Rapierarch Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) Dear ED, Can you please enable in game graphics settings, "ultra" setting for the shadows. It works wonderful and it is not a secret that DCS uses immense VRAM so there is no reason to be shy about applying 8K cascade shadow maps. They look awesome in VR. I have been using them since I had my hands on 4090. But anytime I change in game a graphics setting shadows revert back to off. And I had to restart DCS with correct options lua again. Please do it. It does not even need coding. Just add it to the existing pull down menu. Thanks!. Edited April 13, 2023 by Rapierarch 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKOver Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 (edited) Could you please tell me how this setting can be activated? In the graphics.lua I can only see shadows = 1; Are there any other user who als prefer this setting. Edited April 14, 2023 by GKOver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKOver Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Is there nobody able to answer my question? :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierarch Posted April 26, 2023 Author Share Posted April 26, 2023 58 minutes ago, GKOver said: Is there nobody able to answer my question? Sorry I missed it. It is not graphics lua. You need to go to the saved games folder. Under config folder there is options.lua. All in game graphics settings are listed there. Set shadows 5 there (in game high is 4) which will enable ultra shadows. But As I said the moment that you open settings menu in DCS (control setup or graphics setup , VR tab or special options) it will immediately overwrite this setting and you will revert to no shadows and without repeating this step you can never turn on ultra shadows again. 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5ephir0th Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 This, just tried and please, include the Ultra option, looks superb on cockpit! 1 NZXT H9 Flow Black | Intel Core i5 13600KF OCed P5.6 E4.4 | Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX | G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 32GB C30 OCed 6600 C32 | nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition | Western Digital SN770 2TB | Gigabyte GP-UD1000GM PG5 ATX 3.0 1000W | SteelSeries Apex 7 | Razer Viper Mini | SteelSeries Artics Nova 7 | LG OLED42C2 | Xiaomi P1 55" Virpil T-50 CM2 Base + Thrustmaster Warthog Stick | WinWing Orion 2 F16EX Viper Throttle | WinWing ICP | 3 x Thrustmaster MFD | Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals | Oculus Quest 2 DCS World | Persian Gulf | Syria | Flaming Cliff 3 | P-51D Mustang | Spitfire LF Mk. IX | Fw-109 A-8 | A-10C II Tank Killer | F/A-18C Hornet | F-14B Tomcat | F-16C Viper | F-15E Strike Eagle | M2000C | Ka-50 BlackShark III | Mi-24P Hind | AH-64D Apache | SuperCarrier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadKreator Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Tried this as well. Setting to 5 is very nice! Intel i7 13700k, ASUS rog strix z790A, 64gigs G.Skill Trident DDR5 @6400Mhz, Nvidia RTX 4080FE, 2x 2TB Samsung M.2 NVME, 2x 1TB Samsung SSD, Corsair RM1000x, Corsair h100i 240mm cooler, Lian Li LanCool 3, VKB Gunfighter Ultimate, VKB STECS , MFG Crosswinds, Track IR5, 48” LG UltraGear OLED & HP 24” touchscreen for Helios, Streamdeck XL, DCS-UFC App, Corsair Virtuoso RGB Headphones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer3246 Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Much better!! 13900KF NVD4090 32RAM G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazz_Mulder Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Endorsing 2 Kowalsky - "Fox 3" simply means that you have commitment issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obious Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 ED, please take note and allow the Ultra setting @BIGNEWY 2 Intel 12900k @ 5.2Ghz, RTX 4090, Samsung 1TB NVME, Thrustmaster Warthog & F-18 stick, Pendular Rudder Pedals - Quest Pro AV8B N/A UFC Build Log AV8B N/A PCBs for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbo 416 Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Would you happen to have comparison shots between Ultra and High? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimamema Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 Maybe we could ask @SkateZilla to be able to enforce this option in the DCS Updater app? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierarch Posted July 2, 2023 Author Share Posted July 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Kerbo 416 said: Would you happen to have comparison shots between Ultra and High? Just try it yourself. You need a comparison video not comparison shots. It removes all nerveus interim low res dynamic shadows and flat shadows are pushed further back. You won't see much in screenshot. Especially in VR when you see all details it is day and night. It looks like completely another game in VR. 27 minutes ago, mimamema said: Maybe we could ask @SkateZilla to be able to enforce this option in the DCS Updater app? It does not matter how you enforce it. The moment that in game you open settings menu ultra shadows immediately disabled. You can edit shadows lua and set high shadows with the same settings of ultra shadows but this breaks the IC pass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 (edited) 53 minutes ago, mimamema said: Maybe we could ask @SkateZilla to be able to enforce this option in the DCS Updater app? was already done