Does having graphics settings on "Low" make it more difficult to spot aircraft?

[Noxos]

Pretty much what it says on the tin. I have it set to low in the interest of having the maximum FPS but will that hamper spotting ability?

Edited December 4, 2016 by Noxos

[Guest deleted@50488]

I actually have mine at no AA, HDR and SSAO also off, because I noticed I can more easily glimpse enemy aircraft in the distance, at least with my cheap 21" LED monitor...

Edited December 4, 2016 by Turkeys-jcomm

[216th_Jordan]

Not really, but sometimes smoother frames help with spotting. I found that HDR and SSAO take away from spotting though.

[Y29.Layin_Scunion]

I don't think it does to the point of being at a big disadvantage.

 

I've played on both low and ultra and everything in between...didn't notice much difference with spotting.

 

The most noticeable thing was tracking a target at long distance (at the point you're unable to identify). It's hard to track.

 

A huge help is having a bigger monitor. I used to play on a 19" and now play on a 27". World of difference.

[coconut]

Lowering terrain quality makes it easier to spot planes from above. Same thing for following planes in front of clouds when you lower cloud quality: the outline artifacts get more noticeable.

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

Lowering terrain quality makes it easier to spot planes from above. Same thing for following planes in front of clouds when you lower cloud quality: the outline artifacts get more noticeable.

Wait how wold you lower these if we have fixed graphis settings?

[216th_Jordan]

Wait how wold you lower these if we have fixed graphis settings?

 

http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/23699-make-il-2-look-stunning-improved-ground-detail-and-visibilit/

 

I honestly would only make it higher though, that insignificant gain you may experience is not worth the uglyness. What is in contrast helping a lot with spotting is setting up your monitor properly. thats a start to get it calibrated: http://www.monitorsetup.com/

This is the manual for the page: http://img.caliprint.net/ms/mscdoc.pdf

Edited December 5, 2016 by 216th_Jordan