DCS World 2.9 Breathtaking Graphics & Settings Tutorial!
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- Hey Guys! today we are going to take a look at a topic that has been heavily requested by my viewers, patrons and fans at large Since the release of DCS World 2.9.
And that is, how do I make my personal copy of DCS Look so beautiful?
Or some variation of that basic question.
And while it’s taken me awhile to really fine tune my Graphical Settings in DCS World 2.9, it is my belief that DCS 2.9 with its DLAA, DLSS, FXR and Multithreading will democratize the DCS World experience and allow DCS to not just run, but thrive on more hardware than ever before.
A lot of viewers out there tend to think that I must do some sort of post processing… or have some filtering program such as reshade on my PC that adds color and depth to my recordings of DCS.
This really couldn’t be further from the truth, all of the footage on my channel is 100% stock, non-modified DCS: World footage.
Everyone rightly thinks that all of the trailers and promotional footage put out by Eagle Dynamics are absolutely gorgeous, and understandably some people get a bit disappointed by the graphics of DCS when they get it onto their own PC’s and hop into their first training mission in the Free to Play TF-51D Mustang.
At this point however, I believe all gamers know this is not an issue that is not limited to DCS but is true of the entire gaming industry, who employ teams of professionals to create the most stunningly beautiful trailers possible.
But we are all very lucky because Eagle Dynamic’s Trailers are made up of footage that comes straight from the game itself thanks to the vast amount of cinematic tools built into DCS World itself and thus… all of the tools to make DCS World look absolutely breathtaking are all built right into DCS and our PC’s.
And yes I know I have a rather Cutting edge PC, but many of these tips and settings will work on any PC or any hardware combination whether you’re on the Red team or the green team, your PC is brand new or 10 years old.
First thing we will do is take a look at the settings within your copy of DCS: World that will heavily influence your Graphics and Performance, then the Nvidia control panel, and finish up in the mission editor.
I still firmly believe that 90% of improving your Graphical experience in DCS is a function of the mission editor and is something any DCS Pilot can influence regardless of your PC Specs.
Of course these settings will not be a one size fits all and you will want to adjust all these settings to suit your own PC and your own needs and this is a real game of trial and error to find the sweet spot for your machine.
0:00:00 - Intro
0:05:20 - DCS Graphics Settings
0:37:25 - Nvidia Control Panel Philosophy
0:39:11 - DCS Mission Editor Options & Settings
►►System Specs DCS/Gaming PC:
GPU: GeForce RTX 4090
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900K CPU @ 6.0GHz
Memory: 64 GB RAM 3600mhz
Current resolution: 3440 x 1440, 144Hz
►►System Specs Dedicated Server/Video Editing PC:
GPU: GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X @ 3.9GHz
Memory: 32GB RAM
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Hey guys! I hope this video helps you understand and get the most out of DCS World's graphics and performance settings and makes your copy of DCS as beautiful as all the awesome trailers coming from the Devs over at Eagle Dynamics and their 3rd Party Partners!
Just wanted to say thanks for this, nicely informative, keep up the great work you do.
@@dougroberts3840 thanks for the support doug!
I saw you in wingman finder!
@@MrWarthog_ yep!
Very great video. I have one question - the Chimney smoke density is also impacting the Contrails on a flying jet. Am I wrong?
No one has yet appreciated how you've done a revamp on the intro to your 2.7 video. I saw the Tomcat painted in that glorious Sundowners livery and my day drastically improved 😂
Haha you were the first one!
Man! I'm really impressed with the channel! I used to love to play “US NAVY FIGHTERS ‘97” (I guess I’m showing my age 🙄😏) and if I was able to afford DCS I’d have the whole setup. I am not a pilot, but I did get to solo in a Cessna 150 in 1975. I was 16 and ground school was offered as a legit class in high school; that was probably the most enjoyment I ever had with my clothes on. I did not follow it up because I enlisted in the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman/combat med and served with the USMC. I was medically retired in 2008 as a civilian paramedic with PTSD related to my response to the Pentagon on 9/11 after 31 yrs combined service. Please keep up the great work! I really enjoy watching your channel. Sorry this was so long…
-Doc Lykins
Thank you dude, you're a rock star! I've been hitting my head against the wall for weeks, since I upgraded to a very high spec PC, and still couldn't get DCS to look as good as it could for my CZcams channel. Many thanks!
