Help for next week if not too much trouble

[pilotpierre]

Have been in the back blocks of Morocco (e.g. Sahara desert, Atlas Mountains) since prior to the launch. Wifi has been non existent or very patchy and slow. We get back to Australia on the 27th March. Wifi as it is makes it a slooooow laborious job trying to work through the forum.

 

Apart from selecting 4K textures, any other hints for what I should be doing/selecting after downloading for the rig in my sig would be greatly appreciated as I only have 1 day home to attempt to download and set up before hospitalisation for prostate removal.

[BOO]

Hello Mate - I have a 1060 also but a 6600K at 4.4ghz.

 

Ive not ventured into MP only SP.  Its playing smooth in career with 6 A20s, 6 spitfires, some blue AI and ground inits about with cloud X3 terrain detail (not tried X4), HDR on, SSAO on, Mirrors Medium. 

 

Other In game settings -

High Preset ( see later item about Coconuts cloud fix - I was happt with high before but ill be delighted if this works for me),

Vsync on (Per JW)

Fullscreen unticked (Per JW)

Shadows High (perhaps medium I can check right now)

Cloud detail High,

Distance 130km (or whatever the one down from the very top one is). 

 

From the Nvidia Inspector I had nothing but single screen and optimal performance set. but Lemon hit on a potential fix for some of the AA issues with the cloud and stuttering You will see his post some way towards the bottom of the first page.

 

Not tested yet but in short its:

 

selecting "Enhance Game Settings"" in the AA mode,

Selecting "on" in the AA  transparency multisampling,

Enable MFAA to "on",

Anisotropic filtering to "user defined and then X16 (although m using X8 to start with),

Texture filtering "High Performance"

Trilinear Optimization to "on" 

 

 

Coconuts clouds fix - 

 

 

an altered config file that increases the cloud quality render BEYOND what is available in game on ULTRA (96) but also makes the same high setting available on Low - primarily to help VR users I think but the idea is that the clouds click less on the higher rendering settings than on lower and that this setting is a discrete item within each preset that can be independently altered. Ive not tested but since its Coconut I have faith. Ive also altered the settings in all my presets to the 128 used by Coconut for now.

 

Panthercules and Thrawns work on enabling historical markings (IN MOD SECTION) - Some done - more being done. 

 

 

Finally - if you are going to use mods ENABLE the "Use Mods" in the game settings and invest some time into learning the basics of either JGSME or OvGME (I use the latter) - using these programs will really help you manage mods quickly, troubleshoot problems and save a lot of reconfiguring time if big updates clean the altered files. 

 

 

hope some of this helps Fella.

 

 

[No_85_Gramps]

I probably can't add any more to what Boo commented. But, dang, you must be a hardcore fan! One day to update prior to surgery??? Wish you the best and hope you have a speedy recovery!

[BOO]

So.....a little more testing (BOO style - no science, no graphs - gut feelings only :-))

 

The cloud fix by coconut works very well, rendering very smooth cloud transitions at all angles of view. The side effect also appears to be an improvment in the AA of aircraft seen in front of them. It doesn't fix the AA completely but, to me, it goes a long way to helping. Personally I think this is the best solution to the clicking clouds proposed to date and one that really improves their look overall. Its actually a very important reveal full stop as that file also opens up access to most of the important preset settings that many have wanted to be able to tweak for years - I'm currently running a balanced pre-set but with many elements from the higher ones inserted to my taste. 

 

Lemon's suggestions - I'm less convinced here. Certainly the MFAA being engaged would appear to be at odds with the convention that only games listed as using MFAA will benefit from it (I cannot see BOX listed). There is little performance impact either suggesting it has no effect. I saw no difference on or off. What I'm less sure about is the mode and transparency settings. If these work then it is subtle - I couldn't make my mind up after an hour but left on them on as I'm swayed to the "perhaps" camp. The biggest impact the NI settings have is Ansiotropic filters and perhaps the texture quality - The former does appear to improve the visual effect of aircraft against the clouds but it still not startling.  

 

In intense scenes (16 aircraft inc 8 multi crew AI, clouds, ground units) the high preset does clip into sub 60fps frame rates (1080P on a monitor) - Selecting Balanced (remembering I altered the config file to keep the clouds at the same render value as the ultra setting for all presents) offers a very good compromise though and one that may potentially be able to be tweaked further to suit. 

 

S!

BOO

Edited March 25, 2018 by BOO

[Trooper117]

8 hours ago, pilotpierre said:

only have 1 day home to attempt to download and set up before hospitalisation for prostate removal.

 

You get to that hospital and get yourself sorted mate... we will be looking forward to your return!

[TheSNAFU]

Have a friend preparing for the same surgery. All the best to you. Godspeed! 

[pilotpierre]

Many thanks to you all for your responses. We just arrived in Abu Dhabi and its almost midnight so will read them in the morning when I will be better able to absorb the contents.

 

once again, thanks for taking the time to respond. Gotta love this forum.

