PC Tsw 5 Enhancement | Lighting & Graphic Ep V2.3.0

This is a general comment;

I purposefully took the r.BloomQuality= out of the mod as it was causing some elements of TOD4 trains to look seriously messed up on TOD3 routes. What you're seeing in your original image is default TOD3 lighting.

Changing Bloom to 1 might work fine for this station lighting, but you may well find that if you happen to use a TOD4 loco on the route the lighting will be messed up. This is the consequence of DTG using two lighting systems then using trains across both of them. The lights can only be set up to work with 1 system, not both, and anything else is a fudge / compromise.

I can go back and add the bloom numbers back into the TOD3 routes with the above caveat if people would prefer. In a nutshell though, whatever I do I can’t win. There will always be a compromise somewhere

 

nah do not change it

 

(I've been doing a bit of experimenting and found that removing the line r.shadow.CSMDepthBias=4 from the .ini file has stopped the stripey shadows I was getting (depending on the time of day and weather, they were far worse than in the screenshot I posted the other day). Whilst I'm sure this will have had an adverse effect on the overall quality of shadows, for me it's a worthwhile trade-off. Hope this helps somehow )

Edit: Scratch that, I've just seen the post a few pages back regarding changing the shadow resolutions if not using the Better Shadows mod - turns out that was the culprit!

 

Unfortunately, I regularly get the following error:
LowLevelFatalError [File:Unknown] [Line: 671]
I’ve tried all presets, but it’s probably something to do with the VRAM.

My system:
Ryzen 7800X3D, GeForce 4070 Super, 32 GB DDR5 RAM, M.2 SSD

It only seems to work with the Low preset. All drivers are up to date, and DX12 is enabled.

 

Have you applied the engine ini and made the necessary additions to it (specific to your graphics card) as described in the manual?

 

Thank you for your feedback!
You mean this adjustment?
r.Streaming.PoolSize=
r.Streaming.MaxTempMemoryAllowed=

I set these to 6000 and 3000, even though my graphics card has 12 GB of VRAM.
I also tried other parameter values – but no change.
After some time, I still get the LowLevelFatalError 671.
The GPU and CPU don’t even seem to be close to fully utilized (according to MSI Afterburner).
VRAM usage is usually between 8 and 11 GB.

Since I’m currently playing a lot of Frankfurt S-Bahn: could it also be route-specific in this case?

This is my Engine.ini file with high preset:
[SystemSettings]
r.Streaming.PoolSize=6000
r.Streaming.MaxTempMemoryAllowed=3000
r.UseAsyncShaderPrecompilation=1
r.UseShaderPredraw=1
r.UseShaderCaching=1
r.Streaming.FullyLoadUsedTextures=0
r.RenderTargetPoolMin=400
r.Streaming.LimitPoolSizeToVRAM=0
r.Streaming.FramesForFullUpdate=2
r.Streaming.Boost=2
r.Streaming.HLODStrategy=2
r.GTSyncType=1
r.OneFrameThreadLag=1
s.ForceGCAfterLevelStreamedOut=0
s.ContinuouslyIncrementalGCWhileLevelsPendingPurge=0
s.LevelStreamingComponentsUnregistrationGranularity=10
s.LevelStreamingComponentsRegistrationGranularity=30
r.Streaming.NumStaticComponentsProcessedPerFrame=200
gc.TimeBetweenPurgingPendingKillObjects=200
ts2.dbg.JourneyChapterLockOverride=1
ts2.save.CheckpointsEnabled=0
ts2.RewardMonitor.ShowLowImpactNotificationsAsFull=0
r.D3D.ForceDXC=1
r.Shaders.FastMath=0
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.001
r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-2
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.LightMaxDrawDistanceScale=50
r.MinScreenRadiusForLights=0.00
r.AllowLandscapeShadows=1
r.DistanceFieldShadowing=1
r.DFDistanceScale=10
r.DistanceFieldAO=1
r.BlurGBuffer=-1
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=6
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=1
r.FastBlurThreshold=7
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=1
r.Shadow.Virtual.ResolutionLodBiasLocal=1
r.Shadow.DistanceScale=5
r.ShadowQuality=4
r.Shadow.RadiusThreshold=0.01
r.Shadow.CSM.TransitionScale=2.0
r.shadow.CSMDepthBias=4
r.Shadow.PreShadowResolutionFactor=1.0
r.CapsuleShadows=1
r.CreateShadersOnLoad=1
niagara.CreateShadersOnLoad=1
r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=3
r.AmbientOcclusionRadiusScale=1.0
r.Upscale.Quality=4
r.LandscapeLOD0DistributionScale=2
r.LumenScene.FarField=1
r.LumenScene.FarField.FarFieldDitherScale=100000
r.Lumen.ScreenProbeGather.Temporal=1
ts2.dbg.SteamParticleSpawnMultiplier=2.0
ts2.dbg.SteamParticleSize=0.7
TimeOfDaySystem.VolumetricCloud.GroundContribution=1
TimeOfDaySystem.VolumetricCloudScale.BaseNoise=0.9
r.ToneMapper.Sharpen=0.3
r.LightFunctionQuality=1
r.TemporalAA.Upsampling=1
r.PostprocessAAQuality=5
r.TemporalAASamples=4
r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.05
r.TemporalAAFilterSize=0.7

