Render distance issue

[Shady]

I was playing in a private server with a couple of people who were able to see much farther than I could. We were looking from one base to another, and everybody could see the base besides me. I watched somebody drive up to the base to verify I was looking in the right direction, but after a while, the car disappeared out of render distance.

What is this? I have every graphics setting maxed out, playing on a 1440p display. I later learned that you can edit some sort of game file that will expend render distance, but I find it really hard to believe everybody had their game files edited. It was too many people, and it just seems unlikely everybody's editing game files and failing to mention it while we're all trying to figure out why I can't see as far as they can.

What is this? Why can some people see farther than me, even though I'm playing with graphics settings maxed out, on a higher resolution display than they are?

[etwas]

set your overall quality on extreme in the game settings. apply and adjust the other settings to your liking.

[Idaho]

It's quite possible they did go in and edit their distances on their clients, which takes precedence over the server setting. Also you could ask the server owner to bump it up, as well.

[BeardedChicken]

Originally posted by Idaho:

It's quite possible they did go in and edit their distances on their clients, which takes precedence over the server setting. Also you could ask the server owner to bump it up, as well.

If a server owner has changed the values then it doesn't matter what your config folder is the servers values will be what you see.

[Idaho]

Originally posted by Chicken:

Originally posted by Idaho:

It's quite possible they did go in and edit their distances on their clients, which takes precedence over the server setting. Also you could ask the server owner to bump it up, as well.

If a server owner has changed the values then it doesn't matter what your config folder is the servers values will be what you see.

if the server values are lower than client, it shows the server settings. If the server is higher, it shows client.

Basically it always chooses the lowest setting.

[ast]

I recommend setting your object viewdistance to the same value as your general viewdistance (in user config) to prevent LOD-issues.

[Shady]

Okay, I guess they probably all did edit their config's if everybody seems to recommend it.

[Fel]

Check the settings file in your Documents/DayZ folder, the setting should look like this if everything is maxed out:

sceneComplexity=1000000;
shadowZDistance=250;
viewDistance=3800;
preferredObjectViewDistance=3200;
terrainGrid=3.125;

[Sebi1106]

viewDistance=1600;
preferredObjectViewDistance=1300;

is all you need kind off :D

Players and Zeds dont render beyond ~1100 meters anyways^^

[ast]

Originally posted by Sebi1106:

viewDistance=1600;
preferredObjectViewDistance=1300;

is all you need kind off :D

Players and Zeds dont render beyond ~1100 meters anyways^^

I like it with all the bells and whistles

[etwas]

Originally posted by etwas:

set your overall quality on extreme in the game settings. apply and adjust the other settings to your liking.

results in

Originally posted by Fel:

Check the settings file in your Documents/DayZ folder, the setting should look like this if everything is maxed out:

sceneComplexity=1000000;
shadowZDistance=250;
viewDistance=3800;
preferredObjectViewDistance=3200;
terrainGrid=3.125;

[ast]

Originally posted by etwas:

Originally posted by etwas:

set your overall quality on extreme in the game settings. apply and adjust the other settings to your liking.

results in

Originally posted by Fel:

Check the settings file in your Documents/DayZ folder, the setting should look like this if everything is maxed out:

sceneComplexity=1000000;
shadowZDistance=250;
viewDistance=3800;
preferredObjectViewDistance=3800;
terrainGrid=3.125;

and this looks even better imo - you have a more 'stable' image with less LOD-switches.
(could also be I'm just imagining things, though ;))

[Shady]

Does anybody know if adjusting view distance impacts the desync that happens when flying helicopters? I've grown accustomed to the way desync happens in vehicles, and I'm afraid if I expand the view distance outward, it will cause more desync as it only seems to happen when rendering large bases, or large towns. If I expand the view distance, wont I just get more desync?

[Idaho]

Originally posted by Shady:

Does anybody know if adjusting view distance impacts the desync that happens when flying helicopters? I've grown accustomed to the way desync happens in vehicles, and I'm afraid if I expand the view distance outward, it will cause more desync as it only seems to happen when rendering large bases, or large towns. If I expand the view distance, wont I just get more desync?

desync is more connected to network bubbles, not necessarily just view distance. Your largest issue is likely too many mods.

large amounts of mods, or small amount of certain mods absolutely destroys server FPS/tick rate. low tick rate = desync and disconnects/crashes.

[Lufty]

Originally posted by Shady:

Does anybody know if adjusting view distance impacts the desync that happens when flying helicopters? I've grown accustomed to the way desync happens in vehicles, and I'm afraid if I expand the view distance outward, it will cause more desync as it only seems to happen when rendering large bases, or large towns. If I expand the view distance, wont I just get more desync?

Also big bases are going to cause latency isues while flying/driving. No avoiding that unless the server has base/item/storage restrictions. Some mods have known conflicts with vehicle latency like Party On! and others like it. IF the server refuses to remove mods that conflict, yer stuck with the desync.

[baddoggs]

Must be a wifi issue..