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    Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Lots of discussion in other threads...Not sure if there is a thread for this...(Please direct me if there is)....

    Here are Mastiffs control settings from a few months back which I used....Hope Mastiff doesn't mind me putting these settings here....

    This is not meant as a best setup but as a starting point...

    Please Discuss and lets see if there's an overall consensus we can adhere to....

    IMPORTANT - As with any changes you make to this or any other aspect of any game you have...back up your own settings....so Before Changing your own settings to this or any other setting make sure you make a note (or screenshot) of your settings as they are before...This goes for ANY changes to files, graphics, folders, deletions etc..



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    'conf' ...[CORE] section

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    You should post the [core] section of conf.ini also, and post specs for wich card it is.

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Done...!
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Just tried the settings and [core] listed above......going very smooth now.......thank you........

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    See? Alredy a happy costumer

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    2 happy customers!

    My jaggies are almost completely gone and even got an fps boost

    Double thanks Lewis and Mastiffs

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Top Bananas!!
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    When I select launcher in the Nvidia 3D Control Panel settings, is this setting for CL OD only, or is this a global launcher for all games? Do I select steam launcher? I just want to make sure I'm setting up settings for this game. Thanks much I'm going to try this tonight.
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    The launcher should be specific to Cliffs Of Dover. If Cliffs is the only game on your computer I guess using Global settings should be the best option. I have two launchers listed in my custom profile, one is just the "Roundel" Launcher and the other is the same but with Exe and the location of the game on the C/drive added onto it. I think this was suggested back in the early days as the best way to assign a launcher to Cliffs Of Dover, remember WRC 2010 was suggested as a profile at one stage. I'm also seeing other people with different Launcher icons than the "roundel" one. My head is starting to hurt from all this......
    Also why do we only alter the conf settings in the 1C Softclub folder and not the conf file in Steam Apps/Common/etc?
    I seem to spend all my time playing with the Nvidea Control Panel and hardly any time spent actually flying!
    I'll try the settings suggested above and keep my fingers crossed, there has to be a solution to this whole Control Panel issue.
    I'd love to see an "official" ATAG Guide for setting up the Control Panel.
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    @ Priller....As far as I know 'Global settings' means if you change it there it will affect all of your games...In 'Program Settings' it simply gives you the option to over ride the Global settings for that particular game.....For sake of argument I would click 'restore' in Global settings and then change the settings in 'Program settings' as the screenshots...I hope that makes sense

    The program will be named 'Launcher' but the icon may be different than the screen shot in the first post..

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Quote Originally Posted by ATAG_Lewis View Post
    @ Priller....As far as I know 'Global settings' means if you change it there it will affect all of your games...In 'Program Settings' it simply gives you the option to over ride the Global settings for that particular game.....For sake of argument I would click 'restore' in Global settings and then change the settings in 'Program settings' as the screenshots...I hope that makes sense

    The program will be named 'Launcher' but the icon may be different than the screen shot in the first post..

    ...lew....
    @ Lewis ...thanks, it sounds like I should point the launcher not to the steam apps launcher but to the actual CLO D game launcher, does this make sense? Thanks

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Quote Originally Posted by Screamadelica View Post
    The launcher should be specific to Cliffs Of Dover. If Cliffs is the only game on your computer I guess using Global settings should be the best option. I have two launchers listed in my custom profile, one is just the "Roundel" Launcher and the other is the same but with Exe and the location of the game on the C/drive added onto it. I think this was suggested back in the early days as the best way to assign a launcher to Cliffs Of Dover, remember WRC 2010 was suggested as a profile at one stage. I'm also seeing other people with different Launcher icons than the "roundel" one. My head is starting to hurt from all this......
    Also why do we only alter the conf settings in the 1C Softclub folder and not the conf file in Steam Apps/Common/etc?
    I seem to spend all my time playing with the Nvidea Control Panel and hardly any time spent actually flying!
    I'll try the settings suggested above and keep my fingers crossed, there has to be a solution to this whole Control Panel issue.
    I'd love to see an "official" ATAG Guide for setting up the Control Panel.

    thanks so much for your help

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Many thanks for this simple and clear settings post...I got a big improvement in the interior shadow definition...really happy about same!

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Quote Originally Posted by ATAG_Lewis View Post
    'conf' ...[CORE] section
    I'll try these setting, admittedly in the past the Nvidia CP seems to have piss all effect upon AA in CloD, but alway willing to try again!

    Lewis 1 question: In your CORE section you have VisibilityDistance=5, mine was set to 3 with all settings maxed.. is this a custom tweak? Can you explain what this setting effects and its range, doe sit have any effect etc etc.

    Cheers mate.

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    @ MT.....Sorry MT..I have no idea about the VisibilityDistance.....I can't remember tweaking it but if I did it would have been a long time ago....My advice is to try it....If its not noticeable then turn it back just in case it inadvertently affects other things...Apparently on my PC it has no detrimental affects....
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Cheers Lewis.. i tried the setting above exactly.. and i gotta says its looking better. Slight fps hit but better smoothing all round. Thanks mate!

    Regarding the vis distance setting, I've tried 5.. cant say i've noticed any difference yet..in any way.. but needs further looking at. No problems with it. Ta.

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    Thank will try this i have a GTX670

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Mastiff has posted some new Nvidia settings for the new 331.58 drivers over in the Pilots Lounge. Seem to work pretty well.

    http://theairtacticalassaultgroup.co...ead.php?t=6591
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    I think people need to better understand what those settings does.

    Let's talk about the NVIDIA's ones.

