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    Crysis - Gun Mounted Flashlight Issue

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Nov 19, 2007.

  1. HTWingNut

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    Ok, seems like Crysis is playing fairly well on my Vostro 1500 as spec'd in sig (8600m GT o/c'd) @ 1280x800, all high settings except shaders and shadows at low (still looks cool and fun game).

    I downloaded the latest LV2G drivers (169.09) too.

    I haven't played a whole lot but lighting seems a little screwy. With the gun mounted flashlight, it lights up a very wide area, instead of a distcinct forward cone, and can wash out things at times. Most noticeable at the beginning of the game in the first level.

    Anyone know a way to correct this without compromising frame rates?
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 19, 2007
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    Did it do this with other drivers?

    I'd like to see a screenshot of what you're talking about.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 19, 2007
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    Turning volumetrics up will get rid of that but also impact your fps by several fps. Just tough through it, the performance loss is not worth a better looking flash light
     
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    That's interesting - I have the same issue here - I'm running on a T7500 and an 8600M-GT 256MB. Seems like it is not specific to your machine. At this time I do not think there is anything you can do about that unfortunately. There is a patch expected to come out shortly for Crysis so let's hope that fixes some of these issues.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 20, 2007
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    Does the problem persist with shaders turned up? I know that having textures and shaders on different quality levels can cause all sorts of funky lighting problems, so that could be an issue.
     
    Joga, Nov 20, 2007
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    Same problem here. Yeah, it's propably because of some lighting settings are set too low for this 'meant to played only with ultramegahyperfuture computers' -game. :) Well, the flashlight is useless anyway, so I don't mind.
     
    ronkotus, Nov 20, 2007
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    I think you got it right - I remember seeing the exact same thing when playing with settings to get the nicest-looking playable rates. Pretty sure it was shaders - you'll notice in the opening video that the door-opening bit when light spills out is considerably less impressive as well. That's where I first twigged that having shaders on low might up the fps a little, but it was definitely not worth it with light effects like that one.
     
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    Seems like they shouldn't make it look *THAT* bad. That is just poor coding that if they have the option it just bleeds light everywhere.
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 21, 2007
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