Hard to see the aircraft

[klem]

Originally Posted by Mr Greezy

Just wondering if there's a way to see other aircraft a bit more clearly.

I'm not an old man, fyi, but I constantly lose aircraft when the ground is their backdrop. Not so much when I'm below, but when I'm above, sometimes I can't see them and I'm only a few hundred feet away.

Maybe I'm the only one, and if so, I suppose it's a matter of training my eye.

I also feel as though it's very hard to see aircraft at longer distances. The dots pop in a little too late, IMO. In real life, you can spot other aircraft (and vehicles, trains, etc.) at far greater distances than you can in this sim, so I don't feel like it's a "realism" thing. I know it was very common for pilots to lose each other, but I feel like that's more in the madness of a dogfight and less about blending textures and whatnot.

I didn't have too much trouble in IL2 1946, but I'm fully aware we are comparing vastly more complex systems, I'm simply saying I feel like a mole with the wrong prescription glasses on sometimes in CLoD.

Is there anything I can tweak in the config file, or perhaps there's a mod, to help me out?

Sorry if this has been addressed. I tried to find a post like this but couldn't.

This may be due to your settings. Anisotropic Filtering (AF) seems to extend the range at which detail can be rendered and perhaps resolution has a lot to do with it.

My AF is set to 16x and resolution is 1680x1050. I can see faint dots fairly easily and even extremely faint ones about 1 pixel size(?) if I look carefully although they are quite grey-blue.

I have my Samsung 226BW monitor set to 'game' settings:- Color Tone Normal, R=50, G=50, B=50, Brightness 100%, Contrast 70%, Gamma on 'Mode 1' (brightest of the three) but all that of course will depend on your monitor controls - try experimenting. Its essentially a fairly bright setting rather than a subdued one you might use for everyday documents, spreadsheets etc..