AA + other visual problems in 2.06

[duzenko]

 

Please fix visual regressions that happened after Rev 7565

Please try revision 7587

[Friendly_Taffer]

Hi there, I did not want to make another thread so here goes my question - I do have same problems as OT, but I also have some performance issues (just tried Volta 2 and more open spaces are causing frame drops). My rig is i7 3820, 8 GB DDR3 and GTX1080, I am on Win 7 SP. In-game settings - everything cranked to max. Is there anything I should switch off or something? I guess my rig would be enough for max settings. Thank

[duzenko]

Hi there, I did not want to make another thread so here goes my question - I do have same problems as OT, but I also have some performance issues (just tried Volta 2 and more open spaces are causing frame drops). My rig is i7 3820, 8 GB DDR3 and GTX1080, I am on Win 7 SP. In-game settings - everything cranked to max. Is there anything I should switch off or something? I guess my rig would be enough for max settings. Thank

Start with less AA and SS

[kingsal]

Hi there, I did not want to make another thread so here goes my question - I do have same problems as OT, but I also have some performance issues (just tried Volta 2 and more open spaces are causing frame drops). My rig is i7 3820, 8 GB DDR3 and GTX1080, I am on Win 7 SP. In-game settings - everything cranked to max. Is there anything I should switch off or something? I guess my rig would be enough for max settings. Thank

 

Hmm with your rig you shouldn't be having those kinds of problems. I am working on a new version of Cauldron that might fix some of these issues.

Could I possible get you to test some things out on your PC? It shouldn't take too long, just want to see if this is a mission problem or a 2.06 problem.

[Friendly_Taffer]

Okay I will try with less AA and SS. Also, Kingsal, where do I get new version? In-game downloader?

[kingsal]

Okay I will try with less AA and SS. Also, Kingsal, where do I get new version? In-game downloader?

 

Yep, Cauldron 2.1

I dont think 2.1 is in the downloader yet, but you can just grab the .pk4 and put it in your darkmod/fms folder.

[Friendly_Taffer]

So I tried with less AA, but the performance seems to drop still - right at the start in the small alley, mainly when looking to the left.

[peter_spy]

Did you change anything it your drivers specifically for TDM? More importantly, do you use in-game AA or driver level AA?

[Friendly_Taffer]

Only things I have changed for TDM specifically are - Power Management (maximum performance) and Vertical Sync (adaptive). I have lowered AA to 8x, but it still dips down. Maybe I should try lowering soft shadows next. But the question is - is GTX1080 not powerful enough for TDM? Or are these new graphical features not optimized yet? If you want more info, let me know.

[nbohr1more]

2.06 doesn't have true AA when you enable Soft Shadows. It instead does a sort of SSAA via resolution scaling. Disable in-game AA, set r_fboResolution to 1 then use FXAA in your driver settings. Alternatively, use the VBO beta build at Moddb which does support real AA. See here:

 

http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=What%27s_new_in_TDM_2.06

[peter_spy]

I play TDM in 1440p i 60 fps on GTX 1060, your card is more than enough IMO. The problem is TDM needs a lot CPU power, rather than GPU. As Nbohr said, disable in-game AA, and force FXAA in your drivers. You might want to switch other options to default too (like Threaded optimizations).

[Friendly_Taffer]

Thanks for the answers and troubleshooting fellow shadow lovers.

[kingsal]

I get a massive slow down in 2.06 if my screen resolution is not set to the native ratio and im using AA and/or vertical sync. Try disabling vertical sync and AA then try out a few screen resolutions in both windowed and fullscreen. See if that helps.

 

Are you on a laptop?

GTX1080 should do fine with TDM.

[Friendly_Taffer]

Desktop PC. Everything works smooth now. Problem was in-game AA.