Importance of Shadows

JG52Uther · #1 10-14-2011, 03:00 PM

If you turn off the shadows you might as well be playing il2 46 IMO.

Flanker35M · #2 10-14-2011, 03:02 PM

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Well, rather no shadows and a solid performance than hair ripping stuttering and low FPS with them on

Well, the sound bug was not there though even I had trees at Low

Kankkis · #3 10-14-2011, 03:05 PM

What this sim need is new graphics engine

Vengeanze · #4 10-14-2011, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by JG52Uther

If you turn off the shadows you might as well be playing il2 46 IMO.

Agree. No minimum quality reqs with women but won't play clod without shadows.

EZ1 · #5 10-14-2011, 03:49 PM

Ah yes, I agree to the point about aircraft shadows on the ground. They are present in IL-2 Classic and I have used them to detect the position of enemy aircraft.

CWMV · #6 10-14-2011, 03:51 PM

It's all about your hardware.
I've got everything on and on high, even original textures and I average better than 50fps.

EZ1 · #7 10-14-2011, 03:53 PM

And your hardware specs are.......

SEE · #8 10-14-2011, 04:35 PM

The shadows are great but unfortunately I too have them disabled most of the time for performance reasons. SP I can enable them but Clouds, which I have no control over in MP, also cause performance issues. CloD runs well enough on my PC that I don't feel the need to upgrade my hardware for the sake of having shadows enabled.

Flanker35M · #9 10-14-2011, 05:40 PM

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Clouds are another FPS hog, unfortunately. But positively thinking the future patches should cure this as Luthier stated they are working on the GFX engine. At the moment CoD has it's moments where you can see a glimpse of what could be, but it is fast thrashed by the FPS killers..unfortunately.

NedLynch · #10 10-15-2011, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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Clouds are another FPS hog, unfortunately. But positively thinking the future patches should cure this as Luthier stated they are working on the GFX engine. At the moment CoD has it's moments where you can see a glimpse of what could be, but it is fast thrashed by the FPS killers..unfortunately.

I have to say shadows for me are not a hughe fps killer, for me it's clouds, but they are not final yet.
Shadows give a great sense of immersion and make the scenery look a lot more life like, clouds I want on as well, not so much for the eye candy but it's a realism option for a reason.
Without clouds with medium to high settings, textures original, I rarely drop below 50 fps, clouds on (heavy clouding, I think the highest setting is medium clouds) and I am at 30, 35 fps with drops into the 20s when following a bomber formation through the clouds.