Image problems

[stoney]

I just upgraded my video card to a "GeForce GTX 780 (Driver Version 440.97)" with Windows 8.1, and now have these issues. I hope someone can help or I might have to say goodbye to CFS2. I'd hate to do that as I have built my three installs over many years.

Thanks.
Steve

[MaskRider]

Do you have all of your "Hardware" and "Image Quality" settings properly set?



MR

[Desert Rat]

Have you enabled you card in the bios? Looks almost like software rendering.

[BoeingvsAirbusNKL]

How do I enable the graphics card, because i have the same issue.

[stoney]

For some reason MaskRider, I can't check the "Enable hardware acceleration". My "Image Quality" is same as yours. I must be missing something basic, I just don't know what it is.

[MaskRider]

For some reason MaskRider, I can't check the "Enable hardware acceleration". My "Image Quality" is same as yours. I must be missing something basic, I just don't know what it is.

Right click an empty place on your desktop. A context menu should pop open and one of the items listed should be something like "GeForce Video Control Center" or some such thing.

On my rig it is "AMD Vision Engine Control Center"

Click on that.

There should be a list of various sub-menus to choose from. One of them probably says something like "Manage Graphic Settings for Gaming".

Look through the settings included there. There may be an "enable hardware acceleration" option.

Anyway, have a look through those setting as well as the rest of the settings. Something might shake loose.

As you said. Its has to be something pretty simple.

MR

PS If no such Video-Card Control-Center option pops up when you right-click the desktop, it may be that you need to install some sort of software that came with your new video card.

PS You might also check your "Device Manager" (right click "My Computer" desktop icon -> Properties -> Device Manager) and see if "Display Adapter" is flagged.

[Allen]

Sounds like the crap common on every Win 10.


Below is all of the keys to add to your CFS2.CFG to manually set display settings. You will need to change the Device= and Mode= to suit your PC. The rest should work as is.

[DISPLAY]
Device=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI (\\.\DISPLAY1)
Mode=1024x768x32
Dither=0
Filter=1
TriLinear=0
MipMap=1
AntiAlias=1
HWTnL=1
Disable=0
Disable= MUST be set to 0 for Hardware Acceleration to be on.

Details explanation below of what each key means. 0 is off and 1 is on unless noted.

Filter Options. Only one can be on. Dither = No Filter, Filter = Bilinear Filter and TriLinear = Trilinear Filter.
Dither=0
Filter=0
TriLinear=0

All 3 can be on at the same time. MipMap = Mip Maping, AntiAlias = Anti-Alias and HWTnL = T and L.
MipMap=0
AntiAlias=0
HWTnL=0

Enable hardware acceleration (Check Box)
Disable=0 This looks to Enable Hardware Acceleration when set to 0.

Unknown...
Stencil=0
PageFlip=0
Fog=0 This looks to be the blend fog I guess fog is on by defalt unless you put Fog=0 in the [DISPLAY] cat.
TripleBuffer=0
SWTnL=0
DXTn=0

[stoney]

Thanks Allen and MaskRider. I think I getting it now. Still can't enable Hardware Acceleration though. Plus I only get imageresolution at 16 and not 32 like you show MR.

[stoney]

Yes!, after I made the cfg additions, it looks right as it should now. Thanks guys, I did't know that could be done manually.

[Allen]

Stoney
We seem to know little about Win8 and it looks like Win8 is now behaving like Win10. I wonder if it has to do with Windows updates?

[rickyo]

Thanks for the tip about the fog, Allen! Everything is nice and clear now.

Cheers .... Rick

[Ravenna]

What an important, useful thread.