Washed Out

[Vesuvius]

since the past couple of large patches every map im on is washed out like this:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131882769

with or without bloom or light shafts on/off
???

[RawDawg]

Obvious queston. Did the patches reset graphics settings?

Could use some details about your set up to help.

[Anim]

Yeah, I noticed this too. They enabled Gamma didn't they? Drop console and type Gamma 1.8. If you have a NVidia GPU then you can adjust Brightness, Contrast, Gamma and Vibrance in the NVidia Control Panel under the Adjust Desktop Colour Settings item. Put game into Windowed Full screen so you can see the affect of the sliders in realtime. But, for some reason the game is looking a little more washed out than usual. Possibly the fog.

[Spider-Mimic]

most likely just atmospheric perspective imo but you never know

[Vesuvius]

Originally posted by Dead Faction:

Obvious queston. Did the patches reset graphics settings?

Could use some details about your set up to help.

Settings All high with some epic ... i will look in nvidia settings ... its been like this since the patches in mid July .. but id also upgraded my system at the same time .. so could just be gpu settings

[Anim]

Originally posted by Vesuvious:

Originally posted by Dead Faction:

Obvious queston. Did the patches reset graphics settings?

Could use some details about your set up to help.

Settings All high with some epic ... i will look in nvidia settings ... its been like this since the patches in mid July .. but id also upgraded my system at the same time .. so could just be gpu settings

I messed with my settings in control panel and get this (epic preset). Added Vibrance back in to remove some of the muted colours.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131906640

That wierd reflection in the upper part is the ocean. At this distance it is just a mirror of the sky but I do have the "clear water" mod installed so It could be that.

[Leslie]

What Op sees in his screenshot is the "haze" added by the devs as part of the optimization. It is different from "The Fog" which they seem to have reduced in the number of times it arrives, thank the raptor gods.

Tthe "Haze" reduces detail in the distance and allows lower LODs as the distance increases. This is called "optimization". Don't fix the game, just add a layer of fuzz.

[Vesuvius]

Originally posted by preorbital:

What Op sees in his screenshot is the "haze" added by the devs as part of the optimization. It is different from "The Fog" which they seem to have reduced in the number of times it arrives, thank the raptor gods.

Tthe "Haze" reduces detail in the distance and allows lower LODs as the distance increases. This is called "optimization". Don't fix the game, just add a layer of fuzz.

ive had this since before the LOD changes were implemented and other pple are NOT having this problem

[margalus]

Originally posted by Vesuvious:

Originally posted by preorbital:

What Op sees in his screenshot is the "haze" added by the devs as part of the optimization. It is different from "The Fog" which they seem to have reduced in the number of times it arrives, thank the raptor gods.

Tthe "Haze" reduces detail in the distance and allows lower LODs as the distance increases. This is called "optimization". Don't fix the game, just add a layer of fuzz.

ive had this since before the LOD changes were implemented and other pple are NOT having this problem

I have seen LOTS of posts of people complaining about this for the last couple of months, including screenshots like yours.

[Vesuvius]

Originally posted by margalus:

Originally posted by Vesuvious:

ive had this since before the LOD changes were implemented and other pple are NOT having this problem

I have seen LOTS of posts of people complaining about this for the last couple of months, including screenshots like yours.

yeah not saying im alone .. just that its not across the board .. it is however .. annoying

[Kisston]

My The Island map has looked like this if not worse since they "improved" ambient fog. Still waiting for the day they allow a slide bar in the client settings and a .ini for servers to adjust the frequency, duration and severity of weather effects.

[RawDawg]

It has to be the game. On my set up I see some odd stuff on occasion. The shadowing does weird things. The textures do weid things. I run a 980Ti in Surround (6144x1152) and it can handle epic settings, but never at much better than playable fps. To get high fps you have to tone it down so much it starts to look aweful. Enviromental effects like the desnse fog causes some slow down.

it's just poorly optimized. The latest nVidaia drivers did help though. It's better than it used to be but, nowhere near where it should be.

I would love to see this at 4k in Surround at 60+ fps with all the goodies cranked up. That PC would be epic.