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Author Topic: [0.95a RC8] dim circle / antialiasing issue?  (Read 1144 times)

pairedeciseaux

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[0.95a RC8] dim circle / antialiasing issue?
« on: March 26, 2021, 07:58:27 PM »

With 0.95, there is a small issue with the way fleets/stations/objects are rendered on my display: circles seem to be dim. I'm using the default parameters: 2560x1440 resolution with 135% scaling and "8 samples" antialiasing. This is on macOS.

When I disable antialiasing in the Starsector launcher, circles seem to be back to normal, as in 0.9.1.

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I'll keep antialiasing disabled.  :)
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Re: [0.95a RC8] dim circle / antialiasing issue?
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2021, 09:05:11 AM »

Hmm - I haven't seen good results with anti-aliasing set to anything less than 12, personally, so that might be it. I'm surprised it looks ok with it turned off with scaling at 135%, though - I'd expect lots of visual artifacts with that combination of settings.
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Re: [0.95a RC8] dim circle / antialiasing issue?
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2021, 10:39:54 AM »

Ok, no worry, I don't like antialiasing anyway. Though I have to say, 12 is not available, I can only set the following:
  • Off
  • 2 samples
  • 4 samples
  • 8 samples

Is this a hardware/driver/OS related limitation or is it a bug? iMac 27-inch 2017 with Radeon Pro 580, macOS 10.14, native resolution is 5120x2880 but I'm used to run Starsector in 2560x1440.

( I'll open a separate thread about UI scaling, because I have more graphic nitpicking  :P )
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Re: [0.95a RC8] dim circle / antialiasing issue?
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2021, 10:43:10 AM »

If 8 is the max then that's a system limitation, yeah. Given that, I'd say that the only reasonable option for you would be 200% scaling (or, well, no scaling) - any in-between amount imo requires 12x or better AA to look acceptable.
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