I cant even get back to the options page to turn the damm stuff off crashed on the loading screen every time.. Trying a repair as somone else suggested then turning it off I HOPE.. Thanks dice for crap
I still think this is Nvidias fault though. By allowing people to force “cartoon mode” onto competitive multiplayer games (what I consider cheating). If this is what DICE can do to fix that then Nvidias whole profile system is poorly designed and need to be upgraded to allow SLI AND the game controlling it’s own graphics at the same time.
The tools are already there; Dice just chose not to use them. As my quote (that’s me, BTW) from Reddit suggested: Check the profile for the specific LOD settings. Dice knows which ones they are, and the NVAPI will let them check those specifically. If those settings (and ONLY those settings) have changed: throw a fault and kick the person out of the game.
Simple, easy, done. SLI users can continue to make changes so they can enjoy using both of their cards, and LOD cheaters get the boot like they deserve.
Instead, Dice took the easy (and potentially legally challenging.. hold for that..) route: change the profile back. Well, as others have stated, it effectively shunts any UAC that Windows has running by using NVAPI. The end user is never alerted that the files are being changed. I… uh… wonder what Microsoft will think of that when they find out? I’ll bet a paycheck they won’t like it.
Considering BFV is a Nvidia title and DICE has access to and get help from Nvidia developers directly (RTX and their AI AA) what you are saying doesn’t make a lot of sense. So I don’t think it’s as simple as that. But unless a DICE Frostbite engine programmer or the like appears on here or on Reddit/Twitter I don’t think we will have the full story, only speculations.
Sorry Carbonic, but it IS as simple as that. It just takes a bit more effort on Dice’s part to make it happen.
Option 1: Tell the NVidia driver, via NVAPI, to fully reset the “Battlefield V” profile.
Option 2: Check the “Battlefield V” profile via NVAPI to see if the various LOD bits have changed and alert if they have.
Which do you think would take less time and effort to implement? If you said “Choice 1”, you win the prize. As much as I love playing Battlefield games, this specific game has been rife with “” and poorly thought-out solutions to various problems. Our latest LOD vs SLI problem is no different.
