Kageseigi Posted October 6, 2023 Posted October 6, 2023 I've played DCS for a while, but I've just started playing multiplayer. I've been flying the F-5 and A-4 on Enigma's Cold War Server in Syria, so it's mostly down to visual scanning only. I'm having the hardest time spotting anything. I seem to be able to spot much better in single-player (without labels/dots, of course). I pay attention to the ERW system. I even have it bound to a button on my stick. I can point my nose toward the target from beyond 20 miles, and fly all the way to the merge, and many times, I get no visual at all. It doesn't seem to matter if I fly above, below, or level with the target. I zoom in, I zoom out, I go without zoom. I'm not sure why I can't see them. I rarely even get any long-range black pixels (which I'm used to seeing)... even at 1080p. I don't know if it's because I'm flying on a multiplayer server. I don't know if it's the Syria map. I don't know if it's the visual settings (antialiasing, etc.). I don't know if I'm just subconsciously stressed about finding the target that I miss the elephant in the room. Maybe it's a combination of things. I look for black dots (pixels). I look for movement. I look for smoke. I look for flares. I look for glints of light... anything that will give my eyes notification that something's there. It's like I'm fighting ghosts... planes that are not where they are supposed to be even though I know they are there. And when I do see them in front of me, it's like they just appear from nothing. So usually, the my first notice that we have merged is the sound... or my plane exploding. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Hiob Posted October 6, 2023 Posted October 6, 2023 (edited) I can't see, how there would be any difference between SP and MP regarding the visuals. All visuals are processed on your local hardware either way. In some cases, the human players may just be better than the AI in using terrain masking e.g..... but other than that I assume it's the subconscious stress. I maybe missing something though! Are you sure, you have no kind of labels activated in SP that is forced off by the MP servers? Edited October 6, 2023 by Hiob 1 "Muß ich denn jedes Mal, wenn ich sauge oder saugblase den Schlauchstecker in die Schlauchnut schieben?"
Kageseigi Posted October 6, 2023 Author Posted October 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Hiob said: Are you sure, you have no kind of labels activated in SP that is forced off by the MP servers? Yes, I just rechecked. No labels. One reason may be because I'm not used to the Syria map. But the first time I entered the multiplayer server, I could tell something was off. It was like my computer wasn't running the game properly. My Track IR movements were noticeably more sluggish. After lowering some graphics settings, things felt more normal. After reading some more and watching some videos about it, I may just turn off shadows and lower details to minimize things that would make it more difficult to spot (which is a shame because my new PC can make the game very pretty). And I may also end up flying in VR just to see if it makes a difference in spotting. So it may be a combination of graphic settings along with the Syria terrain that is causing me problems, when I've always flown on the Caucasus map. I just have to see what works, haha!
=475FG= Dawger Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 Lower resolutions are better for spotting in DCS, unfortunately. And if your computer is slowing down in MP you need to really crank them down. The demand on your machine in MP is SP X (number of players) essentially and if your hardware can't deal with it, dots/airplanes won't get drawn and will be invisible.
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