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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 09 Jan 2010, 15:57 ] |
| Post subject: | GTA4 - any way to stop the dithering? |
Shadows and post-processing effects (like heat bending) produce this weird pixellated noise that to me is just distracting as hell. I don't think a still shot would demonstrate what I'm talking about - it's mainly the motion that looks odd. A lot of games seem to have this problem with soft-shadowing, and I have no idea why (Riddick didn't have this problem and that was back in 2004). But GTA4's dithering seems far worse than normal. |
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| Author: | MobsterOO7 [ 09 Jan 2010, 17:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GTA4 - any way to stop the dithering? |
I'm not sure if we are thinking of the same thing, but try hitting P while in-game. IIRC that is the toggle for some pretty horrendous post-processing. |
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| Author: | StingingVelvet [ 09 Jan 2010, 21:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GTA4 - any way to stop the dithering? |
I'm not sure if we are thinking of the same thing, but try hitting P while in-game. IIRC that is the toggle for some pretty horrendous post-processing. That's a menu option now, forget what it is called... definition or something. Anyway with it on it is just a blur filter really, covered up the jaggies and low res on consoles a bit. As for the shadows, I don't remember a moving effect like you talk about cranky. I know the shadows are sort of "grainy" and it annoys some people, not me. If that is what you mean then there is a shadow mod that makes them solid and I think you even gain fps from using it. There are mods that effect the lighting and such too, if that's also part of your problem. GTA4 is definately an effects-heavy game but people have modded all that out for the small group it annoys. |
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| Author: | The_cranky_hermit [ 11 Jan 2010, 21:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GTA4 - any way to stop the dithering? |
Here's a 10-second clip: http://www.2shared.com/file/10608746/6fd3fad/gta4sm.html The bright spots have this dithering effect, with speckled "grain" moving around semi-randomly. Just found that it gets worse - far worse - if I turn the shadow quality down any. It's been on "high" and won't let me increase. I applied a tweak that unlocks higher settings, and upped shadow quality to very high, but noticed no difference. |
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| Author: | Tanuki [ 12 Jan 2010, 00:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GTA4 - any way to stop the dithering? |
Known Issue. http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=403764 Also you could try a higher resolution downscaled to see if there is any improvement. EDIT - Not saying it is a fix just that it is a common complaint. |
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| Author: | infernus [ 13 Jan 2010, 01:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: GTA4 - any way to stop the dithering? |
Ehh, I think you're talking about the deffered shading? Which is probably not possible to remove or "fix," only reduce the effect of. That'd be Tanuki's solution then. |
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