Sn8ke Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Not sure what us wrong, shadows, specifically in-cockpit shadows, are not being antialiased along with other textures. Very jaggie, worse than 8-bit Nintendo graphics. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a known issue with a fix or no fix yet? This goes for 2.2 as well..... Asus ROG Maximus X Apex//Core I7 8700K @ 5.3Ghz //32GB DDR4 RAM//Asus 3090 RTX//4K monitor w/ TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lixma 06 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I don't think AA will affect the shadows because they are just textures. For whatever reason the highest shadow setting is currently a lot less sharp than it used to be. See this video from three years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn8ke Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 I don't think AA will affect the shadows because they are just textures. For whatever reason the highest shadow setting is currently a lot less sharp than it used to be. See this video from three years ago... Exactly. Less than a year ago, I had sharp smooth, amazing looking shadows. Now they are absolutely horrible looking. Asus ROG Maximus X Apex//Core I7 8700K @ 5.3Ghz //32GB DDR4 RAM//Asus 3090 RTX//4K monitor w/ TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn8ke Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 Shadows are jagged and blocked. Do not appear natural by any means, both internal and external. I’ve previously had amazing shadow quality, is this something I could fix in Nvidia Control Panel? I haven’t seen anyone from ED comment on the shadow issue posts so I’m assuming it’s an issue outside of the program, I.e. card settings, CP settings, etc. Asus ROG Maximus X Apex//Core I7 8700K @ 5.3Ghz //32GB DDR4 RAM//Asus 3090 RTX//4K monitor w/ TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lixma 06 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 ...is this something I could fix in Nvidia Control Panel? It's down to ED. There used to be an Ultra setting for shadows but it was removed for....reasons. I'm sure it will be back once the 2.5 crunch has relaxed a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorgeNate Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Almost 2019 and still no fix. What's the word ED?:noexpression: System Specs: Virpil WarBRD Base, Virpil Mongoose T-50CM stick w/Virpil desk mount, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS w/Virpil desk mount, MFG Crosswind RP, TrackIR 5, Stream Deck 32, Windows 11 Home 64-bit, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, 32GB DDR4 3600, Asus X570 TUF Gaming Pro WiFi MoBo, XFX RX 6800 XT Merc 319, 2x Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD, 1TB Toshiba HDD 7200rpm, 2TB WD Blue HDD 5400rpm, 1TB WD Black 750 NVMe M.2 SSD, No Optical drive, Onboard Audio + Avid Eleven Rack Audio Interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DflippinK Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 you can adjust the shadow res by editing the shadows.lua file. set to whatever res you want on any of the preset settings and when you select that setting in game, it will display the res you set it to... I adjusted the High setting to 8192. looks good. Ryzen R7 1800x|EVGA FTW3 1080Ti|32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum@2666mhz|Samsung 750 EVO|LG 4k 50" Main Display|ASUS PB278Q Reference Display| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 you can adjust the shadow res by editing the shadows.lua file. set to whatever res you want on any of the preset settings and when you select that setting in game, it will display the res you set it to... I adjusted the High setting to 8192. looks good. [ATTACH]200132[/ATTACH] This is great but I only wished this passed server IC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DflippinK Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 This is great but I only wished this passed server IC. well... im sure there is a way to do that.... i just dont know what it is... perhaps ED at some point will become utterly disgusted with cockpit shadows and fix it for everyone.. integrity checks included... till then... we can merely observe their prioritization of important updates and challenging breakthroughs... with a bit of hideous vomit inducing shadowing around the edges. Ryzen R7 1800x|EVGA FTW3 1080Ti|32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum@2666mhz|Samsung 750 EVO|LG 4k 50" Main Display|ASUS PB278Q Reference Display| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I think this should be added formally as an additional setting in DCS options, like an extreme setting for machines that can handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsild Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 There is a compromise that passes through the IC: http://forums.eagle.ru:8080/showthread.php?t=218208&page=2 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...
Mustang Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 There is a compromise that passes through the IC: http://forums.eagle.ru:8080/showthread.php?t=218208&page=2 But this is only for the 4096 option which doesn't look that much better than 3072, would be much better if that was 8192 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petsild Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Yes 8192 looks better, perhaps it would help to vote for an increase in the basic values of the shadows? 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...
DflippinK Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I think this should be added formally as an additional setting in DCS options, like an extreme setting for machines that can handle it. it really doesn't add much load... about 3-6% on the GPU... really should be integrated.. Ryzen R7 1800x|EVGA FTW3 1080Ti|32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum@2666mhz|Samsung 750 EVO|LG 4k 50" Main Display|ASUS PB278Q Reference Display| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coach Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Please ED, a reaction on this issue would be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precog Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 it really doesn't add much load... about 3-6% on the GPU... really should be integrated.. What about the CPU? Check out my 'real world' video series [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DflippinK Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 What about the CPU? no effect. Ryzen R7 1800x|EVGA FTW3 1080Ti|32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum@2666mhz|Samsung 750 EVO|LG 4k 50" Main Display|ASUS PB278Q Reference Display| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birko Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 I've recently got my computer to a point where it can handle shadows in DCS, but the lines are really jagged and off putting even on high. I remember they used to be much better, thanks for the temporary fix though! Hope for an official one soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac5 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I think this should be added formally as an additional setting in DCS options, like an extreme setting for machines that can handle it. Indeed! :thumbup: 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...
hazzer Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Why has this not being fixed yet? RTX 2080ti, I7 9700k, 32gb ram, SSD, Samsung Odyssey VR, MSFFB2, T-50 Throttle, Thrustmaster Rudder Pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lixma 06 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I have a sneaking suspicion that all these seemingly minor yet long-standing graphics issues (shadows, lighting etc) will be taken care of once Vulkan rolls out; and so ED might not be inclined to spend time on a fix that may only be temporary. 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...
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