[Bug?] Terrain Decoration

[Roughneck2-O]

captainbristol0 said:
When you enter the game for the first time deccor must be set to ultra. Then you need to set to medium, save and redeploy. If you enter game at medium is does not work…HOW SHIT!

jonoeptesicus said:
you have to set it to ultra BEFORE you quit the game the last time you play it. Then the game will start at "ultra" and when you change it back to medium you will have loads more grass and bushes.

You two are correct, but there’s a mean twist to it :(Check this out:

1. I enter a Multiplayer game-server, make sure that Terrain Decoration is set to ‘Ultra’, deploy and then leave the game-server.

2. I re-enter the same or another Multiplayer game-server, make sure that Terrain Decoration is now set to ‘Medium’, deploy and stuff looks good (at least in Paracel Storm, haven’t tested Lancang Dam yet):

[i.imgur.com]

3. I leave the game-server (remember: my Terrain Decoration setting is still set to ‘Medium’).

4. I re-enter the same or another Multiplayer game-server and it looks bad again:

[i.imgur.com]

This means, that right now I must remember to set Terrain Decoration to ‘Ultra’ each time I leave a game-server, and set it back to ‘Medium’ once I re-enter it

My in-game video settings, except for Terrain Decoration, which I don’t know what to set it to anymore..:

[i.imgur.com]

My setup:
SLI GTX 780 w/ GeForce driver v331.82 WHQL (default GeForce driver settings, ‘NVIDIA Experience’ not installed).
Windows 8.1 64-bit.

[shushuliku]

In windows 7 same thing

[Xx-Mythril-xX]

Lol funny bug if slightly annoying at the same time. Sure it will be fixed…

[FreiherrSeymore]

Roughneck2-O said:

g1yafit said:
low:

[i.imgur.com]
ultra:

[i.imgur.com]

sli gtx 580 driver 336.65
win 7 64 bit

This is unbelievable.

It looks like people running Windows 7, when they set Terrain Decoration to Low - can enjoy the richest and most dense looking terrain!
g1yafit’s Low (Windows 7):

[i.imgur.com]

SirBaron’s Low (I’m guessing Windows 7):

[i.imgur.com]

My Low (Windows 8.1):

[i.imgur.com]

even fanboy me is getting pissed slowly. I just bought 8.1 just for BF4.

SMAA injector isnt working, TXAA was too complicated for Dice and now were getting Grass Physics removed besides this topic here! Not to mention sound and (at least better getting) crashing issues

[Roughneck2-O]

FreiherrSeymore said:
even fanboy me is getting pissed slowly. I just bought 8.1 just for BF4.

SMAA injector isnt working, TXAA was too complicated for Dice and now were getting Grass Physics removed besides this topic here! Not to mention sound and (at least better getting) crashing issues

Yup.

Check my post at the top of this page (page 8).

You’ll be amazed what’s necessary to make it ‘Ultra’ Terrain Decoration work.

[FreiherrSeymore]

After the next patch we will have minecraft graphics and angry birds.

It feels like there is something corrupt going on again.

[The_Blue_Scholar]

…bump for all that is good and wholesome in the world.

[David6479]

It’s erratic at best for me, sometimes it will change but mostly they always look the same regardless of setting, even after re-deploying. I have on an odd occasion got the full effect when it has been set on low and it does look pretty damn good but when I restart another map it’s punted back to the worst setting.

Windows 8.1
SLI EVGA GTX780 SC ACX

[IIIHanYoloIII]

David6479 said:
It’s erratic at best for me, sometimes it will change but mostly they always look the same regardless of setting, even after re-deploying. I have on an odd occasion got the full effect when it has been set on low and it does look pretty damn good but when I restart another map it’s punted back to the worst setting.

Windows 8.1
SLI EVGA GTX780 SC ACX

Exactly

[teh4ce]

[img.clubic.com]

where did you get that flora from?

but man all those grass, for me it looks like this

[image.noelshack.com]

low / medium same thing, high/ultra the same as well with low/medium being way better.

win7 gtx680

edit: looks like thoes that are added with terrain decoration are destructible, meaning I can toss a nade at them and they will be blown up. Those that are always there regardless of settings cant be blown apart.

[FreiherrSeymore]

bump for justice for humanity

[Puppeh]

Testing on the Test Range, for me it does look reversed for the minor detail, Low giving the most amount of small vegitation, through to Ultra giving the least. However, the same can not be said for the larger bushes. Low had the least amount of these, Ultra had some, while Medium and High had the most.

Check the comparisons here : BF4 Terrain Setting Diffs - Album on Imgur [imgur.com]

GTX 780, latest driver 331.82 WHQL (19/11/2013)
Windows 7 x64

[FreiherrSeymore]

I can confirm what puppeh and roughneck found out on top of the ultra is low problem.

680 with 8.1 and latest driver here

You have to set Terrain Decoration to ultra, join, set it to low, redeploy and you will have better Decoration but less bushes.

Ill just pray that itll be patched besides the grass physics back soon!

[H45HT4GY0L05W4G]

Sorry guys. You just managed to find the hidden “mantle” patch. You were not supposed to see this, and it was going to be an exclusive AMD feature to fool the sheep into thinking it’s anything special.

Dice is hiding in a corner right now.

[Th3D3v1L1993]

UrbanEdge85 ha detto:
Sorry guys. You just managed to find the hidden "mantle" patch. You were not supposed to see this, and it was going to be an exclusive AMD feature to fool the sheep into thinking it’s anything special.

Dice is hiding in a corner right now.

I hope they do not

[The_Blue_Scholar]

Bumping thread for the wonderment of the human experience afforded to us by greater mysteries and powers unknown.

[Th3D3v1L1993]

Dice FIX it.

[darkhorror]

Not all graphics automatically update when you change the settings, if you want to see the real graphics after update rejoin.

[The_Blue_Scholar]

darkhorror said:
Not all graphics automatically update when you change the settings, if you want to see the real graphics after update rejoin.

You need to read the original post.

[xBimmerHue]

bump