Rendering Modes (Tokens)

If AreaTextQuery ON, setting this to ON enables a CPU-side frustum-cull check on sun / moon boxes.

Only if they pass, are occlusion queries actually issues to test visibility.

Setting this to OFF, issues occlusion queries regardless.

If ON, quads are used for the sun / moon visibility tests, and SunGlowQuerySize / MoonGlowQuery set the half-width of the quads used (drawn at the far plane; see SkyFarPlane).

If OFF, fat POINT features are used for the occlusion test (size = 100 for sun and 12 for moon).

Whether or not to use the Nvidia bindless buffer object access extensions.

(DO NOT OBSOLETE! Useful in combination with Nsight Graphics!)

Whether or not to use Bindless VBOs on dynamic geometry data.

NOTE: While buffer objects resident in GPU memory are faster for the GPU-side access, they are slower to update from the CPU.

Similarly, buffer objects resident in "CPU pinned" memory are "slower" for the GPU to access but faster for the CPU to update.

The former (and previous lack of knowledge of how to achieve the latter) is likely the reason why this CFG token was created.

Token that overrides how the sun position is calculated when the ICD is NOT controlling the ephemerides.

If ON, then the sun position is calculated as though the ownship is at the celestial equator and the time of year is one of the equinoxes.

If OFF, then the sun position will take the ownships true lan, lon, and time of year into account when calculating the sun position.

Render with a fully transparent sky (i.e. alpha 0.0).

If FALSE, PspriteDisable = FALSE and FX::LightpointPSprite = TRUE, point sprites are rendered for cultural lights, else quads (tris).

If ON, pre-renders the scene graph (_lscene) on frame 1.

This occurs after ShaderPreload and TexturePreload.

Preferred method for uploading dynamic VBO data from the CPU to the GPU.

MAP_DIRECT = Directly map the target VBO.

SUBLOAD = Update via buffer SubData.

STREAMING = Blit into streaming buffer, and then do a piplined copy to the target buffer object.

This value is used to control the policy for the file translator aePreferredExtensionFilePathTranslator.

Sky cube environment map face dimensions (in texels).

Only 32x32 and 64x64 are supported.

Finest terrain shadow to prefer for features (0 is finest).

ON forces use of MSALPHA even when the scene render target is not multisampled (i.e. "CH#_MULTISAMPLE_MODE OFF" specified).

NOTE: Support for this token appears to be incomplete.

See also MsAlphaDisable.

Whether or not to free CPU memory used for "most" textures after GPU upload, and to prerender with textures after startup.

In more detail, ON triggers GPU upload and CPU storage deletion for all TEXTURES which do not have FREE_HOST_TEXTURE_MEMORY OFF.

It also triggers prerendering with all stateManager-known textures on frame 7.

OFF, suppresses this behavior.

Forces HIE *LIGHT/*LUX/*LUZ tokens to be treated as HALO tokens in NVG.

NOTE: Does NOT force *STROBE tokens to halo in NVG. Also, HALO tokens always halo.

Finally, this have no effect on baked bins light points and strobes.

Settings: OFF, ON, ADVANCED.

Default: ADVANCED.

For OTW, LLTV, or COLOR_LLTV, enables newer scene lighting processing which does not clamp the vertex shader color output to 0.1 (thus "HDR").

Forced OFF internally for other sensor types.

In OTW/LLTV/COLOR_LLTV, forced ON when set to OFF if either projected shadows or planar reflections are enabled.

NOTE: When OFF (explicitly or implicitly), the vertex shader color output clamping policy is determined by VertexColorClamping.

OFF: No clamping

ON: Clamping enabled for fixed-point color render targets only.

Whether or not to use VBOs for .HIE objects.

Scale factor applied to additive textures.

Autoswitch lux lights only on after LightPointAutoSwitchDuskThreshold or before LightPointAutoSwitchDawnThreshold.

Ignored in NVG modes or for non-autoswitch lux lights, which are always on, or in LWIR / MWIR where light points are always off.

Autoswitch lux lights only on after LightPointAutoSwitchDuskThreshold or before LightPointAutoSwitchDawnThreshold.

Ignored in NVG modes or for non-autoswitch lux lights, which are always on, or in LWIR / MWIR where light points are always off.

Scale factor applied to distance_scaled light point sizes in MWIR / LLTV / CCDNVG / ColorLLTV.

In these modes, LightPointGlobalScaleFactor is ignored.

NOTE: This scale factor is applied after PointSizeFactor (which maps original point sizes to base point sizes) and PointSizeScaleRangeFactor / PointSizeScaleRange (which map base point sizes to distance-scaled point sizes).