[Hoss]

11 hours ago, pilotpierre said:

Have been in the back blocks of Morocco (e.g. Sahara desert, Atlas Mountains) since prior to the launch. Wifi has been non existent or very patchy and slow. We get back to Australia on the 27th March. Wifi as it is makes it a slooooow laborious job trying to work through the forum.

 

Apart from selecting 4K textures, any other hints for what I should be doing/selecting after downloading for the rig in my sig would be greatly appreciated as I only have 1 day home to attempt to download and set up before hospitalisation for prostate removal.

TMI ...............

[jaydee]

Hi Pierre ! Give it to you straight regarding your PC. 4k textures are going to hurt you in framerates (no mater what you set your Nvidia settings to.) If you  settle for normal textures, you should be able to run Bos quite well.

Pierre, I wish you a speedy recovery mate. ~S~

[pilotpierre]

Ah thanks jaydee, that’s disappointing but what wil be will be until the next upgrade.

[Ribbon]

On 1440p monitor i only had to enable 4k field in settings and everything was flawless, on the other hand VR had more issues and tweaking.

 

I wish you fast recovery!

[Willy__]

On 26/03/2018 at 5:14 AM, jaydee said:

Hi Pierre ! Give it to you straight regarding your PC. 4k textures are going to hurt you in framerates (no mater what you set your Nvidia settings to.) If you  settle for normal textures, you should be able to run Bos quite well.

Pierre, I wish you a speedy recovery mate. ~S~

 

People recommend ticking the 4k box because without it some people were experiencing some stutters within the game, me included. After ticking the 4k and vsync boxes the stutters are gone.

[pilotpierre]

Got home midnight on the 26th. Couldn’t sleep because of jet lag. Started download 0415 on the 27th. Had breakfast then started chores I won’t be able to do for next couple of months. Finished chores around 1500.

 

Set game on Ultra with 4K textures, SSAO, HDR, fullscreen and Vsinc selected. No problem with QMB with up to 8 a/c in air.

 

Started a career flying Mig escorting IL2’s.  Got shot down on first mission but smooth all the way except for the fuzziness of a/c with a cloud in the background.

 

Pleased as punch, can now head off happy shortly for the chop. (Biggest downside appears to be a shorted old fella which is a bit of a bummer.when one is not over endowed to start with).

 

Becausethe surgery is robotic it’s only an overnight stay in hospital am hoping to get some air time  over the Easter weekend starting this Friday.

 

Thanks all for advice and well wishes.

 

Happy flying comrades. 

 

Pete

[dburne]

Best of luck!!

 

Look forward to some great flying time in IL-2 3.001 here soon!

[Pajeka]

2 hours ago, pilotpierre said:

“Biggest downside appears to be a shorted old fella which is a bit of a bummer.when one is not over endowed to start with”

 

You think you’ve got problems in that department?  When I was 16 years old and joining the RAF,  during the medical the doctor advised “ you’re lucky son, another inch and you would have been in the WRAF”  (Woman's Royal Air Force). Seriously,  get yourself sorted and a speedy recovery.....    best wishes!

Edited March 28, 2018 by Pajeka

[pilotpierre]

All done and dusted, now legal to walk around house singing the Village Peoples “macho macho man, I wish I could be a macho man”

 

Expensive evolution, about $2,000 for specialist appointments and MRI, PET Scan and CT Scans, then $25,000 for the robotic operation.

 

Fortunately if you have served in a war zone with the Australian Defence Forces once you turn 70 the Defence Veteran Affairs pays for all medical, dental, ambulance and hospital costs for the rest of your life.

 

pajeka - the doc said dick shortening is minimal, but not to worry about that as more concerning is the possibility of not being able to get it up.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

pilotpierre Only have one kid and Im only 30. I dont want a dick anymore. TAKE IT ALL lol

Edited March 30, 2018 by AeroAce

[dburne]

7 hours ago, pilotpierre said:

All done and dusted, now legal to walk around house singing the Village Peoples “macho macho man, I wish I could be a macho man”

 

Expensive evolution, about $2,000 for specialist appointments and MRI, PET Scan and CT Scans, then $25,000 for the robotic operation.

 

Fortunately if you have served in a war zone with the Australian Defence Forces once you turn 70 the Defence Veteran Affairs pays for all medical, dental, ambulance and hospital costs for the rest of your life.

 

pajeka - the doc said dick shortening is minimal, but not to worry about that as more concerning is the possibility of not being able to get it up.

 

 

[Raptorattacker]

@pilotpierre

Speedy recovery mate, very speedy recovery!! Don't do what you shouldn't and don't stop trying to do things you haven't!!

 

[Feathered_IV]

Indeed, I hope you are on the mend soon PP and singing along to the Village People in a rich fruity baritone. 

[pilotpierre]

Thanks for the well wishes comrades.

[Lusekofte]

On 28.3.2018 at 9:01 PM, pilotpierre said:

fullscreen and Vsinc selected.

 

Set it at windowed, not full screen, the game run easier that way. And best wishes for your health

Edited March 30, 2018 by 216th_LuseKofte

[Swing]

All the best to you Pierre

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

Tell em to insert something to make it bigger. Tell them you fly the G6 so it has to match your big b@lls!!

 

Good luck dude