Is anyone else having this pixelated/low res planet surface during the planet approach after the last patch? In VR these squared pixelated textures are really huge...
Pixelated Planet Surface Issue
- Thread starter VR SenseiMatty
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Have to tried re-applying your graphic settings? In a previous update I had a similar issue with surfaces looking awful even though the highest setting was showing in the options. Turned out it was fibbing, so I applied a low preset before slapping it all back up again.
Might be worth a shot.
Might be worth a shot.
Yes I did, the first time I launched the game I also had the VR disabled. So I saved the graphics settings and started the game again.
Yes, but I saw it before the patch too. Terrible looking terrain even close to the surface. Sometimes.
Is it relative to specific type of planets? This is a rocky planet for example.
I remember Ice Planets and HMC didn't have such issue, I need to check those now.
This happens on my PC quite often.
All this time I've been thinking it was just down to my GPUs lack of memory. Lol
All this time I've been thinking it was just down to my GPUs lack of memory. Lol
It certainly feels to me that it happens more (or even only) on certain planets.
To be clear: for me it's been this way for ages, but I think it started when I edited my graphicsconfig.xml for better graphics. That includes increasing the terrain / surface load. Made the whole game more pretty, but on some planets I started getting those pixels as well. Small price to pay for me, I guess I upped those settings a bit too much. As a result I think the game actually downgrades certain aspects on approach of a planet surface in order to keep FPS at a reasonable level. That's just pure speculation on my part though.
For what it's worth, I haven't noticed it being worse after this patch.
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I’ve seen this on PS4 Pro. Not all planets do it, just some. Mostly the purely grey ones with less rugged terrain.
rootsrat
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Thanks! At least we know it's not due to modified settings (as you can't do that on a console). That's an important factor ruled out!
rootsrat
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I've been also seeing it regularly.
I think the fix is scheduled for the first quarter of 2021
Yeah, I've been experiencing these awful textures for a few years, even on a high end graphics card; really spoils immersion.
I will try the change to low Res then back fix, or, if it still persists afterwards the nuclear reinstall.
I will try the change to low Res then back fix, or, if it still persists afterwards the nuclear reinstall.
Increasing texture resolutions and playing with the WorkPerFrame settings can help things, sometimes a lot, but there will always be some degree of blockiness during LOD transitions.
I really hope they revert back to the original terrain generation method we had in 2.0:
A reinstall won't do anything more than validating the game files will. If it's a terrain timing or shader cache issue you can delete the GPUWorkTable.xml file in the main game directory and also purge your GPU driver's shader cache; they will be rebuilt next time you run the game.