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Dantoo · « **on:** April 12, 2007, 11:03:51 AM »

I can't explain this any better than that. The whole place looks washed out, lack of detail, grainy and flashy. For example, from the tower I can't make out any real detail of aircraft on the runways. I can't even tell what plane type it is just that there is a plane on the runway.

I have the detail sliders all the way to the left.

If I zoom right in on an object it appears perfectly detailed and clear. Distance view there is no detail, more like scratchy lines. By distance I mean more than about a k.

Things improve if I choose one of the very high resolutions (normally i have 1024X768) but then frame rate drops down into the 30's instead of being in the 80s. I have a GeForce 7900 GS, Athlon 3700, 2GB of RAM.

BlauK · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2007, 11:32:35 AM »

IMHO, it looks like the lighting of objects and ground has changed. It is very difficult to notice any hill edges or e.g. the map room in the V-base. Everything seems flat without proper depth perception

Edbert · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2007, 12:08:45 PM »

The scratchy texture thing sounds like a driver issue to me, check to see if you have a current driver, if you do try rolling it back.

Worth a try.

Dantoo · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2007, 03:59:51 PM »

Thanks for the thoughts.

Updated drivers to the latest and nil effect.

Still looks just, well horrible. I keep seeing these guys come in and exclaim how brilliant it all looks. I just see something that looks like it was made in 8 colours back in 92. It's barely playable for me. I just can't see anything unless it has an icon on it and even then it has no edges.

Cirro · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2007, 07:30:24 PM »

I'm seeing the same thing.
Where's the sun to give it a daylight look?
With gamma setting at 1-1.2 the ground is very dark and hard to see,
just as the older version was when it was full dusk.
With the gamma turned up further, it helps with ground vis. but everything
gets too bleached out.

Dantoo · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2007, 08:18:45 PM »

I've installed the hi res pack and pushed the textures up to 1024. It makes a difference and the game is playable but it is still poorer than it used to be by some margin.