Hey Spud, great video!
I noticed a way smoother experience having FPS on max and Vsync just on, especially with a Gsync monitor. 😊
Man I really appreciate your work for these tutorials. My DCS now has much less stutters and lags. I suffered for so much in order to fix this thing
Hey Spud! Great work on your videos. Love that you go very in depth to explain your content.
As a suggestion, many of us already understand the settings and would like a quicker glimpse st your settings. It would be great if you included a screencap at the end of each chapter so we can quickly replicate them before listening to your reasoning.
Thanks and kudos again!
man ive been waiting for this video. Same song form 2.7 and all - keep doing what ur doing
Thank you! I greatly appreciate the time you took to make this. Since 2.9, I struggled to get the correct settings. On NTTR I was always getting this tiger stripe effect with shadows on mountains and everything was just not looking like the fidelity I see in your vids. After making most of the same adjustments, my RTX 3080, i9-12900 with 32gb DDR5 setup looks better than ever! Just finished a mission in the F5E over the Caucasus and it looked amazing, ty!
Even though im basically watching this for the 3rd time (2.7 and 2.8) i still (and will) watch these, it is always good to have an idea of what wall these settings do/how much performance they take up. thanks spud!
Hey Spud! Thank you so much for this video! It really bumped my quality up quite a bit using your tips and tricks!
Awesome vid man thanks for taking the time to make it
Instant LIKE !! Thanks Spud!
Great content, well done! Continuously tweaking my settings to get the best out of it, especially in VR. (My 3090turbo edition hates VR😅)
Thank you for the updated video. this is the video for me to get into this game . the beautiful video is as good as looking at the real jets =D
Didnt realize that you can set the cloud thickness, density and so on, if you keep your presets off! This made a huge difference to my scenery! Awesome, thanks man!
I'm not any kind of videophile, so maybe it just doesn't matter much to people like me, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Started DCS a few years back with a GTX 970 w/ 16 gigs RAM. Ran with the default settings and didn't have any complaints about the graphics back then. Now on a 3080 RTX w/ 64 gigs and basically running with the default "High" settings at 4k. There must be minor things my untrained (and admittedly old) eyes are missing that others gain from tweaking settings. The game looks absolutely gorgeous right out of the box even on modest machines to me -- that's a testament to the devs at ED. The detail in the models themselves is where most of the sexy comes from, IMO. Jumping to the right cameras at the right angles w/ the right environment (time of day, weather, etc.) and adding some flare like music is all quite literally an art. The game is amazing. The community is amazing. I'm hopelessly hooked! Thanks for these tips and all your content, btw!
I think what most people gain from messing with the graphics is getting the highest frame rate possible while having it still look very good. And if you’re running an older card like my 3060 with 32 gb Ram it’s important. Especially while live streaming it creating CZcams videos. You want it to look the best it can and still get 60fps or more.
I'm hopelessly hooked too! And I'm glad to be lol
@@therocinante3443 I can't wait until 5:30pm every weekday to stop working and bring my HOTAS setup back on my desk. I feel like a kid again! :)
try going back to your old settings and monitor. youll notice. and cap your fps. im the same story, and i do notice
game does look great any way still, i agree on this
Thank you so much!! It's working amazing!!
Awesome explanations. Thank you for saving us time !
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Great video Spud, Thank you.
Awesome, thanks, now I am getting a clear wiev in the Tgp, and the rest is absolutely top notch.
This helped a lot, thank you!
THANKS SPUD... If I would post a pic of my search history over the past few days THIS TOPIC EASILY DOMINATED MY FOCAL POINT. I have a few minutes to sneak a peek to see if anything new and SPUD COMES THROUGH WITH EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR...Yet again. To create a nearly hour long tutorial is not something that is done without allocating many resources...time, energy, effort, threat of angering the better half for the content creators with spouses who will never understand...although already mentioned, time..time = money for all of us..either money earned or money lost...and no, money isn't everything but as the song says, "try living without it"...point being, Greatly appreciated and needed especially for us newer players.
