Awful graphics/LOD making unrecognisable things (or bad settings)

[ryan d ale 10]

Hi.

I'm had Arma2 for a while and I want to start playing it again.

One of my problems with it is the graphics. I have them all set on high because I'm fortuante enough to be able to do that but sometimes I just can't tell what objects are at all.

For example, I was 40m from a kind of 'oil pump'/drill that swings into the ground. Combined with the noise and 'awful graphics' I thought it was an enemy APC.

Another example, I can't Identify vehicles 200 metres away. They are just a blur (especially when moving).

Is this normal or is there some kind of setting to help with this. For example, I do not understand the graphic setting '3d resolution'.

Any help is appreciated.

[HR4 Elite 10]

Don’t know if this will help but these are my settings:

http://api.ning.com/files/Sgjg2ZxMofrSfn8Q0eFg5hgo8jTZ7UyNG2LuMnFHl2JlFIZDlmvNgS5RV43JP0e6EmUjtr8ep2cOfbs3dBLGyGLtFQsTISGy/setupwithdvdmod.jpg

With things on high as you suggest there should not be a problem, try setting your 3D res to 100% or your monitors natural res, my monitor is a 1920x1080 res and I have it set at that with great results..

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[ryan d ale 10]

Don’t know if this will help but these are my settings:

http://api.ning.com/files/Sgjg2ZxMofrSfn8Q0eFg5hgo8jTZ7UyNG2LuMnFHl2JlFIZDlmvNgS5RV43JP0e6EmUjtr8ep2cOfbs3dBLGyGLtFQsTISGy/setupwithdvdmod.jpg

With things on high as you suggest there should not be a problem, try setting your 3D res to 100% or your monitors natural res, my monitor is a 1920x1080 res and I have it set at that with great results..

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Thank you for sharing that with me.

I did set it to 100%/1:1 now and I can certainly say that things are at the very least mildly better. Just searching to see if I have correct/default/native aspect ratio then I should be having optimal experience I think :)

Thank you.

[[frl]myke 14]

It would be helpful to know the used Hardware.

About 3D Resolution: your monitor has a native resolution, let's assume 1920x1080 (FullHD). You can force ArmA 2 to render in another Resolution and the down/upscale the finale frame to your monitors native resolution.

That said, with the above assumed native Resolution a 3D Resolution setting of 200% would mean that each frame is rendered at 3840x2160 and then downscaled to 1920x1080. The effect and therefor purpose is a Fullscreen/Fullscene Antialiasing.

This can be applied if you see that your GPU isn't at full load all the time and has some free resources you could spent into a higher 3D Resolution.

Going below 100% will help if a GPU is permanently "overloaded" but it doesn't really look good IMHO.

[polecat.uk 11]

I would try turning off post processing if you have that on high.