Anti-aliasing ?

[Alca]

Hi there,

i've already posted this question on steam, but it's probably better to ask here, so :
I wondered which kind of anti-aliasing technique they've added to the game. My only hope is it's not only post-process like in Cities in Motion 2.
If i'm not wrong, this picture was made 1 month ago, i know they added some blur since, but what about AA ?

(Click on the picture for fullscreen)




Thx.

 

[Alca]

Bump.

 

[kissof]

Hi there,

i've already posted this question on steam, but it's probably better to ask here, so :
I wondered which kind of anti-aliasing technique they've added to the game. My only hope is it's not only post-process like in Cities in Motion 2.
If i'm not wrong, this picture was made 1 month ago, i know they added some blur since, but what about AA ?

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xtIlDXH.png[/IMG]

i see a lot of aliasing in this picture, so they blured it to minimize the vision of it?

 

[Gordon Dry]

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You should correct the link.

 

[Alca]

i see a lot of aliasing in this picture, so they blured it to minimize the vision of it?

Yes, and as we don't get a single answer, i fear this is the only way to get rid of this ugly staircase effect...

You should correct the link.

Done, thanks.

 

[PocketCity]

This is really sad. Especially in 2015.

I hope my PC can run this game in downsampled 4K or with Nvidia DSR *4 (Dynamic Super Resolution)... Just look at these screens http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?836498-Cities-Skylines-%96-Dev-Diary-10-Themes

 

[McWrisk]

I plan to run in 1920x1200 with my GTX980, it has dynamic anti-aliasing (MFAA). So I hope my hardware can change somewhat the deficiencies, if any, that may appear in the game.

 

[Kane Hart]

This is really sad. Especially in 2015.

I hope my PC can run this game in downsampled 4K or with Nvidia DSR *4 (Dynamic Super Resolution)... Just look at these screens http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?836498-Cities-Skylines-%96-Dev-Diary-10-Themes

Not sure what you are pointing out but them screenshots look amazing. For a Real City Building sim...

 

[Mithkabob]

This is really sad. Especially in 2015.

I hope my PC can run this game in downsampled 4K or with Nvidia DSR *4 (Dynamic Super Resolution)... Just look at these screens http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?836498-Cities-Skylines-%96-Dev-Diary-10-Themes

Those screenshots look clear, crisp, and anti-aliased. Also, extremely distant buildings and terrain in some shots look pretty nice.

 

[Atomic_Universe]

I can never really tell the difference with AA on or off, but those screens look amazing so I'll be happy either way!

 

[PocketCity]

Not sure what you are pointing out but them screenshots look amazing. For a Real City Building sim...

Ah sorry. I THINK all these new sreens without normal antialiasing (MSAA etc) but with downsamping (4K to 1080). So i need to use the same tech if i want smooth picture...

 

[Deville]

You could use downsampling. Uses a little more resources, but it's by far the best AA method.

 

[PocketCity]

"a little more" yeah... 4 times more for proper AA levels!

 

[Kakunofuyu]

Why aren't more people bothered by this ugliness?

 

[Zed68]

Lots of people are... it's clearly one of the weak points of the game's graphics.

 

[Cybershaman]

Sorry to necro this thread, but I recently made an interesting observation...

If you add the game under the Program Settings tab in the Manage 3D Settings section of Nvidia Control Panel, it appears that they have purposely turned off the Multi-Frame Sampled AA (MFAA) feature. I've always been curious where these profiles come from. (Are they downloaded? Are they buried in some config file? I seem to recall it being tied to the GeForce Experience program, but can't seem to find that bit of information now. ) All I know is that any default settings in each individual executable profile that are listed in bold are the recommended settings for that particular program with the others typically set to "Use global setting" followed by the current global setting (selected in the Global Settings tab) indicated between parentheses. (That is a "(" and a ")" , for anyone that might not know what those are. )

Considering that it is apparently not recommended to use it (at least according to Nvidia) I wonder what experience others have had with it? Perhaps it isn't even necessary considering the game looks great (enough) for me with the settings available in-game. I haven't had the time to dig in and test it myself. For the record, I have a GTX 1080 Ti Poseidon so I'm sure it might not be a problem until possibly further on in the game when the number of visible units gets higher. (Hence why I haven't had the time to thoroughly test it.)

Anyway, I'm really just mostly curious from a tech standpoint and thought that others might find this setting in Nvidia's individual executable settings profile interesting to note. Take care!

(My apologies if my thread necromancy annoys anybody. But, seriously...there are worse things in life to worry about. )

 

[Kakunofuyu]

If you want this game to look good you need the LOD Toggler mod (I hope it still works, haven't tested in a while) and DSR (x4). So it is definitely possible to make this game look good, it's just not a simple setting.