new monitor..strange view issues..need help

[gear_monkey]

Hi all,

 

Just got a new acer 23" 1920x1080 monitor.

 

I am having two issues:

 

1) when I look straight ahead the cockpit windscreen rails are magnified so that it looks like I have metal blinders on....as soon as I move my head they go to normal size..see screen shot.

 

2) as I am moving my head around, the view gets blocky like the screen is struggling to keep up with new views....no game stutter, but a slight resolution stutter.

 

any ideas?

Edited May 11, 2011 by gear_monkey

[KillaALF]

1) no idea

2) sounds like screen tearing - turn on vsync, this can be set either through your graphics card driver control panel or by editing the "options.lua" file in C:\Users\Your_username\Saved Games\DCS Warthog.

[gear_monkey]

vsync shows "true" in options file so I guess its on already

 

ETA: I used nVidia control panel to turn on vsync for Launcher.exe and now problem #2 is solved.

 

Still can't figure out the cockpit rail magnification issue........

Edited May 11, 2011 by gear_monkey

[Baggy MacDouche]

I have an ATI 6950(shader unlocked) w/vsync turned on both in-game settings and CCC. I too have the screen tearing and no matter what I do I can't seem to get rid of it.

 

I also thought it might be my monitor but it has a 2ms response time so that shouldn't be an issue. At some point I'll try and capture it with some video but don't know if it is something that will translate.

[gear_monkey]

anyone?

[Nate--IRL--]

Go to \\Config\graphics.cfg and change line 22 with NOTEPAD++ to read

 

sync = 1;

 

That is the ONLY way to enable Vsync in DCS.

 

As for No.1 it is a very wide FOV, I have no idea what could be causing it though.

 

 

Nate

Edited May 11, 2011 by Nate--IRL--

[gear_monkey]

Go to \\Config\graphics.cfg and change line 22 with NOTEPAD++ ro read

 

sync = 1;

 

That is the ONLY way to enable Vsync in DCS.

 

Nate

 

Thanks Nate,

 

I have the vsync fixed.

 

I am at my wits end with the cockpit rail issue.

 

I have no idea what to do

[Nate--IRL--]

This only happens at the start of missions? Please explain it a little bit more.

 

Nate

[gear_monkey]

This only happens at the start of missions? Please explain it a little bit more.

 

Nate

 

its all the time.

 

Its not a zoom issue...I just zoomed out so you could see the effect, the game starts at a good zoom level.

 

When I look straight ahead the side cockpit rails are distorted to be zoomed to an abnormally large size(take a look at my first screen shot..this is what I mean, the side rails are twice as thick as they should be). It gives the impression of having blinders on that block your periphial vision.

 

Using TIR, when I move my head to look to the side, the cockpit rails reduce down to normal size again....I can literally make them enlarge and shrink by just moving my head around a bit.

Edited May 11, 2011 by gear_monkey

[Wartski]

try resetting different resolutions in the game the set as native resolution for the monitor, see what happens

[Nate--IRL--]

Ahh ok now I get you., yes it is that the FOV is set too High.

 

EDIT:- Do what Wartski has suggested first, I'd guess the aspect ratio for your new monitor resolution is incorrect.

 

Please extract the two files in the attached zip into the \\Config\View folder (Back up first!) and try again.

 

Nate

View.zip

[gear_monkey]

Ahh ok now I get you., yes it is that the FOV is set too High.

 

EDIT:- Do what Wartski has suggested first, I'd guess the aspect ratio for your new monitor resolution is incorrect.

 

Please extract the two files in the attached zip into the \\Config\View folder (Back up first!) and try again.

 

Nate

 

thanks for the files Nate....I didn't notice any difference....surely there are tons of people playing on widescreen monitors that don't have that wierd zoom effect

[Nate--IRL--]

You are correct this is not a common problem. If you press * or / on the numpad does your view change in and out?

 

Do you perhaps have zoom mapped to a slider on your joystick?

 

Nate

[gear_monkey]

You are correct this is not a common problem. If you press * or / on the numpad does your view change in and out?

 

Do you perhaps have zoom mapped to a slider on your joystick?

 

Nate

 

I do have zoom mapped to my CH combatstick. Isn't there another set of keys that actually shift the players head position? Maybe I could try that.

[Nate--IRL--]

No keys as such, TIR should move your head, but the default head position is editable in the config files.

 

However I believe what you are experiencing is called the Fish eye effect. The higher your Field of Vision (FOV) the more apparent the effect is. The default FOV (75 Deg IIRC) should not display this effect.

 

Nate

[gear_monkey]

No keys as such, TIR should move your head, but the default head position is editable in the config files.

 

However I believe what you are experiencing is called the Fish eye effect. The higher your Field of Vision (FOV) the more apparent the effect is. The default FOV (75 Deg IIRC) should not display this effect.

 

Nate

 

you hit the nail on the head.

 

I am making some headway, however. I just discovered with TIR5 if I just pull my head back at various distances, the fish eye effect doesn't exist...its just when I use my zoom mapping that the effect becomes overwhelming.

 

Thanks for sticking with me on this....I think I can get it to a playable level now.

[Nate--IRL--]

I'd suggest not zooming out that much that it becomes a problem. However if are interested in changing the default position of the head in the cockpit have a read though this.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=68821

 

Nate

[rextar]

Could it be a driver issue?

Did you use driver sweeper before you updated drivers?

[gear_monkey]

Could it be a driver issue?

Did you use driver sweeper before you updated drivers?

 

I don't see how but what do I know...

 

My previous monitor worked great as far as preportions, I think its just a matter of getting rid of the fish eye effect.

 

I have been playing around with the aspect ratio number in the config.lua file and found a setting of 1.79 helps curb the effect.

Go to \\Config\graphics.cfg and change line 22 with NOTEPAD++ to read

 

sync = 1;

 

That is the ONLY way to enable Vsync in DCS.

 

 

Nate

 

If you have nvidia, then you can set vsync on in the nvidia control panel by using "force on".

Edited May 13, 2011 by <((((><
Correction

[Baggy MacDouche]

Anyone have any other suggestions for my screen tearing problem. I've tried everything suggested here so far. I know vsync is turned on everywhere that it can be. I'm running the latest 11.4 catalyst drivers after doing an uninstall/driver sweeper cleanup.

 

No amount of changes in video options ingame or through CCC seem to have any effect on it. I haven't noticed this problem in other games.

[Kuky]

If you're running DCSA-10C in windowed mode turn Aero on... I run it in windowed mode also and both in game and graphics driver (ATI card here) I have vsync off but I don't get any tearing as I believe it's Windows 7 Aero feature making the image not tear so try that see if it helps.

 

In full screen setting sync=1 should do it

Edited May 13, 2011 by Kuky

[Baggy MacDouche]

OK, I'm a world class idiot. I could have sworn that I changed the config/graphics.cfg>sync=0 to 1, but when I looked again it was still 0. Changed it and no screen tearing anymore. Woohoo!