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[Felicitatem Parco]

Beautiful Mechs, and very little Fog.

It seems like I found the sweet spot where the Mechs are pretty, the terrain is pretty, and I can see more than 3 feet in front of me. It's a shame that I have to run the game on reduced graphics settngs so I can cut through the fog and see the graphics...

Edited by Prosperity Park, 21 October 2015 - 08:19 AM.

[Spr1ggan]

Prosperity Park, on 21 October 2015 - 08:18 AM, said:

Beautiful Mechs, and very little Fog.

It seems like I found the sweet spot where the Mechs are pretty, the terrain is pretty, and I can see more than 3 feet in front of me. It's a shame that I have to run the game on reduced graphics settngs so I can cut through the fog and see the graphics...

Everyone in the comp scene has been running settings like that since forever.

[Hit the Deck]

I only set the texture to high and keep everything low. I do miss the beautiful lighting though.

[Felicitatem Parco]

The beautiful lightng effects would be awesome for a single player campaign... Where I can take my time to enjoy the view and know that the AI is going to see me through all the small bushes and stuff no matter what since their "view" is not obstructed by things that cannot block bullets.

But when I play against people, I know that they are deliberately making it easier to see me by reducing their graphics levels, so I have to follow suit in order to not really hamper myself.

I know that Fog is being added to discourage sniping, but the fact that you can bypass Fog by turning the graphics down is a turn-off to me. It's like PGI is telling me that I have to choose between a very pretty game or a fun game, regardless of my hardware's processing capacity.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 21 October 2015 - 09:23 AM.

[sycocys]

If someone shoots me through my fog, I go ahead and shoot them right back.

Until they implement the reticule not changing colors unless targeted I'm not even considering lowering my graphics for anyone.

[Felicitatem Parco]

sycocys, on 21 October 2015 - 09:34 AM, said:

If someone shoots me through my fog, I go ahead and shoot them right back.

Until they implement the reticule not changing colors unless targeted I'm not even considering lowering my graphics for anyone.

You shoot them back without a target lock when you cannot see them? How does that work?

[Vxheous]

Prosperity Park, on 21 October 2015 - 10:12 AM, said:

You shoot them back without a target lock when you cannot see them? How does that work?

He follows the lasers back to source and attempt to shoot that position.

[sycocys]

"Broken" mechanics vs Broken map/video settings design?

[Felicitatem Parco]

Vxheous Kerensky, on 21 October 2015 - 10:15 AM, said:

He follows the lasers back to source and attempt to shoot that position.

So, blindly firing into their presumed ranks at someone behind partial cover...

See, I would rather just see them and shoot them.

[chewie]

And when they're ecm covered, at dusk, 800Mr away, with dark paint against a dark backdrop....

How do you spot them then.....

[SgtMagor]

yup yup, thats some what how i run my program might be a little different , only because these settings doesn't over tax the video card. never done it for any other reason.

[Juodas Varnas]

Sorry.
I can't play without my blooms and god-rays and awesome PPC particle effects.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

I might be wrong, but the fog effects seem to be tied to Environment. Turn that to Low and it minimizes the visual crap, at least in my brief testing on Viridian Bog in the Testing Grounds. Turning up Particles and Effects didn't seem to make the fog any worse, but maxing Environment made everything cloudy again.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Levi Porphyrogenitus, on 21 October 2015 - 10:39 AM, said:

I might be wrong, but the fog effects seem to be tied to Environment. Turn that to Low and it minimizes the visual crap, at least in my brief testing on Viridian Bog in the Testing Grounds. Turning up Particles and Effects didn't seem to make the fog any worse, but maxing Environment made everything cloudy again.

For Fog, yes, you can have particles and effects higher... For AC bullets and LRMs exploding all over your cockpit, though, I have to turn particles and effects down to reduce the explosion effects so I can return fire effectively...

I wish there was a way to force-normalize the effects of explosions and Fog on people, but I am afraid it would be forced-high-fog all the time. At least I can turn it down, which is nice, but it's too bad that other features have to go down along with it.

Fog of War... Reminds me more of Command and Conquer than Mechwarrior.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 21 October 2015 - 11:10 AM.

[Thorqemada]

Currently i am on:
Medium
High
High
Medium
Very High
Medium
Very High
Medium

Looks well and is pretty smooth - every patch the good settings seem to vary atm.

Edited by Thorqemada, 21 October 2015 - 05:50 PM.

[sycocys]

chewie, on 21 October 2015 - 10:18 AM, said:

And when they're ecm covered, at dusk, 800Mr away, with dark paint against a dark backdrop....

How do you spot them then.....

You spot them with your reticule. Just keep strafing a chainfire lightsaber line of ERLL around the map in a grid until it turns red, then alpha until it doesn't.

[CDLord HHGD]

Screenshot your options?

Would LOVE to compare all the settings with mine and adjust/test accordingly.

[Xetelian]

I just have it set to run everything on medium with postAA

Might turn it down if I can benefit from doing that though.

[Kiiyor]

Prosperity Park, on 21 October 2015 - 08:18 AM, said:

Beautiful Mechs, and very little Fog.

It seems like I found the sweet spot where the Mechs are pretty, the terrain is pretty, and I can see more than 3 feet in front of me. It's a shame that I have to run the game on reduced graphics settngs so I can cut through the fog and see the graphics...

My old PC recently died, and I purchased some shiny new Skylake hardware to replace it. I went from 12-20 FPS with everything on low to 100 with everything on high.

Upon falling from the dropship on Caustic and suddenly being blinded by the glare from a magnificent high-def sunset, i'll admit to a single, manly tear appearing briefly in the corner of one eye before being sucked back in my the ever vigilant forces of my testosterone.

An enemy then fired a laser into the terrain just in front of my face and blinded the hell out of me with some very impressive looking burned dirt.

I spent the next minute or so arriving at the same conclusion you did. Even having effects on medium obscures too much.

And OMG playable frame rates are DYNAMITE for my aim. Who would have thunk it?

[Bishop Steiner]

Spr1ggan, on 21 October 2015 - 08:32 AM, said:

Everyone in the comp scene has been running settings like that since forever.

yup...and I know anyone can do it, but feels cheap as heck to do so.