Any way to get better antialiasing?

[The Poopflinger]

The ingame option doesn't seem to do much and I can't set the resolution to anything higher than native using nvidia's DSR.

The jaggies are pretty distracting, especially with tilt shift enabled.:closedeyes:

 

[Brazilian Joe]

AA should be implemented as a separate, moddable shader, so that players can put their own AA solution in the workshop. Possible?

Game should provide at least FXAA, SMAA options (AA none/low/high)

 

[Stargatemunky]

Try forcing it via your graphics card settings. Should work fine if the drivers are current. Just remember to turn it off in game to prevent any conflicts

 

[PocketCity]

Only Nvidia DSR in DirectX 9 (-force-d3d9 in game properties in Steam) mode works for me
But this type of AA is very heavy for old GPUs


here is DSR*4, i think its something like x4 supersamling:
http://i.imgur.com/A63LEWs.jpg

 

[Thomas_bk]

I agree. I would like way better antialising.

 

[magitsu]

It seems markedly better on higher resolutions. I'm running 1440p and AA looks excellent.

There was some issue with AA because of Unity. I think it made MSAA impossible and they've had to resort to some sort of compromise (SMAA+deferred rendering).
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2x4mf9/we_are_colossal_order_the_team_behind_cities/cowtwdl

If you have Nvidia, change your desktop resolution to DSR option and the game will follow.

 

[aerosnake]

I tried this but the game automatically switches back to 1080p when I change the resolution.

 

[Sunbird]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?842082-SweetFX

 

[Sunbird]

So i found my ideal settings. combination of fxaa and smaa from sweetfx. Ingame AA and tilt sihift is disabled. It looks far better than beofre.
I think best solution might be Downsampling but thats not poossible with my amd card. Maybe with new software updates.

 

[magitsu]

Add this http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=406629464

 

[Sunbird]

Add this http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=406629464

Yes! With this mod everything other is needles! If you have a good gaming pc of course!

 

[maddogmark25]

Add this http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=406629464

I use this mod at roughly 180% to 190% along with the more natural filter that you can D/L on the workshop, and the remove the grainy effect mod, and it makes a massive difference. Just remember that you need a monster PC to do this. I have SLI 970s an OCed 2500K, and an ROG SWIFT monitor and I run the game at around 30FPS with these mods enabled.

 

[Tallyhoo]

We really need proper antialiasing in this game. I stoped playing this game because of this jagged mess all over my monitor. I tryed DSR but result is acceptable from 3-4*DSR which my graphics card can not handle (gtx660).
It is sad because this game is so much better than SimCity 2013 in terms of gameplay. Well some ppl would say it is not about graphics but for me visual quality is 50% of succesful game.

 

[TornPr1nc3]

I would love to use that mod, but my PC laughs at it even at 150%. I did not expect this game to be as intensive as it is on my system, and it is worse with mods / assets added. Then again, my system is now 4 years old and I've only got a 550 TI graphics card which isn't terrible, but far from the top by now.

 

[Miwi]

Why don't you use the PostProcess FX mod:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=412146081:

and Ambient Occlusion mod:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=410329674

I get good results with FXAA3 enabled in PostProcess FX and SSAO enabled in Ambient Occlusion with practically no frame rate drop.

I have I5-2500K (non oc) and Nvidia GTX 670.

 

[Tallyhoo]

Well best result gave me Dynamic resolution Mod set to 175% and force FXAA via NVidia control panel. I can run 30FPS with my gtx 660 this way.

 

[Brazilian Joe]

People already posted the bunch of mods which can improve looks.

PostProcessFX has a bunch of AA options with a small to medium performance impact. all of them look better than the game's default IMO.
If you have a monster machine with lots of power, the Dynamic Resolution can provide even more AA goodness. It's a brute force approach which renders teh game at higher resolution and downscales to your screen. It's compatible with PostProcessFX AA, they can build upon each other.

For additional good looks, also use the mods:

Sun Shafts
Ambient Occlusion
Bordered Skylines

 

[Deville]

Use DSR, it's the best AA method anyway. There is a mod for that around.

 

[Shiggs]

I would love to use that mod, but my PC laughs at it even at 150%. I did not expect this game to be as intensive as it is on my system, and it is worse with mods / assets added. Then again, my system is now 4 years old and I've only got a 550 TI graphics card which isn't terrible, but far from the top by now.

about the same here. my 560ti gtx is starting to feel its age. Still surprised I'm having this bad of lag, poor fps etc. Same exact computer runs comparable games without even breaking a sweat. My fan almost never stops running in a big city in this game, cpu and gpu temperatures are pretty far from usual. AA looks like crap. Hopefully it gets better.

 

[Keltia_Vikinga]

it would be indeed good if this was improved....