Staring at pixels (best config to spot distant aircaft)

[Nicob]

Testing the best config to spot distant aircraft since i am having trouble to do so in MP, the following video was done without reshade so the original idea is to apply some filters once i have the optimal config ingame, i will run some more test later and post the results.  

 

The following videos will test how pixels render with different options

the  edited video has a zoom of x10.

Native resolution is 1080 if thats worth something

 

 

AA TESTS 

Top left has no AA, top right has 2x and bottom left has 4x

 

Video #1 has the settings that are posted at the bottom 

#2 has the same settings as the first one, only difference is sharpen turned off

#3 has the same settings as the first one, only difference is SSAO turned on

 

 

SHARPEN OFF

 

 

SSAO ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESHADE TESTS

AA on these test is set to x4

#1 Reshade defaul adaptivesharpening vs Sharpen ingame option

#2 Reshade Geros adaptivesharpening settings vs Sharpen ingame option

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 7, 2019 by Tes

[Velxra]

Interesting information. If you plan on using reshade in the future then know that 4x is required to enable reshade. Can you also conduct with test with ssao on?

[Nicob]

Sharpening has a great effect on how pixels are rendered, with sharpening pixels have more contrast and are bigger but they flicker and sometimes dissapear  (!)  depending on the angle. Anyone know what other option i should test for better spotting?? 

 

 

posted a 2nd video showing the difference of sharpening ON/OFF

 

 

Edited June 6, 2019 by Tes

[Nicob]

Just tested with SSAO on, didnt found any difference . idk whats left to check, im starting to think theres no way to improve pixel spotting, maybe a 40' inch monitor lol  

[Velxra]

@Tes try enabling shade and adjusting the settings of AdaptiveSharpen filter. I believe you see a solid visual clarity improvement. 

[THERION]

37 minutes ago, Geronimo553 said:

@Tes try enabling shade and adjusting the settings of AdaptiveSharpen filter. I believe you see a solid visual clarity improvement. 

 

Hi mate,

 

I tried your Reshade settings and indeed there is a lot of improvement with it, especially graphic wise, but not necessarily spotting wise.

The only thing I worry about is, that my graphic card uses much more load and the temperature rises rather quickly - the load is not the

problem, but I don't want my GPU getting fried.

 

Cheers

[Velxra]

7 minutes ago, -=-THERION said:

 

Hi mate,

 

I tried your Reshade settings and indeed there is a lot of improvement with it, especially graphic wise, but not necessarily spotting wise.

The only thing I worry about is, that my graphic card uses much more load and the temperature rises rather quickly - the load is not the

problem, but I don't want my GPU getting fried.

 

Cheers

 

Seems like you need better cooling or better gpu fan regulation. Besides the reshade filters I typed about are the least process intensive possible. They are more performance friendly than using the game defaults for the same effect. lol 

Edited June 7, 2019 by Geronimo553

[THERION]

On 6/7/2019 at 6:16 PM, Geronimo553 said:

 

Seems like you need better cooling or better gpu fan regulation. Besides the reshade filters I typed about are the least process intensive possible. They are more performance friendly than using the game defaults for the same effect. lol 

 

Nothing wrong concerning your advice, mate - all fine. And yes, performance wise Reshade actually does a far better job, than the game defaults.

But to encounter my worries about the heat, I had to manually set the vents to 100%, which honestly I don't care, but my wife and my cats hate me

for that...

Edited June 8, 2019 by -=-THERION

[Velxra]

26 minutes ago, -=-THERION said:

 

Nothing wrong concerning you advice, mate - all fine. And yes, performance wise Reshade actually does a far better job, than the game defaults.

But to encounter my worries about the heat, I had to manually set the vents to 100%, which honestly I don't care, but my wife and my cats hate me

for that...

 

Hopefully you are using an overclock program to manage your fanspeed. Try "msi afterburner" if you are not. Then just change the fan speed or set the auto fan speed to temp arc. 

[THERION]

17 minutes ago, Geronimo553 said:

 

Hopefully you are using an overclock program to manage your fanspeed. Try "msi afterburner" if you are not. Then just change the fan speed or set the auto fan speed to temp arc. 

 

That's what I'm using and I created some different OC profiles, mostly to manage the temperature - but actually I do not trust in auto fan speed too much...

[Nicob]

Does Reshade adaptivesharpening goes with the Sharpen option active in game?  

 

Done one more video and found out that the ingame Sharpen makes the pixels have a little bit more contrast in comparisson with the adaptivesharpening default settings

 

1 hour ago, Geronimo553 said:

@Tes try enabling shade and adjusting the settings of AdaptiveSharpen filter. I believe you see a solid visual clarity improvement. 

 

Edited June 7, 2019 by Tes

[Velxra]

22 minutes ago, Tes said:

Does Reshade adaptivesharpening goes with the Sharpen option active in game?  

 

Done one more video and found out that the ingame Sharpen makes the pixels have a little bit more contrast in comparisson with the adaptivesharpening default settings

 

 

Oh sorry, turn off the game's sharpen, switch on adaptivesharpen, and then apply these settings. (just finished getting the screens lucky duck. you are the first to see it)

 

 

23 minutes ago, -=-THERION said:

 

That's what I'm using and I created some different OC profiles, mostly to manage the temperature - but actually I do not trust in auto fan speed too much...

 

Hmm try this and see if it helps. If not, then your thermal paste needs replaced or you need to clean out the dust in the case/card using air.

 

 

 

Edited June 7, 2019 by Geronimo553

[Nicob]

Its much better with your settings than with the default reshade ones. I will continue with the tests later but i think i made some improvement. 

It may not look like much but with pixels even the smallest differences makes a world of difference with the spotting

 

 

 

Edited June 7, 2019 by Tes

[Velxra]

52 minutes ago, Tes said:

Its much better with your settings than with the default reshade ones. I will continue with the tests later but i think i made some improvement. 

It may not look like much but with pixels even the smallest differences makes a world of difference with the spotting

 

 

For the performance, those value settings are best visual clarity possible in the game that my eyes can discern. But if you want the utterly finest sharpening possible turn on Mode3 finesharp in reshade then adjust the intensity. I no longer use it as the performance loss is not worth it and adapativesharpen is right on par with it. Sadly, photos and video do these filters no justice. It looks like nothing has changed in video or pics. But in game it is like night and day.

[Velxra]

@=vintage=Tes any updates?

[Nicob]

I honestly dont know what else to try,  reached a functinoal visibility of ac. Im still open to suggestions and will test any setting that i know can make aircrafts stand out better but i dont know what else is left 

[RedKestrel]

28 minutes ago, Tes said:

I honestly dont know what else to try,  reached a functinoal visibility of ac. Im still open to suggestions and will test any setting that i know can make aircrafts stand out better but i dont know what else is left 

You've tried most of what I have and more. At the end of the day, everything else is practice, practice, practice, especially in multiplayer, where you tend to encounter more aircraft at many different altitudes. 

I didn't think I was really improving at spotting until I showed my (long-suffering) wife some recordings of my online fights. She was like "What are you even looking at???" and I said "its that spec right there", which she only saw when I pointed it out. It takes a while for your eyes to adjust to tracking contacts in game as it is a little different than how things look IRL and your eyes don't seem to track moving objects the same way on a 2D screen.

[Velxra]

Could you try settings to find the most optimal way of spotting planes flying at treetop level?