Thanks again and take care.
Haha glad I can help man!
Great toturial thx spud!!
I hope it helps you out man!
thank you buddy for taking the time to explain the new settings and what not i always got confused regarding the preload distances etc. just redownloaded after nearly like a years break sadly. on a i7 9700k 2080 super with 32gb ram at 3600mhz its on an m2 nvme drive as well. native resolution for my monitor is 2560x1440p 144hz. mentioning the specifics targeted there is gonna help greatly shave my time and annoyance dialing in graphics for it.
Thanks Spud! Super helpful!
Doing only VR flights, I’m troubled as these graphic settings don’t all work well. Curious if you use VR at all and if so, what your presets are in VR? Thanks for being here and I always learn from your great productions…..
Same. I still can't fathom those that fly on a 2D screen. 2D vs 3D VR is comparable to riding a scooter vs a motorcycle. The experience is just more compelling in VR. The newer headsets coming out at 50 PPD and up are going to be amazing.
Thanks very much for sharing your settings. Looking forward toxthe eye candy, 😅:)
awesome - i actually got a brand new pc w same cpu and was getting stutters in dcs and other games that i never stutters in! i was tilted! this works! i just tried it in dcs & tarkov and fixed the stuttering - thanks you sir!!
Very nice video Sir. Thank you.
Great tutorial and thanks for the other video about excluding DCS world on windows defender that was a game changer.... DCS loads ultra fast ......thanks
Fantastic! Glad to hear it helped you out man
Hit play on this video and the song already made me hit the LIKE button
Thanks Spud. I've been watching on and off but have yet to dive in.
Guess I'm newer than a newbie, lol. My PC is built for Solid works. I do run SSDs and have a 60hz 4k Samsung monitor with i7 and 64gb of ram but a P2200 Invidia card. Not sure yet on how to really get started using this PC as well as DCS in general. Hoping to try this year sometime. Thanks.
Oh man! Hopefully it works for you man!
GREETINGS FROM CARACAS I REALLY NEVER THOUGHT THAT DCS WOULD PERFORM IN SUCH A TRULY SPECTACULAR WAY THE DATA OF THE GRAPHIC CONFIGURATION A HUG AND A THOUSAND THANKS
Hey man I’m so glad it helped you out!!
I need a 10-hour loop of the intro to just play in the background when I need to relax
Good stuff. Thank you.
Very helpful!
Great video, thanks for your work. I have a question if you don't mind: if i set the clutter/grass option to 0, will i get better fps? Thanks.
yesterday I broke my head, whit the settings thank for your pasion to the game, today you save my day, I HAve 3060ti dsll helps a lot
i thing you should add some comparison screenshots or short videos when explaning each feature. when posting a visual content you could support it with visual shots imo.
anyways its helpful video! cheers
Thank you for this Video, one of the best on this subject.
However, would you create a detailed video including the other Anti-Aliasing options (TAA), the Upscaling options (FSR, NIS), and the Scaling slider, please? What these settings do, best setting for lower end vs higher end PC's?
These options I could really use some guidance on.
Amazing intro, hopefully my old system might get something out of this vid too.
I hope you will!
trying these settings now =)
Eagle Dynamics should take a note from you on the weather and time of day settings and adjust all missions accordingly as stock setups because the night and day differences on the scene is wonderful
I just watched your last video about this 😢 Time to do it again
I've always been curious what to set the resolution to when flying VR? Should I fill my monitor's screen or keep it smaller so the video muscle goes to the headset?
always this theme song... perfect! congratz @spudknocker! I update my setup!
First, my sincere appreciation for taking the time to make this video. I'm just starting in DCS and this was very helpful. I have a couple questions for VR users.
