Terrible clouds in VR since 2.8

[Ephedrin]

Evening everyone,

 

I'm using the Reverb G2 with Open XR in the always latest DCS beta. In 2.7 clouds were okay, obviously not as great as in 2D mode but absolutely fine for what VR can do atm. But since 2.8 the clouds have been absolutely terrible. Have a look yourself, I hope someone has some good advice I may add that Anti Aliasing is extremely bad as well, very noticable on the screens of the A10.

I do have the Barthek Caucasus mod installed here but removing it doesn'*t make any difference.

 

Edited November 9, 2022 by Ephedrin

[Ephedrin]

This is a screenshot from 2.7 in August

 

 

 

 

[Robi Hobby]

I tested quick launch F-16 Air Refueling Caucasus in VR. The clouds below don't look good from above, but it doesn't matter whether it's 2.7 Stable or 2.8 Open Beta.

Clouds tremble and have strange structures that don't look natural.  ( Screen 4 from Ephedrin ) 

[Ephedrin]

vor 15 Minuten schrieb Robi Hobby:

I tested quick launch F-16 Air Refueling Caucasus in VR. The clouds below don't look good from above, but it doesn't matter whether it's 2.7 Stable or 2.8 Open Beta.

Clouds tremble and have strange structures that don't look natural.  ( Screen 4 from Ephedrin ) 

So it's the same on your side? I'm currently running a repair and would have updated my trusty AMD driver next... but if you see the same I can leave it how it is.

Edited November 9, 2022 by Ephedrin

[Germane]

+1

[archipelago]

clouds look OK to me.. G2/openxr / 3070 :

only issue i have is the flickering in/under clouds.. this problem was not there in 2.7

 

Edited November 9, 2022 by archipelago
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[Lange_666]

14 hours ago, Ephedrin said:

Same here (no mods), standard cloud settings in VR give a lot of stripes, certainly at the edges. It's better on high or ultra setting but they looked a lot better on standard in 2.7

Edited November 10, 2022 by Lange_666

[Solemn-laugh]

Clouds in 2.8 can look great from some angles and terrible from others – with strong jagged diagonal lines, like coarse aliasing. I find, consistently, they issues are most severe when you are level with the clouds (approx same altitude).

FYI settings:

Clouds: ULTRA (appearance worse on other settings)
MSAA: 4x (appearance (more 'jaggies') worse on lower settings)