Anti-aliasing problem

[andrele]

Hi everyone,

I know this has been brought to discussion some times on this forum, but I'll explain why I'm bringing it again.

So I bought ETS2 like two weeks ago (Iberia DLC some days ago too) and I've had this anti-aliasing problem ever since (shimmering, painful lines on edges, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about). I've been trying to fix it by;

- Changing the in-game settings
- Changing the Nvidia settings
- Trying to find the compatibility for Windows 10 setting
- Updating my drivers

All of those are possible solutions I've read on this forum. But I'm getting these problems;

- Neither in-game nor Nvidia settings fix anything
- MFAA seems to be a solution, but I can't find it in my Nvidia settings
- I can't find the compatibility mode either
- Updating my drivers doesn't solve the problem

I know there are more suggestions on this forum, but they seem not to have solved the problem for OPs. Given that, I don't know if someone here knows a fix for this.

I read in another thread somebody requested OP to paste their graphic cards details and settings in the forum, so I was wondering, would someone be able to help me if I did so? I don't want to be a nuisance, but I don't have much free time in my hands and this anti-aliasing problem is starting to annoy me.

Many thanks to everyone in advance.

[Road Runner]

https://roextended.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1000

[SecretOne]

Try this as you have an Nvidia card. I have done it and it works very well.
It is a bit long but please read all the details.

https://roextended.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1000

I have done this with my RTX 2070.

Get the Nvidia Profile Inspector and install it.

You MUST to do the first 3 steps.

I then did the further changes to the config file.
I did "LOW to MID FPS HIT"
I did "MID to HIGH FPS HIT"
I did the first line in "EXTREME FPS HIT"

Next you need to do the Steam Launch Options.
Read the text to determine the best settings for your RAM.

I also created a mod to change the LOD for Trees and Grass but it hit my system to hard so I removed it.

[andrele]

Many thanks to the both of you, but forgot to mention this (my bad!); there's no global config.cfg file in my 'Documents' ETS folder. Therefore, I'm stuck at step two (Place the multimon_config.sii file in the same folder, where you have your global config.cfg file) and I can't even begin with step three (Edit the following lines in that global config.cfg file like the following).

I'll attach a picture here. https://imgur.com/4meGF6W

I don't think I can find it in another folder, can I?

[SecretOne]

Originally posted by andrele:

Many thanks to the both of you, but forgot to mention this (my bad!); there's no global config.cfg file in my 'Documents' ETS folder. Therefore, I'm stuck at step two (Place the multimon_config.sii file in the same folder, where you have your global config.cfg file) and I can't even begin with step three (Edit the following lines in that global config.cfg file like the following).

I'll attach a picture here. https://imgur.com/4meGF6W

I don't think I can find it in another folder, can I?

It is the config.cfg in the "\Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2" folder.
It is not actually called global config.cfg but is the global configuration file for the game. There are other config files that are used in their own profile.

[andrele]

Ok, just editing, but the following lines don't exist in my config.cfg file;

uset g_hq_3d_scale "0.0"
uset g_hq_3d_screenshot "0"
uset r_ssao "0"

Should I continue anyway?

[andrele]

Yup, just opened the game and the problem persists. If you tell me there's no problem in not editing the lines I previously mentioned, I'll look into the 'Trouble shooting common possible issues' section

[SecretOne]

You can always delete the file (make a backup) and the game will re-create it when you start the game.
You then should be able to modify it.
I have kept an config,cfg backup from before I did the changes. Makes it easier to revert if needed.

Another tip:
Export out from the Nvidia Profile Inspector your settings for the game.
As when Nvidia release a new driver it resets them back to "standard". If you export then you can import the settings.

EDIT:
It should be no problem putting those lines in the config.cfg file.

[SecretOne]

What is your graphics card ?

[SecretOne]

Originally posted by SecretOne:

What is your graphics card ?

Did you do the multimon configuration including the download?
Sorry I forgot to mention you have to do that as well.
But it is all in that post what you have to do.

[andrele]

I checked the original file before editing it. There were none of those lines. I made a backup copy that's on my desktop.

Had already exported NPI settings onto my desktop as well, thanks for the tip anyway, I do appreciate your help.

And here comes something I don't understand (I'm not a computer expert at all, as you can see); my laptop only has one screen, and 'dxdiag' shows two of them. I'm sure there must be an explanation I don't know LOL

Screen 1 shows Intel(R) UHD Graphics
Screen 2 shows Nvidia GefForce GTX 1650

[andrele]

To install and configure the Multimon configuration after unpacking the ZIP file, follow the instructions below:
After unpacking the ZIP you should have a multimon_config.sii file.
For DUAL, TRIPLE and QUAD setups, check this post by JHTrucker for instructions on how to adjust your setup:
Multi Monitor AA - Setup guide: viewtopic.php?p=17368#p17368
Place the multimon_config.sii file in the same folder, where you have your global config.cfg file.

I did do that btw

[SecretOne]

Originally posted by andrele:

Ok, just editing, but the following lines don't exist in my config.cfg file;

uset g_hq_3d_scale "0.0"
uset g_hq_3d_screenshot "0"
uset r_ssao "0"

Should I continue anyway?

These two lines

uset g_hq_3d_scale "0.0"
uset g_hq_3d_screenshot "0"

SIt above this line

uset g_menu_aa_limit "8"

This line

uset r_ssao "0"

Sits above

uset r_smaa "0"

[SecretOne]

Originally posted by andrele:

I checked the original file before editing it. There were none of those lines. I made a backup copy that's on my desktop.

Had already exported NPI settings onto my desktop as well, thanks for the tip anyway, I do appreciate your help.

And here comes something I don't understand (I'm not a computer expert at all, as you can see); my laptop only has one screen, and 'dxdiag' shows two of them. I'm sure there must be an explanation I don't know LOL

Screen 1 shows Intel(R) UHD Graphics
Screen 2 shows Nvidia GefForce GTX 1650

They are not screens they are your graphics cards.
The Intel is the "onboard" built into the CPU
The Nvidia is the dedicated "External" video card.
You need to make sure you are using the Nvidia card to play the game.
You game.log file will tell you which one it is using.

[SecretOne]

Originally posted by andrele:

Originally posted by SecretOne:

Sits above

uset r_smaa "0"

Can't find that one either

Please post your complete game.log file from the crash to http://pastebin.com (copy/paste, split the game.log if it is too big) and post the link to it here please. This way we can find out what the problem is.

You can find your game.log in your documents in the ETS2 folder as a default install on Windows. (If it is not there check OneDrive.) On a Mac the ETS2 folder is in your Library and there in the Application Support. On Linux the ETS2 folder is in the .local and there in the share.

If pastebin is not available in your country please use http://rentry.co and post the link to it here please. The page works like pastebin.

[andrele]

00:00:02.299 : [dxgi] Using adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (27.21.14.5167) [3962 MB]

I got that from my game.log file, no results when searching 'UHD Graphics' I guess I'm using the Nvidia card.

Also, this line doesn't exist in my config file either; uset r_smaa "0"