Nvidia tweaks to SH3/SH4

nikbear · 01-08-08, 11:57 AM

Thanks for the heads-up with this Rubini

can't wait to give this a try and see some improvements hopefully

Kpt, Otto · 01-08-08, 02:23 PM

I tried this out and it has been well worth it thank you Rubini for sharing it

I have had trouble with nvidai drivers ever since ive had an nvidia card, bought last year, its taken them several forceware drivers to correct several issues.

With these settings now I have smoke from the ships the like ive never seen!!! Wow! And the fires!!

There has been a framerate hit but nothing serious, before I was getting average 170 now 140 depending on what was happening in game but there is no problem. I could play around with the setting slightly and improve things slightly for my particular card, a GX2 7950 superclocked, which would trade quality for better frame rates but there is no need.

So thanks very much again for your good advice.

Rubini · 01-08-08, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt, Otto

I tired this out and it has been well worth it thank you Rubini for sharing it

I have had trouble with nvidai drivers ever since ive had an nvidia card, bought last year, its taken them several forceware drivers to correct several issues.

With these settings now I have smoke from the ships the like ive never seen!!! Wow! And the fires!!

There has a been framerate hit but nothing serious, before I was getting average 170 now 140 depending on what was happening in game but there is no problem. I could play around with the setting slightly and improve things slightly for my particular card, a GX2 7950 superclocked, which would trade quality for better frame rates but there is no need.

So thanks very much again for your good advice.

Thanks for the reply mate!
I'm happy to help!

Ivan Putski · 01-08-08, 03:15 PM

Excellent, thanks for the heads up Rubini.

robj250 · 01-08-08, 06:25 PM

Hmm. I have an XP2 with a GeForce 6600 card, driver version 9.1.4.7. Oh, my monitor is a Seanix slim.
I find that my night scenes are slightly too dark. Should I dare try your enhancer on my nvidia card?

I had an terrible time getting SH3 to run on my machine, until the computer technician updated it with the proper driver. (I had installed the wrong update drive)

Rob

Edit: I just took some snaps of my night attack during 15 m/s winds heavy fog and rain. You can't see a thing. I'll see if I can upload them to Image shack and put in a link to them. First one is Oct 3 - 43 0459 at 100 m, second is surfacing at 0547, third is running course 090° at 0600 and last is during the atttack, what I saw through my periscope. (Hope I can get them all in.

fgsr1969 · 01-08-08, 08:18 PM

thanx for the tips ive tried it and i noticed the difference right away horizon lines are much cleaner, the lines on the conning tower are clean, ship lines are clean now as well where before you could see a lot more jagged lines in all the textures,water looks better as well.

rik007 · 01-09-08, 01:17 PM

Rubini, thanks again for the tips and tricks.

On top of these setting with which I also experimented I can advice everybody to use the res fix to experiment with resolutions as well.
I use 1280 x 1024 and it just looks great! Besides I can adjust gamma slightly to make the night less dark (and of course for SH-III only), a complain I often read in the forums.

Badger Finn · 01-10-08, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robj250

Hmm. I have an XP2 with a GeForce 6600 card, driver version 9.1.4.7. Oh, my monitor is a Seanix slim.
I find that my night scenes are slightly too dark. Should I dare try your enhancer on my nvidia card?

I had an terrible time getting SH3 to run on my machine, until the computer technician updated it with the proper driver. (I had installed the wrong update drive)

Rob

Edit: I just took some snaps of my night attack during 15 m/s winds heavy fog and rain. You can't see a thing. I'll see if I can upload them to Image shack and put in a link to them. First one is Oct 3 - 43 0459 at 100 m, second is surfacing at 0547, third is running course 090° at 0600 and last is during the atttack, what I saw through my periscope. (Hope I can get them all in.

I gave "Markimovs Ocean madness" V2 a go to lighten the nights.

Was a touch lighter in the nights which made a big difference

Workd on GWX 2.0 with no problems so far have tried both 8k and 16k

Great mod to lighten those too dark nights

Found that at "real uboat simulation"

Im also using a Geforce 7900 card

johnno74 · 01-10-08, 06:17 AM

Cheers heaps for the info Rubini, I installed nHancer and had a play.

