Shadow Smearing

[Skeptik]

I'm noticing (mostly at night) a kind of "smearing" when I pan the camera, it's even more noticable when I pan slowly. What is this? Ambient occlusion? I turned it off in the game menu but it's still doing it. How do I stop this?

[Varenvel The Festive Dinosaur]

Lots of shadow problems in some games can be drivers isues , i had it in past with 2 cards in past , usualy instaling newer or "older" driver fixes most of problems

[SkacikPL]

What do you mean "smearing"?

If you're really referring to shadows then you most likely are seeing cascade transitions.

[Skeptik]

*Update*

Very interesting..... just now I tried to get screenshots and a video to show you guys with. When I recorded the video it was definitely there, but watching the video I just recorded and viewing the screenshots, it's not there, even viewing it on the exact same monitor that I recorded it from?

What the heck is this "smudgy" "smearing" that I'm seeing only when there is movement on my screen? Stills are perfectly fine.

It's like the "blackness" in every object "smears" when I, or it moves.

It is most noticable and at it's worst at night time, during daytime it's very minimal.

[SaltyOneOne]

Go to your nvidia control pane and turn off ambient occulsion. I had the same problem espeically with trees during the night. Nvidia's hardward forced ambient occulsion also cause slow down during metallic arcadea cinematics.

[i suck willy]

Originally posted by Paradox:

ambient occulsion. Nvidia.

The ambient occlusion is terrible in this game, look at the halo effect around snake or d-dog and other objects in the game world, smudge shadows. Nvidia recommends nvidia gpu users to turn off ambient occlusion in the game menu then go into nvidia control panel, go to manage 3d settings, then select program settings then select mgsvtpp.exe, then click on ambient occlusion and select quality then apply and restart the game, this gives a more superior ambient occlusion.


http://www.geforce.co.uk/whats-new/guides/metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-graphics-and-performance-guide#metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-nvidia-control-panel-ambient-occlusion

[SaltyOneOne]

Originally posted by slirazer:

Originally posted by Paradox:

ambient occulsion. Nvidia.

The ambient occlusion is terrible in this game, look at the halo effect around snake or d-dog and other objects in the game world, smudge shadows. Nvidia recommends nvidia gpu users to turn off ambient occlusion in the game menu then go into nvidia control panel, go to manage 3d settings, then select program settings then select mgsvtpp.exe, then click on ambient occlusion and select quality then apply and restart the game, this gives a more superior ambient occlusion.


http://www.geforce.co.uk/whats-new/guides/metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-graphics-and-performance-guide#metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain-nvidia-control-panel-ambient-occlusion

Just because nvidia recommend it doesn't mean it's without it's problems, I turn mine off on both in game and nvidia control panel and both my "shadow smear" and cinematic slow down stopped, coincidence? I think not.

[ｂｌｙａｔｎｉｋ]

Smearing of black pixels on the screen is likely due to the response time of your monitor or television. Screens that advertise faster response times do not have this issue.

The response time refers to the amount of time it takes for a pixel to turn from completely black to completely white, or sometimes from "gray-to-gray". Higher response times can cause the smearing effect you're noticing, motion blur, or ghosting artifacts.

A screen's response time is not to be confused with a screen's input lag. If you're interested in learning more about these two terms I'd recommend reading about them at this link: http://www.displaylag.com/exposed-input-lag-vs-response-time/