farCry HDR

Camalot · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:36

Could someone help me getting this to work?

I type the command in but nothing happens? I have patch 1.33. I dont know what else to do !!

killer_uk · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:57

Have you typed the command correctly? \r_hdrrendering 7

Have you turned on "let the application decide" in the CCC for AA?

squiffy · 20 Aug 2006 at 23:21

No problems at all with this HDR patch, although I think AA isn't working...not such a big deal at 1680x1050 anyway.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f184/badbobsausage/FarCry-2006-08-20-23-17-39-.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f184/badbobsausage/FarCry-2006-08-20-23-16-43-.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f184/badbobsausage/FarCry-2006-08-20-23-16-26-.jpg

Camalot · 21 Aug 2006 at 15:10

killer_uk said:
Have you typed the command correctly? \r_hdrrendering 7

Have you turned on "let the application decide" in the CCC for AA?

yes, thats what i typed. I have ati tray tools set to "application decide" for everything.

AA says "none" and AF in advanced options says 1 (cant get it any lower)

The command still doesnt work?

Borden · 21 Aug 2006 at 15:44

Make sure you didn't make the mistake i did by typing a '/' instead of a '\'

Camalot · 21 Aug 2006 at 15:47

mark1 said:
Make sure you didn't make the mistake i did by typing a '/' instead of a '\'

I diddnt lol, i copied and pasted from other websites.

dale1uk · 21 Aug 2006 at 17:24

I'm having the same problem. Works fine with the beta 1.4 patch but its FAR to buggy to use. Don't understand why it doesn't work with 1.33 installed.

Camalot · 21 Aug 2006 at 18:09

dale1uk said:
I'm having the same problem. Works fine with the beta 1.4 patch but its FAR to buggy to use. Don't understand why it doesn't work with 1.33 installed.

I had it working last month. Now i cant do it. And ontop of that its artifacting to high hell again lol.

dafloppyone · 21 Aug 2006 at 18:11

hmmm hdr doesnt work with aa apparently ...well it says that in oblivion

CuZ · 21 Aug 2006 at 18:13

1.33 only supports HDR for NVIDIA cards.
1.4 final should be out very soon, and unless it was taken out since the leaked patch will provide HDR for ATI.

FYI, if you run HDR in multiplayer, you will get kicked from most punkbuster enabled servers due to a bug where the AA and HDR interact to make the walls see through.

Borden · 21 Aug 2006 at 19:02

CuZ said:
1.33 only supports HDR for NVIDIA cards.
1.4 final should be out very soon, and unless it was taken out since the leaked patch will provide HDR for ATI.

FYI, if you run HDR in multiplayer, you will get kicked from most punkbuster enabled servers due to a bug where the AA and HDR interact to make the walls see through.

I had that see through bug on the training level in singleplayer. It was so bad that i didn't know where i was going

Camalot · 21 Aug 2006 at 19:33

I have had HDR on my ATI card working with patch 1.33

CuZ · 21 Aug 2006 at 23:07

Weird... Allegedly you shouldnt have been able to without 1.4...

The fact that you are getting artifacts isnt right though.
How did you get it back to 1.33?
Always best to clean install then only patch 1.3, 1.31 and 1.33
Or there is a community built 1.0 to 1.33 all in one patch, DL links are available in the tech help section on the UBI forum. (Cant access it from work or I'd post the links)
Have you clean out your drivers with Driver Cleaner Pro recently?

What happens when you enter the command?
Does it echo back the setting you made?

if you type \r_hdr then hit tab, it should display all of the HDR cvars does it now reflect the setting you just made?

HangTime · 25 Aug 2006 at 22:59

One thing which caught me out when I tried using HDR in Far Cry, is that you have to set the lighting quality to at least "Very High" (I think) or it won't work.

Or maybe I'm getting confused with SM3.0. Ho Hum.

sunlitsix · 25 Aug 2006 at 23:02

yup, lighting has to be set to very high, then it defaults to sm3.0

Jimbo · 26 Aug 2006 at 08:38

What is this HDR? and do you need a special HD monitor to display it? I have a Samsung SyncMaster 930BF 19" tft and a X1900XT would this do?

Borden · 26 Aug 2006 at 08:48

Jimbo said:
What is this HDR? and do you need a special HD monitor to display it? I have a Samsung SyncMaster 930BF 19" tft and a X1900XT would this do?

It stands for High Dynamic Range and is to do with the lighting in a game. It's your graphics card and not the monitor that needs to support it. Yours will work fine.

This might explain a bit better.