'Alan Wake Remastered' Adds Auto HDR Support on Xbox Series S|X

Dancrane212 · Jan 4, 2022

Alan Wake Remastered update release notes — Alan Wake

Patch notes – PS4: 1.0.0.4 | PS5: 1.0.0.4 | Xbox One: 1.0.0.9 | Xbox Series X/S: 2.0.0.5 PERFORMANCE Improved title stability PROGRESSION Fixed the glitch where in Episode 2 players could not complete the „Reach the top of the mill” objective due to the lift clipping through the stairs SOUND...

www.alanwake.com

Great to see the support added to the re-release, previously only the backwards compatible versions of the original release worked with the feature. I recall folk saying it worked pretty well there so I imagine the same will be said for the remaster.

Patch notes – PS4: 1.0.0.4 | PS5: 1.0.0.4 | Xbox One: 1.0.0.9 | Xbox Series X/S: 2.0.0.5

PERFORMANCE

Improved title stability

PROGRESSION

Fixed the glitch where in Episode 2 players could not complete the "Reach the top of the mill" objective due to the lift clipping through the stairs
SOUND

Fixed the audio lag that was present in some cinematics (Xbox One)
Fixed the rare issue where cinematics audio would play in mono

VISUALS

Added auto HDR support (Xbox Series X|S)
Mitigated screen tearing (Xbox One)
General visual performance fixes
UI

Improved the resolution of the game icon (PC). It's prettier now.

Khanimus · Jan 4, 2022

Oh shit...

Kensation · Jan 4, 2022

Guess I gotta replay it.....

J75 · Jan 4, 2022

Auto HDR is one of the greatest contributions Microsoft has brought to gaming in recent times.

t26 · Jan 4, 2022

Interesting. Is Auto HDR something the developer can add or it is still up to MS?

The Lord of Cereal · Jan 4, 2022

t26 said:
Interesting. Is Auto HDR something the developer can add or it is still up to MS?

I believe for Series S|X games it's entirely up to the developer, and they can choose to toggle it instead of using their own HDR technique.

I believe Control UE and Psychonauts 2 have also done this in the past

CubeApple76 · Jan 4, 2022

t26 said:
Interesting. Is Auto HDR something the developer can add or it is still up to MS?

It's default on BC games, but Series X|S games need developers to enable it I believe.

Witness · Jan 4, 2022

Ah that's what my giant 24gb update was today. So like Control then as well, very happy they added this!

Just tried it, yep this makes a massive fucking difference!

Palette Swap · Jan 4, 2022

It's kind of wild that the Remaster doesn't support HDR in the first place tbh.

Dancrane212 · Jan 4, 2022

Witness said:
Just tried it, yep this makes a massive fucking difference!

Awesome!

Gitaroo · Jan 4, 2022

It already worked on pc, looks great but not as game changing you you would think since it is not native hdr.

nihilence · Jan 4, 2022

This is interesting. I was thinking about just playing the OG, but hdr could be nice.

Savinowned · Jan 4, 2022

DOPE. I'm trying to remember, has the remastered game arrived on Gamepass/Gold or PSPlus? For some reason I thought it had

GJ · Jan 4, 2022

Savinowned said:
DOPE. I'm trying to remember, has the remastered game arrived on Gamepass/Gold or PSPlus? For some reason I thought it had

No to all afaik. The original 360 game is available on Game Pass. People were speculating this to come to PS+ in October because of the October 5th release date lining up with the date of the new + games, but that didn't happen.

Gestault · Jan 4, 2022

Especially with the cumulative improvements since it launched, I've been really impressed by Auto HDR. This is a cool bonus for Alan Wake, and I bought a physical copy of Remake and haven't played through it yet...

lunanto · Jan 4, 2022

Awesome 👏🏼

Dreathlock · Jan 4, 2022

Doesnt sony have a similar tech or is this some sort of exclusive thing for xbox?

wackojackosnose · Jan 4, 2022

That's great but can they also add Quick Resume? ;_;

Adryuu · Jan 4, 2022

One more reason to look forward to getting this once I'm clear of more interesting backlog.

