BF2S Forums How much impact do dynamic lighting+shadows have on performance?

Yeah, the more video eye candy you turn on, the more snipers and such can hide. Ive got things maxed out cause they look better, but trying it on low seetings, you can see alot better. Id say a good medium is well "medium" settings (not trying to be a sarcastic dick btw).

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Last edited by I{endo (2006-10-21 09:27:05)

It's not dynamic shadows that turn off those huge shadows on buildings and terrain and stuff, its Lighting. Dynamic shadows is only for shadows of vehicles/soldiers. You used to be able to turn off Lighting but still have Dynamic shadows, which meant no huge building/alley shadows but still soldier/vehicle shadows - that was changed in 1.3 and you have to have Lighting on medium to be allowed to have dynamic shadows on.

And by Lighting i mean Lighting, not Dynamic lighting.

Dynamic lighting isn't really a resource hog except maybe when alot of guns are going off on your screen and maybe if you're in a building. Shadows only work with Lighting on medium and that's quite a resource hog, plus it makes it harder to see things.