LOD problem solved, a.k.a. disappearing contacts!

[jimbop]

Yep, initial test confirms. Good job!

Sticky thread and default this value in next patch please.

[ATAG_Keller]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

I've never had ghosts in SP, have you tested this in MP yet?

Yeah, will Steam see this as an exploit?

[Al Capwn]

This indeed does help, awesome find! Although, I must say I get a rather large performance hit.

Running the 'Black Death' track, I saw as much as a 33% frame rate drop and lots of stuttering. A good example being when the airfield is being bombed, looking up at the HE111's; I normally get 30-34fps however, with this enabled I get 19-23.

But I can't help but use it, thanks for the find!

[Ailantd]

Originally Posted by Al Capwn

This indeed does help, awesome find! Although, I must say I get a rather large performance hit.

Running the 'Black Death' track, I saw as much as a 33% frame rate drop and lots of stuttering. A good example being when the airfield is being bombed, looking up at the HE111's; I normally get 30-34fps however, with this enabled I get 19-23.

But I can't help but use it, thanks for the find!

I suspect this make the high poly model viewed at far distances, working fine but overloading the gpu. It´s not the fine solution, only a temporal workaround for high end systems or for play with only a few aircraft. I would like to know how this impact fps with large bomber formations... It may be unplayable.

[HR_Naglfar]

Originally Posted by Bussard_1

HR_Nagflar,
Thanks for that, off to experiment.
What affect do you think the rest of that section might have;

"MeshStatics=3
MeshStaticsDetail=1
SimpleMesh.QTNoCompose=0
MeshFirstLod=0
MeshShowLod=1"

I'll not touch the others, but in particular, perhaps, MeshFirstLod=0 might work in unison with MeshShowLod=1 .

Again thanks.

In fact, I tried MeshFirstLod=1 with MesShowLod=1 at first. But MeshFirstLod only actives a kind of low detail cockpit under the normal cockpit.

I didn't touch any other line, but I have MeshStatics=0 and MeshStaticsDetail=0 btw. I suppose it depends of the graphics options.

Originally Posted by Al Capwn

This indeed does help, awesome find! Although, I must say I get a rather large performance hit.

I supposed that must be some performance hit, I didn't test it so much though.

It's sad because I play in a very old PC with a medium of 15fps or so But at least is a temporal solution while they improve the LOD transitions.

[IvanK]

First test and I think it is an improvement. No vanishing act at around 1-2km.

[Sven]

Going to try this out

[jg27_mc]

Originally Posted by Sven

Going to try this out

Tested online and I had huge performance hit (around 30%) and stutters back. It is back at default value (0).

Regards.

[Catseye]

Originally Posted by jg27_mc

Tested online and I had huge performance hit (around 30%) and stutters back. It is back at default value (0).

Regards.

Interesting!
Some are showing performance hits and others like me are having no probs running everything on full.

ASUS i7 @3.8, GTX570, 6G RAM, monitor reduced to 1280 x 720.

S!

[Al Capwn]

Originally Posted by Catseye

Interesting!
Some are showing performance hits and others like me are having no probs running everything on full.

ASUS i7 @3.8, GTX570, 6G RAM, monitor reduced to 1280 x 720.

S!

Just for clarification; My setup currently:

i5-2500k @ 4.8
6970 @ 925/1375
8GB RAM
1920x1080 and highest settings

I'm guessing that your lowered settings are helping to hide the extra stuttering and performance loss.