Code Vein 2 - HDR Mod

[marat569]

Code Vein 2 RenoDX HDR Mod

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Instructions:
We need to setup a few ini cvars in order for the mod to work.

1. Go to %localappdata%\CodeVein2\Saved\Config\Windows\

2. Create a new text file, and name it Engine.ini

3. Open the file, and paste the below code into it:

[SystemSettings]
r.AllowHDR=1
r.HDR.EnableHDROutput=1
r.HDR.Display.OutputDevice=3
r.HDR.Display.ColorGamut=2
r.HDR.UI.CompositeMode=1

[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings]
r.LUT.UpdateEveryFrame=1

4. Save the file and close it

5. Right click Engine.ini, click properties, check "Read-Only", and then "Apply" -> This is the most important step <-

Example of a properly setup Engine.ini:

Now that we're done with setup, we can download and install the mod!

1. Download and install Reshade with Addon support : Download Here

2. Download the RenoDX mod Download Mod

3. Place renodx-codevein2.addon64 in \steamapps\common\CodeVein2\CodeVein2\Binaries\Win64
   -> the folder with CodeVein2-Win64-Shipping.exe . I only own the game on steam, so I cant speak for other platforms

4. Enjoy the game!

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Notes:

• On some platforms if you have reshade effects installed the game can randomly crash. If you're running into this issue, open reshade.ini and delete two lines. One that starts with EffectSearchPaths , another that starts with TextureSearchPaths

• If a later area does not work, please contact me on the RenoDX Discord, Maratx ; I'll get to fixing it asap!

• Check out Ultra+ for Code Vein 2

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Screenshots

[13xforever]

Code Vein II works with the generic UE addon if you upgrade R10G10B10A2_UNORM to output size, without extra ini tweaks. Why the custom build?

[EDIT] Going by the commit history, it tries to fix some UI bugs (that sound like a driver issue, because I haven't seen anything weird in any menus), and applies custom LUT.

[marat569]

Code Vein II works with the generic UE addon if you upgrade R10G10B10A2_UNORM to output size, without extra ini tweaks. Why the custom build?

[EDIT] Going by the commit history, it tries to fix some UI bugs (that sound like a driver issue, because I haven't seen anything weird in any menus), and applies custom LUT.

UE generic isn't gonna look as good as it's designed to be super easy to contribute to, thus its code is super simple doesn't have the benefits of actually replacing the tonemapper outright. If an unreal engine game has its own mod, its usually the better option. Unreal Generic is still great for what it is, and use what you like. Also this mod is going to run 10x better, since its only replacing shaders, vs. upgrading the entire engine's pipeline from SDR -> HDR -- especially when this game already runs like ass

As for the text its not a driver issue.

If I was to break it down, what we're doing is a "Native HDR Fix" mod. The ini edits basically have the game run in native hdr, and then the mod replaces all the shaders/tonemapper with our own.

Some SDR effects, like the transparency on the font don't play well in HDR; because they expect an SDR input; so I gotta get them scuffed fixs out

The reason the text isnt gliched on UE-Generic is because UE generic works off the "SDR Pipeline" for lack of better words.