[Guest]

In my game, the shadows for static objects are really, really black. Auto-gen objects are fine (and so, it seems, are A/C shadows) but when flying over towns the immersions really drops, because all the buildings and all the manually added trees have really black shadows. It must be something to do with the conf.ini, so does anyone have any ideas on how to get it black to normal? (pun intended :lol: )

Cheers all. If it helps, I'll post my conf.ini here as well.

[Goblin]

May be something on .dll(s) files, you can find safe dll RAR package into the U.P. pack game version, hope this help.

[Guest]

May be something on .dll(s) files, you can find safe dll RAR package into the U.P. pack game version, hope this help.

Sorry, I have no experience with these types of files. I am on UI 1.2 if it helps. What do they do exactly?

[socorrista22198]

Hi

I readed somewhere that the parameters to manage shadows was "Use stencil buffer" and "Polygon stipple". I have them activated and desactivated respectively.

Or tell to Fireskull, he knows a little about this XD.

[Guest]

Hmm, I'll have to look into this. The thing is, using the il-2 setup.exe meddles with my conf.ini and I don't want to do that. When I'm next on my Il-2 laptop, i'll try and post my conf.ini.

I'm using an ATI 4650 with the driver's it came with (haven't gotten around to updating them, but then I never had this issue before)

[Guest]

Excuse my double post, but here is my conf.ini:

[il2]
title=Il2-Sturmovik Forgotten Battles
hotkeys=HotKey game

[window]
width=1600
height=900
ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=0
Use3Renders=0

[GLPROVIDER]
GL=Opengl32.dll

[GLPROVIDERS]
Open GL=Opengl32.dll
DirectX=dx8wrap.dll

[NET]
speed=5000
routeChannels=0
serverChannels=31
localPort=21000
remotePort=21000
SkinDownload=1
serverName=No Name
serverDescription=
remoteHost=
localHost=
socksHost=
checkServerTimeSpeed=1
checkClientTimeSpeed=0

[MaxLag]
farMaxLagTime=10.0
nearMaxLagTime=2.0
cheaterWarningDelay=5.0
cheaterWarningNum=-1

[chat]
region=(dx=0.6925,dy=0.071666665,x=0.0,y=0.0)

[game]
Arcade=0
HighGore=1
mapPadX=0.6691667
mapPadY=-0.046666667
viewSet=54
Intro=0
NoSubTitles=0
NoChatter=0
NoHudLog=0
NoLensFlare=0
iconTypes=3
eventlog=eventlog.lst
eventlogkeep=0
3dgunners=1
ClearCache=0
TypeClouds=1

[HotKey game]
PrintScreen=ScreenShot
P=pause
Pause=pause

[HotKey gui]
Escape=activate

[HookViewFly Config]
timeFirstStep=2.0
deltaZ=10.0

[HookView]
MouseLeft=Len

[HookView Config]
AzimutSpeed=0.1
TangageSpeed=0.1
LenSpeed=1.0
MinLen=1.0
DefaultLen=20.0
MaxLen=3000.0
Speed=6
timeFirstStep=2.9
deltaZ=60.0

[HotKey builder]
MouseLeft=objectMove
MouseRight=popupmenu
Enter=freeView
Shift MouseLeft=worldZoom
Alt MouseLeft=select+
Alt MouseRight=select-
Alt Ctrl=unselect
PageDown=change+
PageUp=change-
End=change++
Home=change--
Ctrl MouseLeft=insert+
Insert=insert+
NumPad-0=insert+
F=fill
Ctrl MouseRight=delete+
NumPad.=delete+
Delete=delete+
Backspace=cursor
Tab=cursor
F10=land
F11=onLand
NumPad-=normalLand
NumPad+=toLand
NumPad-5=resetAngles
NumPad-8=resetTangage90
NumPad-7=stepAzimut-5
NumPad-4=stepAzimut-15
NumPad-1=stepAzimut-30
NumPad-9=stepAzimut5
NumPad-6=stepAzimut15
NumPad-3=stepAzimut30

[MouseXYZ]
F1=SpeedSlow
F2=SpeedNormal
F3=SpeedFast
MouseRight=XYmove
F4 MouseRight=Zmove
MouseMiddle=Amove
F5 MouseRight=Amove
F6 MouseRight=Tmove
F7 MouseRight=Kmove

[MouseXYZ Config]
RealTime=1

[HotKey Console]
Shift Tab=Activate
[Console]
HISTORY=1024
HISTORYCMD=1024
LOAD=console.cmd
SAVE=console.cmd
LOG=0
LOGTIME=0
LOGFILE=log.lst
LOGKEEP=0

