nVidia 3d Vision Support

[ronwelch 1]

There was a dead thread with the same name from January 2012. It didn't turn up in your forum search. I only found it using Google. It has same unresolved issues but the posters didn't offer any solutions, just griped (rightfully so). I have a solution that BIS might use because it's easy and they don't see that 3D users are their future base. They think there aren't enough of us to pay for the time it will take to fix a little problem (there are now that the monitors have come down in price). I can't believe you guys would give TrackIR more attention by allowing it to interface with the camera angles and won't fix the shader problems for 3D. The solution is below but you must all first listen to my rant because I'm so damn tired of hearing that a title supports 3D and inevitably it's an EPIC FAIL. And assign the same guy to fix the same problems in all your games.

I use 3D Vision and TrackIR 5 in my simulators. I have two GTX 580s. I'm not going to turn off shadows and can't put up with an interface at the wrong depth (your interface seems to be okay because it's 2D which renders at my monitors depth which is in front of the distant scenery). 3D isn't going to die out. It adds tremendous immersion to the games/simulators and the equipment is affordable now. The Asus VG236H 23" 2ms 1920x1080 with nVidia 3D Vision glasses is $350. I don't play anything that doesn't support 3D fully now am sad to say that 3D doesn't work in Arma 2. Your program has the same problem as many I've played/owned (i.e. X3 Terran Conflict, Skyrim, Lunar Flight,...). These games went from unplayable in 3D to fully rendered correctly using Helix's DX9 hook. In Arma 2, the shadows don't render at the correct depth, the iron sights are off, and if I remember correctly, the fire, explosions, and water reflections are off. The elegant fix for these problems is to crack open the source code and redo it, but a fine work-around for most games is the d3d9.dll hook created by Helix. This hook must be on the allowed list for anti-cheat purposes, otherwise you will be marked as a cheater.

Helix Mod 3D Fixes forum (many games already supported) helixmod dot wikispot dot org slash FAQ ('Cause you dimwits won't allow me to post a URL even though I jumped through 28 hoops to post in your forum... My God!)

He gives instructions on using his dll to fix the 3D problems via shader overrides if he's not interested in doing the game himself (how to make your own fixes tab at top of page).

Read the instructions at Game Grade 3D for good examples of what to look for. I commonly find skyboxes and distant mountains (often done as a single image) rendered at wrong depth, water reflection messed up, and shadow depth incorrect. All of which can be fixed using Helix Mod. Skyrim is a great example of those common problems that when fixed, made the game go from unplayable to AWESOME!

I would have purchased Take On: Helicopters today but it's based on the ARMA 2 engine. It therefore stands to reason that it won't work with 3D Vision either.