Help with graphics

[brando]

Originally Posted by bf-110

Well,as DT said to not use the bug thread,I opened this one.

I was looking at those superb screenhots from 4.10 updates,but here at my new PC my graphics looks like s...!
The water is awful (and the SS looked almost like the SoW one),and light effects look very cheap.What is the best configuration for graphics in IL2?Does this haves a relation to my computer resolution x max game resolution?
BTW,I am running the game in 16 bit.

You have answered your own question. 'Perfect mode' is only achievable using 32bit graphics.

[Fafnir_6]

Which graphics card do you have?

Fafnir_6

[bf-110]

GeForce 9600 GTX.

[IceFire]

Set all details to Excellent and enable Perfect mode. You MUST be running in 32bit to do that.

A 9600 GT (there is no 9600 GTX) will do alright in perfect mode. I had a 8600 GT at one point and it was decent enough to get the job done.

Resolution will make it look nicer as well but these days my suggestion would be to set your resolution at whatever your LCDs native resolution is. For me that is 1280x1024 which requires a quick config.ini tweak.

EDIT: Does your game look like mine? http://cid-d368795040548bdd.skydrive...W8rhYqZohGs%24

Those pictures are select screen shots over the last 3 years or so. Taken on either a 8600 GT or in the last few on my GTS 250.

[swiss]

This is pretty much maxed out(for NV):

[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=3
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=0
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=0
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=0
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=0

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

HardwareShaders=1

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

Sky=2
Forest=3
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

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

VideoSetupId=17
Water=4 fps killer
Effects=2 fps killer
ForceShaders1x=0

[Flanker35M]

S!

Using Effects=2 can cause undesireable effects like flickering smoke and shadows, huge FPS hit etc. With Effects=1 you are more than content. Sure if TD could take a look in the Effects=2 in the future

[swiss]

actually I wrote "fps killer" behind those settings.
I edited and marked them red for you.