[sound]
SoundUse=1
SoundEngine=1
Speakers=4
Placement=0
SoundFlags.reversestereo=0
RadioFlags.Enabled=1
RadioEngine=2
MusicVolume=8
ObjectVolume=14
MusState.takeoff=1
MusState.inflight=1
MusState.crash=1
MusFlags.play=1
MasterVolume=14
Attenuation=7
SoundMode=2
SamplingRate=1
NumChannels=0
SoundExt.occlusions=0
SoundFlags.hardware=0
SoundFlags.streams=1
SoundFlags.duplex=1
SoundExt.acoustics=0
SoundExt.volumefx=0
SoundFlags.voicemgr=0
SoundFlags.static=1
VoiceVolume=14
Channels=2
SoundExt.extrender=0
SoundFlags.bugscorrect=0
SoundSetupId=8
ActivationLevel=0.02
Preemphasis=0.85
RadioLatency=0.5
AGC=1
PTTMode=1
SoundFlags.UseRadioChatter=1
SoundFlags.AutoActivation=1
RadioFlags.PTTMode=0
RadioFlags.PlayClicks=0
ActLevel=0
MicLevel=0
SoundFlags.forceEAX1=0

[rts]
ProcessAffinityMask=3
mouseUse=2
joyUse=1
trackIRUse=1
DisableIME=0
locale=

[rts_mouse]
SensitivityX=1.0
SensitivityY=1.0
Invert=0

[rts_joystick]
X=0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 0
Y=0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 0
Z=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
RZ=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
FF=0
U=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0
V=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0

[Render_DirectX]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=0
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=0
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=0
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=0
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=0

HardwareShaders=0

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

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

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

VideoSetupId=4
ForceShaders1x=0
PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

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

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

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=1
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=2
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

[DeviceLink]
port=1711

[quick]
Custom0=OnlineDesert

Custom1=Okinawa
Custom2=Ardennes_W
Custom3=Slovakia
Custom4=Stalingrad_Winter
Custom5=NWEurope
Custom6=Moscow
Custom7=Norway
Custom8=Murmansk_Winter
Custom9=SandsOfTime
Custom10=Midway
Custom11=NetCoralSea

Custom12=Smolensk
Custom13=Crimea
Custom14=Bessarabia
Custom15=Net8Islands
Custom16=MTO
Custom17=Kurland_Autumn_online
Custom18=Hawaii
Custom19=OnlineItaly

Custom20=NetMountains
Custom21=Berlin
Custom22=Kuban
Custom23=NewGuinea
Custom24=Burma
Custom25=Normandy2
Custom26=Channel
Custom27=Benghalli

[Mods]
SpeedbarUnits=3
SpeedbarSpdKMH=1
SpeedbarSpdMPH=1
SpeedbarSpdKnots=1
SpeedbarAltMeters=1
SpeedbarAltFeet=1
SpeedbarTAS=1

[Goblin]

phil, look into this tread about DLL : (The link is inoperative)

[Guest]

Thanks for that. I've d/led the dlls so now I am going to test them out. Not sure which ones to install first though....

However, could someone with at ATI card compare their conf.ini to mine and see if there is anything amiss there? AS I think i edited my conf.ini before and then got the really black shadows

[Fireskull]

Hi, everybody


The il2set.exe file settings will over ride your confi.ini setting attempts in most situations. Go to your il2set.exe, click on it, and make certain that all the Video Extensions are checked in their boxes, such as Clip Hint-all of them ON, including Polygonal Stipple. DO NOT CHECK DISABLE ALL BOX.

Consult my Sticky tech help topic called " PC Technical Relationship to IL-2: The info helps everyone ". In it you will find the Maximum settings for everthing in OpenGL.

After you have examined the above information and yet have shadows too dark, then adjust your lighting in the IL-2 Hardware Setup Video options, which are accessed in the IL-2 Main Menu interface.

The last resort is to adjust your computer monitor brightness and adjust the IL-2 lighting with it. Every graphics card has the ability to make a Profile for any program with specific monitor settings and graphics card settings all in one. You must make an executable file for this to be certain to apply.

These issues and settings for them are covered in my tech help topic.

[Guest]

OK, tomorrows another day so I'll look into it then

[Goblin]

From IL2 Setup at M4T : "..."Polygon Stipple" is a way of emulating or faking translucent shadows when the stencil buffer is turned off. It does this by creating a "dotted" effect that looks translucent (not unlike the stubble of incoming facial hair). Turn this off for a small performance boost. If stencil buffer and polygon stipple are both turned off, you'll get completely black shadows which isn't much of a drawback...".

[Guest]

So how do I activate that in my conf.ini?

EDIT_I'll do it in the actual game.

[Goblin]

Set them into il2Setup.exe contained into general folder - NOTICE 1st of all: Do you are playing with Perfect textures ON I presume (=attemp stencil buffer switcher set to ON)

[Guest]

Setting pollygon-stipple to 1 seems to have solved my problem