So Many ?'s

[MADe]

Great info ty.

I use trims on axis's. (pots) They seem to be in constant flux. There is no set trim, speed dependant, loadout dependant, fuel load depedant. Combat trim is good when your at high speed. I had not noticed any effect from using trim set. Maybe I bang the key?????


2048 text with 8192 shadow text FPS 20's at field
2048 text with 4096 shadow text FPS 59 at field
512 text with 512 shadow text FPS 61 at field

Tried other settings, ultimately I saw no differences visually, FPS changed but one setting had no advantages over another visually. Currently I am 512 x 512 with object rendering at full detail and object distance at 4 miles. Looks no different than 2048 x 4096.

[MADe]

If I have the auto skin download box checked, I see skins being snapped up during game play. Are these skins downloaded onto my hard drive or ram? I use SSD's and I want writes to disk kept to a minimum.

[Lusche]

If I have the auto skin download box checked, I see skins being snapped up during game play. Are these skins downloaded onto my hard drive or ram?

They are saved into your AH skins folder.

[Dragon]

I use SSD's and I want writes to disk kept to a minimum.

Isn't that kinda like buying a Ferrari and only driving it once a week and only down the driveway and back into the garage?

[morfiend]

Isn't that kinda like buying a Ferrari and only driving it once a week and only down the driveway and back into the garage?

 No actually I think he's worried about the limited read/write cycles on these Ferrari drives....

   

[Skuzzy]

Great info ty.

I use trims on axis's. (pots) They seem to be in constant flux. There is no set trim, speed dependant, loadout dependant, fuel load depedant. Combat trim is good when your at high speed. I had not noticed any effect from using trim set. Maybe I bang the key?????


2048 text with 8192 shadow text FPS 20's at field
2048 text with 4096 shadow text FPS 59 at field
512 text with 512 shadow text FPS 61 at field

Tried other settings, ultimately I saw no differences visually, FPS changed but one setting had no advantages over another visually. Currently I am 512 x 512 with object rendering at full detail and object distance at 4 miles. Looks no different than 2048 x 4096.

In order to realize a visual difference, you have to:

1) Install the high resolution texture package. If you do not, the game uses 512 as the texture size for any value chosen larger than that.
2) The game resolution will need to be higher than 1280x1024.  1024 texture sizes are scaled to fir the objects and until you get the resolution high enough, it is difficult to notice much difference.
3) The shadow texture size only effects the dynamic shadows.  Basically the difference is the quality of the edge of the shadow.  In order to run 8192 shadow masks, your video card needs 2GB of dedicated video RAM, or more.  You must also have Aero disabled in Vista/Windows 7.

[MADe]

Even Ferrai's need luv and care to continue screaming down the road. I drive it everyday. LOL

Do not need the drives write cycles burning nand for something you do not really see, well, any ways.
This setup is my best build to date, fast, quiet, semi-inexpensive???????????????, and stable as hell considering my OC's and stock air cooling only.

I have the hi/res pac. Loaded from the get. I really see no difference. 40" Sony LCD at 1360x768  Things do look good, no matter selections. I am 512x512 now, just for performance. I must say that the terrains are 1st rate. I luv the hills and valleys, the canyons.

[MADe]

Needless to say,

I have been able to get my setup togather rather quickly, I no longer feel so blind and toothless. Thanx for all the great info. Now I just need to put in the cockpit time.

Looking forward to KILL'in YOUS. 

*S*

[MADe]

Hey,
What does the minus sign next to the identifier icon indicate, enemy alt relative to you?, a plane pulling away?
ty

[Lusche]

Hey,
What does the minus sign next to the identifier icon indicate, enemy alt relative to you?, a plane pulling away?
ty

Indicates changing distance. Minus sign = distance getting smaller (con closing in on you)

[Tigger29]

Even Ferrai's need luv and care to continue screaming down the road. I drive it everyday. LOL

Do not need the drives write cycles burning nand for something you do not really see, well, any ways.
This setup is my best build to date, fast, quiet, semi-inexpensive???????????????, and stable as hell considering my OC's and stock air cooling only.

I have the hi/res pac. Loaded from the get. I really see no difference. 40" Sony LCD at 1360x768  Things do look good, no matter selections. I am 512x512 now, just for performance. I must say that the terrains are 1st rate. I luv the hills and valleys, the canyons.

What is the model of your Sony LCD?  1360X768 seems like a very odd resolution.  If you want better eye candy, you're going to need to increase that resolution if your monitor can handle it.

[MADe]

What is the model of your Sony LCD?  1360X768 seems like a very odd resolution.  If you want better eye candy, you're going to need to increase that resolution if your monitor can handle it.

Its the native res, in the VGA port. No higher res available. I could use one of the HD ports, but the 1080i/720p picture will not scale right. Better color but.......................... ............................. ... The current run of new Sony's would work better but I own this one.