Character detail
By
Digato,
Posted on: 2009-05-22 09:07 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
You might have "Depth of Field" effects turned on. That distorts things in the distance. I prefer having it off.
There are several different settings that interact to control what level of detail you see at what distance, plus possible driver issues. Please post your CoH Helper info so we can make recommendations.
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---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---
DxDiag gathered at May 22, 2009 12:16 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dell DXP051
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A04
Central Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB
.Net Memory Report: 1508MB out of 2046MB available
Page File: 4523MB (437MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD3200AAKS-75VYA0) 230236MB out of 305234MB (75%) free
D Drive: (SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615) zero-size drive
E Drive: (TSSTcorp CD-RW TS-H292B) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Dell 2405FPW (Digital)
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1920,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9800 GT
Video Memory: 512.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0011.8585
Driver Date: 4/30/2009 10:02:00 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: SB X-Fi Audio [BCE0]
Driver File: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.1201
Driver Date: 6/18/2007 3:01:28 AM
Sound Device Description: Logitech USB Headset
Driver File: usbaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.5512
Driver Date: 4/13/2008 2:45:12 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0FJ030
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A04
BIOS Version: DELL - 7
BIOS Release: 20060419000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1280x1024
3D Resolution: 1280x1024 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 75Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: High
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.605
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 635754 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20090422.5T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
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I have depth, bloom and desaturation disabled.
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Have you gone into forceware and turned off those custom settings for programs?
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Have you gone into forceware and turned off those custom settings for programs?
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I'm not sure what that means or how to do it, not very computer savvy.
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Have you gone into forceware and turned off those custom settings for programs?
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I'm not sure what that means or how to do it, not very computer savvy.
[/ QUOTE ] I think he's referring to the NVidia control panel where you can change options on the hardware itself.
I need more details, don't see anything about forceware or programs in the control panel.
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I need more details, don't see anything about forceware or programs in the control panel.
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Even in the regular Windows Control Panel, there is an "NVIDIA Control Panel" icon. Not sure why you can't find it. You may also get there by clicking the NVidia Logo that may be in the bottom right corner of your taskbar.
That's where you can change the settings for your video card directly. Sometimes those settings can override the in-game settings, so it may be helpful to change them there as well.
"Forceware" is just the name of their most recent GeForce packages which includes the driver and the NVIDIA Control Panel.
Oh, that thing. Ive messed with all those settings to, they have been kept at default and believe they are the same settings my older card was at.
On my old 6300le character detailed was at very high, and I could see characters at a far distance in full detail. I have a 9800 now, and despite having character detail at very high characters appear triangular and all blobby / un-detailed in distances. Is something wrong or anything I can do to fix this? It bugs me so much.