PC Tsw 6 Enhancement | Lighting & Graphic Ep V6.1

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  1. jesper2805

    jesper2805 Well-Known Member

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    Sorry, but doubting JetWash is really quite something… If there’s anyone who would know, it’s him, I’d say.
     
  2. WaveyDavey

    WaveyDavey Well-Known Member

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    Pretty sure there has never been a mod or engine.ini line or to extend track/rail shadows only general shadow draw distance but feel free to link the specific track shadow mod or add the engine.ini line here?
     
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  3. Emmy_MAN

    Emmy_MAN Well-Known Member

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    Why don’t you let JetWash answer that question, and don’t get involved if you can’t give a proper answer to his question.
     
  4. jesper2805

    jesper2805 Well-Known Member

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    Those black lines along the track aren’t shadows either. It’s a separate trick to make it look that way, so a custom engine.ini is pointless because it’s not an in‑game shadow. As JetWash already wrote, it has to be enabled per route.
     
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  5. JetWash

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    There has never been an ini line to extend track shadows. You could force cascaded shadows to draw a bit further but it was only ever a bit. That costs performance and is totally pointless on routes that have the track shaders as you can’t see them.
     
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  6. malikrthr

    malikrthr Well-Known Member

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    I really hope DTG implements an update where track shadows are enabled by default. We need all routes to take advantage of these new graphical features as efficiently as possible for all ranges of hardware. I guess there is more leeway with ATS and ETS2 as the Prism3D graphics engine that powers those truck simulators are not as complex as the modified variant of Unreal Engine 4 that is running within TSW

    I think with TSW, patience is key, similar to the quote from the TSW7 video, good things come to those who wait. For the time being, I am enjoying what I can with the newest settings for DLSS and DLAA, whether it be a new route or an old route. I definitely look forward to the updates that Jetwash has planned. With the graphical settings, it is definitely trial and error dialing it to fit my system correctly per route but it's an interesting experience overall. I am confident it will only get better throughout each patch that we get.
     
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  7. jesper2805

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    I presume thats not a click in the editor and all routes will have this future. It seems to me more route based how they have to enable it.
     
  8. toms87

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    I think some old routes (specifically the German ones) are totally lost without a full blown remaster. I´s a shame they still call some layers and take up disk space. Another reason to put more rolling stock in the core, so I can finally say bye bye to some of the TSW 1 and TSW 2020 routes.
     
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  9. Fiocca

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    Was going to write a separate thread but might be best here.

    I've got an xbox pc app version on a 4070TI S and thought id give dlss 5 a go. No matter what way i try to install it TSW is detected as being DX11 (with DX 12 on in options) with no native DLSS detected.

    This means it has to use a bridge and i can't use FG. Looking in the game folders one of the config files has DX11 shown, changing it to 12 crashes on launch.

    It's quite frustrating so ideas welcome. With the bridge it kinda works but it's not the best in motion.
     
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  10. GeraltDW

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    I also noticed that even on the routes that have the new track shadow, that shadow gets interrupted at switches and crossings since the beginning. The shadow applies only to single pieces of track but never on switches / crossings or other special kind track which looks always pretty weird shortly before/after stations where there's lots of them. Would love the other track pieces get them too sometime. :)
     
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  11. jesper2805

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    There is no FG support with NVIDIA cards. So you need to use SmoothMotion but that will not work with the XBOX PC version. I have seen multiple messages about this matter.
     
  12. Fiocca

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    Well that's annoying!
     

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