White lines around sub

Syxx_Killer · 03-31-08, 08:00 PM

This has been an issue since installing the game for the first time a few weeks ago. When the sub is underwater or the submerged parts when surfaced, there is a white line around the contour of the sub. It is kind of annoying but not showstopping. Even when I didn't run with any AA, it was there. Right now I am using 16x AA and no gamma correction. AF is set to global settings (application controlled). My card is an XFX nVidia 8600GT. I have the 169.21 drivers.

Is there a way to remedy the issue? Is it an SH4 quirk or something else?

ustahl · 04-01-08, 06:24 AM

Those white in-water contour lines annoy me also, but there's an easy solution:

In SH4's Options/Graphic Settings disable Environmental Effects and Volumetric Fog -> no more white lines + slight increase in fps.

On my EVGA nVidia 8800GTS (same driver) I run 16xQ AA, 16x AF with Gamma Correction on at 1680x1050, and it looks really great and smooth, with no disturbing white lines.

Try it.

Syxx_Killer · 04-01-08, 07:52 AM

Thanks for the reply. However, I could never turn off Environmental Effects and Volumetric Fog. This might sound dumb, but one of the main reasons I got SH4 (other than it being for Fleet Boats) was for the water transparency. Gotta have my transparency.

RocketDog · 04-01-08, 11:42 AM

I have exactly the same white lines with my X1950XTX ATi card. Interested to hear if anyone has found a way to get rid of them (other than turning off transparent water!).

Cheers,

RD.

thefretmaster · 04-01-08, 12:54 PM

i havnt got the game yet, but my understanding was that this was fixed in a patch
am i correct?

panzer 49th · 04-01-08, 01:18 PM

No, if I use "enviro-effects" i get the same thing i dont think anyone has fixed it yet but eventually someone will(i hope).

03-31-08, 08:00 PM	#1
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	White lines around sub This has been an issue since installing the game for the first time a few weeks ago. When the sub is underwater or the submerged parts when surfaced, there is a white line around the contour of the sub. It is kind of annoying but not showstopping. Even when I didn't run with any AA, it was there. Right now I am using 16x AA and no gamma correction. AF is set to global settings (application controlled). My card is an XFX nVidia 8600GT. I have the 169.21 drivers. Is there a way to remedy the issue? Is it an SH4 quirk or something else?

04-01-08, 06:24 AM	#2
ustahl Watch Officer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oulu, Finland Posts: 339 Downloads: 156 Uploads: 0	Those white in-water contour lines annoy me also, but there's an easy solution: In SH4's Options/Graphic Settings disable Environmental Effects and Volumetric Fog -> no more white lines + slight increase in fps. On my EVGA nVidia 8800GTS (same driver) I run 16xQ AA, 16x AF with Gamma Correction on at 1680x1050, and it looks really great and smooth, with no disturbing white lines. Try it. __________________ Cheers Uffe

04-01-08, 11:42 AM	#4
RocketDog Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 55 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I have exactly the same white lines with my X1950XTX ATi card. Interested to hear if anyone has found a way to get rid of them (other than turning off transparent water!). Cheers, RD. __________________

04-01-08, 12:54 PM	#5
thefretmaster Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: filton england Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i havnt got the game yet, but my understanding was that this was fixed in a patch am i correct? __________________ Check out my band www.myspace.com/retrostate

04-01-08, 01:18 PM	#6
panzer 49th Weps Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 361 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	No, if I use "enviro-effects" i get the same thing i dont think anyone has fixed it yet but eventually someone will(i hope). __________________

04-01-08, 07:52 AM	#3
Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the reply. However, I could never turn off Environmental Effects and Volumetric Fog. This might sound dumb, but one of the main reasons I got SH4 (other than it being for Fleet Boats) was for the water transparency. Gotta have my transparency.