Spasibo 1 Posted March 9, 2013 The mirrors on vehicles seem so unreal, they have very low fps and looks more like its a computer streaming an imagine rather than being a real mirror that renders the world very smoothly. Is it my computer or does everyone else have this problem? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metalcraze 290 Posted March 9, 2013 It's called "do you want to lose 5 fps rendering those mirrors or 20" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
infection 1 Posted March 9, 2013 I'm losing a lot more than 5 but I'm sure their preformance will increase by the time game is released. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
almanzo 144 Posted March 9, 2013 The mirrors on vehicles seem so unreal, they have very low fps and looks more like its a computer streaming an imagine rather than being a real mirror that renders the world very smoothly. Is it my computer or does everyone else have this problem? It's called render to texture, and it requires your video card to render two scenes simultaniously. It requires a lot of resources, that's why the fps is low. It's better than nothing, huh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DnA 5154 Posted March 9, 2013 You can set the quality (and framerate) of these effects in the video options: Picture-in-Picture quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leon86 13 Posted March 9, 2013 yeah, if you set it to ultra it's all good. well, all but performance :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon01 902 Posted March 9, 2013 Actually, while obviously undesirable on mirrors, I must say this looks awesome on actual computer screens. Do you think that FPS could be artificially capped on some displays, even on "ultra"? It really adds to the feel of realism. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigMorgan 11 Posted March 9, 2013 When I put PiP to Ultra it looked very smooth and realistic, but I was getting 20-25FPS driving in an otherwise empty scene. I'm very grateful they put it in the game, however, as although my medium-to-high-end rig is coughing at doing RTT in 2013 at 2560x1440 on Ultra settings, come 2015 or 2016 when I'm playing Arma 3 still I should be able to breeze through it. :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spasibo 1 Posted March 10, 2013 So what you are saying is that its highly dependant on the gaming computer. If you have a NASA computer it will look smoothly but if you are playing on a mid-end computer it will look like streamed pictures? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naizarak 4 Posted March 10, 2013 i have PiP set to low and mirrors look great to me. good quality with smooth playback. in fact i've only noticed a very marginal improvement from low to ultra, including the vehicle displays. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spasibo 1 Posted March 11, 2013 Still not quite sure how it works. Does the smoothness and fps of the mirrors depend on the computer in use? Or is it the same fps for everyone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neokika 62 Posted March 11, 2013 Still not quite sure how it works. Does the smoothness and fps of the mirrors depend on the computer in use? Or is it the same fps for everyone? No, it depends on your video settings, the PIP option. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonci87 163 Posted March 11, 2013 I noticed something. I have PIP on high. Look at the mirrors and the display in the hunter. They have a very nice and smooth FPS rate. Now look at the mirrors in the civilian offroad. The FPS is much worse! Why? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Overvolt 10 Posted March 11, 2013 Here I found normal, until it had enjoyed much of the appearance of the heli retrovisires in vehicles do not come to realize. I'll check as this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Montanaro 0 Posted March 11, 2013 Previously I had to switch to third person and free look backwards in order to reverse. I'm not going to complain about a slightly pixelated mirror Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fuse 1 Posted March 11, 2013 So what you are saying is that its highly dependant on the gaming computer. If you have a NASA computer it will look smoothly but if you are playing on a mid-end computer it will look like streamed pictures? I seriously doubt NASA has very many computers that would run a video game well. What they're saying is it's a setting. Change it in the options. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Droikka 1 Posted March 11, 2013 So what you are saying is that its highly dependant on the gaming computer. If you have a NASA computer it will look smoothly but if you are playing on a mid-end computer it will look like streamed pictures? Of course, it's an option they offer. The other options to buy a computer that can run it on ultra. Would you like them to force it on ultra so everyone plays on 10 fps? :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mikael912 1 Posted March 11, 2013 I like the mirrors in vehicles but they definately do need work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieAngel 0 Posted March 11, 2013 Arma is already very taxing on itself. Render to texture is essentially rendering "out of screen" the picture for your car mirrors. Essentially it's rendering the scene twice, in order to boost this process and prevent it to murder the "main" game window, it is rendered at a very low resolution and not every frames. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpacemanSpiff 10 Posted March 11, 2013 Yeah it is your computer that makes this decision. My bros mirrors are smooth as butter mine are choppy and slow. Time to get a new machine ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dayglow 2 Posted March 11, 2013 And they flash like crazy with sli. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisb 196 Posted March 11, 2013 Its nice and smooth PIP, but I will be glad if ‘blakes_mirrors’ get ported from A2 to A3. I can then turn the PIP off, its of little use if any…. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites