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Graphics Update:

starmanjstarmanj Member Posts: 718 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Graphics Update:
The Visual graphics quality has been improved to meet the standards of DX11 compatible cards.

What the heck is this most of us are running Windows 10 and card Supporting DX12 why didn't you bring us up this this level?

DX11 is yesterday Stuff you should had done that years ago. I am really disappointed.
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  • goodscotchgoodscotch Member Posts: 1,680 Arc User
    Regardless of the age of the software being used, I'm still grateful for the improvement.
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  • tacticalrooktacticalrook Member Posts: 810 Arc User
    Cryptic should really just go ahead and give these people what they want:
    • Add a single DX12 function call to the engine
    • Tie it to a DX12 option in the graphics settings
    • Make an announcement about DX12 support
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  • sftricksftrick Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited October 2016
    I suspect "most of us are running Windows 10 and card Supporting DX12" is pretty far from reality. I have a hard time believing "most of us" have a video card that's only a year old. And, well, have you seen the graphics in this game? Who cares if it uses DX12 -- this stuff is pretty old, and it shows, even with the new lighting.
  • bobs1111bobs1111 Member Posts: 471 Arc User
    <--- not even running windows.

    Are the majority of you really running windows 10. Bwhahaha

    DX12 brings nothing new that Cryptic would be able to really take advantage of. All DX12 would do is slow down the game for you vs a DX 11 path that would look exactly the same and work just fine for anyone running Windows anything... and heck even us heretical Linux folks.

    For DX12 to show anything worthwhile in actual game play a game engine pretty much has to be ground upped with DX12 in mind. DX12 is destined for the scrap heap of forgotten APIs, it will get less use then even DX10 did.
  • eltatuseltatus Member Posts: 291 Arc User
    goodscotch wrote: »
    Regardless of the age of the software being used, I'm still grateful for the improvement.

    What improvement? The new system is cancer.
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  • tunebreakertunebreaker Member Posts: 1,222 Arc User
    Lighting 2.0 Off
    http://imgur.com/a/z8nrt

    Lighting 2.0 On
    http://imgur.com/a/OlSbc

    Is it supposed to be a horrible downgrade?
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  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    edited October 2016
    goodscotch wrote: »
    Regardless of the age of the software being used, I'm still grateful for the improvement.
    What improvement? Soo much ambient light in every ground map that the faces all look washed out? I am thankful they at least gave us the option to turn it off because deep down, they KNOW how poor the PC implementation of this new lighting system is.
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  • iamynaughtiamynaught Member Posts: 1,285 Arc User
    Haven't been able to see the new graphics yet, but from pictures folks are posting around, it does indeed look worse than what we already have.

    I'd give the new graphics a shot myself, but since all text has been removed from the game, I can't see what options I would need to adjust to perhaps find a decent look.
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  • amosov78amosov78 Member Posts: 1,495 Arc User
    The improved lighting option is greyed out for me, the game tells me that my current GPU isn't compatible with it, which it is. :neutral:
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  • shadowkoshshadowkosh Member Posts: 1,688 Arc User
    this new improvement sucks I was on last night crystal clear graphics now it looks like a cheap 1980's game! Nice job craptic like always TRIBBLE something up put it back the way it was for fracking sake
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    Some people are just never satisfied...
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  • shadowkoshshadowkosh Member Posts: 1,688 Arc User
    can't even read the name on my ship now looks like TRIBBLE
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    Yeah, this new graphics update is garbage. I'm starting to think "Artifacts" was intended to convey the new artifacting I'm experiencing in STO's otherwise beautiful art.​​
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  • chastity1337chastity1337 Member Posts: 1,608 Arc User
    shadowkosh wrote: »
    this new improvement sucks I was on last night crystal clear graphics now it looks like a cheap 1980's game! Nice job craptic like always **** something up put it back the way it was for fracking sake