internally.. forgot to re-enable before first public release The option was there to set, but I cannot keep DCS from reverting it when accessing the options menu. 26 minutes ago, Rapierarch said: Just try it yourself. You need a comparison video not comparison shots. It removes all nerveus interim low res dynamic shadows and flat shadows are pushed further back. You won't see much in screenshot. Especially in VR when you see all details it is day and night. It looks like completely another game in VR. It does not matter how you enforce it. The moment that in game you open settings menu ultra shadows immediately disabled. You can edit shadows lua and set high shadows with the same settings of ultra shadows but this breaks the IC pass. with my app, you wouldn't need to go into the options menu to change graphics settings. Edited July 2, 2023 by SkateZilla 3 1 Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimamema Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 4 hours ago, Rapierarch said: It does not matter how you enforce it. The moment that in game you open settings menu ultra shadows immediately disabled. You can edit shadows lua and set high shadows with the same settings of ultra shadows but this breaks the IC pass. Yes, but as @SkateZillasays, you wouldn´t need to edit the file every time you go into the options menu. 3 hours ago, SkateZilla said: The option was there to set, but I cannot keep DCS from reverting it when accessing the options menu. Yes, I guessed so, but it´s better than editing the file whenever you go into the options menu for other reasons. It´s just a temporal solution before they activate it officially (hopefully soon) like your upscaling (DLSS) greyed-out menu . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierarch Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 6 hours ago, mimamema said: Yes, but as @SkateZillasays, you wouldn´t need to edit the file every time you go into the options menu Yes it is not a big deal to change one value from 4 to 5 in a file. I don't need an app only to do that. The problem remains the same as @SkateZilla also says. After you launch the game. Any moment that you open the settings menu even to change the special options of a module or or even to navigate to controls setup it immediately overwrites your shadows setting and it is really annoying. If you need to restartt DCS each time with skatezilla or you shut it down change the options.lua and relaunch again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted July 3, 2023 ED Team Share Posted July 3, 2023 I will ask the team but can make no promises. thanks 5 7 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draconus Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 On 4/26/2023 at 7:37 PM, Rapierarch said: Set shadows 5 there (in game high is 4) which will enable ultra shadows. Last time I tried, my DCS couldn't launch with shadows=5 setting, had to revert. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX3060 Rift S T16000M TWCS TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miro Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) What option "["shadowTree"] = false or true," doing? Edited July 3, 2023 by Miro :pilotfly: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierarch Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 8 hours ago, BIGNEWY said: I will ask the team but can make no promises. thanks Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 On 7/3/2023 at 7:19 AM, Miro said: What option "["shadowTree"] = false or true," doing? it does nothing, it's an old value. 2 Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer3246 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 On 7/3/2023 at 1:37 AM, BIGNEWY said: I will ask the team but can make no promises. thanks Bump 2 13900KF NVD4090 32RAM G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FupDuck Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 On 7/3/2023 at 6:37 AM, draconus said: Last time I tried, my DCS couldn't launch with shadows=5 setting, had to revert. Same here, I don't know if they disabled this, but now when I set shadows to 5, in game it just turns them off. Worked for a while, but not anymore. 2 "...I just wanna fly; put your arms around me baby, put your arms around me baby" - Sugar Ray RTX 3090, Ryzen 7 5800X3D, MSI MPG B550 Gaming mobo, 64 GB DDR4 RAM, 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 SSD 2TB game install drive, Oculus Quest Pro via link cable, Standalone DCS beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapierarch Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 On 8/8/2023 at 12:14 AM, FupDuck said: I don't know if they disabled this, but now when I set shadows to 5, in game it just turns them off. Worked for a while, but not anymore. Will try it as soon as I can. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obious Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Bump. Why disable it if it’s causing no harm? Intel 12900k @ 5.2Ghz, RTX 4090, Samsung 1TB NVME, Thrustmaster Warthog & F-18 stick, Pendular Rudder Pedals - Quest Pro AV8B N/A UFC Build Log AV8B N/A PCBs for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer3246 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 On 8/7/2023 at 4:14 PM, FupDuck said: Same here, I don't know if they disabled this, but now when I set shadows to 5, in game it just turns them off. Worked for a while, but not anymore. I'm not having this issue. 13900KF NVD4090 32RAM G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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