FYI, I found you can alt-tab out of the game, alter settings on a profile, then apply the profile and alt-tab back into the game to see the difference instantly

I confirmed what I had suspected for a while - SH3 doesn't like AA on my card, at all (geeforce go 7400 - laptop video card)

When I enable any sort of AA I get problems. By playing with the various AA compatibilty modes I get different results, the closest I can get is everything 100% but the sky is missing. Looks great tho!

Oh well, I should just get a better gfx card on my desktop, and go back to playing there

01-08-08, 11:57 AM	#1
nikbear Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northampton,UK Posts: 1,859 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the heads-up with this Rubini can't wait to give this a try and see some improvements hopefully __________________ 'It is not surely known when the grey wolf shall come upon the seat of the gods' Ericksmal.

01-08-08, 02:23 PM	#2
Kpt, Otto Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Great advice... I tried this out and it has been well worth it thank you Rubini for sharing it I have had trouble with nvidai drivers ever since ive had an nvidia card, bought last year, its taken them several forceware drivers to correct several issues. With these settings now I have smoke from the ships the like ive never seen!!! Wow! And the fires!! There has been a framerate hit but nothing serious, before I was getting average 170 now 140 depending on what was happening in game but there is no problem. I could play around with the setting slightly and improve things slightly for my particular card, a GX2 7950 superclocked, which would trade quality for better frame rates but there is no need. So thanks very much again for your good advice. __________________ Kpt, Otto. My War Diary and Website. . . Here. . .! Last edited by Kpt, Otto; 01-08-08 at 04:38 PM.

01-08-08, 03:15 PM	#4
Ivan Putski Captain Join Date: May 2005 Location: Memphis, Tn. U.S.A. Posts: 548 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Excellent, thanks for the heads up Rubini. __________________ " Is He?..........Yeah..........Nothing Moving, But His Watch."

01-08-08, 06:25 PM	#5
robj250 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Port Hardy, BC, Canada 75 yo with M.S. & C.O.P.D. & heart problems Posts: 1,930 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Hmm. I have an XP2 with a GeForce 6600 card, driver version 9.1.4.7. Oh, my monitor is a Seanix slim. I find that my night scenes are slightly too dark. Should I dare try your enhancer on my nvidia card? I had an terrible time getting SH3 to run on my machine, until the computer technician updated it with the proper driver. (I had installed the wrong update drive) Rob Edit: I just took some snaps of my night attack during 15 m/s winds heavy fog and rain. You can't see a thing. I'll see if I can upload them to Image shack and put in a link to them. First one is Oct 3 - 43 0459 at 100 m, second is surfacing at 0547, third is running course 090° at 0600 and last is during the atttack, what I saw through my periscope. (Hope I can get them all in. Last edited by robj250; 01-08-08 at 07:00 PM.

01-10-08, 06:17 AM	#9
johnno74 Planesman Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 197 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Cheers heaps for the info Rubini, I installed nHancer and had a play. FYI, I found you can alt-tab out of the game, alter settings on a profile, then apply the profile and alt-tab back into the game to see the difference instantly I confirmed what I had suspected for a while - SH3 doesn't like AA on my card, at all (geeforce go 7400 - laptop video card) When I enable any sort of AA I get problems. By playing with the various AA compatibilty modes I get different results, the closest I can get is everything 100% but the sky is missing. Looks great tho! Oh well, I should just get a better gfx card on my desktop, and go back to playing there __________________ When you pull the pin from Mr. Grenade, he is no longer your friend.

01-08-08, 08:18 PM	#6
fgsr1969 Watch Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 30 Downloads: 143 Uploads: 0	thanx for the tips ive tried it and i noticed the difference right away horizon lines are much cleaner, the lines on the conning tower are clean, ship lines are clean now as well where before you could see a lot more jagged lines in all the textures,water looks better as well.

01-09-08, 01:17 PM	#7
rik007 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Holland Posts: 785 Downloads: 122 Uploads: 0	Rubini, thanks again for the tips and tricks. On top of these setting with which I also experimented I can advice everybody to use the res fix to experiment with resolutions as well. I use 1280 x 1024 and it just looks great! Besides I can adjust gamma slightly to make the night less dark (and of course for SH-III only), a complain I often read in the forums.