 

Can you try 8000/4000 and 10000/5000 and see if that helps?

 

JetWash
What is the best value for a 24gb card? The one in the manual? Or maybe a bit more? I have a 7900xtx.

 

i will try it. maybe my system is too weak for frankfurt s-bahn with all that stuff?

edit: same error with 8000/4000. but i think i only get this error on Frankfurt S-Bahn.
It also seems that it basically doesn’t matter what graphics settings I use in-game — whether high, medium or low, the utilization is always about the same.

 

That’s odd. Do you have any other S-Bahn mods installed? It certainly doesn’t sound like a VRAM issue

Which Nvidia driver are you using?

 

I’ll check that with the mods.
Driver version is: 576.52

Edit: i think, maybe it is a dx12/driver issue?

 

Just rolled back to driver version 566.36, did a short test run – it worked...
I’ll keep an eye on it tomorrow.

 

The issue seems to be resolved with the older NVIDIA driver. I haven’t had any crashes since then, and the card runs quieter and cooler. Both high and ultra settings are now possible. Thanks for your help!

 

I haven’t been following this thread but does anyone know what the culprit is which is causing the stripy lines on trains when the sun is at a certain angle and how to resolve this graphical issue? Thanks.

 

The answer was about a dozen posts above yours….

 

JetWash

Dear Sir.

I see the following being used a few posts back::

