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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Latest instalment in the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik series from award-winning developer Maddox Games. |
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![]() Windows Update and Nvidia Update doesn't help. (you have to set 'shadows' and 'trees' to ON to see the flickering, btw) Last edited by mcFly; 10-19-2012 at 09:52 AM. |
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no, and neither do i
this is of course presuming we are still talking about the "Flickering/Shimmering terrain and shadows" that the OP of this thread mentioned. i did notice those very badly in the early versions of the game, but not since the recent patches. maybe some people who are able to run the game fluidly on max settings for all options have this problem, but with medium settings i now have pretty good fpsec's and no major flicker/shimmering with forests anymore there is an excessive reflection of light issue tho, where some distant objects reflect light to much, including some groups of houses if the sun catches them just right. the ugly overdone prop spin effect is another issue, that is significantly overdone since the last few patches, is rather ugly and detracting, i really hoped that was going to be fixed/reduced in the final patch, but doesn't look like they sorted it out
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Makes no difference if the settings are on high, medium or low. Flickering is always present. |
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In response to a few things, I have got the latest drivers installed,and also it never makes any difference when I play with the in game settings.
To be fair as someone stated I do not notice it so much in cockpit,however as I said I mostly fly at low altitude, and get a voyeuristic pleasure from watching my tracks back.This is because in il2 (old & modded) plus RoF the scenery really adds to the realistic feel of the SIMULATION. Now surely " simulation " means that within the limits of technology things must be rendered as near to real life as possible. So after patch installation I play the Black Death track ,and what do I see. I see shimmering hedgerows and trees, plus nearby legoblock towns wobbling away merrily. To anyone wondering, Im not some OCD anal retentive, because what gets my goat is that 3,4, 5 year old or whatever il2 maps like Slovenia or RoF landscapes do not look as bad ( in fact the buildings and general quality of say Slovenia look much better to me than lego wobble CLOD),this is what saddens me with CLOD.How can some aspects be so much worse than previous incarnations. Im not being a whiner because CloD can be more,I see that ,but this landscape aspect so detracts for me from what could be a stunning looking game. Last edited by sandisk; 10-19-2012 at 06:50 PM. |
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In the latest huge Q&A sessions Luthier mentioned that this is a limitation of modern technology (or one of types of modern technology they use).
E.g. there is same shimmering of shadows in such a great game with huge budget Total War Shogun 2, even in game menus. I saw it present in ArmA2 too I think. Hopefully they use different technology in the sequel. E.g. BF3 does not have shimmering. |
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Well I really hope they do use some other method in the sequel,and get rid of this problem.I just wonder If the developers have it high in the priority list?
I appreciate all the vast amount of work that goes into these games under the bonnet,but a nasty little scratch on the paintwork should be corrected I think!. Last edited by sandisk; 10-20-2012 at 02:48 PM. |
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The problem is greatly reduced for me as well - compared to what it was a year ago. I'm a 2500k and 580gtx user. From the cockpit I only see shimmer when looking straight down from less then 1km alt. At an angle there I can not see it.
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ArmA2 uses a combination between shadow maps ( for near landscape ) and stencil shadows, for soldiers and vehicles. Stencil shadow is the alternative to shadow map. It has no shimmering at all, but it is slower if you have tons of objects to cast shadows, the shadow can´t be easily blurred and shadows can´t be calculated trough alpha objects, like trees or clouds. What we have its not a so bad compromise for a so huge landscape, if we want to see shadows so far as we have.
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