[REQ] Stop the shimmering!

Quagmire · 06-29-07, 01:42 AM

I have another request for all you talented modders out there. Have you ever noticed that the texture of a mast or gun barrel shimmers when the ship rocks in the ocean? The farther away the viewpoint the worse it gets.

Example. When viewing a tanker from about 1000 yards, the texture of a mast looks a bit like a barber pole. You get a swirl of light and dark that shimmers up and down the mast as the ship rocks. Is this a light mapping or shading problem?

Also the rendering of textures is awful at distance. As soon as you damage a ship the textures of the superstructure flicker like mad! Any clues as to the cause of this?

I have ZERO problems with texture mapping, Ansiotropic Filtering, etc. in all my other games so my video drivers should be setup correctly. However if you all have some tweaking pointers I am all ears...

Thanks again!

06-29-07, 01:42 AM	#1
Quagmire Watch Officer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 335 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	[REQ] Stop the shimmering! I have another request for all you talented modders out there. Have you ever noticed that the texture of a mast or gun barrel shimmers when the ship rocks in the ocean? The farther away the viewpoint the worse it gets. Example. When viewing a tanker from about 1000 yards, the texture of a mast looks a bit like a barber pole. You get a swirl of light and dark that shimmers up and down the mast as the ship rocks. Is this a light mapping or shading problem? Also the rendering of textures is awful at distance. As soon as you damage a ship the textures of the superstructure flicker like mad! Any clues as to the cause of this? I have ZERO problems with texture mapping, Ansiotropic Filtering, etc. in all my other games so my video drivers should be setup correctly. However if you all have some tweaking pointers I am all ears... Thanks again! __________________ The day publishers figured out that they could sell flashy first person shooters to teenagers in numbers greater than sand on a beach was the day that quality simulations died. --Col. Tibbets UBI SHIV Forums I guess they should have made SH4 an open boat where we run around inside and shoot each other a 1000 times. They seem to handle those games with numerous patches. --Longam UBI SHIV Forums A sad day has dawned...