September 13, 201213 yr I have been fighting this for a while now and I can't seem to find out why FS9 is rendering my water like this, I have attached a screenshot of what it is doing and I do not know if this is a limitation of FS9 or that I need to edit my cfg file. I am using REX2004 OD and GEpro. Edited September 21, 201213 yr by firehawk44 Photo too large (max 1600W - yours 2988W) Tom "I just wanna tell you both: good luck. We're all counting on you."
September 13, 201213 yr That is normal for FS9. You are seeing the lower resolution scenery FS9 displays at a distance to ease the burden on the CPU. regards, Joe The best gift you can give your children is your time.
September 13, 201213 yr If you haven't already done so ... under Settings/Display/Water Effects one can set either Low or High. Setting the High choice does make a significant difference at the (mandatory) expense of reducing the Terrain Detail however.
September 13, 201213 yr Author Thanks, I will give low settings a try and see if it's at least is a little better. Tom "I just wanna tell you both: good luck. We're all counting on you."
September 14, 201213 yr Question! where to for aircraft texture blurries that suddenly happened yesterday?
September 14, 201213 yr Perhaps all that water sloshing about. Arnie....if it ain't broke, don't fix it...
September 14, 201213 yr If the water in the screen shot is fully animated, it looks excellent to me, for an FS 2004 water effect, (compared to FSX water effects, which are totally different). I would be quite happy with it!......I am easy to please!..., :biggrin: ...! Paul...FS 2004...REX...GE Pro.... :Bug: ...!
September 14, 201213 yr Author Well, I have tried numerous settings in different configurations and nothing, I guess I will have to live with it. Thanks for all of the suggesstions. If the water in the screen shot is fully animated, it looks excellent to me, for an FS 2004 water effect, (compared to FSX water effects, which are totally different). I would be quite happy with it!......I am easy to please!..., :biggrin: ...! Paul...FS 2004...REX...GE Pro.... :Bug: ...! This is on a laptop, my desktop is running FSX. Guess I just expected a little more out of the great FS9. Tom "I just wanna tell you both: good luck. We're all counting on you."
September 14, 201213 yr If you haven't already done so ... under Settings/Display/Water Effects one can set either Low or High. Setting the High choice does make a significant difference at the (mandatory) expense of reducing the Terrain Detail however. Im interested in this - are you saying that raising water quality comes at a tradeoff with terrain detail?
September 14, 201213 yr Im interested in this - are you saying that raising water quality comes at a tradeoff with terrain detail? Yes ... try it yourself. Set the water quality slider to High and watch the slider immediately above (Terrain Detail) reduce to halfway.
September 16, 201213 yr Hi, Yes ... try it yourself. Set the water quality slider to High and watch the slider immediately above (Terrain Detail) reduce to halfway. Yes you right about the terrain detail slider Nevertheless ... that is a misleading indication .. because your terrain details stay high in the simulation .. you don't loose details ! Check by yourself if you can see a difference in the simulation (other than better water detail !) are you saying that raising water quality comes at a tradeoff with terrain detail? So ... it's no tradeoff
September 17, 201213 yr hmmm, even manually setting water detail to 2 in the .cfg results in terrain detail reverting from 2 to 1 automatically... Whether or not there is a visible difference between 2 and 1 I am not sure but the values definitely change in the .cfg. Have a Wonderful Day -Paul Solk
September 18, 201213 yr Hi, Yes you right about the terrain detail slider Nevertheless ... that is a misleading indication .. because your terrain details stay high in the simulation .. you don't loose details ! Check by yourself if you can see a difference in the simulation (other than better water detail !) So ... it's no tradeoff Can anyone confirm this? I think that with water at high I do actually see a downgrade in terrain mesh detail but to be totally honest I am not even sure... If there is a downgrade I think the water tradeoff is worth it. I am going to keep it at Water 2 Terrain 1 for now and see what happens. Have a Wonderful Day -Paul Solk
September 21, 201213 yr psolk asked "Anyone else able to confirm the above?" To my eyes there IS a difference and quite a pronounced one. That is why I normally leave water quality at low notwithstanding owning Rex and Zinertek. Rational? Water is for the most part flat and I rarely fly over it lower than 36000 feet. :rolleyes:
Create an account or sign in to comment