NVIDIA-RTX / NVIDIA-RTX/Streamline

NIS Sharpening is broken on DirectX 11

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Description

Since updating Streamline to the latest version, the NIS plugin does not work correctly. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

No errors will be reported by NIS. slEvaluateFeature will return sl::Result::eOk but no sharpening is applied.

Calling

		sl::NISOptions nisOptions{};
		nisOptions.mode = sl::NISMode::eSharpen;
		nisOptions.hdrMode = sl::NISHDR::eNone;
		nisOptions.sharpness = a_sharpness;

		if (SL_FAILED(result, slNISSetOptions(viewport, nisOptions))) {
			logger::critical("[Streamline] Could not set NIS options");
		}

Returns no errors either.

Probably unrelated to this bug report but the latest Streamline might have major performance issues as well, based on reports from many users of reduced performance since updating.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the DirectX 11 behavior around slEvaluateFeature and slNISSetOptions with the shown NIS options, then trace the Streamline NIS path used by DirectX 11. Compare successful and unsuccessful runs, including the reported eOk results. Done means sharpening is applied consistently without errors in the affected path.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
computer-graphics
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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