Battlefield Bad Company 2 - DirectX 9 Invisible buildings - spooky!
Hey, I've been having a play with the settings for bad company 2 and found that running under directx 9 does away with the terrible ghosting of the skybox. It looked sweet in 3d, and improved my fps dramatically.

However, the side effect of this was that all destructable buildings became invisible!!!

Anyone else come across this or found a fix? I'll post something on the bad company forums but figured that fellow 3d vision owners might be interested...

--EDIT--

Link to my post on the EA forums

[url="http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/0/428995.page#3986310"]http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/0/428995.page#3986310[/url]
Hey, I've been having a play with the settings for bad company 2 and found that running under directx 9 does away with the terrible ghosting of the skybox. It looked sweet in 3d, and improved my fps dramatically.



However, the side effect of this was that all destructable buildings became invisible!!!



Anyone else come across this or found a fix? I'll post something on the bad company forums but figured that fellow 3d vision owners might be interested...



--EDIT--



Link to my post on the EA forums



http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/0/428995.page#3986310

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#1
Posted 03/06/2010 04:21 PM   
hello, run liseda configurator utility and put directx option in "Auto", HSAO off, bloom off, v-sync on, aa 1x, af 1x
hello, run liseda configurator utility and put directx option in "Auto", HSAO off, bloom off, v-sync on, aa 1x, af 1x

#2
Posted 03/07/2010 09:06 PM   
In Dx9 it works fine without 3d vision enabled in Nvidai Control panel. once it's enabled in Nvidia Control Panel I have the same problem.
In Dx9 it works fine without 3d vision enabled in Nvidai Control panel. once it's enabled in Nvidia Control Panel I have the same problem.

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#3
Posted 03/08/2010 01:58 AM   
[quote name='msm903' post='1015101' date='Mar 7 2010, 08:58 PM']In Dx9 it works fine without 3d vision enabled in Nvidai Control panel. once it's enabled in Nvidia Control Panel I have the same problem.[/quote]




Why would we have to turn off antialiasing to get 3DVision?
Can use AA in every other title in which 3DVision works well.



Baragon
[quote name='msm903' post='1015101' date='Mar 7 2010, 08:58 PM']In Dx9 it works fine without 3d vision enabled in Nvidai Control panel. once it's enabled in Nvidia Control Panel I have the same problem.









Why would we have to turn off antialiasing to get 3DVision?

Can use AA in every other title in which 3DVision works well.







Baragon

#4
Posted 03/08/2010 02:01 AM   
[quote name='msm903' post='1015101' date='Mar 8 2010, 01:58 AM']In Dx9 it works fine without 3d vision enabled in Nvidai Control panel. once it's enabled in Nvidia Control Panel I have the same problem.[/quote]

It's annoying because running under DX9 lets you turn all the settings up and run 3d vision comfortably.. can't do the same with DX10, need to turn a few things down - and then you've got the skybox ghosting... really annoying, especially on the single player mission 'Heavy Metal'.
[quote name='msm903' post='1015101' date='Mar 8 2010, 01:58 AM']In Dx9 it works fine without 3d vision enabled in Nvidai Control panel. once it's enabled in Nvidia Control Panel I have the same problem.



It's annoying because running under DX9 lets you turn all the settings up and run 3d vision comfortably.. can't do the same with DX10, need to turn a few things down - and then you've got the skybox ghosting... really annoying, especially on the single player mission 'Heavy Metal'.

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#5
Posted 03/08/2010 02:03 AM   
[quote name='baragon' post='1015104' date='Mar 8 2010, 02:01 AM']Why would we have to turn off antialiasing to get 3DVision?
Can use AA in every other title in which 3DVision works well.



Baragon[/quote]

I don't know why Baragon, but it doesn't work with any in-game anti-aliasing enabled (haven't tried overriding with driver settings, performance is bad enough as it is under DX10 and 3d vision). Convergence and suchlike is a bit screwed up too... so you can only run with maximum 25% depth before things start looking too weird, or unusable like some of the iron sights.
[quote name='baragon' post='1015104' date='Mar 8 2010, 02:01 AM']Why would we have to turn off antialiasing to get 3DVision?

Can use AA in every other title in which 3DVision works well.







Baragon



I don't know why Baragon, but it doesn't work with any in-game anti-aliasing enabled (haven't tried overriding with driver settings, performance is bad enough as it is under DX10 and 3d vision). Convergence and suchlike is a bit screwed up too... so you can only run with maximum 25% depth before things start looking too weird, or unusable like some of the iron sights.

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Chipset : nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLi SPP

Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.67GHz

Physical Memory : 4096MB (4 x 1024 1333MHz DDR3-SDRAM )

Video Card : 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 SLI

Hard Disk : NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52GB

Monitor Type : 23" Acer GD245HQ



Operation "Sandy Balls" - in planning phase. "Go balls deep!"

