Options: Cockpit shadows only

[Elo001]

We used do have this before 1.5, now that VR is slowly but surely coming to DCS it'd be nice to have this back

 

Shadows currently MURDER VR performance (as they're rendered "worldwide", twice, even though you can't even make them out through the low-res rift), but the cockpit also looks kind of bland/flat if you turn shadows completely off

 

Edit: as requested, 780 TI, i5 OC'ed to 4Ghz, 8 gigs of ram on windows 10 and 7

Edited March 29, 2016 by Elo001

[BIGNEWY]

Please add your system spec to your post or signature, it would be helpful.

 

Thanks

[Elo001]

780 TI, i5 OC'ed to 4Ghz

 

Really this doesn't have to do anything with system specs though, it's a simple case of shadows requiring a LOT of processing power (which is normal) even though you can't even properly see them outside of the cockpit (for distant objects) with the DK2

 

It'd just be a massive performance boost in VR across the board for every system, for very little tradeoff

Edited March 29, 2016 by Elo001

[Frusheen]

+1. Please give us this option. VR performance needs all the help it can get and system specs are irrelevant as no system can currently run VR smoothly at all times which is essential to prevent illness.

[KLR Rico]

+1

 

In many cases, I'm seeing a 45 FPS difference between shadows on/off when using rift CV1

 

i5-4670k @ 4.5ghz, 16gb ram, 970 w/factory OC

[HoneyBadger]

+1

 

I can live without World based shadows, but losing the cockpit shadows kills me.

[DerekSpeare]

The option to enable cockpit shadows and disable static object shadows should be available.