Not seeing lighting effects [v1.87]

Hi John,

could there be something on the server side of things in my profile that is preventing me from getting the ultra lighting effects, like headlight and glares? i’ve used apple tv and ipad in the past, could this be screwing up what i’m getting now for graphics?

I have the same issue and running a 1060 with Xeon chip and 16gb ram. Never have been able to get these effects working I’m on ultra profile.

Still no bike lights in makuri after 1.86 update on ultra graphics profile. I have even tried re installing the zwift software but still no joy, I have checked the config files and light is on. So I would be greatful if someone could look into this please.

Hey @Ben_Rizzo , it sounds like you do have the ultra graphics profile and have it selected, but some of the light effects like headlights are not shown in game? Did I get that right?

Sounds like what @Philip_B is describing as well. Just want to make sure we’re all talking about the same thing, and I’ll get this reported internally so we can take a look.

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Thank you John much appreciated.

yes..correct, not normally seeing the headlight effect or riders lighting up in front of me at night. I have an old youtube video where you can see the riders in front of me lighting up, but no flashlight beam effect. also, going under street lamps does nothing. a teammate has a 1660 nvidia and gets better effects than me. i do see my kit getting some bright glare during the daytime. shadows also are not very dark. not sure if that is related or if i’m seeing normal shadows. i can send you my youtube links if needed. thanks!

I have done zwift on multiple devices, such as imac, ipad, iphone, apple tv, so i’m wondering if something on server end is messed up when i use my PC now.

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And update yet please?

Hi John, is there any update on this yet?

Thanks

Philip

We’ve spent some time trying to reproduce this on our end without any luck, could you please share some screenshots (or photos) of what you’re seeing so I can report back to the team?

Thanks!

Yes. Here are 2 streams of the same race. One is mine showing no headlight or lighting under street lamp right after we leave the pen at the start of the race.

Other link is my teammate who has a 1660 nvidia card. I have a rtx 4060

www dot youtube dot com/live/x3ClqTT6OMU?si=n0I5MT_fHeBe2BOW

youtu dot be/NQUl9QQ6Ros?s

Any update yet, for info this seems to be a wider spread issue looking at zpcmr on Facebook.

Hey @Philip_B - I can confirm that we’re working on improving some in game lighting features, and during this time some of these features may not be currently available on certain devices. We should see some improvements in the next couple of weeks but no specific dates to share yet.

That’s great thank you for the update, however these items have not shown up since I upgraded to a new pc specifically for zwift 4 months ago even though I get the ultra profile.

Well I am now on the latest software version but still no head light and street light effects.

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I have done 1 ride and have not seen any changes either. I will verify with more night rides.

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Any chance the new AMD Radeon RX 9070 series gets the ultra profile? Right now it only gets the basic profile. I know the card is relatively new, would be nice to get ultra soon. Zwiftalizer link for reference. https://zwiftalizer.com/public/b03602f3-c02b-44ef-a263-72f61a20285e

Hey all -

The lighting effects you’re asking about will be turned on server-side in phases. This is to say it’s not automatically part of game version 1.87.

We roll this out in phases and monitor issues that may / may not arise. We thank you for your continued patience.

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Well I have not seen any change as yet, still no headlamp could please could someone look into this.

I started to see them a few days ago, windows PC ultra graphics

I’m on windows with ultra but nothing still it’s been that way for months with a Nvidia 1060 16gb ram 500gb SSD and Xeon V3 e.5gh processor.