CerealBro1 said:
I believe for Series S|X games it's entirely up to the developer, and they can choose to toggle it instead of using their own HDR technique.

I believe Control UE and Psychonauts 2 have also done this in the past

Wait, can somebody confirm this? Last time I launched Control UE on XSX it was SDR.
On the other hand, I thought Psychonauts 2 was a weird case of native HDR with weird console support. Did the XSS version always had HDR too?

Rndom Grenadez · Jan 4, 2022

Dreathlock said:
Doesnt sony have a similar tech or is this some sort of exclusive thing for xbox?

Series consoles have implemented Auto HDR as a feature I don't think PS has though.

Hoggle · Jan 4, 2022

Did we ever figure out what the deal with Control's HDR was? The devs said they didn't add HDR and yet only on Xbox does it have it and it's still in HDR if you turn auto HDR off.

Anyway, I'm interested to see how this looks on Alan Wake. It should be good as you can turn the HUD off without issue.

JigglesBunny · Jan 4, 2022

OP burying the lede. They finally fixed the atrocious cutscene audio!

Witness · Jan 4, 2022

Spending more time with it, the HDR also helps make colors pop so much more. The game looked dull previously and a bit flat, and the HDR really helps bring the world to life for me.

Adryuu said:
Wait, can somebody confirm this? Last time I launched Control UE on XSX it was SDR.

Just booted it up again to confirm and yes it's in HDR on my Series X.

Falchion · Jan 4, 2022

This is an awesome update.

Colargogol · Jan 4, 2022

Adryuu said:
Wait, can somebody confirm this? Last time I launched Control UE on XSX it was SDR.

It's been there since March (although I am not aware of Remedy ever commenting on it).

Dancrane212 · Jan 4, 2022

Colargogol said:
It's been there since March (although I am not aware of Remedy ever commenting on it).

It got a quick mention here..

Jaded Alyx · Jan 4, 2022

Dreathlock said:
Doesnt sony have a similar tech or is this some sort of exclusive thing for xbox?

Exclusive to Xbox and Windows 11.

Adamska · Jan 4, 2022

It seems to be running in HDR on PS5, and I did disable the "always on" option of the console.

RoboPlato · Jan 4, 2022

Cool to see it added. I just hope Remedy gets HDR working in their pipeline for future games. It would benefit their art style so much

gothi · Jan 4, 2022

Adamska said:
It seems to be running in HDR on PS5, and I did disable the "always on" option of the console.

Edit: Apologies! Ignore me, being an idiot, I thought we were still talking about Control!

futurevoid · Jan 4, 2022

Adamska said:
It seems to be running in HDR on PS5, and I did disable the "always on" option of the console.

Not on my setup. I have the PS5 set to use HDR only when its supported and on the latest 1.004 patch I just downloaded, HDR does not activate on my C9 OLED.

Adamska · Jan 4, 2022

gothi said:
Just fired it up and it's definitely not HDR on PS5.

My TV has the HDR engaged though, whereas before it would disengage when launching this game.

Also, the prerendered cutscenes sound really low now for some reason.

Edit: ok, it was just the console config, it had reversed to HDR always on for some reason.

gothi · Jan 4, 2022

Adamska said:
My TV has the HDR engaged though, whereas before it would disengage when launching this game.

I guess you didn't see my edit, I was being an idiot and thought we were still talking about Control. Sorry for the confusion.

S1kkZ · Jan 4, 2022

they still have not fixed the brightness issue on ps5. ffs man.

Kschreck · Jan 4, 2022

Anyone try the HDR yet in this game on XSX? Does it make any real difference?

Lord Error · Jan 4, 2022

S1kkZ said:
they still have not fixed the brightness issue on ps5. ffs man.

The issue where the lighting kind of increases and decreases intesity abruptly as you move the camera around in some places? Weird that they didn't address that, as a lot of people complained about it.

S1kkZ · Jan 4, 2022

Lord Error said:
The issue where the lighting kind of increases and decreases intesity abruptly as you move the camera around in some places? Weird that they didn't address that, as a lot of people complained about it.

yeah, that. and its only a problem on ps5...

