Tip to improve and accentuate lighting/graphics

[Calvenn]

As you may have noticed, the lighting and thus graphics appear dull to a certain degree, particularly in 5v5 Play Now and at default settings. In order to better address this issue, within the accessibility tab in the settings menu, change brightness = Highest and Contrast = High. Also modify your TV brightness and contrast settings after the aforementioned recommendation has been applied. In my case I had to lower the TV settings since they were initially adjusted to compensate for the dullness.

I do expect or hope that the full game will have this matter corrected. Do post your results for the benefit of the community.

[Cavs2016]

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Oh wow didn’t see that. Love the improvemetn

[cthurt]

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I wish 2k had these same options but i appreciate that Live has it.

[scourge]

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I'm stunned by how much worse this looks than 18. I've been playing a quarter of 19 and then switching to a quarter of 18, then back and forth and so on. 18 looks so much more detailed. The lighting is the biggest thing I think. In 18 the details on the uniforms and just the lighting on the player's skin is so much better. I can barely see sweat effects in 19. Everything is washed out, which is a shame because 18 was a good looking game.

I tried your suggestions and they helped a lot, but I still can't get it to look as good as 18. Hope they get this sorted out.

[Calvenn]

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I'm stunned by how much worse this looks than 18. I've been playing a quarter of 19 and then switching to a quarter of 18, then back and forth and so on. 18 looks so much more detailed. The lighting is the biggest thing I think. In 18 the details on the uniforms and just the lighting on the player's skin is so much better. I can barely see sweat effects in 19. Everything is washed out, which is a shame because 18 was a good looking game.

I tried your suggestions and they helped a lot, but I still can't get it to look as good as 18. Hope they get this sorted out.

Agreed! The lack of proper lighting and sharpness does not do justice to the graphics and player models outside the street mode of the game. I remind myself that this is a demo so I am truly hoping and expecting to see a more polished product with the retail version to be honest!

[The 24th Letter]

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Looks like the devs set the demos default to high..

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[Gotmadskillzson]

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Madden 19 looks dull too. So I think it is the art direction EA Sports is going with in their 19 sports titles. Pretty sure the retail version going to look the same going off of Madden 19 looked dull in the beta and still looks dull in the retail version.

[Calvenn]

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Madden 19 looks dull too. So I think it is the art direction EA Sports is going with in their 19 sports titles. Pretty sure the retail version going to look the same going off of Madden 19 looked dull in the beta and still looks dull in the retail version.

Makes me wonder if there are any game performance considerations we should also be cognizant about and if part of the equation for the devs/art team going this route. I will say that I went through several TV and Ps4 picture setting adjustment last year in order to land at a more playable framerate for Live18. Not the case with Live 19 at default settings even when those (TV & Ps4) settings were increased initially (sharpness, brightness, contrast, etc) in an attempt to improve picture quality. It did impact the framerate once I adjusted the in-game accessibility settings however. Hence also why it was necessary to reduce the external picture settings.

[Calvenn]

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Giving rise to this thread as some have requested and for others to see that need this info.

[TheMostEerned]

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This issue is the only thing holding this game back visually. Players look great up close, but then turn into clay mation figures in 5 on 5. I hope they fix this with a patch.

I have increased contrast all the way to highest, and put brightness at high. Contrast and darkness makes it look real

[rupe]

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Wow, this does make a huge difference. Thanks for the info. Really brightens the players and makes them pop.

[Calvenn]

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Wow, this does make a huge difference. Thanks for the info. Really brightens the players and makes them pop.

Very nice! It does make you wonder why they opted to go this route in terms of lighting, etc. Only thing I can think of is performance. However, like you the players pop with this setting on my screen.

[Daddy123]

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things also get blurry if you zoom in too close, if you fully zoom into a players face it will be blurry

[Calvenn]

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things also get blurry if you zoom in too close, if you fully zoom into a players face it will be blurry

Here's a tip I learned from past Live games to avoid the blurry image. When in replay mode, make sure to place the cursor (round shape) right in front of the players feet, then zoom in. The image of the players face will now remain sharp and un-destorted.

[superlion2003]

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Yeah I hope they fix this in a patch.. when you mention this to people they just turn a left eye.. been saying since release the 5 on 5 nba gameplay looks washed out compared to the other modes