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#3464238 - 11/29/11 05:16 AM New Nvidia beta drivers 290.36 have ambient occlusion option in control panel
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According to Nvidia, you are supposed to be able to enable Ambient Occlusion per specific game under the "Program Settings" tab (as opposed to the "Global Settings" tab), but when I call up supported games like Skyrim and Battlefield 3 it says that Ambient Occlusion is not supported. So I'm left to try enabling in the Global Settings which I do not prefer. Any ideas?
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#3464244 - 11/29/11 05:24 AM Re: New Nvidia beta drivers 290.36 have ambient occlusion option in control panel [Re: letterboy1]
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Hmm I will be honest here and say I have no clue what you are talking about LOL! I use Nvidia but have no clue what this is or does.
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#3464246 - 11/29/11 05:30 AM Re: New Nvidia beta drivers 290.36 have ambient occlusion option in control panel [Re: letterboy1]
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The new AO worked fine here, although PhysX failed to install. Only tried it briefly in Skyrim, and although there is some noticable flickering in 'performance' mode, I didn't notice any framerate drop so I'll have another go with it set to quality.

The effect is fantastic though. Some comparison screenshots here.

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#3464249 - 11/29/11 05:33 AM Re: New Nvidia beta drivers 290.36 have ambient occlusion option in control panel [Re: letterboy1]
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It has to do with how shadows are displayed.

http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Results/40030
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#3464252 - 11/29/11 05:39 AM Re: New Nvidia beta drivers 290.36 have ambient occlusion option in control panel [Re: letterboy1]
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Brun, were you able to get it to work using the "Program Settings" tab of the control panel or the "Global Settings" tab? If the "Program Settings," what executable did you aim the control panel at?
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#3464258 - 11/29/11 05:46 AM Re: New Nvidia beta drivers 290.36 have ambient occlusion option in control panel [Re: letterboy1]
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Program settings. Skyrim didn't show up in the list until I unchecked the only show installed programs button, but then I selected 'Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' and it let me change it in the profile.

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#3464268 - 11/29/11 05:58 AM Re: New Nvidia beta drivers 290.36 have ambient occlusion option in control panel [Re: letterboy1]
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Originally Posted By: letterboy1
It has to do with how shadows are displayed.

http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Results/40030



Aw cool thanks!
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#3464287 - 11/29/11 06:32 AM Re: New Nvidia beta drivers 290.36 have ambient occlusion option in control panel [Re: letterboy1]
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shadows ? i though it was how light is blocked through objectes,like sunlight though a tree branch leafs.

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#3464374 - 11/29/11 08:54 AM Re: New Nvidia beta drivers 290.36 have ambient occlusion option in control panel [Re: Blade_RJ]
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Originally Posted By: Blade_RJ
shadows ? i though it was how light is blocked through objectes,like sunlight though a tree branch leafs.


I think you're right. In fact, the examples they show at Nvidia illustrate what you just said. I think what I read was something to the effect that ambient occlusion helps to make shadowing more realistic. Similar, but not the same. Thanks for pointing that out.
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#3464378 - 11/29/11 08:56 AM Re: New Nvidia beta drivers 290.36 have ambient occlusion option in control panel [Re: letterboy1]
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You could actually force Oblivion's ambient occlusion in Skyrim before this beta, but the performance impact was horrid for me. Hopefully this will be better optimized


Edited by NoUseForAName (11/29/11 08:57 AM)
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