I dont see Blood moon or clouds, what do i need to do?

[Fresonis]

Hello,

I dont see a bloodmoon, i only see a small blue circle. i also dont see clouds when it rains. what can i do to get the blood moon and clouds to appear? I do see the comets.

Here is a image of rain without clouds and no bloodmoon, but blue circle and comets: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=544520572

here are my settings i use at the moment:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=544520743

My pc is:

Intel i5 3570
3.4 GHz
16gb 1600MHz Ram
GTX 970

running game on SSD M5S plextor

[Slowpoker]

Why does everyone love I5's?

You have almost the exact same specs as me, apart from the fact that I have an 8 core I7...

I can't really suggest much, as I don't have this problem... Or have ever seen it...

[HAFFL]

Check you graphics settings -- you have the "Sky Quality" turned down? I know I have that slider all the way left because it gets me higher FPS, and that's more important to me than it being "all pretty" when I look up, lol, but to each his own...but that COULD be one thing you could check...would be first thing I checked if I were you...

[Slowpoker]

Originally posted by HAFFL:

Check you graphics settings -- you have the "Sky Quality" turned down? I know I have that slider all the way left because it gets me higher FPS, and that's more important to me than it being "all pretty" when I look up, lol, but to each his own...but that COULD be one thing you could cheack...would be first thing I checked if I were you...

Actually, this man may be right! I have my sky quality slightly turned up.

[Fresonis]

I dont love the i5, its just a the part i used in 2013 to build the pc ;)

ooh and i got sky quality all the way to the right, isnt that all maxed out? first i had it all the way left and had the same result.

[Slowpoker]

Originally posted by Fresonis:

I dont love the i5, its just a the part i used in 2013 to build the pc ;)

ooh and i got sky quality all the way to the right, isnt that all maxed out? first i had it all the way left and had the same result.

That's maxed.... But still the same result?

I prefer the I7, as an IT professional, it's a joy to work with! And the 8 cores don't exactly hurt. ;)

[ḄеꜬѕṫ]

Its because you are forcing DX10. I had the same issue. Remove the -d3d10 from your Ark startup parameters within Steam. You will get a frame drop, but tweaking your settings a little further should put it somewhere in the same region

[Fresonis]

oke, going to test it out. i let you know if it works

[ḄеꜬѕṫ]

Ok. If that doesn't work, try removing -sm4 also. I removed them both at once when I did it

[Fresonis]

only removing the -d3d10 doesnt work. i try the other now also

[ḄеꜬѕṫ]

what other parameters do you have?

A friend also pointed out that the -nomansky parameter is the equivilent of turning the sky quality slider all the way down.

Also, have you ever manually tweaked any of the games .ini files?

[Fresonis]

it works now without the -sm4. Can i now also try to do -d3d10 back? dont know what i precisely does ingame tho. its just that someone pointed it out to me to get better fps.

the start up parameters i had were: -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -sm4 -d3d10

now its only: -USEALLAVAILABLECORES

i never tweaked any game files.

[ḄеꜬѕṫ]

Ok. you can try it if you want. I thought it was that that was causing the issue so I am not sure. Let me know. Forcing DX10 does get you a little more FPS but you are removing some graphics that make the game look pretty.

What processor do you have? I read that the USEALLAVAILABLECORES parameter can cause FPS issues and stutter if your PC can already use all cores. I have removed the command to check and I see no loss or gain in FPS.

[ḄеꜬѕṫ]

Ok. Just checked and even having one of the parameters removes the moon for me. (d3d10, sm4, nomansky).

You just have to decide whether or not you want the blood moon or want an extra 20 fps and brighter nights

[Fresonis]

my first message say what processor i use ;)

i use a intel i5 3570

now i dont know what to do hahah, if some say it helps gaining fps others say different. hard to follow it all then.

[Fresonis]

so you use d3d10, sm4 and nomansky at the moment?