Originally posted by Gianlupo
I was looking at some pictures posted on the BBS (like Lengro's screenshots, in this thread), and I thought that, despite I run the game with 1024 textures, planes don't look that good in my pc. Then i realized that, after installing v. 2.11 I didn't download the new Hi-res pack.... I did it now, but, the question is: can I simply install it and run the game, or should I do something else? Like deleting the cache folder?
Gian,
you probably know the following - but just in case:
for best visual quality of planes and vehicles - the 3 most important things are:
1) if you got a flat screen - ensure AH2 is running at the screens native resolution.
Not important with CRT screens - just run the highest resolution which gives you acceptable framerates.
2) use hires pack - if you are in doubt about the 1024 running ok - do a simple test: select one of the recently updated planes with default skin - spit, 109, Corsair or B-25.
Select 512 mode - from cockpit, look at left or right wing and take a screenshot (alt+s)
Now select 1024 mode and take the same screenshot.
Compare those two shots - the quality of the 1024 wing should look way sharper than the 512 wing.
3) Anti-aliasing setting. This can only be controlled from your graphic card driver settings.
Right click on your Windows desktop and select the controller for your graphics cards.
Select an anti-aliasing level of at least 4x (more than this doesn't do much for visible quality but can harm your framerate considerably.)
If the above is ok - the rest of possible graphics settings is of minor importance, (for planes and vehicles that is)
4) lengro looking at gians's avatar...... you were saying....???
