Dead graphics controls under Vulkan (Post process quality, Max. nearby lights, Sky, HDR and Emissive...): wire up or remove #423

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opened 2026-10-05 11:03:24 +00:00 by sky_line · 0 comments

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While writing the wiki (#415), several Advanced Graphics controls (Preferences > Graphics > Advanced Settings, floater_preferences_graphics_advanced.xml) turned out not to be read by the Vulkan renderer. They change a setting that nothing uses. The wiki leaves them out for now.

Controls to evaluate

Post process quality
Max. nearby lights
Sky (sky detail)
HDR and Emissive

Plus, on the Setup tab, the software update options (LL's updater is compiled out; tracked by the auto-updater ticket). And the performance floater's Automatic adjustments (tracked by the auto-tuner ticket).

For each control, decide

Wire it up: make the VK renderer honour it, if it maps to something real in our pipeline and users would want it. For example, max nearby lights → the clustered light count cap; sky detail → sky/atmosphere resolution; post quality → bloom / DoF / AO quality tiers; HDR and emissive → whatever the GL meaning maps to in VK.
Or discard it: remove the control from the UI (and the setting from presets / feature tables, keeping #151's "slider only writes visible settings" rule intact) if it has no meaningful VK equivalent.

Also

Grep the setting names to confirm there's truly no VK reader (and no indirect path through LL code that feeds a VK uniform).
Check the other preference panels (Quick Prefs, Lightbox, performance floater) for the same problem: a control bound to a setting with no VK reader. A small script (XUI control_names → grep for readers in VK / clean code) would find all of them at once.
Update the wiki pages (graphics / preferences) to match.

Done when

Every Advanced Graphics control either does something under Vulkan or is gone.
A one-off audit list of dead controls across all preference panels, each resolved.

While writing the wiki (#415), several **Advanced Graphics** controls (Preferences > Graphics > Advanced Settings, `floater_preferences_graphics_advanced.xml`) turned out **not to be read by the Vulkan renderer**. They change a setting that nothing uses. The wiki leaves them out for now. ## Controls to evaluate - **Post process quality** - **Max. nearby lights** - **Sky** (sky detail) - **HDR and Emissive** Plus, on the **Setup** tab, the **software update options** (LL's updater is compiled out; tracked by the auto-updater ticket). And the performance floater's **Automatic adjustments** (tracked by the auto-tuner ticket). ## For each control, decide - **Wire it up:** make the VK renderer honour it, if it maps to something real in our pipeline and users would want it. For example, max nearby lights → the clustered light count cap; sky detail → sky/atmosphere resolution; post quality → bloom / DoF / AO quality tiers; HDR and emissive → whatever the GL meaning maps to in VK. - **Or discard it:** remove the control from the UI (and the setting from presets / feature tables, keeping #151's "slider only writes visible settings" rule intact) if it has no meaningful VK equivalent. ## Also - Grep the setting names to confirm there's truly no VK reader (and no indirect path through LL code that feeds a VK uniform). - Check the other preference panels (Quick Prefs, Lightbox, performance floater) for the same problem: a control bound to a setting with no VK reader. A small script (XUI `control_name`s → grep for readers in VK / clean code) would find all of them at once. - Update the wiki pages (graphics / preferences) to match. ## Done when - [ ] Every Advanced Graphics control either does something under Vulkan or is gone. - [ ] A one-off audit list of dead controls across all preference panels, each resolved.

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Advanced graphics: show when ray tracing is inactive (and why) + audit every control's enable/disable rules #483

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