GTA IV has crappy looking shadows?

linkin93 · 11-03-2009, 12:27 PM

Is it just my setup or does GTA IV have really weird looking shadows?

They sort of overpower everything i can see so i just turned them off...

It's meant to look like this:

But the shadows have very thin white lines through them, and it looks horrible.

Other than that I'm enjoying the game very much! no AA isn't that bad with the motionblur thing or whatever it is.

Aastii · 11-03-2009, 12:56 PM

Turn everything but the shadows down and try.

Normally the shadows are great, the only time I have evr had a problem with shadows was when they knocked up the graphics in WoW when wotlk was released and in CoD4 and the cause was (ready for this

) cheap asian PSU. My 750W PSU couldn't handle giving my system snough power so i was getting dodgy rough shadows and they were flashing and other weird crap like that.

idk if that is your problem but as you just so happened to recently get cheap asian power supply, could be it

Nevakonaza · 11-03-2009, 08:34 PM

I think its your setup....on my 8800 card it looked crap,especialy the shadows and view distance was a problem....now i have it set to the highest it will go it looks a whole lot diffrent.

Its a shame GTA IV is so damanding...thats the only reason i upgraded,For GTA IV

Bootup05 · 11-03-2009, 09:59 PM

You spent £300 just to play a £30 game?!

Should have saved yourself some cash and bought an X360 lol

Nevakonaza · 11-03-2009, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bootup05

You spent £300 just to play a £30 game?!

Should have saved yourself some cash and bought an X360 lol

actualy it come to just slightly over £200 iirc...but no, i wanted better performance in crysis too...i got it.

and the 4890 should alst a while...not bothering with the 5000 series.

Gareth · 11-03-2009, 11:30 PM

Also, GTA IV is very CPU demanding, and prefers quad cores over dual cores. Its the reason why I got a Radeon HD4870! On maximum settings, looks fantastic.

linkin93 · 11-04-2009, 02:31 AM

I'm running a mix of very high/high/medium settings. it's not silky smooth but it looks good and it's playable. I turned shadows off for now and it looks a whole lot better. More FPS too

Bacon · 11-04-2009, 07:35 PM

There are mods out there that make shadows look smoother.

Like here, http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=5691

Nevakonaza · 11-04-2009, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bacon

There are mods out there that make shadows look smoother.

Like here, http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=5691

Those usualy result in quite a performance drop!....like half way through the clip he lags some.

I tried the Anti-aliasing mod back when i had my 8800gt and it looked much better but my fps went to around 15-18 fps and it was stuttering

Not tried it on my new card.

Bacon · 11-04-2009, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nevakonaza

Those usualy result in quite a performance drop!....like half way through the clip he lags some.

I tried the Anti-aliasing mod back when i had my 8800gt and it looked much better but my fps went to around 15-18 fps and it was stuttering

Not tried it on my new card.

I've got a 4870 and I've got modded textures, shadow quality, and AA on, runs no problem until theres mass amounts of cops and explosions going on, but when doesn't that happen?

Edit: Averages 30-40FPS on 1920x1080 res.

11-03-2009, 12:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
linkin93 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NSW, Australia Age: 16 Posts: 2,372	GTA IV has crappy looking shadows? Is it just my setup or does GTA IV have really weird looking shadows? They sort of overpower everything i can see so i just turned them off... It's meant to look like this: But the shadows have very thin white lines through them, and it looks horrible. Other than that I'm enjoying the game very much! no AA isn't that bad with the motionblur thing or whatever it is. __________________ System CM Storm Scout - Asus P5N-E SLI - Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 3.02Ghz - 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 900mhz - Sapphire HD 3870 - WD 250GB Caviar SE16 - SHAW 860W - Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Perhiprials Logitech G5 Mouse - Logitech R-10 Speakers - Targus Keyboard - HP L1470 17" 1280x1024 Monitor

11-03-2009, 12:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
Aastii Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St Helens, UK Age: 16 Posts: 3,496	Turn everything but the shadows down and try. Normally the shadows are great, the only time I have evr had a problem with shadows was when they knocked up the graphics in WoW when wotlk was released and in CoD4 and the cause was (ready for this ) cheap asian PSU. My 750W PSU couldn't handle giving my system snough power so i was getting dodgy rough shadows and they were flashing and other weird crap like that. idk if that is your problem but as you just so happened to recently get cheap asian power supply, could be it __________________ Intel E6750 @ 3.2GHz P5N-E SLI 8GB PC6400 OCZ Gold Asus 8600gt silent cooling SLI 180gb Samsung Main drive, 200GB Maxtor Backup Corsair TX850W

11-03-2009, 08:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Nevakonaza VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 12,772	I think its your setup....on my 8800 card it looked crap,especialy the shadows and view distance was a problem....now i have it set to the highest it will go it looks a whole lot diffrent. Its a shame GTA IV is so damanding...thats the only reason i upgraded,For GTA IV __________________ Desktop= Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO @ 3.4Ghz\|MSI P35 Neo-F\|[5GB OCZ Vista Gold Series -6400 oc.\|XFX HD 4890 XT 1GB GDDR5 \| X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1\|Coolermaster Dominator 690 Black (Modded)\|OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Modular\| 250Gb & 500GB Sata2 Avermedia Volar HDTV Tuner\|Windows 7 Home X64 Asus X58 Laptop Intel M575 2Ghz \|120GB Sata HDD \|Crucial 2GB DDR2 800mhz \|15.4 inch Widescreen display]\|Intel GM965\|Vista Basic 32Bit\|DVD-RW

11-03-2009, 09:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: South East England Age: 18 Posts: 2,665	You spent £300 just to play a £30 game?! Should have saved yourself some cash and bought an X360 lol __________________ Intel Q6700 @ 3.7GHz Gigabyte UD3P P45 6GB DDR2 800MHz Asus 4890 @ 975/4500 750GB Samsung Spinpoint - 320GB WD Caviar - 160GB Seagate USB Belinea 26" Wide LCD SoundBlaster Live 24bit USB - Acoustic Energy Aego M Thermaltate Ultimate Extreme Back in Push Pull Tagan 600W 48A Quad Rail Win 7 x64 RC

11-03-2009, 11:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gareth Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire, England Age: 19 Posts: 1,801	Also, GTA IV is very CPU demanding, and prefers quad cores over dual cores. Its the reason why I got a Radeon HD4870! On maximum settings, looks fantastic. __________________ Gareth's Desktop Computer - *All parts are from Newegg in the United States!* *Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz* 8GB DDR2 PC8500 RAM 750GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 RAID 0 Striped Powercolor Radeon HD4870 1GB Windows 7 Professional x64 Hiper 730W ATX 2.0 PSU NZXT Silence Whisper Case 22" Widescreen 1680x1050 + 19" Widescreen 1440x900

11-04-2009, 02:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
linkin93 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NSW, Australia Age: 16 Posts: 2,372	I'm running a mix of very high/high/medium settings. it's not silky smooth but it looks good and it's playable. I turned shadows off for now and it looks a whole lot better. More FPS too __________________ System CM Storm Scout - Asus P5N-E SLI - Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 3.02Ghz - 2x1GB Corsair XMS2 @ 900mhz - Sapphire HD 3870 - WD 250GB Caviar SE16 - SHAW 860W - Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Perhiprials Logitech G5 Mouse - Logitech R-10 Speakers - Targus Keyboard - HP L1470 17" 1280x1024 Monitor

11-04-2009, 07:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
Bacon Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wisconsin Age: 18 Posts: 295	There are mods out there that make shadows look smoother. Like here, http://www.gtagarage.com/mods/show.php?id=5691

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