How many play with lighting on low?

[pilote<tardif]

Re: How many play with lighting on low?

isnt it related to view distance?

no...: view distance scale is the fog.
the distance moving ojects appear where they should is affected by the geometry.

try it in any server in a jet and you will notice a very big difference. i promise!

[x0pht]

Re: How many play with lighting on low?

no...: view distance scale is the fog.
the distance ojects appear where they should is affected by the geometry.

try it in any server in a jet and you will notice a very big difference. i promise!

awesome, i gonna try it out tonight, thanks buddy.

[CapnKerk]

Re: How many play with lighting on low?

I've got a 9700, damn fine cards. Though I would suggest keeping shadows on low, they can easily give away an enemy hiding above you or a guy around the corner.

Actually, you would want Dynamic Shadows on high:

This setting controls the shadows cast by moving objects. These 'dynamic' shadows can be switched Off, or set to Low, Medium or High. Each higher level of dynamic shadows means slightly more detailed shadows are cast, particularly for the shadows cast by players and vehicles.

http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_5.html

[BurnTheWeed]

Re: How many play with lighting on low?

Actually, you would want Dynamic Shadows on high:

This setting controls the shadows cast by moving objects. These 'dynamic' shadows can be switched Off, or set to Low, Medium or High. Each higher level of dynamic shadows means slightly more detailed shadows are cast, particularly for the shadows cast by players and vehicles.

http://www.tweakguides.com/BF2_5.html

I get too much of a performance hit when I set them to high, low seems to work just fine and doesn't cause all the lag.

[pilote<tardif]

Re: How many play with lighting on low?

I get too much of a performance hit when I set them to high, low seems to work just fine and doesn't cause all the lag.

yeah, even top of technology PC's lag soo much if setting for lighting and dyn.shadow are set to high for a minimum of changes and improvement. medium lighting and shadow is almost as good looking as high for a good framerate exange(at least 24 for my ATI9600 128mo)

[spyderfenix2006]

Re: How many play with lighting on low?

I dont, but if it actually helps then i might put it on low

[CtrlAltDe1337]

Re: How many play with lighting on low?

I used to play on low light but now I have it on high.

[x0pht]

Re: How many play with lighting on low?

no...: view distance scale is the fog.
the distance moving ojects appear where they should is affected by the geometry.

try it in any server in a jet and you will notice a very big difference. i promise!

ok i've tried to set geometry to high. it seems to improve a bit but i didnt see much difference thought. :hmm: well probably my computer sucks :laugh: thanks for the tips anyway. :)

[imported_Charlie]

Re: How many play with lighting on low?

Yeh, I used to have problems with flashing lights firing at me, rather than actual player models due to my low settings. One of the settings, be it it geometry i dunno, changes this, and lets you see every unit a lot earlier.