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[coenoo1]

Dinosbacsi!
Water=2 for ATI

that's not true though, I use ATI too, and water 4 works perfectly

[SAS~Malone]

sure, maybe you can, but the OP's graphics card, which is the subject here, won't be able to.
either way, Dinos needs a new g/card.....

[SAS~Storebror]

Interesting read gents, but a lot things seem to be mixed here between "I've heard once", "I believe" and "I know" type facts.

First of all you'll likely get good results easier with Nvidia cards. But rest assured that since the 10.2 catalyst drivers, the ATI cards work fine with IL-2, too. I myself just kicked my old Nvidia 6200 from my old AGP P4 3GHz machine and dropped an ATI 4670 in and everything's running fine in perfect mode with latest Catalyst 11.1 drivers and regarding AGP hotfix. Whatever you read on the internet about putting old dlls from previous releases into your IL-2 folder or any other weird stuff, just forget it. The current catalyst drivers work fine with IL-2.

water=2 for ATI cards is the "nice" water, it's similar to water=4 for Nvidia cards, always provided your game is running in perfect mode, i.e. HardwareShaders=1 is set.
AFAIK the conf.ini on ATI driven PCs reverts water=4 to water=2 automatically. I tried it myself and it did.

Best regards - Mike

[SAS~Tom2]

Hi Dinos,

this is form a newer card, but maybe it can help you in the meantime anyway.
I use an Ati with water=2 and get nice water to my taste. Alo maxxed out the setup settings.
I can also confirm waiting a while to get a decent card cheaper is a nice
thing.
Most people recommend NVidia cards for IL-2. I used to run an old NVidia before and the Ati I now use is far superior. Newer NVidia cards may just kick ass.

These are my config.ini Open GL settings, maybe they help you, Dinos..anyone correct me if I made some stupid mistake there.


[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=3
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=0
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=1
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=0

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=0
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=0

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=0
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=3
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17
Water=2
Effects=1
ForceShaders1x=1

PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0


Good Luck!

Tom

[SAS~Tom2]

Sorry, Storebror I overposted your reply!

Interesting read gents, but a lot things seem to be mixed here between "I've heard once", "I believe" and "I know" type facts.

First of all you'll likely get good results easier with Nvidia cards. But rest assured that since the 10.2 catalyst drivers, the ATI cards work fine with IL-2, too. I myself just kicked my old Nvidia 6200 from my old AGP P4 3GHz machine and dropped an ATI 4670 in and everything's running fine in perfect mode with latest Catalyst 11.1 drivers and regarding AGP hotfix. Whatever you read on the internet about putting old dlls from previous releases into your IL-2 folder or any other weird stuff, just forget it. The current catalyst drivers work fine with IL-2.

water=2 for ATI cards is the "nice" water, it's similar to water=4 for Nvidia cards, always provided your game is running in perfect mode, i.e. HardwareShaders=1 is set.
AFAIK the conf.ini on ATI driven PCs reverts water=4 to water=2 automatically. I tried it myself and it did.

Best regards - Mike

I can confirm all points.

[Dinosbacsi]

Okay, now I have awesome looking nice water with water=2, but... a little bit lagging now ._.
I try out the conf.ini settings what you posted Tom, and I tell the resoults =D
Thanks for the helps ^^

[SAS~Bombsaway]

Not to highjack this thread but kind of on the same subject.... what causes the sounduse=1 to change itself to 0? ??? I dont change anything in the game but for whatever reason it does it on its own. Here is the real kicker, when its at 0 a I cant switch cockpits in game. When I cant leave the pilots postition, I know my sounduse is at 0.

[Dinosbacsi]

Weird o_o
BTW, I tried your settings Tom, and now it's good! Thanks ^^

[CWMV]

Im running a GTX460, so I have no problem running water 3, but honestly didn't notice any difference between it and 2.
Is it just me or is there really a demonstrable difference between the 2/3/4 water settings?