It is inexcusable for nVidia to let this happen really. I think some of the onus should be with the LFS developers, it would help tremendously if 'advanced' options such as these were in the game setup screens.

Guys, I sorted my issues last night thanks to this thread;
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=40550

Basically the new Beta drivers (174.53) don't have this issue, but I had to 'tweak' the installation to get it to work with my 8800GTS. By tweak I mean unpack the drivers, copy over a .INF file, then run the setup. It is all explained in the thread above.

Unfortunately the nVidia control panel is obviously meant for higher cards than mine so I kept getting an error message. However the new nHancer beta version (2.4.0.5) works.

Thats how I got my 8800GTS to display lovely smooth graphics again.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MESS ABOUT WITH THIS, it really is bad.

Managed to get the .inf file into the folder and the drivers installed okay.
However, it seems that the nVidia Control panel now has more options and keeps bombing out with the error message "Parameter Incorrect"...

So I tried nHancer again. The mid-foreground DOES look better, the anti-alias has worked. And only slight shimmering in the distance now

Last edited by horrgakx, Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:53.

Ok, I've tested the nHancer 2.4.0 Beta 5 and it seems that it still makes sod-all difference.

I tried a load of different combinations and I still get the horrible shimmer-effect in the distance. It really is quite distracting, very annoying, and piss-poor for a card of this calibre.

Enlargement of a screenshot. This doesn't look too bad on its own but the image shimmers and causes distraction;

Last edited by horrgakx, Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:21.

Quote from word. :

Upgrade to 171.xx or 174.xx
Nvidia don't put all their driver releases on their official site
Lots of drivers are avaliable here http://downloads.guru3d.com/
I'm using 174.20 and the AA bug is fixed.

The 174.53 drivers are out now from Guru3D but it says they're not compatible with my hardware (8800GTS).

So next I'm trying a new version of nHancer which claims to get round the bug.

Quote from DHRammstein :

Nvidia control panel yes, but Nhancer works for me, and seems to work for many others, newest Nvidia driver here.

Which version please? I'm trying to decide on which one to use.

It seems that the latest Beta drivers are 169.44 (6th March 2008) and not a 171.x series. Will try 169.44.

Thanks - I will go & get that now.

Quote from moskvich3v1 :

Big Deal I play with Nvidia Mx440 8x64mb and i have good graphic

Cool. Anyone else want to piss all over this thread and post stuff that works?

Quote from hrtburnout :

171.

Thanks - are they on a secret part of the site?

See here too...

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=40544

Guys, theres a well-publicised bug in the latest driver for these cards. It means that any settings in nHancer or the nVidia Control panel DO NOT WORK.

I think the only option is to either wait for an updated driver or roll back to a previous version. Sucks really for a £200 card, but there you go.

Quote from Andy Jeb :

Have just changed computers and carn't find the right setup

Why do you need a setup? I recently reinstalled WinXP as part of a trouble-shooting exercise and I just use the Logitech WinXP drivers - no need to use the profiler at all. You can set everything up in the Game Controller section of the Control Panel.

Quote from mcgas001 :

Could be firewall/router port issues. That happened to me when i tried to make a server and the ports wernt fully open.

Yeh I was going to suggest that too. ESPECIALLY if you have Norton or similar!!! Just for a 5 min test, take down all your firewalls (Windows and the one in your Router) and try it. Post back your result.

All you 8800GTS users will be aware that LFS looks very very poor indeed on these cards due to some kind of bug that doesn't allow you to change settings like anti-alias, anisotropic etc...

Anyone know of a fix yet?


Thanks.

Thanks! Will give them a go. Anything is better than what I have at the moment.

Anyone? I'm really struggling with the LX6, way way way down at the moment... just can't keep it in a straight line

Hi all. All my setups for the previous patch don't work any more and I'm left with the most awful setups for cars. Can anyone help me out please?

Thanks.

Thanks. I usually do a reboot before going online so there are minimal processes running. I'll look into it more, I suspect my ISP might be the cause but with a non-LLU exchange and no cable I'm restricted in what I can use.

Hi all. I've been having dismal issues with bad graphics; http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=30474&page=9 and my conneciton dropping all the time (the two are unrelated). But I couldn't even get into LFS today. I've uploaded two videos to Photobucket,

This shows the update speed when refreshing the servers;
http://smg.photobucket.com/alb ... SSpeedofserverrefresh.flv

This shows how I just keep getting dumped.
http://smg.photobucket.com/alb ... ent=LFSCantjoinserver.flv

Any ideas?


PC is AMD 3500+, 2Gb RAM, 8800GTS, recently reinstalled WinXP.
Internet is Nildram's up to 8Mb broadband service.

Thats the issue then. I'm running 169.21 and LFS looks (technical term here); sh!t.
Definately an AntiAlias problem, it looks HORRIBLE.

Does anyone know if there is any news on a fix?


PS - no, I'm not going back, other things benefit from the new drivers.

Yep I agree, you'll not notice any drop.

PS - please stop showing off, I'm very jealous

Thanks all - and to answer (screenshot follows).

> which version of the drivers are you using

nVidia's v169.21

SouthamptonFC, I tried those, mine were slightly different in the control panel - are you using the same drivers? Anyway, I've posted mine below.

> Did you change negative LOD to clamp?

Yep tried that.


Ok, here's a screenshot of the settings, this is everything I could find turned to max. Its worth noting that I've tried a few combinations of these settings also;


And here is the result of all those settings;


It looks horrendous. You can't see it in this screenshot, but when the screen is moving the patterns that emerge from those lines are incredibly distracting.

WHY can't the programmers of LFS put all this stuff into the game???

I did get it to look great at one point, nice and smooth and very detailed.
However my PSU packed up and at the time I was diagnosing what was wrong I reinstalled WinXP and LFS and I can't get the great look back.

The "jaggies" are seriously hurting gameplay

Not having much luck. I don't suppose anyone has the settings for the 8800GTS control panel do they? I've tried loads of different combinations and it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Here are the setttings for the un-modified control panel settings;

Don't suppose anyone has the screenshots to use for the new nVidia 8800GTS driver Control Panel do they?