[SystemSettings]
r.Streaming.PoolSize=6000
r.Streaming.MaxTempMemoryAllowed=3000
r.UseAsyncShaderPrecompilation=1
r.UseShaderPredraw=1
r.UseShaderCaching=1
r.Streaming.FullyLoadUsedTextures=0
r.RenderTargetPoolMin=400
r.Streaming.LimitPoolSizeToVRAM=0
r.Streaming.FramesForFullUpdate=2
r.Streaming.Boost=2
r.Streaming.HLODStrategy=2
r.GTSyncType=1
r.OneFrameThreadLag=1
s.ForceGCAfterLevelStreamedOut=0
s.ContinuouslyIncrementalGCWhileLevelsPendingPurge=0
s.LevelStreamingComponentsUnregistrationGranularity=10
s.LevelStreamingComponentsRegistrationGranularity=30
r.Streaming.NumStaticComponentsProcessedPerFrame=200
gc.TimeBetweenPurgingPendingKillObjects=200
ts2.dbg.JourneyChapterLockOverride=1
ts2.save.CheckpointsEnabled=0
ts2.RewardMonitor.ShowLowImpactNotificationsAsFull=0
r.D3D.ForceDXC=1
r.Shaders.FastMath=0
r.StaticMeshLODDistanceScale=0.001
r.SkeletalMeshLODBias=-2
r.Streaming.MipBias=0
r.LightMaxDrawDistanceScale=50
r.MinScreenRadiusForLights=0.00
r.AllowLandscapeShadows=1
r.DistanceFieldShadowing=1
r.DFDistanceScale=10
r.DistanceFieldAO=1
r.BlurGBuffer=-1
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=6
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=1
r.FastBlurThreshold=7
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=1
r.Shadow.Virtual.ResolutionLodBiasLocal=1
r.Shadow.DistanceScale=5
r.ShadowQuality=4
r.Shadow.RadiusThreshold=0.01
r.Shadow.CSM.TransitionScale=2.0
r.shadow.CSMDepthBias=4
r.Shadow.PreShadowResolutionFactor=1.0
r.CapsuleShadows=1
r.CreateShadersOnLoad=1
niagara.CreateShadersOnLoad=1
r.AmbientOcclusionLevels=3
r.AmbientOcclusionRadiusScale=1.0
r.Upscale.Quality=4
r.LandscapeLOD0DistributionScale=2
r.LumenScene.FarField=1
r.LumenScene.FarField.FarFieldDitherScale=100000
r.Lumen.ScreenProbeGather.Temporal=1
ts2.dbg.SteamParticleSpawnMultiplier=2.0
ts2.dbg.SteamParticleSize=0.7
TimeOfDaySystem.VolumetricCloud.GroundContribution=1
TimeOfDaySystem.VolumetricCloudScale.BaseNoise=0.9
r.ToneMapper.Sharpen=0.3
r.LightFunctionQuality=1
r.TemporalAA.Upsampling=1
r.PostprocessAAQuality=5
r.TemporalAASamples=4
r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.05
r.TemporalAAFilterSize=0.7


I play with a 7900XTX GPU on 4K with everything on Ultra, apart from Sky.
My current .ini consists of.......

[SystemSettings]
r.ViewDistanceScale=4
foliage.LODDistanceScale=4
grass.CullDistanceScale=3

What am i likely to see, If I add the huge list from above, btw I like the colour of the game?

Thanks.

 

You’d be better off getting the mod in its entirety as I don’t know where those settings are from. You will see better lighting and better graphics essentially.

 

well this is your engine.ini for the high preset...

 

Yeah, but to be fair I don’t have a photographic, encyclopaedic knowledge of it such that I can recall every element of it at a moments notice I also don’t know if any of what was there had been added to or changed, so the easiest advice I could give is just download the mod properly and use it as intended.

 

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Tees and NTP are old routes while they look ok and sometimes very good
they can not compare to the later released routes

post some screenshots i would say

 

Have you got both of these ‘revamped’ mods, worth getting if you havent:

https://www.trainsimcommunity.com/m...thern-trans-pennine-manchester-leeds-revamped
https://www.trainsimcommunity.com/m...4281-tees-valley-darlington-saltburn-revamped

 

Thorgred No i realise that the older routes will not look as fan dabby dozee as the newer ones like WCMLOS.

zappatime Yes buddy thank you, both installed and they do make a big difference.

 

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But DAMN do you notice the difference in how they're the ones that can manage highs of 240fps, over twice what any recent route can ever hope to attain.

 

That’s because they’re graphically less demanding as the skybox and environmental scene is much simpler. The routes themselves are also much simpler and less detailed, trackside is kinda the same but the distant scenery is very very different.

 

Well yes, obviously. But it's just really refreshing each time you load one up, seeing how much smoother it runs.

There's also a fairly pleasant aspect in how the grass texture, for all it doesn't have the nice dense foliage of a route like NTB on top of it, doesn't look like a shiny flat plane of plastic when the sun catches it at the wrong angle, the way it does on most newer routes...

 

for pc there are mods that improve on that too

Legacy Route Vegetation & Grass EP TSW5 - Train Sim Community

 

Hi,
Just an information with latest Nvidia driver 576.80: I have more shuttering and some crashes. Reversing to 576.40, all works fine and much less shuttering.

 

Mind you, updating drivers cleared your video caches and that might be the cause of stuttering, on first runs post-update.

 

Hi, I made several runs with new driver. With previous driver, even the first run is more smooth. When I install driver, I always made a fresh install. I will retest the new ones.