1) Resolution: I've always been told that for VR, we should set this as low as possible because it only affects the monitor image that is mirrored from the headset. I've been running mine at the lowest setting and it certainly doesn't look bad in my Quest 3. So is VR an exception or am I doing this wrong? Also, if I am supposed to set it to my headset resolution, should I set it to the per eye res or the total across both?
2) Max FPS: I've always thought we should set that to a little above the refresh rate of the headset, not lower. I would think that being locked lower than the headset refresh rate would cause issues but maybe I'm misunderstanding something.
Ty, Sir.
just switched from a 1060 and everything to the lowest (30-40 fps depending on server) to a 4070, set almost everything like you did here, and have now 140 fps with a good looking simulator
I have a 4090, and always recommend DLSS to anyone, on any game, always. The visual quality is outstanding, and it gives you extra performance. Also, DLSS does the job of AA, only better than any other AA option.
I use DLSS, but I do NOT recommend it for DCS. Unless you've got 4k resolution, do not run DLSS. Spotting, VID, screens, and more will be a horrible thing to deal with
Why would u use dlss when u can play native
DLSS is LOWER quality than default... it's a performance enhancement measure.
How do you fix the blurring effect of dlss. Oh hope you know what I’m talking about
DLAA uses the exact same algorithm for AA, just without the reduced render resolution and upscaling….
Any chance of a vr setting guide or recommend one for 2.9 as vr is a lot more power hungry even with my 5800x3d /4090/ 64gb ram but a lot more immersive than a monitor
Video request, best setting for A2A combat. I don't use labels and have a hard time keeping track of enemy planes in a dog fight. I have a 1440p screen and high settings but Im wondering if there's some settings that help or hurt the A2A gameplay
Worth noting that dlss/dlaa causes quite a bit of ghosting on digital displays in the cockpit, at least in its current form. Its worth the tradeoff for some, but in VR it can be quite distracting, so i stick with MSAA most of the time. Hopefully future versions will correct this.
SSS should barely have any performance impact. In the 2.9 FAQ post, it is also stated that:
"SSS (Screen Space Shadows)
This is a new option that allows for better shadow rendering, specifically in environments with many objects such as grass, bushes, and forest. It gives these areas a more realistic look and feel without any performance hits from standard shadow maps. "
It is a computationally cheap option to allow shadows from global light sources (the sun) to be cast at the terrain because the shadows generated are from subtracting the object from the shadow map. It is a simple step in the grand scheme of computer graphics.
From my own experience it has no observable impact on my pretty mediocre system, which reflects ED's statement above.
Interesting I seem to get pretty bad stuttering from it
there are better settings to make it look better i believe, but good stuff spud
I started playing DCS last week and was having this really nasty stuttering every 4 or 5 secs, to the point it was simply unplayable. I know I have a mid-tier PC, but anyways I searched all over the web for fixes and realized it's a pretty common issue even on very high-end machines. Tried all suggestions and fixes and nothing worked until I just bought an NVMe SSD disk and installed the game there. I was running the game from an HDD. No more stutters, even with all graphics cranked to the max I get solid 50/60 fps with zero stutters. The game now runs perfect. It's mindblowing how easy it was to fix the problem (not cheap though lol). My specs are:
- Ryzen 5 2600X
- GTX 1660 Ti (6GB)
- 32Gb DDR4 Ram
- NVMe SSD WD_Black SN770 1TB
The Depth of Field option is more for specific cinematic shots, especially screenshots where it can simulate lenses depth of field effects.
That's nothing you want to enable for actual flying as instead of simulation it looks totally like "Hollywood movie" with weird blurry fore and backgrounds, like through a high aperture lens. 😂
+1 this all works great, WAY better sharpness, and life like gameplay
I made a video about DCS's graphics and performance with a 5800X3D and a 7900 XTX with FSR and AFMF. The performance is just incredible!
