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[WildWilly]

Hello virtual pilots. Need help with the Settings,cause it is not looking nice.  My Screen Settings are 1920x1200  and myrig is   i5 3350p 3,1   8gb  Geforce  nvidia gtx 960. but the plane does not look realy nice, Cockpit etc.. sourroundings... can i improve something, is the 1920x1200 wrong ?  thanks a lot for any help..tally ho

[Flanker27]

i too have an Nvidia card iv found the best way to spruce the graphics up is to go in to the Nvidia control panel and play with the settings manually rather than letting the card do it automatically   

[SAS~Tom2]

Hi WildWilly and welcome,

I move the thread because it is/was basically in the wrong place.

In this forum section for new members you find many tips but you have to spend time yourself for a bit of understanding of some of the basics in order to get proper help.

For getting a game to look better, the first place to start is in your unmodded game and your config.ini file inside your main game folder.
You best change the config.ini outside the game with a text editor and after making your changes, safe it.
Relevant areas are e.g. game resolution, and the [Render_OpenGL] section.



For benchmarking, I also usually recommend a very old AAS thread:
http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=22314
http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=29178


Dedicated config.ini tips:
..in this section:
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,9756.0.html

For newbies, important is always to post a logfile in case of issues.
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,42857.0.html


Tech help in case of trouble
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/board,4.0.html


Next time please also post your game version.

Thanks

Tom

[SAS~Malone]

as Tom has mentioned above, manually editing certain entries in your conf.ini will also yield some much improved results - more so than anything the nVidia control panel does.
with an nVidia card, you'd be wanting to make some changes under the [Render_OpenGL] section.
if you post up that section of your current conf.ini settings here for us to look at, we can advise on the best changes to make for best graphic improvement.

[WildWilly]

Thanks for your answers...helpful.  to say, i am just facinated with the Options ihave now with il2 1946.. but a Little bit confusing... i have patched it now to 4.13... can i just the jet era mod or not ?

[SAS~Malone]

Jet era - no, i'm afraid not.
the majority of mods are still made compatible for 4.12.2 game version, not that many work with 4.13, especially not the more advanced code mods.
if you want to enjoy pretty much all mods, it's best to stick with a 4.12.2 game version.
luckily, there's no limit to how many different installs you have on your PC, hard drive space being the only limiting factor

[WildWilly]

Thanks again. Just placed anew 12.2 Version, and started heavy download...so in fact 12.3 does not bring any real benefit ? seems everything is just done for 12.2 ? i feel back to the times of atari st and my first real flight game F 16 fighting falcon :-)  was great for ist time ... i don t enjoy those so called F2P which is nothing but BtP ( before to pay ) :-).. i enjoy already this Forum.. so many Thing to read.. simply good work of the Forum mod Team and all those modders ...

[WildWilly]

as Tom has mentioned above, manually editing certain entries in your conf.ini will also yield some much improved results - more so than anything the nVidia control panel does.
with an nVidia card, you'd be wanting to make some changes under the [Render_OpenGL] section.
if you post up that section of your current conf.ini settings here for us to look at, we can advise on the best changes to make for best graphic improvement.

i know it is awful Long... but perhaps you can have a look at it anyway? would be nice 

Code: [Select]

il2]
title=Il2-Sturmovik 1946
hotkeys=HotKey game

[window]
width=1920
height=1200
ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=0
Use3Renders=0
WideScreenFoV=1
UIColor=0
UIDetail=0
UIBackground=de
Use3RendersUI=0

[GLPROVIDER]
GL=Opengl32.dll

[GLPROVIDERS]
Open GL=Opengl32.dll
DirectX=dx8wrap.dll

[NET]
speed=25000
routeChannels=0
serverChannels=31
localPort=21000
remotePort=21000
SkinDownload=1
serverName=No Name
serverDescription=
remoteHost=
localHost=
socksHost=
checkServerTimeSpeed=1
checkClientTimeSpeed=0
disableNetStatStatistics=0
showPilotNumber=1
showPilotPing=1
showPilotName=1
showPilotScore=1
showTeamScore=0
cumulativeTeamScore=0
showPilotArmy=1
showPilotACDesignation=1
showPilotACType=1
filterUserNames=0
reflyKIADelay=0
maxAllowedKIA=-1
reflyKIADelayMultiplier=0.0
reflyDisabled=0
allowMorseAsText=1
allowCustomSounds=1

[MaxLag]
farMaxLagTime=10.0
nearMaxLagTime=2.0
cheaterWarningDelay=5.0
cheaterWarningNum=-1

[chat]
region=(dx=0.6925,dy=0.071666665,x=0.0,y=0.0)

