Days Gone on PC this spring + more PS titles

Post by **Lysander** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:56 am

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/a ... rview-2021

"A whole slate of them is on the way starting with Days Gone this spring." - Sony

Fingers crossed for DX11

Post by **Chtiblue** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:13 pm

+10000 for days gone!

Post by **Shift-E** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:15 pm

I was not really interested in this one (especially compared to their other exclusives) but then I saw it uses UE4. Please let it use UE4 and DX11 on PC...now that would be an open world 3D treat

TLOU2, Bloodborne, and Ghost of Tsushima next please

Post by **Tullebob** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:39 pm

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Post by **skyrimer** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:44 am

Let's hope it's DX11 pls Sony!!

Post by **masterotaku** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:23 am

Yes, it's DX11: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1259420/Days_Gone/
It says that in the requirements.

Post by **Lysander** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:11 am

Oh sh**, it already has a steam page!!
Wow, amazing! Woho!

Post by **Shift-E** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:01 am

masterotaku wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 3:23 am Yes, it's DX11: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1259420/Days_Gone/
It says that in the requirements.

Hell Yeah, right onto the wishlist. hopefully the amazing Universal UE4 fix does most of the work on this one!

Post by **3DNovice** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:11 am

Some games i can think of...
The Order 1884, which will hopefully be getting a sequel. Steampunk with Vampires and Werewolves = win IMHO. I loved DarkWatch back in the day, someone really needs to revive that IP.
Red Dead Redemtion would be awesome, if it made it's way to PC in some type of remastered version. Also the last of Us 1 & 2and the Uncharted series from Naughty Dog, remastered as well.
But I already played all these on the Playstation thinking that they would remain exclusives, if they could be played in 3D, I'd play them again.

Thankfully, some games were announced with PC releases, like Hogwarts Legacy, The Callisto and Gotham Knights. But, I'm doubtful, that they will be playable on these current drivers and will likely be dx12.
I for one am glad to see that Alfred will be Alfred in Gotham Knights and not the new version found in the latest comics. Nothing against gay Asians, but FFS, the change in the comics in just plain wrong.

Post by **Lysander** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:42 am

Gotham Knights is UE4 and doesn't seem to look that much more advanced than Arkham Knight (which is UE3!) so I think it's also high probability it will be DX11. Callisto and Hogwart's, yeah, those are visually stunning and likely DX12

Last of us 1&2 are old enough to almost be guaranteed DX11, unless they do remasters, but those games look good already, not sure if remasters are needed (I guess maybe for PS5 like they're doing with a lot of the games - but that would just be textures, FPS + res, doesn't require DX12).

All in all this is great for us, I think we'll get a lot of PS games for 3D.

Post by **Tullebob** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 10:29 am

A W E S O M E !

Post by **Feisty_Fernando** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:22 am

Shift-E wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:15 pm
TLOU2, Bloodborne, and Ghost of Tsushima next please

I'm certain I saw an article a few months back about Bloodborne getting a pc release.

Post by **Lysander** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:47 pm

Feisty_Fernando wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:22 am
Shift-E wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:15 pm
TLOU2, Bloodborne, and Ghost of Tsushima next please
I'm certain I saw an article a few months back about Bloodborne getting a pc release.

well, until official confirmation comes from Sony, it's all rumours and best guesses, but the chances are very high.

Post by **3DNovice** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:03 am

Sony had their annual Play Station "State of Play" presentation a couple of days ago, here's a link with all the game trailers shown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4O8ab3794

Post by **Shift-E** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:49 am

Official release date May 18, 2021 (steam still shows 4/26/19)

new trailer and blog with PC improvements and settings:

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/04/15 ... es-may-18/

Post by **Lysander** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:29 am

Sweet

Post by **Shift-E** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:42 pm

PSA: Days Gone (steam key) is $39.99 on Green Man Gaming with code SPR21

Post by **skyrimer** » Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:14 pm

Crossing fingers for this to work in 3D!

Post by **stfparis17** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 2:36 am

I have the game on PS4 PRO the game is very very good !!
If it is playable in 3D vision with directx11 I sign direct !!

Post by **3DNovice** » Wed May 12, 2021 12:29 pm

Another upcoming game to watch for is Elden Ring by FromSoftware

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elden_Ring

"Elden Ring is an upcoming action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game is a collaborative effort between game director Hidetaka Miyazaki and fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin and is scheduled for release on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One"

https://www.pcgamer.com/elden-ring-everything-we-know/

Let's hope it's dx11 or Vulkan

Target has a PS4 page up saying Release Date: Dec 31, 2021
https://www.target.com/p/elden-ring-pla ... A-77401224
GameStop the same for Xbox One
https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/xb ... 02432.html

Post by **Lysander** » Wed May 12, 2021 1:00 pm

Interesting about the release date. Wonder how credible that is.