I personally play on 1440p Ultra with 120fps capped. Most of the time I have 120 frames but in very graphically heavy scenarios, especially when I fly low over Mariana Island or Caucasus's forests then it drops to 60
Visible range is very important if you fly at night, if it's medium or lower you won't even see the city lights after 10nm. And i think that heatblur is broken in VR, if you have a jet in front it totally blurs your HUD
I highly respect Spudknocker and I love his content. I wish he made a video for graphics options set up for PVP multiplayer servers. I can't play at 4K on Enigma or Contention server if I actually want to spot enemy planes in the distance. Old multiplayer Reddit threads might not be valid anymore as of recent DCS update. I doubt that I want to have DLSS enabled if I actually want to spot the enemy plane dot in the distance.
PS Personally, I set Anti Aliasing in DCS to MSAA x2 because that shimmer of an enemy plane helps me spot it against dark background on Enigma server. The enemy plane basically sparkles. I also set Grass/Clutter to lowest value to make it easier to spot planes and helicopters on Enigma. I wish someone made a settings guide for precisely these kinds of multiplayer servers. Setting up DCS for visual fidelity vs setting it up for PVP cold server or even for Growling Sidewinder is a completely different ball game.
That is a really good idea!
not to nitpick, but at 45:35, regarding your wind settings, IRL wind direction differ depending on the altitude, some might notice that the high alt clouds are moving in the opposite direction of the wind on the ground.
i just play the game on low and i love it.
WWWWWWWWW. Saved me n my friend.
Hey spud
About the max fps setting, you can edit the config file in the option folder in your saved games folder
I set mine to 72 ( VR, pico 4 ) and I have my headset set to 72 with VD, and I have no stuttering
If I move to 70 or 75 I have stuttering
You should try to set yours to 144 and see how it goes
I'm going back to watch the end of the video, thank you mate ;)
Good to know!!!
Avant j'avais Reshad car je trouvais DCS trop blanc, pas très beau, mais lorsque j'allais regarder des vidéos sur mon iPhone de DCS sur CZcams c'était plus beau. J"ai donc décidé de passer a un écran large OLED. et enfin plus besoin de Reshad, vous avez des missions de nuit dans des noirs profonds, et enfin l'image est magnifique . Pour moi la meilleure des solution est de jouer sur un écran large OLED j'ai en plus 175 HZ et le HDR ....le soleil brille dans DCS aussi fort que dans la vie de tout les jours.....alors le prix de mon écran c'est 1300€ mais il est large et le OLED est pour moi le mieux pour DCS
Are there any specific NVidia driver settings you could offer such as Shader Cache size, etc ?
Is there a precise way to ask chat gpt to give you the best graphics/per fps settings for VR depending on yout rig?
Okay. That's one way to open a DCS Video
DCS Then:
DCS In The Near Future: how to run abandoned modules tutorial!
yeah...lets not bring up the fact most youtubers and trailers are using reshade. you want your game to look great and like the videos.. download reshade like the rest of us. no matter what you do in any game settings, it will never look like their footage unless you use reshade. also it hardly uses any performance.
alot of great tips in here. also thank you for the descriptions on all of them. i have some idea for what to change around in my settings. i have a mid range pc, so i dont have to pick and choose best options, cant quite turn all settings up to max and call it done yet.
Hey man most CZcamsrs might be but Glowing AMRAAM the official DCS trailer creator has stated multiple times that he does not use reshade
Reshade is also useless in VR……
I dare anyone to take a shot whenever you hear the word fidelity.
The best part of the 2.9 update is how I have to turn off extra AA to make the cockpit be a little clearer and then get ghosting amd jaggies. Seems specific to 1440 monitors and its annoying. And it's not like one can change any of these setting while actually playing the game so just gotta guess and hope.
I need ReShade in 2D just to get rid of the colour banding in the Sky on an OLED monitor.
I9-10900K with 3060TI. Im trying to run at least 2k (4k tv) but on Kola in F-4E with these settings I cant get above 9-15fps what is going on here?? I have dcs excluded from windows defenfer and core affinity to 6 cores.
😎👍🏾👍🏾
I can't get my cockpit to be as clear as pre-DLSS update. (2.8?) To get it anywhere close, I have to turn off lots of AA, so I also have lots of jaggies. Oh, and ghosting. With my 4070 in 1440p, the older graphics engine would render better and probably with acceptable frames (no visible hitching). And the cockpit reflections they just added are low res trash. Unbelievable they thought a product they charge like $80 for would get such a crappy, low res looking "feature" in 2024. (referring specifically to Hornet.)
