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Title: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Glider on April 11, 2013, 11:42:05 AM: I am going to set my system back up to a single larger monitor for the upcoming campaign. I cannot see ships until they render. I may have to turn the water settings down as they seems to make a difference. CobraJ i will post my conf.ini here tonight when I get home so that you can't a look at it. I have not been able to see dots for a long time now. When I turn the water settings way down to basically flat blue then the dots will appear. Otherwise I have to be right on top. This started before I setup the 3 monitors so not sure what the deal is. Any ideas?
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Cobraj on April 11, 2013, 12:19:39 PM: Did you edit RCU like I posted here and the other stuff posted?

http://airgroup51.net/forum/index.php?topic=1071.msg8206#msg8206 (http://airgroup51.net/forum/index.php?topic=1071.msg8206#msg8206)
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Glider on April 11, 2013, 12:34:52 PM: not sure if I did it on the new machine but will try it.
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Cobraj on April 11, 2013, 12:44:11 PM: Ok, we'll post conf then too. Post what resolution you are using or want to use too.
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Glider on April 15, 2013, 11:03:35 AM: Switched to my single large monitor and changed the RCU file. Am now getting the white dots for ships!!!
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Cobraj on April 15, 2013, 11:44:32 AM: Triple head crap off and did it see your new monitor now? Never heard of white dots unless your facing the sun
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Glider on April 15, 2013, 01:52:57 PM: Ships that I have seen (when I was able) in the distance have always shown up as white dots in the distance. Aircraft will show up as black but the ships are always white guessing because of the water background. At least that is the way I have always seen them.
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Cobraj on April 15, 2013, 02:08:41 PM: Try Max Contact when I post it.
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Hawg on April 15, 2013, 02:09:10 PM: 1024x 768 baby!!

Looks like crap, but you can see everything for miles!!!

I am pretty sure I would have missed Razor and Thud the other night if I was running 1980x1020.
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Glider on April 15, 2013, 02:41:16 PM: Actually I am running 1280 x 720 for widescreen. But can see the dots!
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Cobraj on April 15, 2013, 03:40:13 PM: Try Max Contact in Mods Section, ready now.
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Glider on April 28, 2013, 01:34:23 PM: This is definitely related to resolution. When I run the TH2G resolution 4320x900 no dots and can barely see the aircraft. Even on a single large monitor no dots until they render if I run a higher resolution. Should have been listening to Hawg all along. If I run a resolution of 1280x720 on my big monitor then I can see everything just fine. Anything better and no see um!!

Fireball- is there anyway to do a mod to set how many pixels make up a dot? That would be only way to fix this for higher resolutions.
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Fireball on April 28, 2013, 02:25:17 PM: There's always a way. I don't happen to know offhand what that way is. :)

One of the new things for the soon-to-be-released 4.12 is widescreen support. So we'll see, maybe they've done something about the dot sizes in different resolutions.
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Cobraj on April 28, 2013, 09:44:49 PM: Problem is your aspect ratio is making less pixels. IL-2 outputs a 4:3 ratio image, nothing you can do about that. Too wide and not high enough. Lower res and you'll see them but it will look like poop as you have found out.
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Razor on April 29, 2013, 08:39:52 PM: I'm telling you guys, just get yourself some cheaters, say 1.50, and fly with them on. I can see EVERYTHING now!!! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Ship Dot Range
Post by: AG-51_Glider on May 02, 2013, 09:09:08 AM: I do fly with cheaters.... for looking at a computer screen no less... 1.50..... resolution is the key to seeing the dots.