Scale factor applied to distance_scaled light point sizes in MWIR / LLTV / CCDNVG / ColorLLTV.

In these modes, LightPointGlobalScaleFactor is ignored.

NOTE: This scale factor is applied after PointSizeFactor (which maps original point sizes to base point sizes) and PointSizeScaleRangeFactor / PointSizeScaleRange (which map base point sizes to distance-scaled point sizes).

Allows fixed light features (from ConfigDB_File) to be loaded and rendered separately from the geometry (FALSE by default).

Maximum number of on-screen air targets that will be self shadowed concurrently.

Maximum number of on-screen sea targets that will be self shadowed concurrently.

Minimum number of bindless textures.

If AreaTestQuery ON, specifies the half-width of the quad used for the moon's occlusion test (drawn at the far plane; see SkyFarPlane).

Cycle moon phase for sensorhost capture / testing.

Forces all uses of MSAPLHA transparency to use HIGH_QUALITY transparency instead. This also occurs if "CH#_MULTISAMPLE_MODE OFF" and "ForceMsAlpha OFF".

See also ForceMsAlpha.

Scale factor applied to day / night textures when in NVG mode.

0.150000

0.200000

0.250000

ON

OFF

Controls which objects are cast into planar reflections, as well as the LOD scale with which they are cast.

Settings: OFF, VERY_LOW, LOW, MID, HIGH, MAX.

Ownship: MAX+ + target shadows.

Terrain Decorations: MAX+.

Terrain, Features: HIGH+

Clouds, SFX, DB Lights, Air Targets, Ground Targets, Sling Loads: VERY_LOW+

See also: REFLECTION_*_LOD_SCALE in ReflectionMaps.fx for the per-mode LOD scale tuning factors.

ON

If T, enables clipping away of non-sensical reflections of geometry "below" the reflection plane up "above" it into the scene when casting reflections of features, ownship, terrain decorations, DB lights, SFX, and clouds.

NOTE: Casting of reflections for the following objects types ignore PlanarReflectionsClip and always clip away nonsensical reflection: terrain, sea targets, air targets, sling loads, and ground targets.

ON

Enables sea (terrain) to receive planar reflections.

NOTE: Requires PlanarReflections != OFF and WaterPerPixelFresnel ON.

1

For HIE-loaded light points (but NOT those from the light point clipmap), the base light point size is computed as the point size specified in the LUX file (SIZ%f) scaled by this factor (PointSizeFactor).

In NVG with SensorHost ON, an addition, 0.5 factor is applied for halos.

2500

HIE-loaded light points (but NOT those from the light point clipmap) increase base point sizes based on the distance from the eyepoint using this factor:

(1.0f + f * (1 - (igMin(distanceFromEye, r) / r))), where f=PointSizeScaleRangeFactor and r = PointSizeScaleRange.
Effectively this means that at distance >= PointSizeScaleRange, PointSizeScaleRangeFactor has NO effect (leaving the base light point size unmodified, whereas at distance 0, PointSizeScaleRangeFactor has "maximum" effect, increasing the base size of the light point by a factor of (1 + PointSizeScaleRangeFactor).

This scaled base point size is then clamped to [0.1, 12.0].

See also PointSizeFactor.

2

HIE-loaded light points (but NOT those from the light point clipmap) increase base point sizes based on the distance from the eyepoint using this factor:

(1.0f + f * (1 - (igMin (distanceFromEye, r) / r))), where f = PointSizeScaleRangeFactor and r = PointSizeScaleRange.

Effectively this means that at distance >= PointSizeScaleRange, PointSizeScaleRangeFactor has NO effect (leaving the base light point size unmodified, whereas at distance 0, PointSizeScaleRangeFactor has "maximum effect, increasing the base size of the light point by a factor of (1 + PointSizeScaleRangerFactor).

This scaled base point size is then clamped to [0.1, 12.0].

See also PointSizeFactor.

OFF

Whether or not to use PrimitiveRestart.

OFF

Enables projected shadows for ?.

See also: ProjShadow{Range, LODScaleFactor, CullClamp, CullFactor}.

NOTE: Contrary to the name, this does NOT enable projected shadows onto the terrain, fixed features, the sea, or other targets via aeProjShadowManager and aeTargetShadowManager.

See ProjTargetShadows instead.

-1

0.62

9

640000

OFF

If terrain shadows are also enabled, enables projecting shadows from selected moving models (targets) onto the terrain, terrain features, the sea, and sea targets.