Anisotropic Filtering doesn’t cost performance? I would double check that, if I was you.
does this game support HDR display by now?
I have an rtx 3050ti and for some reasone i can't have dlss or dlaa
Has there been a VR fix for the frame rate drop when going into F10 menu?
I have frame drop in 2d and vr did you fix this ?
Don't we just do a Spinal Tap and crank everything up to 11? 😂
HAHAHAHA I would do that but my RTX 4090 is smarter than my brain haha
Can someone maybe help me? Unfortunately I can't play multiplayer in DCS because the game lags so badly that it's unplayable. In the single player, however, I sometimes have 120 fps. Why is that?
First 1:30 Minutes: Most romantic video in CZcams. 😎
Hahaha Well I am a Jetrosexual LOL
@@Spudknocker Hah! Imagine you put that word in your CV before applying to an airline. LOL.
@@ardeshirrohbanie2909 HAHAHA!
I need some serious help with the settings for this game
I went to the Download page and I didn't see an Open Beta Version. I only see Two Downloads (1) DCS World 2.9 and (2) DCS World 2.9 Dedicated Server (modular installer). Is there somewhere else you download the Open Beta Version or is there now only One Download for the latest version?
They just got rid of the Beta options. There's only the one version moving forward. He must have recorded this a month ago.
Thx so much. You have some GREAT tutorials. Look forward to becoming a student.
I get weird banding in Syria at night. Usually where dark meets light. Any ideas?
That is most likely a hardware issue for you unfortunately, take a look at your black level settings and what not in your monitor
@Spudknocker thank you for responding. It was the nvidia driver. I rolled back and it's good now. Love the channel!
Also, more words != better
Like, you have good things to say, but it's sandwiched between droning on and on. Brevity is the soul of wit, remember?
And how is DLSS and DLAA democratizing when I had to buy a new gfx card to have access to it? A 1080ti is still no slouch, but I had to go to a 4070 that barely fits in a small case.
Why so much people hate this channel?
People get upset about my success despite past issues and struggles, the fact that I make long form thought out content rather than meme streams and they REALLY hate the fact that I do lessons with patrons as a perk of supporting the channel. I still don’t understand the last one haha
cause he thinks hes a L-39 Pilot.
Since the new update my game keeps crashing wehn I try to join multiplayer servers. I think the time has come, technology is just developing and leaving me behind😢😢. Ps i should get some more ram and a better gpu😂😂
01:15 booooo!!!
Visibility range is conjucted with preload radius. If you set preload radius lower than visibility range, the objects in distance will not be rendered.
Only you could turn a 10min video in 40mins 😂
Thumbs down for no F-16's and Iron Eagle music in the intro :P
Haha that will go into the next one!
Jezz man I had to watch this video in 1.75 speed to get a normal "speed". You take way too long for your explanations.
I'm sorry Spud, love your channel, hate your choice of music for this video.
ROFL you could have posted 2 screenshots and saved everyone 50 minutes of their life.
I fell asleep with your slow talking… jeez😵
Utter bollox. Another know it all. Look guys, it's simple. Do your settings how you like them, run msi afterburner and continue to tune until your GPU is at 80%,. Then stick vsync on and drop your monitor to 60hz. Done. Enjoy. Your welcome! Or................................ spend your entire freetime with DCS tweaking and watching shyte like this which is just utter garbage i assure you. End of. PS - Motion blur........................................... nuff said.
Hahaha based on your comment history it’s hilarious how much you hate DCS
So basically you recommend, setting the most GPU performance killing effects to maximum until your GPU is waving a white flag, ignoring the visuals altogether, then using antiquated VSync instead of more sophisticated G-Sync/FreeSync technology that actually talks to your monitor and on top castrate your monitor FPS from a typical 90-120Hz to 60Hz ???
Sound advise...😂 Looks like we have a professional here. 😉