Notso Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 in the latest version of DCS Stable - there are two new things (new to me) in the DCS VR setting window. Bloom effect and MSAA Mask Size. What do these do and what are good settings with a Reverb and my specs below? It defaulted to Bloom checked and MSAA mask size .42 System HW: i9-9900K @5ghz, MSI 11GB RTX-2080-Ti Trio, G-Skill 32GB RAM, Reverb HMD, Steam VR, TM Warthog Hotas Stick & Throttle, TM F/A-18 Stick grip add-on, TM TFRP pedals. SW: 2.5.6 OB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed-of-heat Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 MSAA mask size is meant to improve performance by only applying the aa to a portion of the visible screen a circle based from the center of the screen. It both works and doesn’t, it does mask the AA however it seems to do it after the render and makes no positive impact in performance. I think bloom is meant to turn on or off light bloom effects, e.g. the glare around strong light sources, I have it turned off... not sure it has any perf impact... SYSTEM SPECS: Hardware Intel Corei7-12700KF @ 5.1/5.3p & 3.8e GHz, 64Gb RAM, 4090 FE, Dell S2716DG, Virpil T50CM3 Throttle, WinWIng Orion 2 & F-16EX + MFG Crosswinds V2, Varjo Aero SOFTWARE: Microsoft Windows 11, VoiceAttack & VAICOM PRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notso Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 MSAA mask size is meant to improve performance by only applying the aa to a portion of the visible screen a circle based from the center of the screen. It both works and doesn’t, it does mask the AA however it seems to do it after the render and makes no positive impact in performance. I think bloom is meant to turn on or off light bloom effects, e.g. the glare around strong light sources, I have it turned off... not sure it has any perf impact... Ok, that sort of makes sense. What settings are you running the Mask size on? is 1.0 the same as having the AA on 100% of the eyepiece? System HW: i9-9900K @5ghz, MSI 11GB RTX-2080-Ti Trio, G-Skill 32GB RAM, Reverb HMD, Steam VR, TM Warthog Hotas Stick & Throttle, TM F/A-18 Stick grip add-on, TM TFRP pedals. SW: 2.5.6 OB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Yes, that is correct. But, as Stuart said, it’s just not working at the moment in helping performance, so don’t bother trying until it’s fixed. Intel i7 12700K · MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 4090 · ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-A Wi-Fi · MSI 32" MPG321UR QD · Samsung 970 500Gb M.2 NVMe · 2 x Samsung 850 Evo 1Tb · 2Tb HDD · 32Gb Corsair Vengance 3000MHz DDR4 · Windows 11 · Thrustmaster TPR Pedals · Tobii Eye Tracker 5 · Thrustmaster F/A-18 Hornet Grip · Virpil MongoosT-50CM3 Base · Virpil Throttle MT-50 CM3 · Virpil Alpha Prime Grip · Virpil Control Panel 2 · Thrustmaster F-16 MFDs · HTC Vive Pro 2 · Total Controls Multifunction Button Box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Yes, that is correct. But, as Stuart said, it’s just not working at the moment in helping performance, so don’t bother trying until it’s fixed. Yes this... Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealPhoenix Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Tried both without any noticeable effect. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Phoenix F-16C i7-8700K, Z370, 32GB DDR4-2400MHz, GTX 1080, FSSB R3L, TM Warthog HOTAS, MFD's, Windows 10 Pro, Oculus Rift S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aarnoman Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 No, they have not. The AA pass still occurs before the mask pass, meaning no imrovement in framerate regardless of mask setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PicklePicklePickle Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I haven't played with the MSAA mask size, however I have found the Bloom effect setting useful. If you try flying a night time cold start, the bloom effect makes the super bright cursor in the dark cockpit have a 'halo' around it, which is pretty annoying and makes it hard to see the dark controls. Turning off the bloom effect really helps in dark cockpits, at least for me. [Maximus XIII Hero] [i9-11900K (5.5Ghz)] [RTX3090] [128GB G.Skill @3800Mhz] [Samsung 980Pro] [Index/G2/8K+/8KX/VP2] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoirtel Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 If the MSAA mask has no performance impact, then is it best to set it at maximum rather than default 0.42? Otherwise we are just losing AA for no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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