Getting Anistropic Filtering to Work with Very High

Ambrose · 06-11-08, 07:29 PM

I did a search but didn't find exactly what I was looking for. I know parallel occlusion mapping (POM) disables AF in game. I tried using the r_usePOM 0 to disable it and get AF working at Very High but this didn't work, and I don't want to drop shaders to High.

Anyone know what other command I need in addition to r_usePOM 0 to get AF to work? Thanks.

SH64 · 06-12-08, 06:38 AM

I wonder if the GTX280 will be able to run POM with AF ?!

Ambrose · 06-12-08, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SH64

I wonder if the GTX280 will be able to run POM with AF ?!

No, you got my hopes up! I thought I had a reply with an answer.

But, it would be sweet if the POM issue (and, cross our fingers, the TSAA issue) was fixed with the new card.

SH64 · 06-12-08, 04:13 PM

Sorry .. i'm concerned about this issue too

evox · 06-14-08, 04:27 AM

Maybe Spoudazo can answer your question? He knows CE2 inside and out.

JasonPC · 06-14-08, 10:45 AM

I really doubt it's possible because it was done that way by design.

CaptNKILL · 06-14-08, 04:16 PM

Its too bad. The parallax map looks amazing up close but it gets so blurry and nasty looking at a short distance.

I wonder if drivers could ever enable some sort of AF for parallax mapped textures. It seems like it'd eat up a ton of performance.

d2thez · 06-16-08, 01:02 PM

So let me get this straight, I currently run with everything on Very High except for shadows and particle and at 8x AF and 0AA. Does this mean that I am not getting any AF applied because I run my textures at Very High and this enaples Paralax Mapping?

Should I just turn off AF then?

CaptNKILL · 06-16-08, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d2thez

So let me get this straight, I currently run with everything on Very High except for shadows and particle and at 8x AF and 0AA. Does this mean that I am not getting any AF applied because I run my textures at Very High and this enaples Paralax Mapping?

Should I just turn off AF then?

The AF may still work on non-parallax mapped scenery object textures, but for the ground texture it won't do anything. Which sucks, because the parallax mapped textures look amazing up close but turn into a nasty multi-colored mess at a distance.

d2thez · 06-16-08, 02:37 PM

Perhaps that explains then what I have been seeing. The ground textures look beautiful for what is prolly 8-10 feet in front of your character, then it seems to become extremely blurry.

I always thought my AF wasn't working or perhaps Depth of Field was killing it, and I was soon going to look into whether or not DoF can be adjusted.

But instead it is just the by product of no AF working on parallax?

Soetdjuret · 06-16-08, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptNKILL

Its too bad. The parallax map looks amazing up close but it gets so blurry and nasty looking at a short distance.

I wonder if drivers could ever enable some sort of AF for parallax mapped textures. It seems like it'd eat up a ton of performance.

This is the explanation of this issue told by a guy at Crytek:

"We chose to use a certain kind of texture lookup for performance – this lookup type does not support Anisotropic texture filtering. In most cases this should not be that much visible. We will discuss this here and maybe for a patch we consider to improve this for high quality settings. We just need to make sure we don’t loose too much performance and at the same time we cannot afford too many shader variations on this"

Maybe we'll see this problem solved in Warhead, maybe in a future patch, maybe never...

CaptNKILL · 06-16-08, 08:01 PM

Bah... they aren't making any more patches for this game, so I guess we're stuck with it.

Too bad.

06-11-08, 07:29 PM	#1
Ambrose Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 326	Getting Anistropic Filtering to Work with Very High I did a search but didn't find exactly what I was looking for. I know parallel occlusion mapping (POM) disables AF in game. I tried using the r_usePOM 0 to disable it and get AF working at Very High but this didn't work, and I don't want to drop shaders to High. Anyone know what other command I need in addition to r_usePOM 0 to get AF to work? Thanks. __________________ <Antec 900 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case> <EVGA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard> <Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.2GHz> <Evga 8800 GTX @ 630/1050> <OCZ Flex XLC 2GB DDR2 800> <Samsung 500GB 7200 RPM Sata Hard drive> 3DMark06 score: 12243 http://service.futuremark.com/orb/re...0&UID=11981243 Windows Vista Ultimate Avid gamer, dedicated student (most of the time).

