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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: WMCoolmon on December 19, 2004, 03:15:34 pm

Title: Antialiasing
Post by: WMCoolmon on December 19, 2004, 03:15:34 pm

I don't want to excite anyone, but is there any possibility of getting Antialiasing working properly with NVidia cards? I can't (really) use it, but it can make a lot of quality difference when it's used.

If it's broken for ATI cards, this goes double - smoothed models would look lots better.

(I'm using a GF4 MX440 with either the most or the next most recent drivers, but it hasn't worked for a LONG time.)

I think there may have been some special process to enable it. I'm not sure if that works anymore or what it was, though.

Title: Antialiasing
Post by: DaBrain on December 19, 2004, 03:48:05 pm

Since I got my 6800 all my AA problems are history.

Somehow I can use AA without problems now. (Without GF fix.)


Forceware 71.20 (not sure)


Edit: Uhm, sorry looks like I was wrong. There are still some glitches, but I didn't notice them in-game. Look at the 'goal' interface part to the left.


Waring 1280*1024 Shot!
http://img29.exs.cx/img29/6199/antialias0rc.jpg

Title: Antialiasing
Post by: Lynx on December 19, 2004, 03:54:27 pm

The stars in the background used to be barely visible with AA. Is it still that way?

Title: Antialiasing
Post by: DaBrain on December 19, 2004, 03:56:00 pm

Yeah, it's weird. They are very visible when I turn my fighter to any direction, but are almost not visible when I don't touch the controls.

Title: Antialiasing
Post by: karajorma on December 19, 2004, 04:17:36 pm

This one has been in the technical section of the FAQ for ages. It dates back as far as FS1 IIRC.

Quote

WHEN I PLAY FREESPACE OR FREESPACE 2 THE STARS DISAPPEAR WHEN I'M MOVING/TURNING. THEY REAPPEAR WHEN I'M STILL

This is another antialiasing problem. As with the previous two problems the solution lies in editing the registry. This time you want to follow the same procedure for a DWord called D3DLineOffset.

That said I don't think it's that good an idea to mess around with the registry unless the SCP guys say that this setting doesn't have any other effect.

Title: Antialiasing
Post by: deep_eyes on December 20, 2004, 10:04:37 pm

um before i upgraded my PC to a Radeon IGP, i use to run FSopen with the ATI Anti Aliasing activated by default. it was.... smoother. but required enourmouse ram. epic epic epic ram....

Title: Antialiasing
Post by: Overlord on December 21, 2004, 08:21:53 am

I play with 4xAA set in the launcher and it works good for me,
but i get cursor-slowdowns when a popup (i.e. "Do you realy want to quit") appears.

Title: Antialiasing
Post by: Tolwyn on December 21, 2004, 09:03:44 am

I am wondering if AA is working on Radeon 9700 Pro. I do not notice any difference with or without it (except the interface glitches while using AA)

Title: Antialiasing
Post by: Overlord on December 21, 2004, 09:23:52 am

Small comparison:

No AA (http://www.overlords-from-hell.de/aa-off.jpg)

 4x AA in Launcher (http://www.overlords-from-hell.de/4xaa.jpg)

 4x AA in launcher + 8xS AA in driversettings (http://www.overlords-from-hell.de/8xsaa.jpg)

Title: Antialiasing
Post by: Tolwyn on December 21, 2004, 09:44:22 am

1. I have no possibility to select AA*4 in the launcher settings, it supports only 2x full screen antialising
2. the effect of anti aliasing is minimal

Also, it may be not the right place to post this, but it is a similar bug anyway. Glow maps do not function properly at a certain distance. They may fade in and out or exhibit intermittent flickering effects.