Spotting the enemy?

[klem]

Thanks Tom,

I have the same monitor as you and I made minor adjustments to my Custom settings to be like yours but it doesn't help me much. Not that it's a problem because I am happy with what I see in-game but I am curious about one thing because I can only see two of the dots if I look very carefully. So just for interest's sake, which LCD panel do you have in your 226BW? THere are three types A, B and C and the letter is on the top line of the label where it states the model and the LCD screen letter is on the far right of the line. Mine is C.

And no, I don't want to start a screen panel discussion here, I'm just curious

btw my Dynamic Contrast doesn't cause any flashing. It does adjust to a new level when I switch between applications as the monitor dynamically adjusts to the overall screen picture but not in-game.

[Storm of When]

1024 x 768 works for me ,it may be miles less than the monitor a 23" Samsung is capable of but I see things far earlier than when I ran at the monitors native setting.

[VO101_Tom]

Originally Posted by Storm of When

1024 x 768 works for me ,it may be miles less than the monitor a 23" Samsung is capable of but I see things far earlier than when I ran at the monitors native setting.

But you see bricks, not pixels

[ATAG_Snapper]

Not too long ago I was at the point of utter frustration in spotting distant contacts online. My mates on Teamspeak were calling them out long before I could discern them, including large AI bomber formations. It seemed like I was continually getting bounced by opposing fighters no matter how frequently I checked six. I tried the low resolution route and it does work -- but it's soooo UGLY which runs counter to the inherent beauty of the graphics which this sim offers. What to do?

I've read through Zapatista's excellent and very knowledgeable posts on monitors, and how their quality and setting can directly influence our ability to spot tiny dots on-screen. My take was that ironically the better your monitor the less likely a single pixel is likely to stand out from the others - by design! Similarly, graphical-smoothing effects like FSAA, FXAA, etc tend to BLEND the odd single pixel into the background....again by design.

A couple of things I've tried on my system (Asus 27" monitor, GTX 680 card):

I run at the monitor's native res: 1920 x 1080 @ 120 Hz, using adaptive Vsync with the latest Nvidia drivers.

I set FSAA in-game to 0

In the Nvidia Control panel I disabled FSAA and FXAA

I use SweetFX (using Les' "Neutral 6 setting)

Many monitors have their own menu settings which can be adjusted "on the fly" (pun intended) while actually playing Cliffs of Dover. I found that the otherwise-beautiful "theatre" setting actually was too saturated in rich colours and high contrast and hampered me in tracking targets, even close ones, against a dark early morning/late evening sky, not to mention terrain or ocean! In my case I simply flipped through the settings menu and settled on "standard". A little drabber than the "theatre" and "gamer" settings, but the increased dynamic visual range lightened up the shadows a lot and toned down the glaring mid day sky. I still lose an opponent in the sun, but can readily track the dot against the bright sky as he approaches the sun, then pick him up again after he's traversed it and emerges on the opposite side.

The trade off to the above is 1) a slight loss in richness of colours (which actually still looks very good with SweetFx), and 2) distant terrain is slightly jaggy/shimmery. However, these two downsides are offset by picking up opponents (and friendlies) at what I consider to be reasonably "normal" distances. Certainly early enough to avoid a bounce (if you diligently check 6 constantly....and it's not directly out of the sun). Also you can spot an adversary early enough to position yourself tactically, rather than always being on the defensive in a disadvantageous position.

Good luck!

[VO101_Tom]

Originally Posted by klem

Thanks Tom,

I have the same monitor as you and I made minor adjustments to my Custom settings to be like yours but it doesn't help me much. Not that it's a problem because I am happy with what I see in-game but I am curious about one thing because I can only see two of the dots if I look very carefully. So just for interest's sake, which LCD panel do you have in your 226BW? THere are three types A, B and C and the letter is on the top line of the label where it states the model and the LCD screen letter is on the far right of the line. Mine is C.

Model code: .../EDC

[klem]

Originally Posted by VO101_Tom

Model code: .../EDC

No. the line immediately above that. Mine reads

226BW [R] C

with quite a gap between the ] and the C

[vranac]

Originally Posted by VO101_Tom

Model code: .../EDC

Samsung was putting 4 different panels in the same model of the monitor,226BW and newer models.

At first it was at the label after that they put it in the service menu.
In final they encoded panel producer.

The weeks went by and various versions remained. The manufacturer reacted however by removing the name of the panel maker and the reference from the hidden screen in October 2007! In its place: a long complex encoded number... but a few geeks quickly worked out the new code.

There is a secret service menu hidden away from the prying eyes of consumers. This service menu will contain the panel type most of the time. To access said panel, simply lower both the brightness and the contrast to 0 using the regular user control panel. Exit the menu, and then bring it back up again. After you have done this hold the source button down for 5 seconds. This will bring up the service menu.



xAx-xxxx : Samsung panel.
xLx-xxxx : AU Optronics panel.
xDx-xxxx : CMO panel.
xIx-xxxx : CPT panel.

Where Samsng panel is the best and CMO and CPT worst.

http://www.digitalversus.com/samsung...anty-a553.html

So its quite possible that you two have totaly different monitors.

[major_setback]

Enemy is spotted:

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by major_setback

Enemy is spotted:

Lol, made me chuckle! Wish I could say the same about your Swedish weather.

[VO101_Tom]

Mine is "D"