Nvidia and the sun glare... - Page 2

FiL · 03-06-10, 11:33 AM

HeLLo
Same sun without halo here on a NVidia GTX 260 with last good driver from NVidia.
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Maltro · 03-06-10, 04:14 PM

Damned! We must know what is the difference beetween we and thoses wich have the same config and have sun halo... Please somebody help! (somebody who have an nvidia card and sun glare of course ok!

)

I would like to show how is the halo which doesn't works fine (to be sure)... Here is a none working halo. Could someone who think his halo works post here with a screenshot and config/version of nvidia driver and setting of nvidia control panel please?

Here is my screenshot. We can see some effect but no shinny sun...

Sone7 · 03-06-10, 09:16 PM

Same problem here, both on 8600 and 8800... both .21 and .96

I'll give a try to 34 then, if theres any difference I will let u know.

Seeadler · 03-06-10, 09:51 PM

I found out, the I can edit sunhalo.dds and sunhalo_hdr.dds in the ../data/Misc directory to a complete red color without any changes ingame. I can also delete these files from the directory without any drawbacks. There are also no copies of these files embedded in a DAT file. So this time, the rendering of sun glow must work in a different way as in SH3/4.

Or I assume it is again one of the things which were not implemented.

rsvette12 · 03-06-10, 10:51 PM

Try these tweaks after loading nhancer this might be a nice fix

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hlight=nhancer

Rich

Silent Steel · 03-07-10, 02:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maltro

Damned! We must know what is the difference beetween we and thoses wich have the same config and have sun halo... Please somebody help! (somebody who have an nvidia card and sun glare of course ok!

)

I would like to show how is the halo which doesn't works fine (to be sure)... Here is a none working halo. Could someone who think his halo works post here with a screenshot and config/version of nvidia driver and setting of nvidia control panel please?

Here is my screenshot. We can see some effect but no shinny sun...

Hi again Maltro

Strange that you can't see my nHancer settings...
Can't you see the picture in my reply or? I enclose it once more just in case something went wrong. It is a bit unclear but anyway I think you can see the settings.

About the driver - You are right - sorry.
You can find the driver 169.21 I am talking about on this address: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21_whql.html

Now about nHancer -I use the version 2.4.5 but there is a newer version 2.5.7 on this address:

http://www.nhancer.com/

I use nHancer instead of the nVidia control panel (like many gamers that have nVidia cards do) because nHancer gives you many many more options to adjust your settings which the control panel does not.
The nHancer overrides the control panel so it just runs your card with the settings in nHancer.
My advice is that you should try it. You will be surprised at how much more your video card can give you.

A bientot

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Maltro · 03-07-10, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silent Steel

Hi again Maltro

Strange that you can't see my nHancer settings...
Can't you see the picture in my reply or? I enclose it once more just in case something went wrong. It is a bit unclear but anyway I think you can see the settings.

About the driver - You are right - sorry.
You can find the driver 169.21 I am talking about on this address: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21_whql.html

Now about nHancer -I use the version 2.4.5 but there is a newer version 2.5.7 on this address:

http://www.nhancer.com/

I use nHancer instead of the nVidia control panel (like many gamers that have nVidia cards do) because nHancer gives you many many more options to adjust your settings which the control panel does not.
The nHancer overrides the control panel so it just runs your card with the settings in nHancer.
My advice is that you should try it. You will be surprised at how much more your video card can give you.

A bientot

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Hi, sorry to insist

but I can't see your nHancer settings! Here is what I can see:

However I have following your tips and install exactly the same versions of the nvidia and nHancer drivers. I have set nHancer like RSVETTE12 (thank you RSVETTE) tell me to do but at least... same sad sun appear...

Silent Steel, could you post a printscreen of your settings ?...

Thank you all.

Maltro · 03-07-10, 03:52 PM

rsvette12 · 03-07-10, 05:16 PM

Here you go

Maltro · 03-07-10, 05:48 PM

Thank you RSVETTE12. I have tried your settings but it does not works...
Wich version of nhancer do you have? I don't have exactly the same options?
Is it your settings for SH5 ? because in the right corner of your screens, we can see "settings: global" and not "profile". Maybe you have the same...
At least, I don't understand why it doesn't works for me!...

Which card do you have? Could you post a screenshot of your nice sun for my visual pleasure please?....

rsvette12 · 03-07-10, 06:20 PM

Get back to you in 1/2 hour and post screenshot, thanks.

Rich

capthelm · 03-07-10, 06:36 PM

mod coming shortly for new sunlight ray effects.
screen below

rsvette12 · 03-07-10, 06:42 PM

Sweet shot can't wait

Maltro here is a shot for you

Rich

rsvette12 · 03-07-10, 06:47 PM

Maltro I did not change the profile tab that is stock, one thing I did do was turn on application off and picked multisampling 4x for this shot, I have replaced the screenshot for that above, well in a minute, not sure if this is what you are looking for or am I missing something ? I am running 196.21 drivers with gtx 285xxx card quite nice

xp pro 4gig ram on a dual core.