    Anisotropic filtering: It greatly increase textures detail on surface that are highly angled from your point of view (if off, more the angle less the details) it's not heavy on today's hardware, could introduce texture noise but it's unlikely to happen on NVIDIA's hardware, I strongly recommend to set it at max, you will note a hell of a difference (look at the plane from outside view)

    FXAA: It reduce the jaggies at a very low performance cost but it introduce some blur and that's why some don't like it (like me)

    Antialiasing - Mode: probably it's better to set it to Override application settings if you want to force antialiasing from the control panel

    Antialiasing - Transparency: If works reduce jaggies on texture with transparency like trees foliage, antenna wire, grass, etc..

    CUDA GPU's: It does not affect Clod

    Maximum pre-rendered frames: Increasing this COULD help to improve smoothness but adds lag! I strongly recommend to not increase this value.

    Multy-display/mixed-GPU acceleration: Leave to default, it does not affect single GPU systems

    Power management mode: Keep default

    Triple buffering: Recommended if vertical sync is enabled as it help improve smoothness, if V-Sync is off then it will probably just add lag

    Vertical sync: Removes screen tearing artifacts at the cost of possible performance degradation and less smoothness (the just announced NVIDIA's G-sync completely solve those drawbacks), I recommend to set to "adaptive" (it enable v-sync just while frame rate are above 60 fps)


    I've tried to be as simple as possible, If you need further help feel free to ask
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Lewis, what is your AA in the game's GUI?

    Thanks,
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Quote Originally Posted by Sabrefly View Post
    Lewis, what is your AA in the game's GUI?

    Thanks,
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    Ok, from the 'core' section it should be x2 ingame. Why would you leave it on using the external AA tools? I read they may fight each other resulting in some FPS drop.

    Sabrefly.

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Stefem, could you please post your Control Panel settings. Thanks for all your help.
    Cheers, Scream.

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    I used Lewis's settings and wish I had not because now I am finding that I am not seeing contacts until waaay later than others. As an example, yesterday I had to launch later than the squadron I was flying with and they were just out of sight, ie I knew where they were but they had just stopped being visible ahead, but they could see me behind despite me being several thousand feet lower so probably against the ground!

    I have a very marginal spec machine but when I installed the new patch it was noticeable how much clearer contacts were in the distance, now it is like being back pre-patch. Unfortunately I did not make a note of what my settings were before I changed them. Has anyone got any idea which settings would most affect dot visibility? I was probably set for max performance on most settings before changing them but it could be that some of the settings need to be set more towards max quality to help see dots while others might blur the dots while making the rest look pretty.

    I wont bother telling you about my settings for buildings & textures etc. as they don't relate to dots but AA, Epilepsy, Vsynch & SSAO are all OFF
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Quote Originally Posted by Sabrefly View Post
    Ok, from the 'core' section it should be x2 ingame. Why would you leave it on using the external AA tools? I read they may fight each other resulting in some FPS drop.

    Sabrefly.
    I tested the above on my system this morning.
    In Nvidia Inspector, I am running 16X CSAA for anti aliasing, and set to override application settings.
    I have AA in game, set to 2X. The easiest place I notice the jaggies, is the canopy frame from within the cockpit.

    I changed the in game AA setting from 2X to none, and the jaggies were more predominant in that canopy frame. I changed back to 2X and it was better - I did this 4-5 times just to make sure my eyes were not deceiving me. And having it in game set to 2X did not really cause much of a performance hit for me on my system, maybe 1-2 FPS , and it definitely looks better for me with it set to 2X.

    Lewis - many thanks for sharing this information, it has made my Cliffs install even better looking than it was!
    Last edited by dburne; Oct-27-2013 at 09:13.
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Quote Originally Posted by d.burnette View Post
    I tested the above on my system this morning.
    In Nvidia Inspector, I am running 16X CSAA for anti aliasing, and set to override application settings.
    I have AA in game, set to 2X. The easiest place I notice the jaggies, is the canopy frame from within the cockpit.

    I changed the in game AA setting from 2X to none, and the jaggies were more predominant in that canopy frame. I changed back to 2X and it was better - I did this 4-5 times just to make sure my eyes were not deceiving me. And having it in game set to 2X did not really cause much of a performance hit for me on my system, maybe 1-2 FPS , and it definitely looks better for me with it set to 2X.
    Good report, thanks.

    Sabrefly.

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    @ Roblex...As with any changes you make to this or any other aspect of any game you have...back up your own settings....so Before Changing your own settings to this or any other setting make sure you make a note (or screenshot) of your settings as they are before...This goes for ANY changes to files, graphics, folders, deletions etc..

    I have added this to the initial post at the beginning so no one else makes this mistake...
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Best result so far.....JSGME mod and settings details in the thread below.

    http://theairtacticalassaultgroup.co...ead.php?t=6348

    Hope this helps. Thanks to everyone who has made suggestions regarding this.
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    this needed a bump..
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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Quote Originally Posted by Mastiff View Post
    this needed a bump..
    Nice bump!
    Mine was close to that, I just turned FXAA on, and changed my AA from override to enhance and set 2X aa in the sim, made a really nice difference - really smoothed out the edges better for me.

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    Re: Nvidia Control Panel Settings

    Hey Burnette, how did that affect dots and visibility? I mean, currently I can see some very far faint dots if I look hard, but I am afraid if I turn AA up it will affect that in a negative way. I currently have 2x in game and Nvidia in use application setting.
    But at the same time am beginning to wish less jagged lines.
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