Need Help Blurred font

[Alex911]

Hello,

I have blurry fonts and text (see attachments)

Mod version: Build 14 Beta [Last Update:24th March 2020]
OS version: Windows 10 x64
Video: Intel HD Graphics 3000

I also try change resolution, full screen, high texture (with no result)

Any idea how to fix it?

 

[Alex911]

Guys,

I fix it (see attachments) - compare results.

How I fix it:
1. Go to "intel hd graphics control panel"
2. Tab 3D options -> "quality"
3. Tab Power Options -> "Maximum Performance"

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

The picture in general, seems quite blurry to me.
And your resolution is larger than the ones on my screenshots.
Yours is 1600x900, while mine is 1366x768.

I turned down the texture quality and I replicated your image:
Medium texture quality (probably your setting):


High texture quality (my setting):


Low quality:


So maybe try again running Config.exe, and setting the texture quality to high.

How my settings look:

If that doesn't work, then something weird is going on.

Good luck!

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Guys,

I fix it (see attachments) - compare results.

How I fix it:
1. Go to "intel hd graphics control panel"
2. Tab 3D options -> "quality"
3. Tab Power Options -> "Maximum Performance"

Wait, shouldn't maximum performance make it look worse?

Anyway, if it is fixed then congratulations!

(The previous post was written before seeing that you posted about your success.)

 

[Alex911]

Wait, shouldn't maximum performance make it look worse?

Anyway, if it is fixed then congratulations!

(The previous post was written before seeing that you posted about your success.)

Tab Power:
- Maximum Battery life
- balance mode
- maximum performance - set it

Tab 3D options:
- Performance
- Balance
- Quality - set it

+
Config.exe:
- Texture quality -> High

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Ah, now I get it, I got the settings mixed up.

Maximum performance the does indeed help with gaming.

My windows are in Greek, so sometimes it is a bit confusing, translating settings in your head, finding out they are differently named.

And the translation isn't generally the best.

 

[Cerez]

Wait, shouldn't maximum performance make it look worse?

In the Intel settings, "maximum performance" just tells the graphics card to run at full power/performance, and not use any energy saving features. The low power mode is a feature on laptops, to conserve battery life.

What actually fixed it was telling the graphics card to render everything at high quality, in combination with setting all textures in the game to high quality.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I recall "Texture Quality: Medium/Low" in Config.exe can indeed make the fonts look less legible.

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Low quality:

I was going to say how people played the original game on low when it came out.

So I launched the stock game with texture quality on low, and the menus where not affected by it. Only the in-game textures were affected.


Maybe we could have it this way in New Horizons too?
Unless the was a reason behind this change.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

So I launched the stock game with texture quality on low, and the menus where not affected by it. Only the in-game textures were affected.

Wow. I had the exact opposite memory in my head.

 

[Cerez]

Maybe we could have it this way in New Horizons too?
Unless the was a reason behind this change.

It's likely just a matter of defining which textures are menu textures for the game engine.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Maybe we could have it this way in New Horizons too?
Unless the was a reason behind this change.

I don't think we changed it at all.
As far as I know, we have zero control over that.

 

[Cerez]

As far as I know, we have zero control over that.

There must be a way that the engine defines/separates textures for the menus and textures for the game. It would be something defined in the code -- either a list, or a folder/directory designation, or something of the sort.

It has probably never been discovered, which is why this blurring of the text still happens on lower graphics settings.

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

I will check it out, we shall see if I find something.