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Digital Foundry: Final Fantasy 15: PS4 Pro Gameplay - First Look/Tech Analysis
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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Always-honest
Banned
Thank you for your "concern". We'll be fine.
But i agree it's good to be critical. And most of us will be in a reasonable way.
WHOAguitarninja
Member
I have thought recently about this a bit. It should in theory be possible to code up a script that takes an HDR image and outputs two images, one in which the lower brightness values are mapped to the typical gamma curve for standard dynamic range, and another image where the upper values are mapped down to the typical gamma curve for SDR. This would be able to give some hints as to the range of contrast and increased detail capture due to the greater bit depth. I've thought about doing this myself in MATLAB, but I simply don't have time to do the research to do it properly right now. Maybe once classes end in a few weeks I can take a stab at this.
I also don't know where to get HDR images, and I know this is probably especially tricky for console games due to lacking the capture hardware.
You could approximate this at the moment by using two cameras capturing the same footage with different exposure levels. This would be pretty hard to get 'right' but should give a better idea of the effect than a single camera can.
stargateheaven
Member
if the final version is currently at 40-50fps at least we'll at least get a rock solid 30fps for release on the pro. if not 60 if they make it (dont believe they will)
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Am I the only one basically not noticing any difference between the Pro vs. "lightweight" footage? Honestly there were parts where I thought the lightweight footage looked slightly better lol.
phoisgood495
Member
Most of the differences between the lightweight and high quality version are in terrain details. The things I noticed most while playing the Judgement demo were increased vegetation, better detail on the far away mountains (still not great, but they were more defined), improved AF on ground textures, better AA on things like power lines, and a lot less sheen on metallic surfaces and the hair.
That's assuming there's a locked 30fps mode. We may end up getting a HQ mode that looks nice but drops below 30fps + a LQ mode that runs unlocked 40-50fps.
Primethius
Banned
We already had DF test both I believe. The HQ mode holds 30 FPS fairly well but has frame pacing issues.
While playing I only notice the better LOD on some distant mountains and AF on terrain.
dr guildo
Member
Lighting too...
molnizzle
Member
Rise of the Tomb Raider. None of the different modes deliver even frame pacing. Only way to get smooth 1080p30 is on a base PS4.
nowheretorun
Member
Captain.Arabia
Member
GIF
ThatsMytrunks
Member
So in order to play the game at a steady 1080/30 I'll need a pro, it looks like. I think I'll wait until next year to play this one.
hokagespit
Member
i thought the ps4 ran steady 30fps with even more minor frame pacing than pro and at 1080..?
Fredrik
Member
Sadly it highlight frame-pacing issues too... Check the dark blue spikes in the graph which aren't there on the light blue graph.I don't know if a screenshot shows it well or not, but this part in the video really showed the difference the higher resolution can make to me. The mountains in the distance are so blurry on the lightweight (base PS4) mode. The detail stays so crisp in HQ mode.
