Strange video settings problem

[brando]

Originally Posted by rakinroll

I have Ati X 1950 Pro VGA but not sure about settings. Could anyone pls help me about what settings are in that picture? Im using all other settings full and tried those ones to sign but not sure how works in il2... any idea or advice for my video card settings pls? It would be great if u guys write conf.ini settings too pls. Tx

Switch Off Alternate pixel centres and Force 24 bit .....

Under the tab 3D: Reduce Catalyst AI to Standard. Set V-sync to On, unless....., Disable Temporal AA.

Note that you should be using the Catalyst 7.11 drivers for the x1950 - any later ones will slow down performance. You can try the later ones if you are using Vista - but 7.11 is definitely the end of the line as far as XP is concerned. I suggest using them as your bench for Fraps tests.
High quality AF may help, you'll need to experiment with that.
A high AF number may slow things down also.

This is my conf for the Open GL section - you need to be using OGL to use Perfect settings.

[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=0
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=0
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=1
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=1
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=0
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=0
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=0

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=2
LandShading=2
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=3
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=2
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17
Water=1
Effects=1
ForceShaders1x=0

PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.0625
PolygonOffsetUnits=-1.0
TypeClouds=1

Note that those are my settings for on-line playing. You might want to set Water=2 if you're off-line, note that it slows things down quite a bit.

Hope this helps

B

[rakinroll]

First, tx for your quick answer and hlp sir. I would ask to one more thing pls; Whats the difference about my conf.ini settings pls?


[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=2
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=0
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=0

[rakinroll]

Still can not see the enemy planes if they are below me. Especially i see nothing when ground surface is green. I can see the planes only on zoom view while a bit close to them. But some friends can see easly while i don't. What is my problem guys? Pls help me gentlemen. Tx

[GF_Mastiff]

Originally Posted by rakinroll

Still can not see the enemy planes if they are below me. Especially i see nothing when ground surface is green. I can see the planes only on zoom view while a bit close to them. But some friends can see easly while i don't. What is my problem guys? Pls help me gentlemen. Tx

turn off the force Z24 bit that should do it.

[brando]

Originally Posted by rakinroll

Still can not see the enemy planes if they are below me. Especially i see nothing when ground surface is green. I can see the planes only on zoom view while a bit close to them. But some friends can see easly while i don't. What is my problem guys? Pls help me gentlemen. Tx

Well, it's partly due to camouflage. A green plane moving across a green surface should be hard to see.

What screen resolution are you using?

[rakinroll]

Thats my settings;

[rakinroll]

With those settings, i can see the planes on zoom, but i can not see them on normal view. Picture of zoom view;

[rakinroll]

Picture of normal view;