Increasing the draw distance for grass and shadows.

[Off_Winters]

Hi All,

Apologies if this has already been answered elsewhere. I have gone through all the settings I can find and have them set to the highest possible settings, but the shadows (trees especially) and grass effects are being drawn in a very small circle around my aircraft. I would like to have the effects come in at a much greater distance so I don't see the transition so plainly as I move across the map. 

I had a go at increasing the render distance in the summer.txt file that controls the grass, but did not see any appreciable increase in the radius of the render. (I upped it from 1 to 4 which in theory should have increased the circle from 50m to 200m)
 

[grass]
    model="graphics\grass\ForestGrassB_50m_SU.mgm"
    distance=4            //Render distance in map pixels (1 pixel = 50 meters)
    size=50.0f            //MGM grass quad side size, meters
    ColorOverlay=1        //Amount of ground color mix with grass color

    ForestMask=true            //Draw grass within global forest map
[end]

is there a way to open up the effects render to larger diameter?

regards Rob.

 

[Remontti]

Did you try editing grass radius in startup.cfg? Setting it too high will bring your computer to its knees.

 

For shadows I don't know other than putting them on ultra.

[216th_Jordan]

As Remontti said, you need to configure the grass_distance (in meters) setting in the startup.cfg (data folder). But there is also a "grass quality" setting in the ingame graphic settings that does the same but gives you 4 presets.

 

Edited September 18, 2020 by 216th_Jordan

[Off_Winters]

Hi All,

Thanks guys, the edit of the startup config did the trick. I set the grass to 600 and now I have nice smooth transition of the effects. oddly setting the grass to 600 has also changed the render rate/distance of the shadows as well, so both issues fixed. I tested in heavy activity from high and low and got a consistent 60 FPS which is were I have locked my target FPS.

thanks again, regards Rob.