Gestault · Jan 4, 2022

Dreathlock said:
Doesnt sony have a similar tech or is this some sort of exclusive thing for xbox?

The PS5 has the option to basically run the whole interface/system in an HDR envelope, which is good if your display gets weird signal drop-out switching between SDR/HDR, but doesn't actually give same benefit. Auto-HDR is sorta an exclusive feature in the console space, though I think it's available to some degree on PC.

Lkr · Jan 4, 2022

cool I picked this up at a decent price from the B/S/T thread but never got around to playing it with all of the holiday releases. looks like that may pay off here…

Witness · Jan 4, 2022

Kschreck said:
Anyone try the HDR yet in this game on XSX? Does it make any real difference?

I made a couple of posts in this thread and yes to me it looks a great deal better on my TV now. The colors and lighting really pop now where as before the game looked rather flat and dull to me.

Kschreck · Jan 4, 2022

Witness said:
I made a couple of posts in this thread and yes to me it looks a great deal better on my TV now. The colors and lighting really pop now where as before the game looked rather flat and dull to me.

Cool, thanks! :)

plagiarize · Jan 4, 2022

Nice! It already looks great with it on in the PC version. Glad people have this option now.

Colargogol · Jan 4, 2022

Dancrane212 said:
It got a quick mention here..

I thought auto-HDR was only for retro compatible games. Is there any other series native title that has auto-HDR ?
I honestly don't understand why we still don't have an off/on HDR toggle for every title (at least the xbone ones). Add a warning if you think it breaks things !

Gestault · Jan 4, 2022

Colargogol said:
I thought auto-HDR was only for retro compatible games. Is there any other series native title that has auto-HDR ?
I honestly don't understand why we still don't have an off/on HDR toggle for every title (at least the xbone ones). Add a warning if you think it breaks things !

There's already a toggle for individual Auto HDR, it's in the Compatibility settings (same place you toggle FPS Boost and Resolution Boost). I'm under the impression Control Ultimate Edition and Psychonauts 2 both support Auto HDR, and what we heard from the devs for Psychonauts at least was that it just worked.

vixolus · Jan 4, 2022

Gestault said:
There's already a toggle for individual Auto HDR, it's in the Compatibility settings (same place you toggle FPS Boost and Resolution Boost). I'm under the impression Control Ultimate Edition and Psychonauts 2 both support Auto HDR, and what we heard from the devs for Psychonauts at least was that it just worked.

Psychonauts is not auto hdr

Colargogol · Jan 4, 2022

Gestault said:
There's already a toggle for individual Auto HDR, it's in the Compatibility settings (same place you toggle FPS Boost and Resolution Boost). I'm under the impression Control Ultimate Edition and Psychonauts 2 both support Auto HDR, and what we heard from the devs for Psychonauts at least was that it just worked.

Lots of games (including game pass games) do not have the toggle. I wish we could activate it for EVERY game.

Adryuu · Jan 4, 2022

Witness said:
Spending more time with it, the HDR also helps make colors pop so much more. The game looked dull previously and a bit flat, and the HDR really helps bring the world to life for me.

Just booted it up again to confirm and yes it's in HDR on my Series X.

Colargogol said:
It's been there since March (although I am not aware of Remedy ever commenting on it).

Dancrane212 said:
It got a quick mention here..

Well, that's mostly cool I think but it's also another weird case of auto hdr not being labelled as such, it seems. Well if both Alan Wake and Control look better then it's good for me, but if it's really auto, there should be an option to disable it.

scitek · Jan 4, 2022

Adryuu said:
Well, that's mostly cool I think but it's also another weird case of auto hdr not being labelled as such, it seems. Well if both Alan Wake and Control look better then it's good for me, but if it's really auto, there should be an option to disable it.

You can disable it.

Perzeval · Jan 4, 2022

Does this apply if one has the original disc release?

Dancrane212 · Jan 4, 2022

Perzeval said:
Does this apply if one has the original disc release?

The original 360 disc? That already has support for auto HDR (and FPS boost) on Series S|X so yes.

If you mean the Remastered disc, then yes that will now work with auto HDR.

'Alan Wake Remastered' Adds Auto HDR Support on Xbox Series S|X

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