    Exact same here, it's like watching a video on YouTube at 240p

    I have been into Options, looked at and played with everything on the Graphics tab, as well as the Advanced tab, and nothing helps. This is totally bogus. It was working fine until they "fixed" it.
  • lexusk19lexusk19 Member Posts: 1,415 Arc User
    It wont even let me turn it on... Can run Battlefield 1 on Ultra settings with 60 FPS.... But nuuuu cant run STO's new light bulbs... -_-
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  • eldin1986eldin1986 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited October 2016
    this update "auto adjusted" my graphics settings and now everything is blurry and pixelated. i cant access any planets even spacedock. nothing is loading, my PC is new why did this mess with all of my settings. a real downgrade for sure! cant even play the damn game! ARC doesnt seem to care either.
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    eldin1986 wrote: »
    this update "auto adjusted" my graphics settings and now everything is blurry and pixelated. i cant access any planets even spacedock. nothing is loading, my PC is new why did this mess with all of my settings. a real downgrade for sure! cant even play the damn game! ARC doesnt seem to care either.

    The update also "auto adjusted" my computer's settings (which is a higher-end computer) to extreme low end. It reset your resolution, so you need to adjust the slider to get rid of the blurriness.

    You probably have to do a lot of other stuff too.​​
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  • chastity1337chastity1337 Member Posts: 1,608 Arc User
    Found it!

    Options > Display > Resolution Scale

    Mine had the slider set to 0.40, the lowest possible. I dialed that up a bit and everything got better.
  • salvation4salvation4 Member Posts: 1,167 Arc User
    TRIBBLE sake!! I am scared right now my patching is going on...if the major chunk of the 8 gig downlaod is the TRIBBLE its turning out to be I may very well say good bye to this game if the "OFF" button does not work for me..From shots I am seeing it looks horrid!! :s:s:s
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  • shadowkoshshadowkosh Member Posts: 1,688 Arc User
    I freaking hate cryptic now my grenade satchel is gone from my toon and I don't have any of my grenades that is messed up
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  • goodscotchgoodscotch Member Posts: 1,680 Arc User
    crypticarmsman wrote: »
    goodscotch wrote: »
    Regardless of the age of the software being used, I'm still grateful for the improvement.
    What improvement? Soo much ambient light in every ground map that the faces all look washed out? I am thankful they at least gave us the option to turn it off because deep down, they KNOW how poor the PC implementation of this new lighting system is.

    Should have said, "an attempt at an improvement." Will see it for myself later.
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  • ilithynilithyn Member Posts: 903 Arc User
    tunebreaker wrote: »
    Lighting 2.0 Off
    http://imgur.com/a/z8nrt

    Lighting 2.0 On
    http://imgur.com/a/OlSbc

    Is it supposed to be a horrible downgrade?

    Well that's fugly. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, still downloading the patch, but that looks really bad, like everything been completely leeched of all color. Ugh.
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  • bejaymacbejaymac Member Posts: 448 Arc User
    lexusk19 wrote: »
    It wont even let me turn it on... Can run Battlefield 1 on Ultra settings with 60 FPS.... But nuuuu cant run STO's new light bulbs... -_-
    I was the same, had to change from DX9 to DX11 then exit the game to get it to reset, running 2.0 now, but grab a pair of heavy sun glasses before you log back in, some things are REALLY BRIGHT.
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    Set Bloom to around 20 - 25%
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  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    Where is this off button???
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  • shadowkoshshadowkosh Member Posts: 1,688 Arc User
    bridges are messed up to
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  • starmanjstarmanj Member Posts: 718 Arc User
    Well I have to Say DirectX11 Does look good great improvement, LOL I bet it would look even better using DrectX12 I guess we will see in a few years from now.
  • jexsamxjexsamx Member Posts: 2,803 Arc User
    starmanj wrote: »
    most of us are running Windows 10 and card Supporting DX12

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  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    ltminns wrote: »
    Set Bloom to around 20 - 25%

    yeah, that doesn't help with all the extra ambient light on the maps. Best solution on the Graphics setting page: Set "Lighting 2.0" to "off".
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  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    starmanj wrote: »
    Well I have to Say DirectX11 Does look good great improvement, LOL I bet it would look even better using DrectX12 I guess we will see in a few years from now.

    It would look pretty much the same using DX12. You might see a slightly better framerate though IF they optimized for DX12; but it's Cryptic, so I kinda doubt we'd even get that were they to go to it.
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