My trees look flat and 2D.... why???

[CommandT]

Thanks for confirming, yes we do have this reported, more noticeable in f2 or f7 views.

It is the LOD on the trees needs to be tweaked.

 

thank you

So is it luck of the draw that some users get this and others don't?

[Mike68]

Update to the Open Beta version, and then take a look at the trees. Probably the trees in 2.5.5 haven't been updated from the previous (odd looking) version of trees.

 

We've got back our trees with this patch in January 2020:https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/openbeta/2.5.5.41962/

 

 

"DCS Caucasus by ED

 

Trees restored to original visualization.

Trees removed from roads in some locations.

Mozdok 08 runway broken lights fixed.

Improved a scene on the Gudauta airfield.

Larger aircraft can not use the taxiway. Fixed

Some minor visual improvements."

Edited May 2, 2020 by Mike68

[CommandT]

Update to the Open Beta version, and then take a look at the trees. Probably the trees in 2.5.5 haven't been updated from the previous (odd looking) version of trees.

 

We've got back our trees with this patch in January 2020:https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/news/changelog/openbeta/2.5.5.41962/

 

 

"DCS Caucasus by ED

 

Trees restored to original visualization.

Trees removed from roads in some locations.

Mozdok 08 runway broken lights fixed.

Improved a scene on the Gudauta airfield.

Larger aircraft can not use the taxiway. Fixed

Some minor visual improvements."

 

Am I able to download this and basically go back to an older version of the sim? Also, what about downloading 2.5.6? Any major downsides in doing so? Can I revert back to 2.5.5 easily?

[ex81]

Your screenshots don`t give us a real expression.

Place a soldier or a vehicle near a group of trees, press F7 to view it and make a screenshot. So we can see how your trees look.

 

 

Oops, should have scrooled to the end of the page. Sorry

[Sharkh]

Personally I also find the trees looks sometimes bad or unrealistic because from specific light and day settings they looks too sharp around the edges so their 3d models can't blend together viually like real trees would from distance and stand out each as a separate model with something like a "halo" around them what makes them look a bit artifical . DCS is a combat simulator so I guess performance is the priority here over visuals but still I think DCS do its job really well with its graphics.

 

But this effect botherhed me a lot so I decided to download reshade with every available shader available with the hope that maybe I can eliminate this a bit somehow. (I have never felt I need reshade for DCS before. )

 

I found a custom shader "FilmicBloom.fx" (I don't know why its called bloom when its effect feels like blur) and with a specific setting this shader could make the trees look a bit more natural and realistic to my eyes but there is a drawback that everything looks a bit more blurry but its nothing drastical but I am playing only singleplayer on flat screen so for MP it might be a handicap.

 

I started to use some other shader (but nothing drastical) what makes DCS trees visually a bit better to my liking like curves or tonemaps and using SMAA or FXAA of reshade instead of the built in MSAA of DCS.

 

I suggest anyone who have small complaits about the visuals of DCS that its worth a try and there are many many shader available so maybe one of them will be able to smooth these a bit with little peroformance cost.

Edited May 2, 2020 by Sharkh

[LuckyFromArma]

Yeah, the trees don't look that great. It would be nice if they looked like real trees and swayed like real trees, and a few leaves would blow off when hovering around them in a helicopter.

 

I would gladly trade dust for a few leaves blowing off the trees.

[CommandT]

Just to let you all know. I have no idea why but my trees looked as they should today all of a sudden. Hopefully it stays this way!

[wilbur81]

Yeah, the trees don't look that great. It would be nice if they looked like real trees and swayed like real trees, and a few leaves would blow off when hovering around them in a helicopter.

 

I would gladly trade dust for a few leaves blowing off the trees.

 

Jack up the winds and they ABSOLUTELY sway like real trees.