Volumetric fog

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Tyranos Strategos

Volumetric fog

Post by Tyranos Strategos » Mon, 21. Nov 22, 20:56

Yo there .. first i want appologies for my inteligence of living room temperature but ... can anyone explain me whats exactly doing volumetric fog in X4 i play whith it and apart fps drop i dont see any difference on off max medium .

If any video or screenshots highlitgh effect it will be mostly appreciated .

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Re: Volumetric fog

Post by Alan Phipps » Mon, 21. Nov 22, 21:06

There was extensive discussion here, and some good pics from here onwards.
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Re: Volumetric fog

Post by Imperial Good » Tue, 22. Nov 22, 13:50

It basically adds depths to fog, so fog can be affected by shadows, change visible thickness over distance, e.t.c.

If you have plenty of CPU and GPU power to go around it is a good subtle improvement to the visuals. If you are bottlenecking quite a lot it is one of the settings I would consider turning down, along with the screen space stuff.

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