Author Topic: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting  (Read 757 times)

Offline bj229r

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6732
Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« on: December 26, 2016, 08:44:52 PM »
to make enemy icons visible--they a darkish transparency to them that simply eliminates my ability to pick them out of the ground clutter and shoot them. Are there card settings i ought be looking at here? Dunno (GTX 750)
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers

http://www.flamewarriors.net/forum/

Offline TequilaChaser

  • AH Training Corps - Retired
  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 10173
      • The Damned - founded by Ptero in 1988
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2016, 10:06:02 PM »
Have you tried changing the colors of the enemy countries?
"When one considers just what they should say to a new pilot who is logging in Aces High, the mind becomes confused in the complex maze of info it is necessary for the new player to know. All of it is important; most of it vital; and all of it just too much for one brain to absorb in 1-2 lessons" TC

Offline The Fugitive

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 17934
      • Fugi's Aces Help
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2016, 10:19:59 PM »
also turning down the antialison setting sharpens them up and makes them stand out more.

Offline Skuzzy

  • Support Member
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 31462
      • HiTech Creations Home Page
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2016, 06:05:12 AM »
Disabling anti-alias in the graphic settings will sharpen the ICONS up.
Roy "Skuzzy" Neese
support@hitechcreations.com

Offline bj229r

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6732
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2016, 07:06:19 AM »
I changed Nits from orar to red, helped...I'll fiddle w anti alias tonite, thanks
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers

http://www.flamewarriors.net/forum/

Offline bustr

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 12436
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2016, 12:44:52 PM »
to make enemy icons visible--they a darkish transparency to them that simply eliminates my ability to pick them out of the ground clutter and shoot them. Are there card settings i ought be looking at here? Dunno (GTX 750)

When I was testing in the closed alpha for about 18 months, I used an HD 6770 which your GTX 750 has about 300 shaders less. But, your band width and data paths are the same. I ended up having to turn off post lighting if I really wanted to see the icons. You may need to increase your gamma. I found first adjusting gamma at the desktop then gamma in the game gave good results. Also I reduced the texture mode to 1024. If I over clocked I could get 85 Gbyte\sec and run the game in 2048 mode. Still, that really over heated the card.

GTX 750
RAM GDDR5
Data Paths - 128bit
Shaders - 512
Band Width - 80.2 Gbyte\sec.

HD6770
RAM GDDR5
Data Paths 128bit
Shaders - 800
Bandwidth - 82 Gbyte\sec.
bustr - POTW 1st Wing


This is like the old joke that voters are harsher to their beer brewer if he has an outage, than their politicians after raising their taxes. Death and taxes are certain but, fun and sex is only now.

Offline Dobs

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 644
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2016, 09:51:54 AM »
Besides AA setting, the only way I found to make them more "solid" was to increase font size for them. 

Color changing helps...I found  yellow to be nice except in twilight.

GTX 980TI
Intel I7-6700K @4GHZ
32GB RAM
Fly at 3840x 2160 resolution

Offline bj229r

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6732
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2016, 10:20:00 AM »
Thanks for the replies....I think I'll prolly grab a 950 in the next month or so. The 750 I have is 2 years old, and it was a year or 2 behind when I got it
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers

http://www.flamewarriors.net/forum/

Offline Bizman

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 9606
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2016, 10:50:35 AM »
Why 950? The new 1050 would outperform that for the same price. Or rather a Ti, still in the same category.
Quote from: BaldEagl, applies to myself, too
I've got an older system by today's standards that still runs the game well by my standards.

Kotisivuni

Offline Dobs

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 644
GTX 980TI
Intel I7-6700K @4GHZ
32GB RAM
Fly at 3840x 2160 resolution

Offline Bizman

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 9606
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2016, 02:59:25 PM »
Dobs, you linked to a comparison between 950 and 1060. There's a whole lot of difference there, especially price.

I was talking about the #50 series: http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-950-vs-GeForce-GTX-1050 shows them as equal performers, http://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=329,379&sort=a8&page=1 tells that the newer is much cheaper.
Quote from: BaldEagl, applies to myself, too
I've got an older system by today's standards that still runs the game well by my standards.

Kotisivuni

Offline bj229r

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6732
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2016, 05:49:12 PM »
I haven't looked into it hard yet, I assumed the 950 was 6 months to a year removed from the newest stuff, and I've seen them for $150 or so (Another problem is making sure it fits my Cooler Master 130 breadbox)....these $400-500 video cards amaze me (That...people SPEND that much)
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers

http://www.flamewarriors.net/forum/

Offline Dobs

  • Persona Non Grata
  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 644
Re: Not a bug...just can't find a gui setting
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2016, 09:41:52 PM »
GTX 980TI
Intel I7-6700K @4GHZ
32GB RAM
Fly at 3840x 2160 resolution