tapi Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) The effect of the reflection of the trees, terrain and objects in the water looks good from close distances but from the longer distances, it causes very annoying shimmering. I tried to change MSAA from 2x to 4x but with only very subtle improvement. The negative impact of the effect is IMHO worse than the benefit. Personally, I would very welcome the possibility to switch the effect ON/OFF in the settings. Edited February 16, 2020 by tapi Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for breakfast! (Ken Gatward before his solo Beaufighter mission 1943)See vid here HW: i7-12700K, 32 GB RAM, MB PRO Z690-A DDR4 , GTX 3080, LCD UltraWQHD (3440x1440) G-SYNC 120Hz,Tobii Eye Tracker 5, VKB Gunfighter III (KG12 WWII), MFG Crosswind, AuthentiKit Throttle & Trims, Windows 11 64-bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealDCSpilot Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I just found out how to do this. I thought this was controlled by the new SSLR option, but instead it's controlled by the water quality setting. Try medium and the reflections are gone. i9 13900K @5.5GHz, Z790 Gigabyte Aorus Master, RTX4090 Waterforce, 64 GB DDR5 @5600, Pico 4, HOTAS & Rudder: all Virpil with Rhino FFB base made by VPforce, DCS: all modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tapi Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Well, I tried to set Water to Medium. Reflections are mostly gone but: 1. Water is not as nice as was on high 2. There are artifacts and stright boundaries on the water surface 3. Some reflection on weird places remains See attachments That is why I would prefer the choice to turn off reflections on water set to high. Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for breakfast! (Ken Gatward before his solo Beaufighter mission 1943)See vid here HW: i7-12700K, 32 GB RAM, MB PRO Z690-A DDR4 , GTX 3080, LCD UltraWQHD (3440x1440) G-SYNC 120Hz,Tobii Eye Tracker 5, VKB Gunfighter III (KG12 WWII), MFG Crosswind, AuthentiKit Throttle & Trims, Windows 11 64-bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted February 16, 2020 ED Team Share Posted February 16, 2020 thanks we are investigating Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hinkey Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) Don't know if "Sea Flicker ( sometimes ) - Fixed" in the 2.5.6.43872 patch (2/20/20) was to address this, but lots of issues remain with "Water-High" reflections. The halo in reflections around objects like the canopy bow remains (even the screen edge has its own fringe). From a low angle the reflection near the shore line looks pixelated and has a sort of moire effect with small head movements. Reflections can look blocky and unnatural from a medium distance. Sun reflections still look great and don't exhibit any of these issues. The sim overall is looking very good but these artifacts are distracting (yes I'm aware of "Water-Medium", but that has it's own issues as addressed in previous posts). An option to disable reflections would be great. Edited February 21, 2020 by Hinkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted February 21, 2020 ED Team Share Posted February 21, 2020 Don't know if "Sea Flicker ( sometimes ) - Fixed" in the 2.5.6.43872 patch (2/20/20) was to address this, but lots of issues remain with "Water-High" reflections. The halo in reflections around objects like the canopy bow remains (even the screen edge has its own fringe). From a low angle the reflection near the shore line looks pixelated and has a sort of moire effect with small head movements. Reflections can look blocky and unnatural from a medium distance. Sun reflections still look great and don't exhibit any of these issues. The sim overall is looking very good but these artifacts are distracting (yes I'm aware of "Water-Medium", but that has it's own issues as addressed in previous posts). An option to disable reflections would be great. this is a different issue but reported Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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