hi all,
wanted to change the settings for realistic water....
1) changed the values in config.ini as following:
hardware shaders =1
water=2
is that correct?
2) wanted to save settings, but the error message is, that I have no permission to save changes...
has anyone an idea how to solve this?
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Is your Il2 directory in the Program Files? If it is, you are not able to change .config files directly. Try dragging it to desktop, editing it, saving it, and putting your modified .config back into your game folder.
yes it is...
ok thx, I'll try to modify it this way.
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Do you have ATI or nVidia graphics card? ATI uses 2 for perfect, nVidia 4.
I have ATI greaphic card so I changed water to =2 in config.ini but ingame, nothing happens to the water...
why????
do I have to change something on the shaders as well?
how are the correct config.ini settings for realistic water?
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In config.ini Change ALL HardwareShaders FROM HardwareShaders=0 TO HardwareShaders=1
and Water=2,3,4 etc
Regaeds
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Hi, JABO
The true Perfect Water requires that you run your graphics settings in Anisotropic mode.
Prepare by going to your conf.ini file in the main registry of IL-2 for seeing the READ-ONLY. Right click on the conf.ini file and a window will appear. Click on the Properties tab. Another window will appear. See and make sure that there is no check in the box for READ-ONLY. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT because before ANY graphics settings are made in the Setup, Graphics Control Panel, or conf.ini, the conf.ini must not be in READ-ONLY mode.
After all graphics settings are made, you will make the conf.ini file READ-ONLY just before restarting IL-2.
The following information about PERFECT WATER comes from my tech topic about the connection of the computer to IL-2 Benchmarking, Optimization, and Tweaking found with these links:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=22314
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=22314&p=271026#p271026
1) Perfect Water is only available in OpenGL mode of the Setup of IL-2 (il2set.exe).
Make sure that you run Anisotropic in your Setup of IL-2. This is found in your main registry of files and folders of IL-2. Look for il2set.exe and click on the file icon. A window of the Setup of IL-2 will appear.
Make sure that the Setup window indicates OpenGL mode.
Use Custom Settings.
In the Setup box, set Texture Mipmap Filture: Anisotropic. If you think that you have a very powerful graphics card in your computer, then set Texture Compression: NONE. Do not use Palette or Texture Compression ARB Extension. Put a check in everything else especially Texture Anisotropic Extension, but not Disable All.
REMEMBER to press OK.
2) Next go to your graphics card Control Panel. Make sure that Force Mipmaps: NONE and Texture Filtering Trilinear Optimization OFF. High Quality ON.
REMEMBER to press APPLY.
3) Go to your conf.ini file of IL-2 found in the main registry.
Make sure of the following:
IMPORTANT: Regardless of your other settings, you must have the following conf.ini command lines for Perfect Water:
[window]
ColourBits=32
StencilBits=8
[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=3
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1
HardwareShaders=1
water=2 (For ATI graphics cards only, though some very late mode water=4 maybe)
water=4 (For NVIDIA graphics cards only)
Hardware Setup in IL-2 For Perfect Water
Here is the click path for the IL-2 Hardware Setup of Perfect Water:
Main Menu/ Hardware Setup/ Video Options/ Picture Quality/ Custom/ Landscape Detail/ Perfect
REMEMBER to press APPLY.
At this time you should make sure that your conf.ini file has been set to READ-ONLY until the next time that you make changes to it when it would be unchecked as READ-ONLY.
You might want to restart IL-2 to make certain that new settings are applied.