[game]
Arcade=0
HighGore=0
mapPadX=0.6687499
mapPadY=-0.046666667
viewSet=33
Intro=0
NoSubTitles=0
NoChatter=0
NoHudLog=0
NoLensFlare=0
iconTypes=3
eventlog=eventlog.lst
eventlogkeep=0
3dgunners=1
ScreenshotType=1
RecordingIndicator=1
MapAlpha=0.99
SaveTrk=0
SkipParatrooperViews=0
NoMissionInfoHud=0
noKillInfoHud=1
BlockMorseChat=0
SmallMapWPLabels=1
ShowMorseAsText=0
IconUnits=0
lowInfoHud=0


[HotKey game]
PrintScreen=ScreenShot
P=pause
Pause=pause

[HotKey gui]
Escape=activate

[HookViewFly Config]
timeFirstStep=2.0
deltaZ=10.0

[HookView]
MouseLeft=Len

[HookView Config]
AzimutSpeed=0.1
TangageSpeed=0.1
LenSpeed=1.0
MinLen=1.0
DefaultLen=20.0
MaxLen=3000.0
Speed=6
LeanF=0.2
LeanS=0.2
Raise=0.089999996
RubberBand=0.04

[HotKey builder]
MouseLeft=objectMove
MouseRight=popupmenu
Enter=freeView
Shift MouseLeft=worldZoom
Alt MouseLeft=select+
Alt MouseRight=select-
Alt Ctrl=unselect
PageDown=change+
PageUp=change-
End=change++
Home=change--
Ctrl MouseLeft=insert+
Insert=insert+
NumPad-0=insert+
F=fill
Ctrl MouseRight=delete+
NumPad.=delete+
Delete=delete+
Backspace=cursor
Tab=cursor
F10=land
F11=onLand
NumPad-=normalLand
NumPad+=toLand
NumPad-5=resetAngles
NumPad-8=resetTangage90
NumPad-7=stepAzimut-5
NumPad-4=stepAzimut-15
NumPad-1=stepAzimut-30
NumPad-9=stepAzimut5
NumPad-6=stepAzimut15
NumPad-3=stepAzimut30

[MouseXYZ]
F1=SpeedSlow
F2=SpeedNormal
F3=SpeedFast
MouseRight=XYmove
F4 MouseRight=Zmove
MouseMiddle=Amove
F5 MouseRight=Amove
F6 MouseRight=Tmove
F7 MouseRight=Kmove

[MouseXYZ Config]
RealTime=1

[HotKey Console]
Shift Tab=Activate
[Console]
HISTORY=1024
HISTORYCMD=1024
LOAD=console.cmd
SAVE=console.cmd
LOG=0
LOGTIME=0
LOGFILE=log.lst
LOGKEEP=0

[sound]
SoundUse=1
SoundEngine=1
Speakers=0
Placement=0
SoundFlags.reversestereo=0
RadioFlags.Enabled=0
RadioEngine=2
MusicVolume=8
ObjectVolume=14
MusState.takeoff=1
MusState.inflight=1
MusState.crash=1
MusFlags.play=0
MasterVolume=14
Attenuation=7
SoundMode=1
SamplingRate=0
NumChannels=2
SoundExt.occlusions=0
SoundFlags.hardware=1
SoundFlags.streams=1
SoundFlags.duplex=1
SoundExt.acoustics=0
SoundExt.volumefx=0
SoundFlags.voicemgr=0
SoundFlags.static=1
VoiceVolume=12
Channels=2
SoundExt.extrender=0
SoundFlags.bugscorrect=0
SoundSetupId=8
ActivationLevel=0.02
Preemphasis=0.85
RadioLatency=0.5
AGC=1
PTTMode=1
SoundFlags.UseRadioChatter=0
SoundFlags.AutoActivation=0
RadioFlags.PTTMode=0
RadioFlags.PlayClicks=0
ActLevel=0
MicLevel=12
SoundFlags.forceEAX1=0

[rts]
;ProcessAffinityMask=1
mouseUse=2
joyUse=1
trackIRUse=1
DisableIME=0
locale=de
UseSmartAxis=0
JoyProfile=0

[rts_mouse]
SensitivityX=1.0
SensitivityY=1.0
Invert=0
SensitivityZ=1.0

[rts_joystick]
X=0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 0
Y=0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 0
Z=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
RZ=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
FF=0
U=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
V=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0

[Render_DirectX]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=1
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=0
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=0
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=0
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=0
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=0

HardwareShaders=0

Shadows=1
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=0
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=15
ForceShaders1x=0
PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0
Water=1
Effects=2

[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=3
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=0
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=0
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=1
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=1
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=0

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=2
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17
Water=1
Effects=2
ForceShaders1x=0
PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.0625
PolygonOffsetUnits=-1.0

[DGen]
HistoricalRanks=1
CampaignLength=Medium
[Mods]
RandomSplash=1
netCallsign=


[teh_pwnisher]

You should try Rehade or Sweetfx. It looks at a little complicated at first but really easy on you get the hang of it.

[DougW60]

recommend looking here

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=9756.0

Recommend changing the following:

[Render_OpenGL]

Forest=2  Forest=3

Water=1   Water=4

Water setting 4 is optimized for nVidia cards