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[Flanker15]

Stupid computer why don't my textures look like that.


lockie can I have a copy of your config?

[will1973]

config.engcfg   


   formats()
   {
      user, 0, 2;
      tbump, -1, 2;
      hbump, 0, 2;
      obump, 0, 2;
      fbump, 0, 2;
      lbump, 0, 2;
      bump, -1, 2;
      flora,0, 2;
      trans, -1, 2;
      normal, 0, 2;
      techn, -1, 2;
      human, 0, 2;
      objs, 0, 2;
      marks, 0, 2;
      atest, 0, 2;
      clouds, 0, 2;
      detail, 0, 2;
      menu, 0, 2;
      font, 0, 2;
      uncomp, 0, 2;

   }// end of formats

[lockie]

Stupid computer why don't my textures look like that.

I think this is because u've ATI videocard.

lockie can I have a copy of your config?

Of course, here it is:
http://www.4shared.com/file/RtG4ngWCba/config.html
But I'd recommend to use fragment of config from will1973 post.

[Flanker15]

config.engcfg   


   formats()
   {
      user, 0, 2;
      tbump, -1, 2;
      hbump, 0, 2;
      obump, 0, 2;
      fbump, 0, 2;
      lbump, 0, 2;
      bump, -1, 2;
      flora,0, 2;
      trans, -1, 2;
      normal, 0, 2;
      techn, -1, 2;
      human, 0, 2;
      objs, 0, 2;
      marks, 0, 2;
      atest, 0, 2;
      clouds, 0, 2;
      detail, 0, 2;
      menu, 0, 2;
      font, 0, 2;
      uncomp, 0, 2;

   }// end of formats

What happens if I put -1 on everything?  (-1 is use original size right?)

[lockie]

As I know for nvidia owners "-1" will bring a terribly bad picture.

[Flanker15]

I've got a nvidia card, I put everything on -1 and......



Noice.


Thanks will!

This makes game look much nicer, you should put it in the FaQ for people to try to see if it works.

[lockie]

This makes game look much nicer, you should put it in the FaQ for people to try to see if it works.

OK. Can u make A. and Q. with all necessary examples and config file?

[frinik]

I think this is because u've ATI videocard.
Lockie; not sure what you mean by that? That ATI card do not give off quality images in game?Because my own experience with 2 ATI cards proves the opposite.

[will1973]

- no problems

[lockie]

I think this is because u've ATI videocard.
Lockie not sure what you mean by that? That ATI card do not give off quality images in game?

I mean, that according to my experience nvidia has less problems than ati. I got clear picture with drum-gunsight, meanwhile will1973 had to adjust config to see the same picture as me. He has ati card. Anyway, it's a complex problem, coz I've win xp sp2 and there are many variants as pros and cons.

[Flanker15]

What kind of nvidia card do u have? 
I'm on win 7 with a modern card and newest drivers/dx11 and i get the "u have 128mb of memory" warning, winxp might not have this problem.  I certainly didnt have it way back when I played it on xp.

[lockie]

What kind of nvidia card do u have?

 
GTX 560

 I'm on win 7 with a modern card and newest drivers/dx11 and i get the "u have 128mb of memory" warning, winxp might not have this problem.  I certainly didnt have it way back when I played it on xp.

That's a problem of the game, same as upper part of picture cut off. SF doesn't want to play with other OS except XP.

[Flanker15]

Also how did someone figure out that putting -1 there would do anything?   Theres no indication that theres any setting for size other than 0.

[lockie]

The nickname of "someone" is will1973 How did he figure out - I've know idea.

[Flanker15]

This makes game look much nicer, you should put it in the FaQ for people to try to see if it works.

OK. Can u make A. and Q. with all necessary examples and config file?

Textures not loading at full quality
eg


Appears to be a problem with modern OS and drivers not allowing the game to detect the VRAM.

Navigate to:
Steel Fury - Kharkov 1942\data\k42\loc_rus\config\config.engcfg


Find

//текстуры
i_texman:texman()
{
   //качество текстурирования (2 - как задумано, 1 - низкое, 0 - компрессия)
   tex_qual   =   0;
   //размер текстур (0 - как есть)
   tex_size   =   0;
   //разрешить некомпрессированные текстуры
   enable_uncomp   =   0;
   //настройки форматов (название, размер, качество)
   formats()
   {
      user, 0, 2;
      tbump, 0, 2;
      hbump, 0, 2;
      obump, 0, 2;
      fbump, 0, 2;
      lbump, 0, 2;
      bump, 0, 2;
      flora, 0, 2;
      trans, 0, 2;
      normal, 0, 2;
      techn, 0, 2;
      human, 0, 2;
      objs, 0, 2;
      marks, 0, 2;
      atest, 0, 2;
      clouds, 0, 2;
      detail, 0, 2;
      menu, 0, 2;
      font, 0, 2;
      uncomp, 0, 2;

   }// end of formats

Replace the 0's under formats() with -1.

//текстуры
i_texman:texman()
{
   //качество текстурирования (2 - как задумано, 1 - низкое, 0 - компрессия)
   tex_qual   =   0;
   //размер текстур (0 - как есть)
   tex_size   =   0;
   //разрешить некомпрессированные текстуры
   enable_uncomp   =   0;
   //настройки форматов (название, размер, качество)
   formats()
   {
      user, -1, 2;
      tbump, -1, 2;
      hbump, -1, 2;
      obump, -1, 2;
      fbump, -1, 2;
      lbump, -1, 2;
      bump, -1, 2;
      flora, -1, 2;
      trans, -1, 2;
      normal, -1, 2;
      techn, -1, 2;
      human, -1, 2;
      objs, -1, 2;
      marks, -1, 2;
      atest, -1, 2;
      clouds, -1, 2;
      detail, -1, 2;
      menu, -1, 2;
      font, -1, 2;
      uncomp, -1, 2;

   }// end of formats

Result


If it slows down your machine too much you can try turning some of the less important ones back to 0, such as flora or cloud.

