Hi

 

I have one question about VC.

I like to use VC with zoom value 0.50 instead recommended 0.60.

I have noticed that when zoom is 0.50 part of my VC become blurry and not sharp as it is with zoom 0.60 ( see attached photo )

 

The question is, is it normal, or is it because my graphic properties are not correctly set?

Can i change it somehow ?

 

BR/Artur

What is your global texture resolution set to?

Hi Kyle,

 

U mean this:

 

 

[GRAPHICS]

AC_SELF_SHADOW=0

AIRCRAFT_REFLECTIONS=0

AIRCRAFT_SHADOWS=1

ALLOW_SHADER_30=1

COCKPIT_HIGH_LOD=1

D3D10=0

EFFECTS_QUALITY=2

GROUND_SHADOWS=0

HIGHMEMFIX=1

IMAGE_QUALITY=0

LANDING_LIGHTS=1

NUM_LIGHTS=8

STALE_BUFFER_THRESHOLD=2147483647

See_Self=1

TEXTURE_MAX_LOAD=4096

TEXTURE_QUALITY=3

Text_Scroll=1

SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED_10=1693500672

SHADER_CACHE_PRIMED=1693500672

 

BR/Artur

I think Kyle is referring to the setting available in the display settings dialogue....not the cfg file. set that as high as possible

 

Could be that your settings are too low, or that your computer graphics resolution is too low, or that the texture itself in the model is rather poor. I've noticed many aircraft (mainly stock and freeware add-ons) do not have the highest resolution for textures, and cockpit blurries are sometimes unavoidable.

That looks okay. Can you show me a picture of it zoomed at the recommended 0.60 or greater?

 

As a side note:

I know there's a tendency and a want to use lower zoom levels - 0.70 and lower - but using lower levels increases distortion. The tendency exists because we as humans (away from a monitor) see about 200ish degrees of view laterally. The monitor, however, only covers about 30 or 40 of that (depending on the size of the monitor and your distance from it). So, if you use a zoom level of 1.00, the screen seems more restrictive than reality. The tradeoff is lower zoom levels provide more of a realistic viewable area, but they also distort the image too much (creating a fisheye effect). Higher zoom levels do not distort your images at all, but they also don't allow you to see as much as you'd like.

 

I'd argue that 0.70-0.80 is a decent compromise between the two. Just my personal opinion, however.

Funnily enough I noticed the same part blurry the last time I flew at with the view at 0.6x not sure why I suddenly noticed it.. .. .. I tend to always fly at 0.6x as well since I find that the best balance between a restrictive view and the fish eye effect !!

 

G

lower zoom levels provide more of a realistic viewable area, but they also distort the image too much (creating a fisheye effect). Higher zoom levels do not distort your images at all, but they also don't allow you to see as much as you'd like.

 

Good point.

What happens if you zoom right in on the blurry textures? Do they become mroe clear, or only more distinguishable?

From the image you provided, it appears that the area you have highlighted is an added texture (not original). It overlaps the underlying texture. The textured instruments all around the offending area seem to be not too bad and reasonably crisp and clear. Makes me want to believe more that the texture itself is very poor resolution.

 

Is that the updated stock 737 VC from Alrot?

Hi

 

My FSX graphic settings are set to max with trilinear filtering.

My FSX screen resolution is 1600x1280

737 NGX is with latest 1C update, without any modification from my side, all textures are original as PMDG set.

With zoom at level 0.6 everything is crisp and sharp, after changing zoom to 0.5 texture became blurry.

When i come back to zoom 0.6 again everything is crisp.

Later on i will attach picture with zoom 0.6

 

BR/Artur

I was actually just coming on the forums today to post a topic about this. I have the same problem, however I use the .30 zoom because it gives me a better view of the cockpit and my surroundings instead of being focused on one spot. I wasn't aware there was a recommended zoom level, but when I am at .50-.60 everything is crystal clear so that might be my problem right there.

Guys, remember that using zoom levels less than one really means you're asking your computer to do some major compromising for you. It's like me holding a photograph up for you, and then asking you to draw it smaller. There are going to be sacrifices in quality in order to change the appearance to get it to the size you've asked.

 

I'll say it again - there's absolutely no reason to be going below 0.5. Sure, it may seem more natural because of the field of view, but your depth of field is pretty distorted by that point. Use your zoom level to implicitly squelch the image. When you're in a plane - any plane - you're going to be concentrating on about a 5-10 degree cone of view as you dart your eyes around to address items as they come. Using a zoom level of 1.00 gives you just about that much. However, your eyes are fairly active, so that would be a lot of hat'ing around the cockpit, so split the difference: 0.7ish

 

You don't need to see the HUD, PFD, EICAS, and lower EICAS all at once - you're not going to be looking at all of them at the same time.

 

 

(Sorry - can you tell I see this as a simism?)

zoom 0.6

Based on how jagged everything looks, it seems like your graphics settings aren't correct. Specifically Anti-Aliasing. If you have an NVIDIA card, take a look here.

Kyle you are correct, I won't be looking at the PFD, EFIS map, and all the other readouts at the same time but when I want to look at one then the other I don't want to have go to my keyboard and hold space to look around, espcially if I'm trying to do something quick. It is much easier if I'm zoomed out then I can look at my PFD, then my EFIS map, then out my cockpit window without ever having to take my hands off my yoke; like you said, it is a much more natural field of view and that is why I like it. I would like to invest in trackIR which would help solve that, but it currently isn't in my budget. Now that I'm aware that PMDG has a recommended zoom level I know that it is something that I am doing that is making the VC a little fuzzy and that is something I am willing to put up with because it isn't really bad.

i am not using strong anti-aliasing because it is eating my precious frame rate, however i will look at NVIDIA settings based on given link. Thanks for support.

 

BR/Artur

Kyle,

 

Thanks a lot !

I did some settings as recommended in article, and - everything is sharp as razor, even with zoom 0.5.

Frame rates are still 30, so it is simply great.

 

BR/Artur