thanks for jumping into my thread just to abuse people. At least the two arguing are arguing about something related to this thread, whereas you are clearly just trolling...didn't you read the sticky?
Originally posted by: Nextman916
well i wasnt exactly goin for a response because i never asked a question...Of course im not gonna address a person that answers my question as a loser, you know i wouldnt either and i have no idea why you would even say that. I bet ur gonna ask your children if they will jump off a bridge if their friends are doing it. And you are just as bad as him pointing out off topic comments. Which need i repost happen all the time? you cant prevent people from expressing opinions off topic so just shutup about it.
Right, so we've established that ATi has an issue with Sacrifice. Now what?you're entirely correct in both those conclusions, but it just goes to show there's no point in a discussion with you as you're apparently incapable of comprehending anything beyond its most simplistic form.
Maybe you should leave the forums until you have your twelfth birthday and then try again. It's obvious you're not capable of having an adult conversation or following adult thinking patterns.And obviously ur a F*ckin loser who has no life, scanning the forums every second of the day.
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: Nextman916
well i wasnt exactly goin for a response because i never asked a question...Of course im not gonna address a person that answers my question as a loser, you know i wouldnt either and i have no idea why you would even say that. I bet ur gonna ask your children if they will jump off a bridge if their friends are doing it. And you are just as bad as him pointing out off topic comments. Which need i repost happen all the time? you cant prevent people from expressing opinions off topic so just shutup about it.
thanks for jumping into my thread just to abuse people. At least the two arguing are arguing about something related to this thread, whereas you are clearly just trolling...didn't you read the sticky?
you wouldn't be asking that if you'd actually put any thought into anything i posted.Originally posted by: BFG10K
Right, so we've established that ATi has an issue with Sacrifice. Now what?you're entirely correct in both those conclusions, but it just goes to show there's no point in a discussion with you as you're apparently incapable of comprehending anything beyond its most simplistic form.
Lock this thread? Ban all future discussions about IQ because there's a Sacrifice issue?
Tell us Cainam, what was the point of your comments? What did you hope to achieve here by discussing a 5 year old game?
And this here ends the Sacrifice discussion in this thread. BFG & Maniac - too much stuff that is OT. Thanks for being concerned, but if it needs more discussion, PM or new thread.Originally posted by: CaiNaM
you wouldn't be asking that if you'd actually put any thought into anything i posted.Originally posted by: BFG10K
Right, so we've established that ATi has an issue with Sacrifice. Now what?you're entirely correct in both those conclusions, but it just goes to show there's no point in a discussion with you as you're apparently incapable of comprehending anything beyond its most simplistic form.
Lock this thread? Ban all future discussions about IQ because there's a Sacrifice issue?
Tell us Cainam, what was the point of your comments? What did you hope to achieve here by discussing a 5 year old game?
my original comment was, "because you're making it a huge issue. it's kind of like not being able to play sacrifice on any of my rigs with ati cards. while it's certainly not right, one has to consider the relevancy of it.."
"also, if it only applies to a single game (haven't noticed it in any other similar games such as hl2, doom, far cry, fear, quake 4...), isn't it possible it's a bug in the game itself and you should be griping at crytek, or at least include them in your campaign as well?"
my points being that "bugs" in games (whether it's this shadow issue) happen, and this partciular one certainly wasn't "show stopping" as some others have been (and have never been fixed). also that it's possible it may by on crytek's side, and he should put some effort in that direction as well, instead of just assuming it's all nvidia and ranting about it.
then of course, you came trolling in and made some huge issue about sacrifice itself (quoting me out of context, i might add while ignoring the main points, as seems to be your style), and of course, here we are... had you not jumped in to take issue with it, it certainly would not have turned into a main focal point of this thread..
i'm hardly the only onw who's taken issues with your posts in this thread, yet you seem determined to remain on your "high horse", choosing to be condescending and judgemental to those who don't appreciate you "style".
whatever.. while you've certainly contributed to some interesting discussions and presented some valid posts in the past, your involvement in this thread started out as nothing more than confrontational, and has remained so since.
having sufficiently answered your ridiculous question, i won't continue to contribute to your trolling this thread further by commenting on any further posts you may choose to make which aren't acutally related to the topic...
You still haven't answered the question. We all know what your opinion is of the issue, I was asking what you hoped to achieve by posting your comments. A thread lock? A ban on all further Far Cry IQ discussion? What?you wouldn't be asking that if you'd actually put any thought into anything i posted.
Originally posted by: SolMiester
WTF, I havent a clue what you guys are on about, the random screenies I looked at look fine, are you guys playing the game or recording movies?.
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
e_active_shadow_maps_receving = "12"
... seems to improve the quality quite a bit and I don't see any difference in performance. It's not a "soft" shadow though. It's very crisp and you can still see some jaggedness.
default setting of 2
new setting of 12
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
e_active_shadow_maps_receving = "12"
... seems to improve the quality quite a bit and I don't see any difference in performance. It's not a "soft" shadow though. It's very crisp and you can still see some jaggedness.
default setting of 2
new setting of 12
Originally posted by: lavaheadache
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
e_active_shadow_maps_receving = "12"
... seems to improve the quality quite a bit and I don't see any difference in performance. It's not a "soft" shadow though. It's very crisp and you can still see some jaggedness.
default setting of 2
new setting of 12
WOW, that just about fixes the shadow problem. There is still the slightest bit of blockiness left but on my system this is the best it has ever looked. I wonder if there is any fine tuning that can be done. I also wonder what the setting range e_active_shadow_maps_receving can be set at. Dug777 try it out.
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
e_active_shadow_maps_receving = "12"
... seems to improve the quality quite a bit and I don't see any difference in performance. It's not a "soft" shadow though. It's very crisp and you can still see some jaggedness.
default setting of 2
new setting of 12
Originally posted by: Tanclearas
I tried a bunch of different settings, including \e_active_shadow_maps_receving (receving is not a spelling mistake... on my part anyway). Setting it to 1 made the shadows blockier, so I started heading the other way. According to the tweak guide, valid settings are from 0 to 2. I kept bumping the value higher just to see what would happen. The blocks/jaggies continued getting smaller to a value of 6. I didn't notice any difference going to 7. I pushed on anyway, and values higher than 7 just disabled my driver-forced antialiasing settings, and after reaching a certain point (12 I think), it will go totally messed up (I had to restart my computer). Unfortunately, the shadow blur disappears at values 3 and higher, so although the jaggies are smaller, they are almost more noticeable.
Originally posted by: lifeguard1999
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
e_active_shadow_maps_receving = "12"
... seems to improve the quality quite a bit and I don't see any difference in performance. It's not a "soft" shadow though. It's very crisp and you can still see some jaggedness.
default setting of 2
new setting of 12
Thanks for the fix.
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Just an update - I was playing more FarCry earlier (on mp_radio) and I was getting tons of random slowdowns to under 10fps, other times it would be right back at 60. It was unplayable, really (it was under 10 a lot more than it was close to 60). When I set it back to the default of 2, framerates jumped back up to 60 solid. So, unless something else in my config has changed, I think that shadow setting isn't a real fix...
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Just an update - I was playing more FarCry earlier (on mp_radio) and I was getting tons of random slowdowns to under 10fps, other times it would be right back at 60. It was unplayable, really (it was under 10 a lot more than it was close to 60). When I set it back to the default of 2, framerates jumped back up to 60 solid. So, unless something else in my config has changed, I think that shadow setting isn't a real fix...