JanRalle Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 There is a option for ultra shadow Settings in the existing game effekts/shadow.lua but its only possible to select true manually editing the Options.lua In game in the options Menu its only possible to select Off, flat, low, medium and high. Game version 2.5.4.26825 https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3678992&postcount=15 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac5 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 It is a very well known problem, and ED neither seems to acknowledge it, nor has done something about it... Workaround: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=218208 Mainboard: ASUS Maximus X Hero Intel Z 370 CPU: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.0 GHz Memory: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4-3000 Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB Monitor ASUS PA 329 32" @ 4K 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 256 GB 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 4 TB Windows 10 - 64 V. 2004 CH Pro combatstick, throttle and pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsild Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Ultra option in the menu is missing, if you want better quality, change the shadows value to 5. The menu will then shadows as off, in fact, work on the Ultra. MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4, Kingston 3600 MHz 64 Gb, i5 12600K, Gigabyte RTX 4090, Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus,VKB NXT Premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosqui Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Ultra option in the menu is missing, if you want better quality, change the shadows value to 5. The menu will then shadows as off, in fact, work on the Ultra. But what happen with the fps If you do the se changes ?.you will have less fps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsild Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Negligibly :) MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4, Kingston 3600 MHz 64 Gb, i5 12600K, Gigabyte RTX 4090, Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus,VKB NXT Premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac5 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 But what happen with the fps If you do the se changes ?.you will have less fps Not much difference here... Mainboard: ASUS Maximus X Hero Intel Z 370 CPU: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.0 GHz Memory: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4-3000 Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB Monitor ASUS PA 329 32" @ 4K 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 256 GB 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 4 TB Windows 10 - 64 V. 2004 CH Pro combatstick, throttle and pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanRalle Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Bump [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac5 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Updated the release version today. Still no way to select "ultra" in the settings. Can somebody explain me why there is a setting "ultra" in the shadows.lua configuration file, but it doses not appear in the settings ??? Mainboard: ASUS Maximus X Hero Intel Z 370 CPU: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.0 GHz Memory: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4-3000 Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB Monitor ASUS PA 329 32" @ 4K 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 256 GB 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 4 TB Windows 10 - 64 V. 2004 CH Pro combatstick, throttle and pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac5 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Updated to the latest release version 2.5.5.32533 STILL no way to select "ultra" in the settings. Mainboard: ASUS Maximus X Hero Intel Z 370 CPU: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.0 GHz Memory: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4-3000 Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB Monitor ASUS PA 329 32" @ 4K 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 256 GB 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 4 TB Windows 10 - 64 V. 2004 CH Pro combatstick, throttle and pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targanon Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 OK so I tried the work around today and My game would not even load gets to black screen and that where it stops... Targs, GTX 1080ti, Asus Hero XI, Intel 9900KF @4.2MHz, 32g DDR4@3200Mhz, 4x 1Tb SSD 1x 400g m.2mvme(boot), 28" Samsung 4k, Saitek X-56 Throttle/Warthog Stick and Saitek Pro Flight Pedals. Moduls All of the NATO jets, and all the choppers.. DEDi MP [62AW] The Blackbirds Brisbane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac5 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I wonder if the devs are paying any kind of attention to this issue.... Mainboard: ASUS Maximus X Hero Intel Z 370 CPU: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.0 GHz Memory: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4-3000 Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB Monitor ASUS PA 329 32" @ 4K 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 256 GB 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 4 TB Windows 10 - 64 V. 2004 CH Pro combatstick, throttle and pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimp Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 OK so I tried the work around today and My game would not even load gets to black screen and that where it stops... Maybe you're doing something wrong, because I've been using my modified shadow.lua for a long time now. I have a mixture of medium to ultra setup. i9 9900k @5.1GHz NZXT Kraken |Asus ROG Strix Z390 E-Gaming | Samsung NVMe m.2 970 Evo 1TB | LPX 64GB DDR4 3200MHz EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra | Reverb G1 | HOTAS Warthog | Saitek Flight Pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac5 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Still, after several updates, this issue persists...... Mainboard: ASUS Maximus X Hero Intel Z 370 CPU: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.0 GHz Memory: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4-3000 Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB Monitor ASUS PA 329 32" @ 4K 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 256 GB 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 4 TB Windows 10 - 64 V. 2004 CH Pro combatstick, throttle and pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art-J Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I'd hazard a guess ultra option traces visible in lua file are most likely a leftover from pre-2.2 era. When deferred shading was introduced with its severe performance hit, some GPU heavy options were later removed or disabled, like 8x AA or Ultra Shadows, to get some fps back. So it's not really an "issue" or something to "fix" from tech. point of view, but developer's choice. i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac5 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I'd hazard a guess ultra option traces visible in lua file are most likely a leftover from pre-2.2 era. When deferred shading was introduced with its severe performance hit, some GPU heavy options were later removed or disabled, like 8x AA or Ultra Shadows, to get some fps back. So it's not really an "issue" or something to "fix" from tech. point of view, but developer's choice. Surprising you would write this... Can you explain me why in the shadows.lua of a fresh install the option ultra is still there? Moreover, editing the shadows.lua as described in this forum and as my attachment, does not cause a performance issue whatsoever, but drawa FAR better shadows in the cockpit...... shadows.lua Mainboard: ASUS Maximus X Hero Intel Z 370 CPU: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 4.0 GHz Memory: 32GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4-3000 Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB Monitor ASUS PA 329 32" @ 4K 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 256 GB 1 SSD Samsung 860 PRO 4 TB Windows 10 - 64 V. 2004 CH Pro combatstick, throttle and pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art-J Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Nothing surprising for me about leftover/unused lines in various .luas. There are lots of them, especially in aircraft related files. Makes modding a PITA. About "no performance issue whatsoever" I cannot agree. If you've got that powerful PC good for you then. Not everyone does. I tried your shadowmap size edit and in default P-51 and Spit cold start and takeoff missions and in both cases I lost between 6 and 12 fps in cockpit compared to "high". The biggest drops always when looking forward, where we spend most of our flight time and that's "only" at 1440p. Given the fact that I try to stay above 60 fps in every scenario and that edit caused dips below, I don't consider it acceptable and I'm not surprised 8192 is not available as one of stock value anymore. Look, guys have been manually editing/modding various luas to extract more rendering distance and textures quality from this old gfx engine if their PC can handle it and that's OK, I use some of Mustang's tweaked files as well, but don't treat highest values as something you're entitled to have as a standard in-game option. Devs removed them for a reason. I suspect, however, they will be brought back though, just like in case of highest AA and AF settings. i7 9700K @ stock speed, single GTX1070, 32 gigs of RAM, TH Warthog, MFG Crosswind, Win10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz1004 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Nothing surprising for me about leftover/unused lines in various .luas. There are lots of them, especially in aircraft related files. Makes modding a PITA. Exactly. Obsolete codes are like left over mines. Figuring out which codes actually does anything takes biggest time. And I'd estimate over 25% of the codes are obsolete. Better Smoke - Better Trees Caucasus - Better Trees Syria - Better Trees Mariana - Clear Canopy Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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