Hopefully it's DX11 because all From Software games (at least the recent ones) were, so likely they'd use the same engine. But I thought the same about RE:Village so...

BUT - RE games had dual DX11/12 engine before Village, whereas I'm quite sure no From games had DX12 option, so for them to go full DX12, without even being like an XBOX or PS5 exclusive leaves very high likelihood it's DX11.

Post by **3DNovice** » Fri May 14, 2021 12:23 pm

Post by **thebigdogma** » Fri May 14, 2021 1:39 pm

Lysander wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 1:00 pm Interesting about the release date. Wonder how credible that is.

Hopefully it's DX11 because all From Software games (at least the recent ones) were, so likely they'd use the same engine. But I thought the same about RE:Village so... BUT - RE games had dual DX11/12 engine before Village, whereas I'm quite sure no From games had DX12 option, so for them to go full DX12, without even being like an XBOX or PS5 exclusive leaves very high likelihood it's DX11.

Not credible at all - standard industry placeholder when they don't have a firm release date. With the Pandemic, I don't think any release date that is more than 60 days away can be counted upon. I expect we will be getting a rash of delays of Q3 and Q4 games shortly. As an aside/example, the CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, recently announced that there were more than 25 exclusive first-party games currently in development for PS5. The timing on that announcement is a little suspect. My guess is that statement was meant to soften the blow that is coming for PS5 owners after Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart is released in a few weeks - namely that the next God of War game will be delayed into 2022, as well as the Horizon: Zero Dawn sequel.

Hope I am wrong, but... 2021 seems to be shaping up to be a year to work on cleaning up that back catalog!

Post by **Lysander** » Fri May 14, 2021 5:54 pm

thebigdogma wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 1:39 pm Hope I am wrong, but... 2021 seems to be shaping up to be a year to work on cleaning up that back catalog!

Uuummm...I'm ok with that

Post by **Chtiblue** » Sat May 15, 2021 2:55 pm

Incredible, Days gone is Dx11 AND using Unreal Engine 4 !!!
Totally awesome to play this game in proper 3Dvision thanks to UE4 Universal Fix!

https://www.pcgamesn.com/days-gone/pc-s ... quirements

Post by **Shift-E** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:18 am

So the good news is 3D kicks in and the UE4 universal fix is working.

The bad news is the reflections are broken and some other minor issues. I didn't have time to try any of the alternate fixes or older versions, I wasted too much time trying to get HDR to work in 2D first (could not get it to kick in for some reason) - then had to head to work. It's close though...

Post by **Lysander** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:36 am

great to hear, I'm sure Losti wil help fix the few minor issues

Post by **Chtiblue** » Tue May 18, 2021 7:40 am

Shift-E wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 7:18 am So the good news is 3D kicks in and the UE4 universal fix is working.

The bad news is the reflections are broken and some other minor issues. I didn't have time to try any of the alternate fixes or older versions, I wasted too much time trying to get HDR to work in 2D first (could not get it to kick in for some reason) - then had to head to work. It's close though...

Shadows broken too, alternate fix did nothing, so not playable at all for the moment.
Losti's help is needed

Post by **Chtiblue** » Tue May 18, 2021 9:37 am

According to Losti it's a pretty UE version engine (V4.11.1.0), I checked with DHR UF without success too (black left eye issue) but Losti will look into it

Post by **VegetaSuperSaiyan** » Tue May 18, 2021 8:04 pm

Game was released yesterday, eagerly awaiting fix for this game. In the meantime donating to Losti, DHR, DarkStarSword, DJ-RK and masterotaku for previous fixes which I used and were made by them to enjoy games in 3d.

Post by **Chtiblue** » Wed May 19, 2021 6:14 am

Shift-E wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 7:18 am So the good news is 3D kicks in and the UE4 universal fix is working.

The bad news is the reflections are broken and some other minor issues. I didn't have time to try any of the alternate fixes or older versions, I wasted too much time trying to get HDR to work in 2D first (could not get it to kick in for some reason) - then had to head to work. It's close though...

Losti confirmes it's heavy broken and his UF doesn't work at all with this UE version.
This will not be a simple fix...

Did you manage to get HDR working? I don't

Post by **Shift-E** » Wed May 19, 2021 7:14 am

Chtiblue wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 6:14 am Losti confirmes it's heavy broken and his UF doesn't work at all with this UE version.
This will not be a simple fix...