 

A couple of recent screenshots using this mod, keep up the great work JetWash!

 

Does anybody know if a new version of Godmode is needed to work with MAC?

 

Yes, I have been checking for it today and of last check not done yet. Once that is sorted, JW can get the new stuff that he does done.

 

JetWash - I wanted to express my thanks again for an excellent mod.

I’ve just switched from an old laptop that could “just” run the low preset, to a new desktop which can run your ultra preset (and maybe even beast) but I’m happy enough with ultra.

It is absolutely game changing and I appreciate all the hard work you have put in

 

First of all, a huge thank you to JetWash for all the hard work.
A quick question if I may?
I play exclusively in VR (using my soon to be bricked G2 - thanks Microsoft). In vR everything is really washed out - grey looking. What setting could I change to make it darker?

Thanks

Neil

 

should work now since Glossop and Airport share their dynamic.ini in latest godmode 0.6.2 wich was just released

 

tip Invisible walls remover has been updated
Train Simulators (trainsim.cz)

 

I suspect the headset uses some form of HDR. I’d suggest turning it off if you can

 

Does anybody know if there's a way to reduce the lens flare that's popped up on every light source? I think it's part of the core game, ratherh than something introduced by any mod, but it's becoming a bit overpowering. For example - here you can see each illuminated button is creating its own lens flare.

 

It's a bit overpowering...

 

Are you sure you didn't turn that on yourself?
Its turned off by default, read the mods manual.

 

Thanks - I don't recall changing anything, but as per the manual I've now deleted those lines!

 

Does this mod fix the path to the scenic overlook on Peak Forest that such a song and dance was made about how neat it was, up to launch day when it turned out it had been mistakenly reported as an out of bounds bug by testers, and "fixed"?

 

dunno you could just try it out

 

Not sure if this effects TSW's performance in any way, but I think it's worth looking in to if you're using a Nvidia card.
(Figure I'd post it here, as I'm not sure this deserves a separate thread)

I was watching you tube reviews about hardware and such,
when I stumbled upon one claiming a simple setting can give a performance boost in games.
It's about something called rBAR being disabled even though it shows up in GPU-Z as being enabled.

Anyway it did give him a higher score in 3dmark, so it does do something that might give a few more fps.
Tried it myself to, and I did get a higher score after enabling rBAR.

What I don't know if my frame rate in TSW has improved at all.

Old

New


Thoughts?

 

i would not turn that setting on global setting
rBar for some games it is great not so for others
i never noticed any gain with TSW

also the more vram your card has the better for rBar
just test it per game

 

Tried ReBAR in TSW on 4090 and I got terrible stuttering after a while. So not working for me (unlike in other games where it mostly really adds some performance), but YMMV, it is easy to turn on/off using nVidia Inspector.

 

Here's a short 4m video, leaving Euston.

With my new PC, I'm now able to play and record at 4k60fps, with 200% screen percentage while using the Beast version of the mod.
Using LS, and recording with OBS.
I used a 90k video bitrate, but I'll probably bump that up to 120k.

Its absolutely stunning

 

JetWash

Hello sir, work often keeps me away from TSW for a while at a time and I was a little behind on your mod. Just updated it and can say good work as usual! Still remains one of, if not the biggest must have mod for TSW! That said, there’s two things I’m wondering about that maybe were always a thing and I forgot or maybe there’s a way I can fix it in the routes ini file. Obviously it’s no secret that shadows are pretty bad and while the mod and the recommended shadow fix mod makes them look way better, the shadows have a tendency to flicker really bad in certain areas and at certain times of the day, most noticeable in the cab. There’s also this issue of having black flashes from the shadows, most noticeable in Los Angeles on both Metrolink routes (for the sake of this post). Anyway to fix the black flashes and the flickering shadows in the ini?

The other part of my question would be that there appears to be some areas where things appear too sharp. Most noticeable on things like fences, wires, and the sides of buildings in the distance when in the cab. They almost have this flickering/grainy look to them. I can’t remember now if this was always like that prior to updating your mod and I’m just being more picky now because I just updated or if it’s something introduced, maybe by something I did.