Patch notes discussion October 2023 - DCS 2.9

[adirtynurse]

I'm running MT with Nvidia 3080. The DLSS & all other upscaler options are grayed out. Does anyone have any insight into this?
SSS is also grayed out.

Edited October 19, 2023 by adirtynurse

[Hiob]

Just now, adirtynurse said:

I'm running MT with Nvidia 3080. The DLSS option is grayed out. Does anyone have any insight into this?

Have you enabled AA? Try to disable it.….

and maybe double-check that you are running MT.

[andhog]

Same here. When I first launched the game after update I could enable DLSS and SSS, but after restart these options are greyed out and it doesn't matter if I "turn them on" in options.lua  No AA enabled.

Edited October 19, 2023 by andhog

[twistking]

9 minutes ago, Skyhammer said:

Apache no HUD problems with DLSS/DLAA ON. But on FC3 massive Problems like you saw...

good. then it's probably a FC3 issue. it's probably already reported internally, but maybe go and post a short bug report to make sure it gets fixed asap.

[adirtynurse]

1 minute ago, Hiob said:

Have you enabled AA? Try to disable it.….

and maybe double-check that you are running MT.

 

[twistking]

14 minutes ago, jurinko said:

PD in-game set to 1.0 and in openxr custom render scale at 100%, res at WMR 100%.

Hmm now you get me to think; if I set PD 0.8, would the DLSS do its upscaling job to make it look like.. what? 

only one way to find out;)

[Hiob]

3 minutes ago, adirtynurse said:

 

Then I don‘t know. Looks alright, but I can’t say anything to Steam. I‘m running standalone. Maybe the issue lays there?

[twistking]

8 minutes ago, Hiob said:

Screen Space Shadows. It renders shadows from small scenery objects with little strain on The GPU. It is explained and showcased in the release video.

You mean with little strain on CPU, no? Screen space effects are 100% computed on GPU, no?

Also are those screen space shadows drawn instead of the old tree shadows, or are they dawn in addition for self-shadowing f.e.

[adirtynurse]

Just now, Hiob said:

Then I don‘t know. Looks alright, but I can’t say anything to Steam. I‘m running standalone. Maybe the issue lays there?

Maybe...probably

[Hiob]

3 minutes ago, twistking said:

You mean with little strain on CPU, no? Screen space effects are 100% computed on GPU, no?

Also are those screen space shadows drawn instead of the old tree shadows, or are they dawn in addition for self-shadowing f.e.

No, I meant GPU. SSS is supposed to be a rather light load. (compared to other means of shadow rendering I assume)

Check the Release Video, Wags is talking about it briefly.

Edited October 19, 2023 by Hiob

[MAXsenna]

New icons in Task Manager.

Lots of shader build errors....

Click ignore and DCS crashes with GPU error.

[Antiguedad]

@adirtynurse try enabling HAGS if disabled.

Edited October 19, 2023 by Antiguedad

[Nick_17]

I absolutely love the update. DLAA is a game changer, looks way better than msaa and i even get a couple fps more. Also, i can't stop looking at forests with SSS enabled:

Gotta have a look at the new models and heli airflow effects now

[Antiguedad]

2 minutes ago, Hiob said:

What for? I don’t have any issues yet. Or did you mean to address someone else?

It was meant for @adirtynurse with DLSS, sorry.

[Blinde]

Apparently supercarrier didn't get plane directors and other new features?

[VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants]

Some preliminaries. The old track file cannot be played accurately on 2.9 so I have to establish a new one. May need to fine tune this work.

Edited October 19, 2023 by VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants

[[HOUNDS] CptTrips]

Steam went through like grease through a goose.

 

Looking good.

 

Edited October 19, 2023 by [16AGR] CptTrips

[Atari800XL]

vor 23 Minuten schrieb TheFreshPrince:

"NEW: Added graphics option for Screen Space Shadows (SSS). This adds improved shadow detail to grass, bushes, and tree shadows. This is most evident with moving grass and tree shadows at long view distances. WIP. "

I dunno how it works, but it looks better.

Thank you, I was not sure but I was sure that I read the SSS.  The grass-effects when hovering with the AH-64 looks really nice. 

[Sr.]

Fresh install of OB: First launch, 2D version.

 

20 minutes in...

 

null

 

 

[travissgrey]

On my actual configuration (RTX 4080, 3440x1440 at 165hz) MSAA 4x, no DLSS, i can say that DCS is running flawlessly! Love this update so far! Nice work fellas!

I really hope that people will use the new comms system, i was trying to scream into the frequency but got no human answer for now. I will try again.

Edited October 19, 2023 by travissgrey

[f14billy]

2 minutes ago, travissgrey said:

On my actual configuration (RTX 4080, 3440x1440 at 165hz) MSAA 4x, no DLSS, i can say that DCS is running flawlessly! Love this update so far! Nice work fellas!

I really hope that people will use the new comms system, i was trying to scream into the frequency but got no human answer for now. I will try again.

 

You may want to try DLAA without DLSS, in my experience it looks way better than MSAA4x with better performance.

[adirtynurse]

20 minutes ago, Antiguedad said:

@adirtynurse try enabling HAGS if disabled.

 

Enabling HAGS did nothing unfortunately

[zildac]

Very quick flight with TAA here, looks ace. No shimmers in VR and foveated rendering works fine. I was CPU limited fwiw.

[travissgrey]

6 minuti fa, f14billy ha scritto:

You may want to try DLAA without DLSS, in my experience it looks way better than MSAA4x with better performance.

I’ll test with it tonight, thank you for the advice! 

[Max Thunder]

Tested it with a Quest 3 (max resolution and 500mbit) and a 3090 and DLAA is great. Image sharpness is a little bit worse (maybe 10%) than MSAA but  AA is stunning. I would say nearly free of any shimmer. FPS same as MSAA 4x but much better AA. 
 

DLSS was in all setting way to blurry in VR. Maybe the Quest 3 is too sharp in order to work well with DLSS. 
 

Great Update! Now time for the F4E to land!