to Windows 10 settings and activate HDR. Then, open Windows HD Color settings and adjust the HDR/SDR brightness balance, sliding it down to align with your regular monitor configuration. I set mine at 9 to match my screen settings. When playing HDR games, enter game settings and use the luminance/brightness slider in HDR mode. The default is 100%, but it might be too intense, so 90 or 85 works well (your monitor may vary). From now on, HDR will turn on automatically when you start an HDR game and revert to normal settings when you exit. This is the process in Windows 10.
Thanks for the feedback. I've already experimented with adjusting the HDR/SDR brightness balance. Even when I align the brightness with my monitor settings for SDR, the visual quality remains poor. I usually set it to 50 to match the 120 cd/m2 I aim for in SDR. This results in washed-out colors and overly bright levels compared to simply turning off HDR on my desktop or during non-HDR gameplay. I own both a HDR600 certified monitor and an OLED TV, both supporting HDR10. Unfortunately, I discovered that I must manually enable HDR each time for HDR games and disable it for SDR games. This approach seems necessary to achieve optimal picture quality. I hope Windows 10 will introduce a feature that automatically disables HDR unless the application requests it. Some games, like Assassins Creed: Odyssey, handle this differently, but they were the only HDR titles I found that worked in this way.
You can use this batch file I created which uses the 2 original scripts and each time you run the batch file it'll switch HDR either on or off exactly as the script does. Make sure that you turn HDR OFF in Windows 10 settings before running the script for the 1st time so that it creates the .ini correctly the 1st time around. The only thing different is the batch script that runs the scripts and the .ini file that's made in the same folder it creates on 1st run which will tell the script next time if HDR is in an on or off state and will run the relevant script to switch it over. It also uses nircmd.exe which is included and should be picked up by the script if it's in the same folder and is used to set a value in the .ini file so it remembers which state HDR is in. This way you can make a shortcut to the desktop and simply double click it each time you need to switch over. If you don't trust the nircmd.exe file included you can download it yourself freely online, it's an easy find on Google search. I'm still trying to find a way to convert it to an exe and see if I can get it in an all in 1 package somehow but for now at least this is a double click option which does pretty much exactly the same as an .exe file would do anyway! Hope you and anybody else finds use of it. BACKUP LINK - HDR-On-Off Backup Link HDR-On-Off.rar