HUD is really BAD

[stadnitchii]

http://postimg.org/image/i6xbyns1h/full/

 

The text is really small and barely readable from my 1600x900 rez. Also its very dimm.

 

I was watching this video and I was able to read his hud easily, even at as low as 480p.

 

Can someone guide me through how to fix this issue.

[sobek]

Tried playing with the intensity setting in the pit?

[stadnitchii]

How do I do that? I'm new to the game. Hitting up the manual real soon.

[sobek]

Bottom right on the up front controller.

 

Good idea on the manual part...

[stadnitchii]

Ok, it seems its already at max. I managed to make it dim out but the most intense is what id shown here.

 

http://postimg.org/image/3o08xtupt/full/

[stadnitchii]

http://postimg.org/image/qb4iuihdj/full/

 

Enable 2x aa. Still very hard to read numbers. Is there a way to make them bigger?

[PeterP]

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Did you really read the first post?...

Short: This is a general "problem" of DCS-World with HDR-ON.

 

 

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...and on another note - I find it also somewhat realistic - as you can't cast shadows with light. - and it's a normal problem also for when you sit in front of the real thing.

 

...even if I wish it would be a little less sometimes - but this is hard - if not impossible - to achieve in DCS with the current "HDR" rendering and change big chunks of the whole ambient light shaders to make it 'realistic'- and if you would - I bet there would be a big performance drop .

 

EDIT:

What also helps to higher the HUD Visibility :

 

Set your 'digital vibrance higher in your GPU-colour' profile and/or

edit : \DCS World\Config\Effects\PostEffects\hdr.lua line #6,7,8 and set the overall colour-shift to "1" - so the Green is less shifted to the Blue anymore and becomes a little clearer.

Or only higher the value for 'G' (= Green) - so the Greens get more dominant and is better visible.

...and also use the 'normal' -HDR setting.

 

Maybe you also want to use this little edit/MOD:

Big HUD Font for A-10C

[BIGNEWY]

Do you need an eye test ?

 

Thought I better put this option in :)

[sobek]

Under some backlight conditions, the HUD is fairly hard to read. This is nothing out of the ordinary and happens IRL as well.

[stadnitchii]

I don't think its my eyes when I can clearly see the HUD of another person. It's definitely my eyes when I can see their HUD clear at a lower resolution compared to the full rez of my screen.

[BIGNEWY]

What type of screen are you using out of interest

 

 

edit

 

also do you have the same issue if you flick the day / night toggle

Edited September 27, 2013 by BIGNEWY

[stadnitchii]

http://postimg.org/image/nfa2ogaxd/

 

Looks gread during the night though.

[stadnitchii]

HP2010I

[Night]

I'd suggest getting a 1080p display, this sim needs as many pixels as you can throw at it.

 

Mainly though, you're zoomed out. I always zoom in a bit. It's simply not realistic to display such a complicated and realistically modeled cockpit in a 1600x900 display, so the only fix is to zoom in a bit. Also, it seems like your Track IR is sitting a bit low, might want to readjust it.

[stadnitchii]

Same as they eye issue. It cant be my screen when I can see it fine through my screen. It's dimmed out for some reason.

[BIGNEWY]

I see my HUD just fine and I am running a projector at 1024x768 :)

 

I think head position has a lot to do with it, I will reset my TrackIR at the beginning of a session by leaning back a little so when I sit naturally my head ingame is slightly forward.

[-Mop-]

Switch off HDR... this will help to make the HUD more readable, but makes makes the game less nice