Did you manage to get HDR working? I don't

I gave up, decided I would rather wait for 3D working and then try to get HDR working - since the UE4 fixes sometimes do not work with HDR. So I didn't want to see how great the game looks with HDR, only to have to turn it off for 3D

But I had to turn on HDR in Windows to have access to the in-game HDR settings, but even a restart could not get my OLED to recognize it. I read that setting Hz to an even 60 in-game fixed it for someone, but have not tried yet. I basically watched 2 minutes of the opening cut scene in all its brokeness, and turned it off.

Hope Losti can work his magic, I'll get a donation ready. Game has software-based screen-space ray traced global illumination, which might explain some of the weird artifacts I was seeing. Hope its fixable, nice to see additional PC tech added to the game - but if not, just lowering the settings removes it...from the Digital Foundry article:

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digi ... t-analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5fz9_w3bGo

The game is based on Epic's Unreal Engine 4 and I was happy to see that Bend Studio had updated the PC version to include a more recent UE4 innovation - software-based screen-space ray traced global illumination - available as an upgrade over the standard ambient occlusion tech deployed on the console versions. Essentially, the appearance of light bouncing around a game scene is emulated in screen-space, delivering a richer presentation with more realistic lighting and better, more realistic shadows. If light hits a red surface, for example, some measure of that 'redness' will illuminate the surroundings where appropriate. If this sounds familiar, The Coalition made a similar upgrade to the Xbox Series and PC versions of Gears 5, again by dipping into more recent UE4 engine updates and adding it to their existing codebase. The old SSAO is still there though for that authentic console look - it's now simply the 'high' setting for the in-game lighting

Post by **Chtiblue** » Wed May 19, 2021 8:27 am

Indeed 60hz enabled HDR, thanks.

That said, I'm know playing all games with HDR OFF because HDR accentuates ghosting, burns my eyes ( I play in a dark room), draws more energy from my TV (x2 vs max eco mod) and contrast & colors are very good on my OLED C6V. My TV is quite always in maximum save eco mode 8)

Post by **Losti** » Wed May 19, 2021 11:33 am

I am out of fixing this game. I can make something right but the effort here is too much for me, i am not interested in this game and a fix will take too many time here. May be another sahder hacker will pick this up but not me. SORRY! This is fare away from the things i am used to ref. UE4 or UE3. Too many issues with ONE EYE or missing depth information for shadow fixes.

Post by **thebigdogma** » Wed May 19, 2021 12:16 pm

I did a little experimenting yesterday... CMU/Mafia 3 profile works well for those who don't mind playing in "fake" 3D.

Post by **Chtiblue** » Wed May 19, 2021 12:22 pm

thebigdogma wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 12:16 pm I did a little experimenting yesterday... CMU/Mafia 3 profile works well for those who don't mind playing in "fake" 3D.

Yep I'm playing with SD3D, looks nice waiting for a proper 3Dvision fix but Losti gave up on this one: "UPDATE: DAYS GONE: I am out of fixing this game. I can make something right but the effort here is too much for me, i am not interested in this game and a fix will take too many time here. May be another sahder hacker will pick this up but not me. SORRY! This is fare away from the things i am used to ref. UE4 or UE3. Too many issues with ONE EYE or missing depth information for shadow fixes."

It's a game DHR would love

Post by **Shift-E** » Wed May 19, 2021 12:47 pm

Bummer, guess I will start playing with Superdepth. If any shaderhacker is interested in taking a look *crosses fingers*, please post so we can stop playing immediately

Post by **Skawen** » Thu May 20, 2021 5:28 am

Sad that this game will not be fixed

Post by **Lysander** » Thu May 20, 2021 6:49 am

On Discord, masterotaku gave some long-term hint of hope.

Post by **Shift-E** » Thu May 20, 2021 7:51 am

Lysander wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 6:49 am On Discord, masterotaku gave some long-term hint of hope.

Ahhh just checked that out. I wonder how many games are in that fixing backlog, sounds extensive. A better man than me would just put the game on ice, but I am too tempted to check it out (and slum it in superdepth). Its a long game, so I will just play slowly here and there. Its the first AAA playstation game that is actually DX11, so its definitely enticing to just wait and see what the future holds...

In a crazy coincidence, I have yet to play a AAA open world game for the first time in 3D (only fake 3D - AC games, cyberpunk, Horizon, RDR2, Wildlands, etc). All fixed ones were my second time playing them (Dying Light, Witcher3, Fallout4, etc). I thought this was gonna be my first time exploring a new world in G3D, but Sony Bend had to throw us a curveball