Draw and LOD distance

[MadKreator]

Increase max draw distance range, maybe on a slider in settings. Extreme is okay but at least double or triple that would be nice as an option for those with systems that can handle it.

Increase full res rendering bubble, also on a slider maybe, out to maybe 1-2NM , again so those ground pounders with systems that can handle it can get the best quality they can handle. Full res Texture pop-in right around the aircraft is horrendously too close imo. Not something younotice up high but for heli/ a-10 its quite annoying, maybe distracting is a better word, once you start to notice it

[5ephir0th]

And, the main thing problem right now about LOD things, please, fix the LOD for the cloud, it´s insanely low in VR!

[Boosterdog]

On 5/5/2022 at 5:56 PM, MadKreator said:

Increase max draw distance range, maybe on a slider in settings. Extreme is okay but at least double or triple that would be nice as an option for those with systems that can handle it.

Increase full res rendering bubble, also on a slider maybe, out to maybe 1-2NM , again so those ground pounders with systems that can handle it can get the best quality they can handle. Full res Texture pop-in right around the aircraft is horrendously too close imo. Not something younotice up high but for heli/ a-10 its quite annoying, maybe distracting is a better word, once you start to notice it

TL:DR  +1

For Helos its a double edge sword. The lower you go, the greater the performance demand but without increasing the visibility of EVERYTHING (which as you say still isnt great) the more "poppy" things are. Syria is a bad joke in this regard.  Weed wandering doesnt need majestic and detailed vistas extending for 10s of miles, It just needs a solid bubble as you say for both objets and shadows. Some method of del-inking those from the wider distance settings would be a boon. A common standard between the LODS of items would also be welcomed as some certain trees literally grow 500M in front of you at present whilst other are fine.

Finally there is the ground clutter which really is nothing more than an airfield accessory desgined to be ignored once you are wheels up in your F or Su whatever. Sadly its infests the whole map in the same state. In the Causuces its grass and not too bad (save for its height and silly scaling), in the gulf and syria its Whackamole bushes. Surely a better option would have been less bushes over a larger radius if performance was a concern? As it stands it a deletion from the terrains folder every patch as nothing at all is far more preferable. 

[dlder]

As I just wanted to start a thread just like this, so let me +1 this!

"Extreme" is not really extreme. I only have a 1080Ti and can max everything out. Trees, even at quite a low altitude (low enough that the low poly/meshes are quite noticable!), the trees look like green globs or even 2D sprites like back in the good old Doom days.

Ground textures too are way too low-detailed for flying with strike aircraft! I don't even wanna mention helicopters of god forbid using vehicles.

Especially considering the freakish raw performance of the 4090, you really should give the players the option for all the quality and most importantly LOD settings!

Maybe like a submenu right under the "View Distance", where everyone still can select the preset, but people with higher end PCs can open that menu and have all the sliders available.

I don't know how your LOD system works (I guess usually you'd have 3 kinds of detail levels for objects?). So add sliders where one can set the distance - in meters - for every such setting (which are already in the lua files I'd imagine).

TREES
Near   <slider>
Normal <slider>
Far    <slider>

SMOKE
Near   <slider>
Normal <slider>
Far    <slider>

  ...

 

Thanks for your consideration!

 

[SharpeXB]

It would be nice to increase the 40mi limit that the target pod can see.