[Pirate]

Hi All

I have recently bought an ATI HD 4850. Aside from this issue I am really happy with it.

Basically when I either shoot my guns, or turn on the nav lights the skin of the aircraft changes colour to have a pinkish hue to it... like this:


By pirate_no1 at 2009-06-02

and this:


By pirate_no1 at 2009-06-02

instead of this:


By pirate_no1 at 2009-06-02



Here are the details of my conf.ini

[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=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=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

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=3
LandShading=2
LandDetails=2

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

VideoSetupId=2
Water=1
Effects=1
ForceShaders1x=0

PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

I have tried several settings in the il2setup.exe for ATI cards - all the same except for 'radeon' which results in everything except the aircraft and buildings being completely black.... currently it is set to 'maximum settings'

any advice would be greatly appreciated, I imagine someone else must have had this problem at some point?

Pirate

[dsmith71]

I have a 4870 X2 and had a similar problem when I updated to the latest driver (Catalyst 9.5). The colour went back to normal when I reinstalled the older 8.12.

[Der Wüstenfuchs]

Start il2setup.exe, navigate to Video and turn off Use Vertex Arrays & Vertex Array Extension

or

conf.ini:
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=0
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=0

:wink:

[Pirate]

A very big thankyou to you both! I've tried Der W

[Der Wüstenfuchs]

[quote="Pirate"]A very big thankyou to you both! I've tried Der W

[Pirate]

Thanks again for your help there, you have done me a huge favour I just have 1 more question, and you seem to know what you are talking about when it comes to graphics in IL2.... My PC runs IL2 flawlessly with v-sync on, maxed out anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, tweaked cof.ini etc. except when I go near towns on 4.09 maps, where the FPS drops to less than 20, none of my tweaking with the control center or conf.ini make any difference to this at all - is there anything I can do to improve this? Even my 6800 on excellent settings didn't have such a huge drop... i would happily trade off the improved buildings for a higher framerate!

[Eldon45]

Thank you for posting this Pirate, and thank you Der Wustenfuchs for the Vertex Arrays advice. I just installed a 4890 and like a dummy was shocked to find I couldn't successfully use any drivers earlier than 9.5! Who would have thought! The pinkness was pretty bad, but now everything looks fantastic. THANK YOU! I've had "Vertex Arrays" turned on since 2002.

[dsmith71]

[quote="Der W

[Der Wüstenfuchs]

Always glad to help :wink:

@Pirate
I think maxed out Anti-Aliasing & Anisotropic Filtering are not needed, try with x4 for both and set Filter to Box.Furthermore, Catalyst AI=Standard, Mipmap Detail Level=High Quality, Wait for vertical refresh=Always On, Adaptive Anti-Aliasing=uncheck (off).

Also try this:

[too-cool]

[quote="Der W

[too-cool]

[quote="Der W

[JAMF]

My IL-2 setup.exe looks nothing like yours. I don't know how to post a pic, sorry. TC

Open IL2setup.exe
hold right-ALT, press and release printscreen key, release right-ALT (Or in code [RALT+PRTSCR])
Open Paint, or Paint.net, or GIMP, or whatever image manipulation software you have installed.
In the menu bar at the top of the screen, go to "Edit", select "Paste"... or just [CTRL+v]
Select "File" in the menu bar (top left) and click on "Save as".
Rename image as "IL2setup" or something, select file type to be "JPG" or "jpeg" and select OK.
(85-90% quality should be fine for menu screenshot)

Go to imageshack website, click "browse" button, browse to file IL2Setup.jpg and when selected, click on "start upload".
When the upload is done, select "direct link"

Then when you reply, paste the URL here (with [CTRL+v]). Highlight the URL by dragging mouse over it with left mousebutton pressed and click the "Img" button above the text-input window.

[too-cool]

[quote="Der W

[Der Wüstenfuchs]

Try this:

[window]
width=1280
height=1024
ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=0
Use3Renders=0

[GLPROVIDER]
GL=Opengl32.dll

[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=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=8
Water=2
Effects=1
ForceShaders1x=0


In Catalyst Control Center go to 3D>All Settings:
Anti-Aliasing & Anisotropic Filtering x4 for both and set Filter to Box.Furthermore, Catalyst AI=Standard, Mipmap Detail Level=High Quality, Wait for vertical refresh=Always On, Adaptive Anti-Aliasing=uncheck (off).

[Pirate]

Thanks again Der W