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PS4 Pro is getting a patch.

Johnathan Blow says 4K mode will render at 1440p 60fps. Also a 1080p 60fps mode with 4x MSAA anti-aliasing. There will be an increase in streaming distance and possibly more. The standard version will be getting a HDR update.

We’re doing a PS4 Pro patch! Here are the technical details.
Now that the PlayStation 4 Pro has been announced, we can tell you that we are working on a PS4 Pro patch for The Witness.

The Witness already runs at a consistent 60fps on the base PlayStation 4, so rather than increasing frame rate, our patch is about visual quality. Please don’t take the specifics mentioned here as absolute promises; things might change by release. But here’s what we are aiming for:

When you start up the game on a PS4 Pro, it will go into one of two modes, depending on the current display device:

* When using PS4 Pro with a 4k display, we will render at 1440p or possibly higher, all while keeping a consistent 60 frames per second. This image will then be upscaled to 4k, and we will draw text, menus, and other UI at native 4k resolution. (This is similar to what happens on the base PS4, where we render the 3D scene at 900p, then upscale to 1080p and draw UI at 1080p). We might be able to achieve resolutions higher than 1440p based on various engineering tradeoffs (for example, if we boost the resolution of the main scene to a greater degree than we boost the resolution of the reflections in water, which tend to be distorted anyway. Also, we’ll evaluate checkerboard rendering — we’re not sure if it’s the right way to go for this game, but we’ll see.) We’ll post again when we finalize these specs.

* When using PS4 Pro with a display that is 1080p or lower, we will render the scene at 1080p (instead of the old 900p), and increase antialiasing quality from 2x to 4x MSAA, again while keeping a solid 60 frames per second. We are exploring additional visual quality increases, like increased streaming distance for high-resolution meshes, or decreasing the noticeability of the fade-in between faraway LODs and high-res close-up meshes. Again, we’ll post details when this is finalized!
We’re also working on HDR support. Here in the office we just got a new LG B6P television, which is very bright and has low black levels, providing a lot of dynamic range, and it’s been fun so far tweaking the look of the game on HDR displays like this.

We thought we were working on HDR support only for the PS4 Pro, but yesterday Sony announced that they will be enabling HDR support on all PS4s via a firmware update. Sometimes Sony even surprises developers! (Back when the PS4 was originally announced, we were surprised by some of the final specs too … and I was on stage in that show!)

We think it’s great that Sony are doing this. We don’t know the technical details of how it will work, yet, but provided that nothing prevents us, the Witness patch will use HDR on all PS4s when available. (You will, of course, need an HDR TV or monitor for HDR mode to kick in!)

If all goes well, this patch will be downloadable on November 10 when the PlayStation 4 Pro is released.

We’ll keep you posted as we continue work on this patch!

http://the-witness.net/news/2016/09/were-doing-a-ps4-pro-patch-here-are-the-technical-details/

Venom wrote:
Johnathan Blow wrote:...Sometimes Sony even surprises developers! (Back when the PS4 was originally announced, we were surprised by some of the final specs too … and I was on stage in that show!)...

That's intriguing... I wonder if the final specs were higher or lower than the developers expected?

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jawafour wrote:
Venom wrote:
Johnathan Blow wrote:...Sometimes Sony even surprises developers! (Back when the PS4 was originally announced, we were surprised by some of the final specs too … and I was on stage in that show!)...

That's intriguing... I wonder if the final specs were higher or lower than the developers expected?

I found that line interesting too, but didn't know if it was relevant in this thread! What is public knowledge is that at the PlayStation Meeting Sony surprised developers by revealing the PS4 had double the amount of RAM. 8GB not 4GB as was in the dev kits.

Venom wrote:...didn't know if it was relevant in this thread!...

True, dude - I've moved this PS4-specific chat to the *LEGENDARY* PS4 CHAT thread :toot:

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The Witness is currently 33% off at the moment on Steam so if you were interested in the game on PC, but thought it was just a bit overpriced (it's not

), then this is pretty good time to get it.

Been playing this to death with the Mrs for at least a month now. Absolutely love it. We've 'finished' the main game and are going round trying to find the environmental hidden things at the moment, so we'll hidden that we may never do it.

It took me a while to find this thread and I have to bring this up as I bought it last night. I also know a few of you have bought this as well.

Anyway, I've done 58 panels solved and it's great so far! The Pro patch looks incredible as well. :wub:

I've just picked this up in the sale. It's a bit bewildering and after roaming the island unsure what order to tackle the areas. Looks lush though, a bit like Firewatch.

So envious of you all just starting out. So many HOLY gooseberry fool YOU SNEAKY BASTARDS moments to come.

Ad7 wrote:So envious of you all just starting out. So many HOLY gooseberry fool YOU SNEAKY BASTARDS moments to come.

It did happen to me already.

The one where you have to work it out with the rocks behind the puzzle screen!

Amazing isn't it when you work it out :wub:

And that's nothing compared to so,easy of the later stuff.

I solved a tricky looking panel first time last night - I was so surprised that I thought I'd better be sure I was right in my thinking, so redid it.

But got it wrong. I can't work out how I solved it now - I wish I'd written it down. :fp:

Jerusalime wrote:I solved a tricky looking panel first time last night - I was so surprised that I thought I'd better be sure I was right in my thinking, so redid it.

But got it wrong. I can't work out how I solved it now - I wish I'd written it down.

The video record function is your friend in that situation, save the last 15 min footage, watch it back and see what it was.

Advent7 wrote:Amazing isn't it when you work it out

And that's nothing compared to so,easy of the later stuff.

Yeah it was. Quite looking forward to play some more puzzles later.

Advent7 wrote:
Jerusalime wrote:I solved a tricky looking panel first time last night - I was so surprised that I thought I'd better be sure I was right in my thinking, so redid it.

But got it wrong. I can't work out how I solved it now - I wish I'd written it down.

The video record function is your friend in that situation, save the last 15 min footage, watch it back and see what it was.

Video record? What is this?

In the meantime, I just discovered another whole area of panels. Holy gooseberry fool! And there is no way I want to discuss - everyone needs to discover everything themselves.

The share button, save your game play and rewind to the bit before you ruined the solved puzzle.

Just unlocked the Symmetry Trophy. :datass:

This is brilliant. Thanks to Advent7!

So many moments where you feel completely stumped/stupid, followed by 'I am a genius', followed by 'the designer is a genius'.

102 panels completed so far.

Just BORbles wrote:Just unlocked the Symmetry Trophy.

This is brilliant. Thanks to Advent7!

Just unlocked this too - forgot to go to that part of the island :fp:

Advent7

I haven't played anything else since getting this. The way you can go back to somewhere you've been before and see something you never saw previously is so damn clever.

Does anyone else look out for the circle/line motif in the real world when out and about..? :oops:

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