SH4 Graphics on KSDII-Ace

Kapitän · 05-18-22, 07:58 AM

Hi All,

About the Graphics: I have the graphic card in my signature. Are there any best-practice graphic card settings which could be applied, i.e. is there a setting in the game options, with which one can get rid of the jagged edges?

Thanks!

propbeanie · 05-18-22, 09:38 AM

Front Runner posted this a while back:
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...90#post2715190

I don't know how deep you want to go into that rabbit hole... lol - but Fifi also has a Profile
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...78#post2645978

...as do others, to use with the nVidia Profile Inspector (NOT an nVidia program). As nice as SH4 graphics are compared to SH3, there is not much anti-aliasing available, and you will still have visible stair-stepping, but you can improve the display between nVidia setting, and the game settings, from the Options menu, Graphic Settings choice, of which there are several selections there. One thing about SH4 that is very irritating is that you can get a beautiful display, but then the "sun", or any other bright light will often shine through things, like the conning tower, or the ocean surface when near the horizon. Very frustrating for them to have the graphics so close, yet not quite there...

Kapitän · 05-19-22, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by propbeanie

Front Runner posted this a while back:
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...90#post2715190

I don't know how deep you want to go into that rabbit hole... lol - but Fifi also has a Profile
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...78#post2645978

...as do others, to use with the nVidia Profile Inspector (NOT an nVidia program). As nice as SH4 graphics are compared to SH3, there is not much anti-aliasing available, and you will still have visible stair-stepping, but you can improve the display between nVidia setting, and the game settings, from the Options menu, Graphic Settings choice, of which there are several selections there. One thing about SH4 that is very irritating is that you can get a beautiful display, but then the "sun", or any other bright light will often shine through things, like the conning tower, or the ocean surface when near the horizon. Very frustrating for them to have the graphics so close, yet not quite there...

Okay, thanks! I will give those a try.

I was also wondering, if there are certain options in the KSDII-Ace Graphics Options, that one should or should not apply ...

FYI: My Windows/Monitor graphic settings are 1280 x 1024, 60Hz.

propbeanie · 05-19-22, 01:17 PM

That is what my old 5:4 Viewsonic LCD displays used. That does put the gauges right in your way. Someone has a mod for smaller gauges, but I am not certain if it would function in KSDII, since you are messing with the menu_1024_768.ini file, which is a minefield of troubles awaiting anyone who dares change the file...

- this might a good time to appeal to the boss and pocketbook to requisition necessary funds for a 1920x1080 ws monitor... but "money" is a definite issue here...

Kapitän · 05-19-22, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by propbeanie

That is what my old 5:4 Viewsonic LCD displays used. That does put the gauges right in your way. Someone has a mod for smaller gauges, but I am not certain if it would function in KSDII, since you are messing with the menu_1024_768.ini file, which is a minefield of troubles awaiting anyone who dares change the file...

- this might a good time to appeal to the boss and pocketbook to requisition necessary funds for a 1920x1080 ws monitor... but "money" is a definite issue here...

Okay, so KSDII was made for wide screen monitors?

That's the one thing, I always wanted to stay away from for as long as possible. So, does KSDII then actually work with wide screen monitors, or does it also require some kind of special adjustments to make it work?

Mad Mardigan · 05-19-22, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kapitän

Okay, so KSDII was made for wide screen monitors?

That's the one thing, I always wanted to stay away from for as long as possible. So, does KSDII then actually work with wide screen monitors, or does it also require some kind of special adjustments to make it work?

Nooo... not particularly.

It helps... certainly... if you have a wide screen monitor... (or like Me, a Emerson 50" flat (wide) screen TV... with capability, to have inputs for say... it being used as a computer monitor...

Got touched by having the means to grab it, when I did... on sale & had the $$$ to grab it when I did

) but...

definitely not necessary, to play KSD II: Ace, though.

Is just a matter of going into the options menu in the main menu... opening up the graphics section there... & selecting your native screen rez... click on accepting that change & done.

As propbeanie said before...

If you have a... s. o. (significant other) then conversing with them, about looking at upgrading to a better monitor, might be something good to see about doing.

Just something to consider, in the meantime...

M. M.

05-18-22, 07:58 AM	#1
Kapitän The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 1,580 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	SH4 Graphics on KSDII-Ace Hi All, About the Graphics: I have the graphic card in my signature. Are there any best-practice graphic card settings which could be applied, i.e. is there a setting in the game options, with which one can get rid of the jagged edges? Thanks! __________________ KSDII-Ace/GWX 3.0 Gold/CCoM 10.0 + h.sie-patch; Windows 7 (64-bit); NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 (310.90)

05-18-22, 09:38 AM	#2
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	Front Runner posted this a while back: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...90#post2715190 I don't know how deep you want to go into that rabbit hole... lol - but Fifi also has a Profile https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...78#post2645978 ...as do others, to use with the nVidia Profile Inspector (NOT an nVidia program). As nice as SH4 graphics are compared to SH3, there is not much anti-aliasing available, and you will still have visible stair-stepping, but you can improve the display between nVidia setting, and the game settings, from the Options menu, Graphic Settings choice, of which there are several selections there. One thing about SH4 that is very irritating is that you can get a beautiful display, but then the "sun", or any other bright light will often shine through things, like the conning tower, or the ocean surface when near the horizon. Very frustrating for them to have the graphics so close, yet not quite there... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna Last edited by propbeanie; 05-18-22 at 01:24 PM. Reason: MM found a Loonie Tunes link, instead of an intended target...

05-19-22, 01:17 PM	#4
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	That is what my old 5:4 Viewsonic LCD displays used. That does put the gauges right in your way. Someone has a mod for smaller gauges, but I am not certain if it would function in KSDII, since you are messing with the menu_1024_768.ini file, which is a minefield of troubles awaiting anyone who dares change the file... - this might a good time to appeal to the boss and pocketbook to requisition necessary funds for a 1920x1080 ws monitor... but "money" is a definite issue here... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna