Incredible graphics improvements in v0.96.4047

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So I was bored this morning and I started playing a game I'd been playing for awhile where I had all my fleet points maxed (2000+) and all my ships in one huge fleet. I was zooming in and out a lot and found it went a lot smoother, and by a lot I mean like it was as smooth as at the beginning of the game when I only had one capitol ship and three frigates. Even when in a huge battle with another fleet that was huge, the game ran really smoothly. The directional arrows and all lines are smoother and smaller and the game looks waaaaaaaay better and even more.. professional, I don't know, it just looks really good. Everyone should go check it out.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

What details, what resolutions, AA and AF settings? Your GPU?

The game looks really good, but in huge battle is nothing like smooth for me, when i turn everything on highest, it even keeps crashing.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Timmaigh, reply 1
What details, what resolutions, AA and AF settings? Your GPU?

The game looks really good, but in huge battle is nothing like smooth for me, when everything i turn everything on highest, it even keeps crashing.
End of Timmaigh's quote

+1

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

For me, I could only play on lowest settings on v0.90. Now, on the same size map (6 people), I can do Medium ships/buildings, Medium effects, and medium planets :grin: . I don't know why, but I'm liking it.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - High

Building Detail - High

Building Extras - High

Building Bump - High

Planet Detail - Highest

Camera Shake - No

Debris - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1366x768

Anti-Aliasing - 2 Samples

Texture Filtering - 2xAnisotropic

Shadow - Medium

GeforceGTX 540M with an i7 2720QM @ 2.20 GHz and 6 gb ram

 

So it's not like I have everything down low, but not at the best it can be.

 

I was playing on the Hyperton's Gates map too, so about 70 or 80 planets and 3 stars with all the AI's enabled.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting sulley1, reply 4
Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - High

Building Detail - High

Building Extras - High

Building Bump - High

Planet Detail - Highest

Camera Shake - No

Debris - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1366x768

Anti-Aliasing - 2 Samples

Texture Filtering - 2xAnisotropic

Shadow - Medium

GeforceGTX 540M with an i7 2720QM @ 2.20 GHz and 6 gb ram

 

So it's not like I have everything down low, but not at the best it can be.

 

I was playing on the Hyperton's Gates map too, so about 70 or 80 planets and 3 stars with all the AI's enabled.
End of sulley1's quote

 

Thanks for info. And was it smooth for you even during big battles?  

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Yeah, it was. Here's the video, might not be ready for awhile, but it's pretty smooth.

 

EDIT: Well that link isn't working. I'll repost. There we go.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

De acuerdo!

lo veo mas fluido que la anterior version

i7 2630 8gb memoria gt540m 2gb

1920-1080

 planeta: maximo

 nave: maximo , alto, alto

 estructura. maximo, alto, alto

mostrar orbitas : apagado (porque me gusta jugar asi)

 árbol: apagado (porque me gusta jugar asi)

antialiasing: 2x sombras: alto

solo no probé con el filtro anisotropico porque prefiero esperar a la version final.

(casi todo predeterminado)

I agree!
I see it more fluid than the previous version
I7 2630
8 gb memory
gt540m 2 gb
1920-1080
Planet: maximo
ship: maximum, high, high
structure. maximum, high, high
show orbs: off (because I like play so)
tree: off (because I like play so)
antialiasing: 2 x
shadows: high
I tried just not with the anisotropico filter because I prefer to wait for the final version.
(almost all default)
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting sulley1, reply 4
Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - High

Building Detail - High

Building Extras - High

Building Bump - High

Planet Detail - Highest

Camera Shake - No

Debris - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1366x768

Anti-Aliasing - 2 Samples

Texture Filtering - 2xAnisotropic

Shadow - Medium

GeforceGTX 540M with an i7 2720QM @ 2.20 GHz and 6 gb ram

 

So it's not like I have everything down low, but not at the best it can be.

 

I was playing on the Hyperton's Gates map too, so about 70 or 80 planets and 3 stars with all the AI's enabled.
End of sulley1's quote

gtx540m ? (no existe) gtx560m,570m,580m.

 o gt540m

gtx540m? (does not exist) gtx560m, 570 m, 580 m.
or gt540m
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

im running the game on.

AMD Athlon2 Tricore 3hz, 4GB DDR3 Ram, 320gb HDD 7200rpm, GTS 250 1GB 256-bit gpu

i play on 32" HDTV running at 1360x768. everything on max and i hardly ever see shutter or lag ( unless MP but thats diff )

Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting sulley1, reply 6
Yeah, it was. Here's the video, might not be ready for awhile, but it's pretty smooth.

 

EDIT: Well that link isn't working. I'll repost. There we go.
End of sulley1's quote

 

Nice video. Bit misleading though, you played for Loyalists, not Rebels :)  

Anyway, it really seems to be smoother then in my case, granted i play on higher res and with debris on, but at the same time,  i have a far better videocard. Hm... perhaps i need to look at the GPU drivers, i dont have the totally latest version.

Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top

Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - Highest

Building Detail - Highest

Building Extras - Highest

Building Bump - Highest

Planet Detail - Highest

Use colored skyboxes - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1920x1080

Anti-Aliasing - 8 Samples

Texture Filtering - 16xAnisotropic

Shadow - high

GeforceGTX 560 ti with an i7 2600k and 8 gb ram

No graphics improve detected since v90

Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting _Burner_, reply 11
Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - Highest

Building Detail - Highest

Building Extras - Highest

Building Bump - Highest

Planet Detail - Highest

Use colored skyboxes - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1920x1080

Anti-Aliasing - 8 Samples

Texture Filtering - 16xAnisotropic

Shadow - high

GeforceGTX 560 ti with an i7 2600k and 8 gb ram

No graphics improve detected since v90
End of _Burner_'s quote

 

and the performance? totally smooth during massive battles or visibly choppy with occasional crash? 

Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top

When I play in single player perfect but in LAN the performance downs a bit, (appearing some temporal delays). Obviusly with lagging if other computer is "modest". I usually play whit other 3 people.

During massive battles Is awesome (more than trinity)

Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting _Burner_, reply 13
When I play in single player perfect but in LAN the performance downs a bit, (appearing some temporal delays). Obviusly with lagging if other computer is "modest". I usually play whit other 3 people.

During massive battles Is awesome (more than trinity)
End of _Burner_'s quote

 

Thanks, the lag in LAN is understandable and irrelevant to me for comparison, as so far i played the game as single only.

But something is definitely wrong on my side. 

Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top

Tip: press "i" during game.

Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Mecha-Lenin, reply 15
Tip: press "i" during game.
End of Mecha-Lenin's quote

what does that do? 

Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top

Stacks your empire tree icons.

 

 

Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting noseforget, reply 8

Quoting sulley1, reply 4Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - High

Building Detail - High

Building Extras - High

Building Bump - High

Planet Detail - Highest

Camera Shake - No

Debris - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1366x768

Anti-Aliasing - 2 Samples

Texture Filtering - 2xAnisotropic

Shadow - Medium

GeforceGTX 540M with an i7 2720QM @ 2.20 GHz and 6 gb ram

 

So it's not like I have everything down low, but not at the best it can be.

 

I was playing on the Hyperton's Gates map too, so about 70 or 80 planets and 3 stars with all the AI's enabled.

gtx540m ? (no existe) gtx560m,570m,580m.

 o gt540m

gtx540m? (does not exist) gtx560m, 570 m, 580 m.
or gt540m
End of noseforget's quote

Actually it does. It's for a laptop. Dell XPS15.

Quoting Timmaigh, reply 10

Quoting sulley1, reply 6Yeah, it was. Here's the video, might not be ready for awhile, but it's pretty smooth.

 

EDIT: Well that link isn't working. I'll repost. There we go.

 

Nice video. Bit misleading though, you played for Loyalists, not Rebels  

Anyway, it really seems to be smoother then in my case, granted i play on higher res and with debris on, but at the same time,  i have a far better videocard. Hm... perhaps i need to look at the GPU drivers, i dont have the totally latest version.
End of Timmaigh's quote

Haha whoops! I realized this when I went to start a new game and they were different.

Quoting -Ue_Carbon, reply 17
Stacks your empire tree icons.
End of -Ue_Carbon's quote

 

Nice, I always wanted that stuff out of the way quick. Thanks!

Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting sulley1, reply 18
Nice, I always wanted that stuff out of the way quick. Thanks!
End of sulley1's quote

You can set the options to leave most unpinned as well. Helps a lot.

Reply #20 from Sins Forums Top

So i updated graphics drivers, but now i need to start a new game, to try it out during some massive battles (deleted all my saves from previous game, but the last one, with AIs already defeated).

On another note, i have to say, if the devs wanted to advert their graphics improvement, they should have done it by showing Kostura cannon. 

Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top

Running the game with everything at Highest, 16x AF, no AA (don't really need it to be honest) at 1920x1200.

Seems silky smooth sofar (haven't played that long yet, D3 got in the way :grin: ).

Also, the fidelity of the graphical effect is much much better than it was in the previous beta.

There's source lighting from missiles/bolts and everything, I really like the new effects a lot.

The new Vasari capital ship and Titan look rather spiffy as well.  :D