Any Suggestions on how to use the Shader/Shadow features?

[Wurlitzer Seisenbacher]

Is there a recommended setting as to the new graphics shaders of atmospheric;lighting;Ambient; Depth & Shadows?

I'm confused as to what preferences we should be using for Second Life.

Would love to hear various opinions and suggestions.

 

[Chelsea Malibu]

which viewer are you using?  Regardless, whatever you are using, your setting will always be dictated by the computer you are using and it's capabilities.  If you have a full on gaming box, crank everything up except shadows.  I have yet to see a computer that runs SL shadows well without some kind of lag.

[Luc Starsider]

Best thing you can do is experiment.

Shadow and Lighting, as Chelsea says, put a lot of strain on your graphics card. To get good framerates you will need a powerful card. Even then, I can't imagine that it is possible to have shadows on all the time. (But I might just be lacking imagination )

- Luc -

[Wurlitzer Seisenbacher]

Thank you all for your quick opinions, and I will definately try to get used to switching different settings around :matte-motes-sunglasses-1:

[Bitterleaf Menges]

I run the new viewer 2 with shadows and ambient occlusion (I don't really think Depth of Field is any good unless you are doing machinima) with no problems and I get a minimum of 25 frames and often 40+, so I'd claim that my computer runs it without problems/lag.

I have an i5 with 8Gb RAM and a GTX 560ti. I did experience grave problems running SL both with and without shadow, etc. at first until I removed my antivirus program and installed a free light weight one.

To get the best result with shadows I recommend you play around with adjusting them in the debug settings to achieve a better shadow quality.

Ambient occlusion is another matter. It is quite grainy and I have not found anyway to amend this. I still prefer it on.