Luma HDR
Luma adds HDR output to Hollow Knight: Silk Song, improves SDR visuals, fixes excessive color banding issues in the game, and resolves some issues with ultrawidescreen support.
About this mod Machine translation
Luma adds HDR output to Hollow Knight: Silk Song, improves SDR visuals, fixes excessive color banding issues in the game, and resolves some issues with ultrawidescreen support.
Hollow Knight Silksong - Luma HDR - Ultrawide - Banding Fix
🎮 **Professional image quality enhancement module** - brings a new visual experience to "Hollow Knight: Silk Song"!
✨ Core Functions
🌟 **Native 16-bit HDR rendering**
- Added native 16-bit HDR grading/tone mapping
- Perfectly retain the original art style
- Supports highly customizable options (HDR paper white, HDR peak white, HDR highlight, UI brightness, etc.)
🎨 **SDR image quality improvement**
- Improved SDR tone mapping mode (optional)
- Fixed severe cropping issues caused by no tone mapping in the original game
- Added SDR to HDR conversion step for movies and some menus
🔧 **Technical fix**
- **Fixed 8-bit quantization issue** and character lighting ribbons
- Fixed the staircase effect visible at the edges of character lighting
- Added character lighting fine-tuning controls (brightness, radius and falloff)
🖥️ **Ultra-widescreen optimization**
- Fixed the problem of too dark vignette in ultra-wide screen
- Allows disabling vignette and other effects
📸 Visual comparison
Want to see the results with your own eyes?
- SDR vs HDR picture comparison:
- HDR vs SDR gaming videos:
🛠️ Installation Guide
- **Install "ReShade 6.5.1 complete plug-in support version"**
- **Select Hollow Knight Silksong executable file** (hollow knight silksong.exe)
- **Select Microsoft DirectX 10/11/12**
- **Skip other settings**, uncheck all options
- **Copy the files in "Luma-Unity_Engine" to the game directory**
- **Launch the game and press the "Home" button**
- **Configure your HDR settings**
- **Start enjoying! ** 🎉
📺 Video installation tutorial:
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💡 **Warm Tips**: The latest version of ReShade and its plug-in support are required!
The latest version is always available from the following link:
Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
- There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
- Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
- Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.
Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.