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alex10madrid

Senior user
#1
The game is maxed out with path tracing and ray reconstruction, 4K DLSS Performance transformer.

The issue is in photomode after the 2.3 update and that is some graphical effects are worse in photomode. Mainly shadows and contact shadows, but also reflections are worse and some lights. It can be seen in the screen comparisons.
The screens are taken with the Steam app, even in photomode.

Has anyone encountered something similar?

https://imgsli.com/NDAyMjY4
https://imgsli.com/NDAyMjY5
https://imgsli.com/NDAyMjcw
 
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alex10madrid

Senior user
#2
I think I figured it out what the problem is, the Photomode doesn't seem to take Ray Reconstruction into account and we know RR helps with those little details and contact shadows.

You can see here beneath the wrench on the right or at the legs of the robot, basically everything on the table how the contact shadows are missing in Photomode.


And I tested this by taking a screen with no Ray Reconstruction and comparing it to Photomode with Ray Reconstruction and they are pretty much the same with very little differences. I mainly look at the shadows and the contact shadows, some changes with the lighting are due to character moving or time of say passing.





At least I have a sort of answer, but I don't know if it's just me, maybe a new install or not would fix.

I know photomode usually modifies the image, but in Cyberpunk it didn't used to modify the image prior to this update, at least not when taking the screens through Windows or Steam.

I have here an old comparison and the images are almost identical, maybe higher resolution the photomode one, but that's it.


It's not a big deal, I just got used to taking screens through photomode as it hides the HUD, it's a chore to deactivate it in the menu for every single screenshot.
Sorry for the rambling, if anyone is having this issue this is what I discovered.
 
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alex10madrid

Senior user
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I'm necroing this thread because I finally figured it out and it's not my PC that's to blame. And for anyone interested or/and has my issue as well.

It's the 2.3 update that screwed up photomode when playing with path tracing and ray reconstruction enabled.

I've made a clean install of CP and reverted to the 2.21 old update on Steam beta and it fixed the issue. Started a new game and these are the results:

This is the latest update, 2.31, gameplay vs photomode, path tracing with ray reconstruction.


And this is immediately taken with the old 2.21 update.


So it's clear that the 2.3 update somehow is removing ray reconstruction when I enable photomode.
It's weird that nobody seems to have this issue or notices it, I tried to ask someone from CD support, but can't seem to be able to contact them.
 
Guthwulf20

Guthwulf20

Rookie
#4
I just reinstalled Cyberpunk (clean install) to start a new run... if I enter photomode now, I have strong flimmering & grain (looks like some dlss, ray reconstruction issue). And I can't figure out what is happening. It happens regardless of settings (low, mod, high etc.), path tracing, ray tracing, dlsss on or off. It happens with or without mods. Playing on a RTX 4080 in 1440p of course with newest driver (film grain, motion blur, depth of field are off). I don't remember having a similar problem in the past (before patch 2.31). Since photomode is a big part of my enjoyment my motivation to play Cyberpunk is kinda gone. In normal gameplay the graphics look completely fine btw. no flimmering or grain. No idea what else to try...
 
devivre

devivre

Moderator
#5
If mods have been used, a clean installation could be necessary:

How do I perform a clean install of the game? — Cyberpunk 2077 | Technical Support — CD PROJEKT RED

Welcome to CD PROJEKT RED Technical Support! Here you will find help regarding our games and services, as well as answers to frequently asked questions.
support.cdprojektred.com support.cdprojektred.com

Simply disabling mods is oft not enough, as certain changes will affect your save games.

Alternatively you could check all of your mods to make sure every mod is updated to the current version of the game.

Other than that, newer gpu drivers can cause issues too (especially since the latest version of the game is older than the latest gpu driver version).

As long as we can‘t fully rule out mods the support team might not be able to do much about the issue. But in general, support can be reached here: https://support.cdprojektred.com/en/cyberpunk/pc/gameplay/issue/1736/i-want-to-report-a-visual-issue (click on contact us to send a ticket)
 

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