Spotting the enemy?

[Bonkin]

Thanks for all your comments - very much appreciated. Yet to fly with squad mates so I can't verify if any of the changes I've made really work - so initial findings (flying around on my own) are somewhat subjective.

First off I tried Farber's suggestion and ensured that the stream cloud syncronisation checkbox was unchecked. At first it was enabled but greyed out so I couldn't change it - although I figured out that you have to set the generic settings (Downloads+Cloud) to enabled first. Only then can you change it for an individual game. Fired up the game and took off from Manston and headed for France. Managed to intercept a Staffel of He111's which I spotted from some distance... perhaps it's working?

Next tried out MusseMus suggestion and set AA to x8, native resolution, textures to "original" and model details "high". I did not try the MeshShowLod setting or the FXAA mod (can you apply this for online use?). Had a fly around and was able to track a few aircraft reasonably OK but still had difficulty with them against the ground. Very difficult to tell if there is actually any difference.

Klem suggested SweetFX rather than FXAA. Sorry didn't try that... still unsure it would be OK for online use.

Now we come to VO101 Tom and his "Contact test" calibration picture.

Originally Posted by VO101_Tom

Hi. This question appears two weeks ago, when we flying on ATAG. My mates saw nothing, meantime I'm telling them the contacts. We take a closer look, and we found, that the problem was their MONITOR settings. Different monitor profiles, light and contrast, etc. I made a screenshot, you should see 5 contact (1 o clock, low):

(1680x1050 pixel, .bmp)
Contact test

Obvious, you have to see this picture in original size, without any zoom. Here is a little help if you don't find them.
If you see nothing, your monitor need adjust.

Now this I thought was a good idea - but it is plane for me that I just couldn't see the dots (even with the help picture). So I set about changing my monitor settings and was able to tweak so I could see something. However, I'm absolutely certain that I wouldn't see them in game. The in game colours are now really rich and more life like - however outside of the game there is just too much contrast for normal windows applications.

I'll add more when I've been online with my squad. Initial findings would suggest that monitor settings and mode (mine has different ones for different uses), and disabling the steam cloud syncronisation, have the most effect.

[MusseMus]

Originally Posted by Bonkin

I'll add more when I've been online with my squad. Initial findings would suggest that monitor settings and mode (mine has different ones for different uses), and disabling the steam cloud syncronisation, have the most effect.

I'm glad your spotting has improved using some of the tricks mentioned in this thread!
I still highly recommend you to try the MeshShowLod setting and install FXAA or SweetFX since this is what made the biggest impact on my personal spotting. You can use it online without any trouble. It's not a cheat

Cheers/m