Anti Aliasing - Constant Shimmering

[eXpress48 20]

Hey Guys,

I read through pretty much every AA Thread, but I couldn't find a solution for my Problem. I'm running P3D 4.2 on a 24" (60 Hertz) Monitor with a 1920x1200 Resolution. No matter which AA Settings I choose, I can't get rid of the Shimmering in the Sim. I'm using a 1080 TI, so I could turn AA up to 8xSSAA which however affects Performance even on this Card.

Those are the current Settings, that I use in P3D and Nvidia Inspector:

I appreciate any help.

Thanks!

[n99wb 10]

For me 2X SSAA reduces shimmering more than 8X MSAA

[Matthew James de Bohun 55]

Not much you can really do at the moment. Like you I have the same problem and like you I have tried just about everything!

[Dave_YVR 973]

SGSS from Transparency Supersampling is well known to reduce shimmering but at a performance cost.

[curt1 79]

2 hours ago, n99wb said:

For me 2X SSAA reduces shimmering more than 8X MSAA

+1.

[neumanix 113]

You have antialiasing mode set to "Enhance the application setting" but you haven't set how to enhance it. You have that set to "Application-controlled / Off".

Set both to "Application controlled" so P3D controls all the AA. Then try a lower SSAA setting in P3D as suggested above.

Edited February 25, 2018 by neumanix

[onebob 125]

Turn MFAA off, this can cause flickering and degrade the image.

bob

[mwa05 108]

One thing I have found is ticking every “Recieve” option under Shadows / Casting and Recieving drastically reduces shimmering (on my PC).

Go figure...

Mark

[brucewtb 249]

I don't think there is a fix for shimmering in P3D which is much worse than it was in FSX - it was the first thing I noticed when I booted up P3D4 for the first time last June..  I have settled on 2XSSAA which is just acceptable during the day but still leaves a lot of shimmering lights at night with a marked fps hit when dynamic lights are enabled.

bruceb

[chapstick 2,757]

Welcome to Prepar3d V4, where anti-aliasing took a huge step backwards. Turning off HDR helps a bit.

[mwa05 108]

In addition to my last, I also use Envdir/Evntex/Evnshade and with FXAA on in Nvidia settings (not P3D), and those 3 elements (cast/receive, Env products and FXAA on in Nvidia) have virtually eliminated night time shimmering of lights using Orbx FTX Global/Vector.

It is still occasionally shimmery (is that even a word?) at certain angles, but largely it is gone.

I use 8MSAA in Sim with 16x. And lights very small in the Orbx lights configurator.

Finding that combination was months of faffing about.

Edited February 26, 2018 by mwa05

[sidfadc 1,344]

13 hours ago, mwa05 said:

One thing I have found is ticking every “Recieve” option under Shadows / Casting and Recieving drastically reduces shimmering (on my PC).

Go figure...

Mark

Hmm interesting...

[eXpress48 20]

Thanks for all of the suggestions, I will certainly try them out :)

[DylanM 1,069]

Try using DSR X2 (which will replicate a 4K resolution) + MFAA in NVCP, and 4X or 8X MSAA in-sim - almost completely got rid of shimmers for me on my previous monitor.

I now run a 43" 4K panel with just MFAA + 8X MSAA - this performs with the quality of 8X with the performance of 4X. 

[DiogoHolanda 0]

Buy a 4k monitor 28” or less ... you will need less AA and with that less shimmering