#6
Posted 03/08/2010 02:05 AM   
Same thing with me in dx9. The first level i was stuck because the bridge i was to cross was invisible-had to air walk lol. I now have to oc my cpu from 2.2 to 2.6 and turn everything to low. Im now rocking 15 fps/or less in high action parts and up to 20ish when its quiet. It sucks but i can snipe with 15fps-just approach the game differently i guess. I can crank depth to 100% easy but convergence can be tricky depending on the gun. Its like crysis on crack-in the 2nd level i was shur the air cooled off between me and my monitor, i could smell the cold. No weird spots for me other than the dx9 issue, sky is fine so is the water, mostly ghost free.
Same thing with me in dx9. The first level i was stuck because the bridge i was to cross was invisible-had to air walk lol. I now have to oc my cpu from 2.2 to 2.6 and turn everything to low. Im now rocking 15 fps/or less in high action parts and up to 20ish when its quiet. It sucks but i can snipe with 15fps-just approach the game differently i guess. I can crank depth to 100% easy but convergence can be tricky depending on the gun. Its like crysis on crack-in the 2nd level i was shur the air cooled off between me and my monitor, i could smell the cold. No weird spots for me other than the dx9 issue, sky is fine so is the water, mostly ghost free.
#7
Posted 03/08/2010 03:36 AM   
[quote name='cravinmild' post='1015151' date='Mar 8 2010, 03:36 AM']Same thing with me in dx9. The first level i was stuck because the bridge i was to cross was invisible-had to air walk lol. I now have to oc my cpu from 2.2 to 2.6 and turn everything to low. Im now rocking 15 fps/or less in high action parts and up to 20ish when its quiet. It sucks but i can snipe with 15fps-just approach the game differently i guess. I can crank depth to 100% easy but convergence can be tricky depending on the gun. Its like crysis on crack-in the 2nd level i was shur the air cooled off between me and my monitor, i could smell the cold. No weird spots for me other than the dx9 issue, sky is fine so is the water, mostly ghost free.[/quote]

I tweaked my settings.ini file (C:\Users\UserName\Documents\BFBC2) to get some more FPS, this seems to do the trick for me...

[WindowSettings]
Width=1920
Height=1080
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=120
VSync=true
[Sound]
Quality=medium
VoipEnable=true
SpeakerCount=0
[Graphics]
Effects=high
Soldiers=high
Vehicles=high
Overgrowth=medium
Undergrowth=medium
StaticObjects=medium
Terrain=medium
Shadows=medium
Bloom=false
HSAO=false
MSAA=0
Water=high
MainQuality=custom
Texture=high
DxVersion=auto
Aniso=4
Detail=medium
RenderAheadLimit=3
Fov=55

I also use the +fullproc command line switch on my shortcut, which apparently makes the game use all your cores.. I can't confirm or deny that it's doing anything, but it doesn't seem to have done any harm.
[quote name='cravinmild' post='1015151' date='Mar 8 2010, 03:36 AM']Same thing with me in dx9. The first level i was stuck because the bridge i was to cross was invisible-had to air walk lol. I now have to oc my cpu from 2.2 to 2.6 and turn everything to low. Im now rocking 15 fps/or less in high action parts and up to 20ish when its quiet. It sucks but i can snipe with 15fps-just approach the game differently i guess. I can crank depth to 100% easy but convergence can be tricky depending on the gun. Its like crysis on crack-in the 2nd level i was shur the air cooled off between me and my monitor, i could smell the cold. No weird spots for me other than the dx9 issue, sky is fine so is the water, mostly ghost free.



I tweaked my settings.ini file (C:\Users\UserName\Documents\BFBC2) to get some more FPS, this seems to do the trick for me...



[WindowSettings]

Width=1920

Height=1080

Fullscreen=true

RefreshRate=120

VSync=true

[Sound]

Quality=medium

VoipEnable=true

SpeakerCount=0

[Graphics]

Effects=high

Soldiers=high

Vehicles=high

Overgrowth=medium

Undergrowth=medium

StaticObjects=medium

Terrain=medium

Shadows=medium

Bloom=false

HSAO=false

MSAA=0

Water=high

MainQuality=custom

Texture=high

DxVersion=auto

Aniso=4

Detail=medium

RenderAheadLimit=3

Fov=55



I also use the +fullproc command line switch on my shortcut, which apparently makes the game use all your cores.. I can't confirm or deny that it's doing anything, but it doesn't seem to have done any harm.

Dell XPS 730 H2C

Chipset : nVidia nForce 790i Ultra SLi SPP

Processor : Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.67GHz

Physical Memory : 4096MB (4 x 1024 1333MHz DDR3-SDRAM )

Video Card : 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 SLI

Hard Disk : NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52GB

Monitor Type : 23" Acer GD245HQ



Operation "Sandy Balls" - in planning phase. "Go balls deep!"

#8
Posted 03/08/2010 10:31 AM   
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