Other config.engcfg tweaks

//трава
i_microman:microman()
{
   //дальняя граница микрообъектов, м (128.0 - 1024.0)
   micro_dist   =   150.000000;  Grass render range in meters
   //величина смещения лодов травы (0.0 не смещается - 1.0 всегда последний лод)
   micro_lods   =   0.000000;   Low lod for this amount of the grass .5 = 50%
   //триминг микро объектов (0 - выкл, 1 - удалить всю траву)
   micro_trim   =   0.000000;  Remove this amount of the grass .5 = 50%

}// end of i_microman:microman

//гусеницы
i_pileff:pileff()
{
   //дальняя граница отключения гусениц, м
   dist   =   300.000000; Track mark length in meters

}// end of i_pileff:pileff

//менеджер растительности
i_plantman:plantman()
{
   //триминг растительности (0 - выкл, 1 - удалить часть растительности)
   flora_trim   =   0.000000;  Remove this percent of plants .5 is 50%
   //адаптивный выбор лод уровня растительности (0 - выкл, 1 - максимальная скорость)
   adapt_ls   =   0.000000;  Lowers the lod on this percent of plants
   //триминг растительности (0 - выкл, 1 - удалить часть растительности)
   flora_trime   =   0.000000;  Remove this percent of parts of plants

}// end of i_plantman:plantman

//сцена
i_scene:scene()
{
   //дистанция смены одного уровня на другой, м
   lod_dist0   =   25.000000;   Lod distances in meters
   lod_dist1   =   150.000000;
   lod_dist2   =   0.000000;
   //использовать 32 битные индексы
   use_32bit_inds   =   0;
   //использовать hardware instancing
   hw_instancing   =   1;
   //рендерить бликовое освещение (локальные источники)
   specular   =   1;
   //реально получается видно на horizont * 0.95
   horizont   =   3072.000000;  Draw distance in meters

}// end of i_scene:scene

Under soundman

   //бит на отсчет
   bits   =   24; You can increase the bit rate to 24 if you have the sound gear for it

[frinik]

//величина смещения лодов травы (0.0 не смещается - 1.0 всегда последний лод)
   micro_lods   =   0.000000;   Low lod for this amount of the grass .5 = 50%
   //триминг микро объектов (0 - выкл, 1 - удалить всю траву)
   micro_trim   =   0.000000;  Remove this amount of the grass .5 = 50%


Flanker; this is interesting stuff but I am not sure I am following you when you say " ... Remove this amount of the grass .5 = 50%..." Are you suggesting chnaging the default values from 0.000000 to 0.500000 for both micro_lods and trim?

[Flanker15]

If you want to you can it'll improve performance.
For instance if you changed  micro_trim   =   0.000000;   to  micro_trim   =   0.500000;  only half of the grass that normally would be rendered will be drawn  ergo grass would have 50% less impact on performance but grass would look less dense.   
micro_lods   =   0.000000;   does the same thing but instead of removing the grass all together it drops its lod to one worse than it should be (if grass had a lod which I don't think it does so this one probably won't do anything so leave it on 0,  it's important for plants though).   

[frinik]

What about increasing the values to 1.000000?It means the ground will be flat without any grass being rendered?This is probably what happens by default when the game does not recognise your graphic card and ascribes only 128 mbs of video memory or less.It defaults to 1.0000000 or something like that.

"...I mean, that according to my experience nvidia has less problems than ati... "

I totally disagree with Lockie on that one.I have seen dozen of posts by people playing SF with Nvidia gpus and complaining about their video cards not being recognized by the game and none from ATI owners...That being said I am neither an Nvidia nor an ATI fan boy; I like both brands and will purchase a brand based on value and reviews not on subjective opinions.

[lockie]

OK. here is a variant Q/A. Have a look and correct at necessary.
Q. I've the textures in the game are very blurred. How to fix it?
A. You have to make the next changes in the file config.engcfg
1. Open with Notepad(or Notepad++) file Steel Fury - Kharkov 1942\data\k42\loc_rus\config\config.engcfg
2. Find entry

Code:

	formats()
	{
		user, 0, 2;
		tbump, 0, 2;
		hbump, 0, 2;
		obump, 0, 2;
		fbump, 0, 2;
		lbump, 0, 2;
		bump, 0, 2;
		flora, 0, 2;
		trans, 0, 2;
		normal, 0, 2;
		techn, 0, 2;
		human, 0, 2;
		objs, 0, 2;
		marks, 0, 2;
		atest, 0, 2;
		clouds, 0, 2;
		detail, 0, 2;
		menu, 0, 2;
		font, 0, 2;
		uncomp, 0, 2;

	}// end of formats

3. Replace the 0's under formats() with -1.
   formats()
   {
      user, 0, 2;
      tbump, -1, 2;
      hbump, 0, 2;
      obump, 0, 2;
      fbump, 0, 2;
      lbump, 0, 2;
      bump, -1, 2;
      flora,0, 2;
      trans, -1, 2;
      normal, 0, 2;
      techn, -1, 2;
      human, 0, 2;
      objs, 0, 2;
      marks, 0, 2;
      atest, 0, 2;
      clouds, 0, 2;
      detail, 0, 2;
      menu, 0, 2;
      font, 0, 2;
      uncomp, 0, 2;

   }// end of formats
4. Save

Result before

after

Note:
- you can replace any of the 0's and they'll make those textures look better too.

[Flanker15]

Yep, and put a note that you can replace any of the 0's and they'll make those textures look better too.