Rich

Seeadler · 03-07-10, 07:28 PM

I assume we are looking for a sun like this:

SH3:

or

SH4:

But as far as I've investigated in the directory and codes, SH5 does not use normal textures (*.tga, *.dds) for the Sun_Halo effect. The sun disk is hardcoded and receives from the config files only parameters for the color, size and multiplyers, not more. The rest of the visual sun effect, the HDR light and solar radiation are calculated by the new sky shaders.

03-06-10, 04:14 PM	#17
Maltro Soundman Join Date: May 2007 Location: Near Lyon, France Posts: 141 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Damned! We must know what is the difference beetween we and thoses wich have the same config and have sun halo... Please somebody help! (somebody who have an nvidia card and sun glare of course ok! ) I would like to show how is the halo which doesn't works fine (to be sure)... Here is a none working halo. Could someone who think his halo works post here with a screenshot and config/version of nvidia driver and setting of nvidia control panel please? Here is my screenshot. We can see some effect but no shinny sun... __________________ Erwin Rommel. 1890-1944. La guerre sans haine - War without hate.

03-06-10, 09:16 PM	#18
Sone7 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Poland Posts: 121 Downloads: 159 Uploads: 0	Same problem here, both on 8600 and 8800... both .21 and .96 I'll give a try to 34 then, if theres any difference I will let u know. __________________

03-07-10, 03:52 PM	#23
Maltro Soundman Join Date: May 2007 Location: Near Lyon, France Posts: 141 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	__________________ Erwin Rommel. 1890-1944. La guerre sans haine - War without hate.

03-07-10, 05:48 PM	#25
Maltro Soundman Join Date: May 2007 Location: Near Lyon, France Posts: 141 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Thank you RSVETTE12. I have tried your settings but it does not works... Wich version of nhancer do you have? I don't have exactly the same options? Is it your settings for SH5 ? because in the right corner of your screens, we can see "settings: global" and not "profile". Maybe you have the same... At least, I don't understand why it doesn't works for me!... Which card do you have? Could you post a screenshot of your nice sun for my visual pleasure please?.... __________________ Erwin Rommel. 1890-1944. La guerre sans haine - War without hate.

03-07-10, 06:36 PM	#27
capthelm Captain Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 522 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	mod coming shortly for new sunlight ray effects. screen below __________________ "One torpedo ... one ship" my SH5 lighting mod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkM5k8SXpWo my SH5 audio mod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIN5RHeL8B8

03-06-10, 11:33 AM	#16
FiL Watch Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 18 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	HeLLo Same sun without halo here on a NVidia GTX 260 with last good driver from NVidia. @@++

03-06-10, 09:51 PM	#19
Seeadler Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,096 Downloads: 169 Uploads: 0	I found out, the I can edit sunhalo.dds and sunhalo_hdr.dds in the ../data/Misc directory to a complete red color without any changes ingame. I can also delete these files from the directory without any drawbacks. There are also no copies of these files embedded in a DAT file. So this time, the rendering of sun glow must work in a different way as in SH3/4. Or I assume it is again one of the things which were not implemented.

03-06-10, 10:51 PM	#20
rsvette12 Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 263 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Try these tweaks after loading nhancer this might be a nice fix http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...hlight=nhancer Rich

03-07-10, 05:16 PM	#24
rsvette12 Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 263 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Here you go

03-07-10, 06:20 PM	#26
rsvette12 Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 263 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Get back to you in 1/2 hour and post screenshot, thanks. Rich

03-07-10, 06:42 PM	#28
rsvette12 Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 263 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Sweet shot can't wait Maltro here is a shot for you Rich Last edited by rsvette12; 03-07-10 at 06:55 PM.

03-07-10, 06:47 PM	#29
rsvette12 Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 263 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Maltro I did not change the profile tab that is stock, one thing I did do was turn on application off and picked multisampling 4x for this shot, I have replaced the screenshot for that above, well in a minute, not sure if this is what you are looking for or am I missing something ? I am running 196.21 drivers with gtx 285xxx card quite nice xp pro 4gig ram on a dual core. Rich Last edited by rsvette12; 03-07-10 at 06:57 PM.

03-07-10, 07:28 PM	#30
Seeadler Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,096 Downloads: 169 Uploads: 0	I assume we are looking for a sun like this: SH3: or SH4: But as far as I've investigated in the directory and codes, SH5 does not use normal textures (.tga, .dds) for the Sun_Halo effect. The sun disk is hardcoded and receives from the config files only parameters for the color, size and multiplyers, not more. The rest of the visual sun effect, the HDR light and solar radiation are calculated by the new sky shaders.