Hi,
Sniper85, here are your very good questions:
Sniper85 Wrote:Sorry to re-open an old topic but being a first time user of nHancer, I wanted to ask you Fireskull...how can I achieve better results with this add-on.I'm trying different settings (anti-aliasing,trilinear optimization,etc) but I still can't figure out which are the best settings for my card.
It's an old nvidia geforce fx5200, I have the latest driver but my pc is still having lots of problems.
After 30 mins or so using Il-2 it restarts automatically.Case is clean, no dust, no software running while playing (except for my antivirus).I'm following your tutorial bit by bit (btw it's great,thanks a lot) and maybe I can improve my pc's performance with nhancer.
I have to buy a better pc this year but I still want to enjoy the game with the old one, which is not that bad with 1.25 GB ram.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated 
The nHancer software will, as the name implies, enhance your PC-and specifically your NVIDIA capabilities. In some features, it actually over rides the factory settings to achieve better results. The program was created with IL-2 in mind.
With that being said, nHancer comes with fabulous intructions, many of which are point-of-use helps. The first thing that I think you need to know is that your system will likely render IL-2 graphics best with Trilinear and S3TC in the setup.ini file.
Also, although one can generally get the best image with OpenGL, it is still a matter of fact that some PC systems run IL-2 best in DirectX. Really the only thing you would be sacrificing is the so called " Perfect Water " , which really isn't so perfect. The DirectX " Excellent " water has reefs, shallows, detailed waves, multitextured reflections that are not found in OpenGL " Perfect Water ", and DirectX waves are more to realistic scale. In some IL-2 mission scenerios, the DirectX water fits the weather conditions much better than OpenGL water. I only use OpenGL for movies and screenshots. Okay, enough said about that, I think.
IMPORTANT: Make sure to overturn every stone to streamline your PC for IL-2
before you make final graphics related settings. Otherwise, you will find later that your performance will be less than it could have been. The need to re-do the whole process would be obvious.
Streamline your PC system for IL-2-this is your first step before you go further. Yes, this stage of creating better IL-2 performance is not fun, but the results will be a bigger improvement.
I worked very hard to provide the essential information for guys in similar situations as yours. He's the link to my Topic about "PC Technical Relationship to IL-2": Click...
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P/OW. 'Moggy Cattermole", yes there is an ATI program to enhance those card settings. It was also created with IL-2 in mind, but I can not remember the name. I will do a search for it and post the name here if I find it.
