BF2S Forums How to see further with the sniper rifle.

dont_be_ss wrote:

Alot of people in my posts say i can see much further than them so i'm gunna tell you guys what settings i run the game on.After playing around with all of the graphics settings i have found a combination which enables you to see upto around 500m, i can now see people that are on the edge of the carrier! You need a pretty high end graphics card though. My settings are as follows:

display mode:1280x1024@60hz

terrain:high

effects:low

geometry:high

texture:high

lighting:high

dynamic shadows:off

dynamic light:high

aa:off

texture filtering:high

view scale:100%

This is what works best with my card, i might not have everything spot on, u guys have a fiddle and gimme some feedback!

few questions on those settings:
Why high terrain?  Can u see peeps easier?
Texture filtering, does medium to high really do anything?  I can't tell a diff
How much of a difference does res make?

I can see infantry pretty far (400 - 450m on Wake) but I can't see them at those distances if they get in a vehicle (stinger, car, whatever) what should I change? It's really gay..

CrazeD wrote:

I can see infantry pretty far (400 - 450m on Wake) but I can't see them at those distances if they get in a vehicle (stinger, car, whatever) what should I change? It's really gay..

lol i have the same issue. no idea how to fix it tho (i doubt there is any way).

tahadar wrote:

CrazeD wrote:

I can see infantry pretty far (400 - 450m on Wake) but I can't see them at those distances if they get in a vehicle (stinger, car, whatever) what should I change? It's really gay..

lol i have the same issue. no idea how to fix it tho (i doubt there is any way).

Well no cause my friend can see the stinger near North Base from Arty Island on Wake, but I can't. So there has to be a setting that changes that.

VeNg3nCe^ wrote:

dont_be_ss wrote:

Alot of people in my posts say i can see much further than them so i'm gunna tell you guys what settings i run the game on.After playing around with all of the graphics settings i have found a combination which enables you to see upto around 500m, i can now see people that are on the edge of the carrier! You need a pretty high end graphics card though. My settings are as follows:

display mode:1280x1024@60hz

terrain:high

effects:low

geometry:high

texture:high

lighting:high

dynamic shadows:off

dynamic light:high

aa:off

texture filtering:high

view scale:100%

This is what works best with my card, i might not have everything spot on, u guys have a fiddle and gimme some feedback!

few questions on those settings:
Why high terrain?  Can u see peeps easier?
Texture filtering, does medium to high really do anything?  I can't tell a diff
How much of a difference does res make?

i choose high terrain because it would look out of place to have high texture without high terrain, res makes alot of difference, the infantry are more blurred with lower res so are harder to pick out, well on my card anyway. Dunno about texture filtering though the difference between low and high is quite big but not med-high, i find that the better the graphics are the easier it is to pick out the infantry i recently hit someone at 517m! though i did not kill, i could still see him.

ssonrats wrote:

My vid card stinks(6800gs), my choices:
low
low
low
low....

I might aswell plug in a block of cheese in the AGP port.

I have the same card. I used to have to play on low too. I installed 2 Gigs of RAM and it boosted my card. Now I play on high settings.

CrazeD wrote:

I can see infantry pretty far (400 - 450m on Wake) but I can't see them at those distances if they get in a vehicle (stinger, car, whatever) what should I change? It's really gay..

Geometry effects vehicles at a distance.

hmmm I actually run everything at medium right now and it's not too bad I just can't go into the palace(warlord) or play night maps.

I have ownage grahpcsic raydon x300

I put like one setting to medium and my FPS went down to like <25 :S

Last edited by Sexy in Garden (2006-05-25 12:58:41)

LockerFish wrote:

so this seems to be a good enough place, what settings should a ATI 9550 256mb card run? right now I'm on all low and if I can boost it up that would be great

You really need to test that yourself. A 256MB card is only as good as the amount and speed of RAM you have. If you can't run everything on high but want to, add more faster RAM. I have 2.5 GB @ 533Mhz DDR2 RAM and can run everyhting on high settings with a basic 256MB video card.

If your system can handle it, the best overall settings are:

Terrain (LOW) Gets rid of bushes snipers hide behind as well as the grass that's in your face when you go prone.
Effects (HIGH) For realism only but helps in awareness of gunfire on your position i.e. bullet holes
Geometry (HIGH) Vehicles show up at a distance sooner
Texture (HIGH) Sharpens the picture to help distinguish troops from terrain, gets rid of the blur
Lighting (LOW) Gets rid of building shadows so enemy troops can't hide from you anymore
Dynamic Shadows (HIGH) Almost like seeing through walls and floors except you can't tell friend from foe since it's only a sillhoutte (watch your minimap).
Dynamic Light (HIGH) You can catch a sniper's muzzle flash better and see bullets coming from a jeep from far away while in the chopper
Antialiasing (4X) Realism only but helps to sharpen the image to get rid of the blur
Texture Filtering (HIGH) Realism only but helps to sharpen the image to get rid of the blur
View Distance Scale (100%)

you get it cushie in america it cost me £400 which is about 750 us dollars!

dont_be_ss wrote:

you get it cushie in america it cost me £400 which is about 750 us dollars!

damn!! did you order it online....thats what i did (am doing)....throwin a hell of a pc together for around 1600 by ordering everything  online

Last edited by sharpshot19 (2006-05-25 13:19:29)

eldiablo10 wrote:

I got a nVidia 6800GT Vid card 258 MB

Is that good??

Yes, but get 2 GB of RAM to be able to fully use it.