If enabled with ProjTargetShadowsForShips, then selected moving model shadows (e.g. sea targets) are also cast onto the terrain and the sea. MaxSelfShadowedAirTargets and/or MaxSelfShadowedSeaTargets may also be set to cause air and/or sea targets, respectively, to self-shadow.

OFF

If enabled with terrain shadows and ProjTargetShadows, then selected moving model shadows (usually just sea targets) are cast onto the ground and the sea.

MaxSelfShadowedAirTargets and/or MaxSelfShadowedSeaTargets may also be set to cause air and/or sea targets, respectively, to self-shadow.

OFF

If FALSE, point sprites are rendered, else quads (tris).

TRIPLE

If TestQueryCompletion is ON, allows for not testing occlusion completion every frame (every 2 * N^th frame instead).

If TestQueryCompletion is OFF, assumes completion every 2 * N^th frame).

ReflectSunMoon

OFF

NULL

SeasonalTextureControl

0

Enables seasonal texture use.

Modes:

1) Legacy Seasonal Textures: Requires WorldWideFeatures != BINDLESS. SeasonalControlFXFile provides for modifying the TEX0 bindings on selected GEOSTATEs for each season.

2) Bindless Seasonal Textures: Requires WorldWideFeatures = BINDLESS (i.e. bindless features) and interally forces SeasonalTextureControl AUTO.

OFF

Originally, ON activated the old, obsolete intra-channel sensor fusion. This caused the channel to automatically alternate the selected sensors and blend them according aeWeapon2IG's blendedWeaponID, blendFactor parameters. There should be no current reason to enable this. However, for legacy reasons, some Nova code and configs (include default configs) still set or expect this to be ON for some multi-sensor switching and sensor fusion setups.

ON

If ON, on startup, pre-generates and pre-compiles shader permutations listed in vectors.cfg.

Also triggers some ownship and FX ICD overrides over the first 30 frames.

ON

1

Number of frames over which project / target shadows and terrain shadows are interleaved. Allow values are 1 and 2.

ON

ON

0

OFF

If FALSE, point sprites are rendered for snow, else quads (tris).

OFF

1

OFF

StarSize

0.65

SunAmbientFactor

1

SunGlowCountFactor

350

SunGlowFilterFactor

0.6

0.07

If AreaTestQuery ON, specifies the half-width of the quad used for the sun's occulusion test (drawn at the far plane; see SkyFarPlane).

ON

TerrainShadowClipSize

1024

The size of the shadowmap for all shadow levels.

TerrainShadowLazyDeltaT

0

Enables lazy evaluation if nonzero.

TerrainShadowMaxLevel

0

Finest elevation clipmap level to render shadows from.

TerrainShadowMinLevel

0

Coarsest elevation clipmap level to render shadows from.

TerrainShadowPager

OFF

TerrainShadowSunDirBias

0

Token to control by how much we shift the shadow away from the light source during convolution. This partly accounts for the convolution spreading the shadow edge into unshadowed areas.

-1

Max number of TF Shadow generation requests to queue per frame.

If less than or equal to 0, no request limit is imposed.

Note that this budget only applies to TF shadow generation requests, not cloud shadow generation requests.

See also TerrainShadowsTimeBudget.

0.005

Max amount of CPU frame time to spend queueing TF Shadow generation requests.

If less than or equal to 0, no time limit is imposed.

Note that this budget only applies to TF Shadow generation requests, not cloud shadow generation requests.

See also TerrainShadowsRequestBudget.

LINEAR

Type of interpolation for tessellated terrain.

ON

If ON, sun / moon occulusion tests (used to check visibility for sun / moon glows) wait for the GL driver to signal their completion.

See also QueryCompletionSkipStep.

TexturePreload

OFF

If ON, on startup, pre-renders with all textures registered with the default state manager "except" those with the "PRELOAD OFF" attribute set.

NOTE: While the default is FALSE, TexturePreload ON is set in the default configs for all RENDER node configs.

UseARBOcculusionQuery

ON

VIndexConversionBufferSize

65536

Size of the buffer used to convert 32bit indices to 16bit for paged features.

ValidateIndexBuffers

OFF

Version30SeaShading

AUTO

OFF / ON / AUTO forces v3.0 sea shading.

VertexBuffers

ON

Whether or not to use GPU VBOs. Set to OFF on nodes which don't need GPU VBOs (e.g. ISECT, Blender).

ON

When HDRLighting is OFF (explicitly or implicity; see HDRLighting), this token determines whether vertex shader color output(s) are clamped.  OFF = No clamping.  ON = Clamping enabled for fixed-point color render targets only.

NOTE: This token has no effect when HDRLighting is enabled (which can only be in OTW, LLTV, or COLOR_LLTV).