06-12-08, 06:38 AM	#2
SH64 MAXIMUM TECH Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 12,202	Re: Getting Anistropic Filtering to Work with Very High I wonder if the GTX280 will be able to run POM with AF ?! __________________ - "My name is RAM and my tank is full" http://warhawk64nv.mybrute.com/ <-- pupils go thaarrr! Or, http://silenthunter64.mybrute.com

06-12-08, 04:13 PM	#4
SH64 MAXIMUM TECH Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 12,202	Re: Getting Anistropic Filtering to Work with Very High Sorry .. i'm concerned about this issue too __________________ - "My name is RAM and my tank is full" http://warhawk64nv.mybrute.com/ <-- pupils go thaarrr! Or, http://silenthunter64.mybrute.com

06-14-08, 04:27 AM	#5
evox :3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: India Posts: 2,254	Re: Getting Anistropic Filtering to Work with Very High Maybe Spoudazo can answer your question? He knows CE2 inside and out. __________________ The Polite Gamers - Steam Group

06-14-08, 10:45 AM	#6
JasonPC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,103	Re: Getting Anistropic Filtering to Work with Very High I really doubt it's possible because it was done that way by design.

06-14-08, 04:16 PM	#7
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: Getting Anistropic Filtering to Work with Very High Its too bad. The parallax map looks amazing up close but it gets so blurry and nasty looking at a short distance. I wonder if drivers could ever enable some sort of AF for parallax mapped textures. It seems like it'd eat up a ton of performance. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

06-16-08, 01:02 PM	#8
d2thez Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 274	Re: Getting Anistropic Filtering to Work with Very High So let me get this straight, I currently run with everything on Very High except for shadows and particle and at 8x AF and 0AA. Does this mean that I am not getting any AF applied because I run my textures at Very High and this enaples Paralax Mapping? Should I just turn off AF then? __________________ Gaming Rig (Project: Sentinel Mark III) Intel QX9770 @ 3.2Ghz \| Thermalright SI-128SE \| MSI P35 Neo2-FR (BIOS 1.C) \| eVGA GTX 570 SuperClock \| OCZ Reaper 4GB PC6400 \| eVGA Killer Xeno Pro \| Seagate 250GB HDD (OS and Apps) \| Western Digital Raptor 36GB HDD (Game Installs) \| Sound Blaster X-Fi X-treme Music \| Thermaltake Toughpower 700w \| Silverstone Raven RV01 \| Logitech G5 Rev 2.0 Laser Mouse \| Gateway FHD2400 24" LCD

06-16-08, 02:37 PM	#10
d2thez Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 274	Re: Getting Anistropic Filtering to Work with Very High Perhaps that explains then what I have been seeing. The ground textures look beautiful for what is prolly 8-10 feet in front of your character, then it seems to become extremely blurry. I always thought my AF wasn't working or perhaps Depth of Field was killing it, and I was soon going to look into whether or not DoF can be adjusted. But instead it is just the by product of no AF working on parallax? __________________ Gaming Rig (Project: Sentinel Mark III) Intel QX9770 @ 3.2Ghz \| Thermalright SI-128SE \| MSI P35 Neo2-FR (BIOS 1.C) \| eVGA GTX 570 SuperClock \| OCZ Reaper 4GB PC6400 \| eVGA Killer Xeno Pro \| Seagate 250GB HDD (OS and Apps) \| Western Digital Raptor 36GB HDD (Game Installs) \| Sound Blaster X-Fi X-treme Music \| Thermaltake Toughpower 700w \| Silverstone Raven RV01 \| Logitech G5 Rev 2.0 Laser Mouse \| Gateway FHD2400 24" LCD

06-16-08, 08:01 PM	#12
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: Getting Anistropic Filtering to Work with Very High Bah... they aren't making any more patches for this game, so I guess we're stuck with it. Too bad. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

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