Not had to use MSAA to help with spotting with either the Index or Quest 2, but
it helps to get rid of some graphical artefacts. All headsets are different as
well personal preferences, would I go lower that medium on clouds no, Witch has
to have them on high as he cannot stand them any lower. So then you have to
make adjusts to make the things that you like work. I am surprised that you
need to have MSAA x4 or even x2 for better spotting, which like you said you
have to sacrifice other settings.
I personally would go for higher resolution, clouds, and shadows, before MSAA
when I have played around with settings, maybe once a newer gpu is available
LOL.
A solid frame rate is the most important of all the considerations. As a note I
have always found motion smoothing and ASW not to be very good with IL2, they
work better with DCS, a better gpu might change that.
My settings are ultra, med clouds, shadows off, canopy reflections off, 150km,
detail x4.
Hope you find an answer.
Colin
On 8 May 2021, at 15:52, 56RAF_phoenix <phoenix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think I've come to the conclusion that in il2 the only advantage the Reverb
G2 offers over the Index is less screen door. God only knows how it up
samples from lower resolution, if that were hardware assisted inside the
headset, it might make sense, but I doubt it.
The G2 is also stuck needing 90 Hz and over concentrates the pixels in the
centre of view. Half the price or the Index though!
But Roke, MSAAx4 is a huge benefit for spotting. But it's been very painful
dropping resolution to use it. Distant spotting is unrealistically good now,
as soon as I zoom, the contacts almost vanish.
If il2 were to get a real graphics refresh, I might try higher res and no
MSAA again.
56RAF_phoenix
On 08/05/2021 15:37, Joe Stronach (Redacted sender jstronach for DMARC) wrote:
Balanced, no shadows and medium clouds is what I go with too. Simple mirrors
(and I allow myself normal canopy reflections as an eye candy concession).
Running msaa x 2, I get 90 fps in most / all circumstances, including with
lots of cloud and forest / buildings.
2016 x 2380 resolution. After many hours of testing, thats what works best
for me (and staying very closer to 90 fps is essential for my hmd).
I've basically gone beyond fiddling with the settings now, although I might
try 4x msaa to see if spotting gets any easier, and if it's worth the fps
hit.
Roke
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Subject: [56raf_firebirds] Stepping down resolution, again
Having realised I really need MSAAx4 for spotting, I was running
"application resolution" 2308x2264, but found that on Finnish in heavy
cloud and in Kuban it was too stuttery in close combat. Despite
generally getting 90 Hz. Even with Clouds on ghastly Low.
So I've stepped down to 2184x2140 and run the SYN_Vander benchmark with
Clouds on Low, Med, High plus my original resolution. All have MSAAx4,
graph attached.
Interestingly, Medium Clouds seems to get higher framerates. So this new
resolution and Medium Clouds (horrible Balanced graphics and no Shadows)
will be my selection for the moment.
56RAF_phoenix
