Curse

Static · Mar 11, 2006, 04:50 PM // 16:50

Hey everyone, ive just re-installed GW from about 5-6 months of not playing it. I reinstaled it perfetly, and when i enter a city, everything seems fine, except for some of the colors. All of the characters armor colors seem to have a pale white coating to it, and same with some rocks/pathways in the city/outpost. When i change my graphics settings, and put it back the way it was, the white colors go away. Heres some Examples:
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1048/gw0019uh.jpg
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/7798/gw0027tb.jpg

If anyone has any idea of how to fix this, thatd be great! Thanks in advance everyone.

Serafita Kayin · Mar 11, 2006, 06:27 PM // 18:27

What's your system spec?

I need to know that before I can tell ya anything else...

Static · Mar 11, 2006, 07:04 PM // 19:04

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Originally Posted by Serafita Kayin

What's your system spec?

I need to know that before I can tell ya anything else...

k, my system specs are:

Geforce fx 5200 256MB
Pentium 4 2.00 GHz
768MB Ram

It worked flawlessly the last time i played(few months ago) but now it has those white colors on the chars/rocks.

Static · Mar 12, 2006, 12:52 AM // 00:52

Can someone please help me with this?I cant fix it >.<

Serafita Kayin · Mar 12, 2006, 02:46 PM // 14:46

Looks like it could be a video card going bad. If you can test it with another, do so.

Static · Mar 13, 2006, 12:53 AM // 00:53

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Originally Posted by Serafita Kayin

Looks like it could be a video card going bad. If you can test it with another, do so.

I only have one video card, and if someone can please help me get rid off all those white textures, thatd be sweet. Ive had GW since day 1 that it came out, and it has always worked flawlessly, and not that i re-installed it, the colors are messed up.

BiggDunc · Mar 13, 2006, 01:21 AM // 01:21

yea, your specs are good enuf, i think its time to buy a new vid card

sux... but if you've messed with all the system control panel controls, and ingame... thats gotta be it...

maybe, try this:
if you have a onboard vid card... simply uninstall the ge force... use the mobo video, then re install with updated drivers

oh, yea... updated drivers... try that first though

gl

Static · Mar 13, 2006, 03:01 AM // 03:01

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Originally Posted by BiggDunc

yea, your specs are good enuf, i think its time to buy a new vid card

sux... but if you've messed with all the system control panel controls, and ingame... thats gotta be it...

maybe, try this:
if you have a onboard vid card... simply uninstall the ge force... use the mobo video, then re install with updated drivers

oh, yea... updated drivers... try that first though

gl

I updated the drivers of my vid card to the latest ones, and the pale whites came off!!hurrah! Thnx mate!

Also, im planning on buying a new video card/mobo/CPU. Anyone have any idea of what cpu i should get? im planning on getting a 939 socket AMD, but no idea which one.

Lerxst_of_Syrinx · Mar 13, 2006, 08:20 AM // 08:20

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Originally Posted by Static

Also, im planning on buying a new video card/mobo/CPU. Anyone have any idea of what cpu i should get? im planning on getting a 939 socket AMD, but no idea which one.

It really depends on what you want to spend. The 3500+ ($201) is at a great price point, unless you just HAVE TO go dual-core then the 3800+ ($295) isn't too bad.

Static · Mar 13, 2006, 07:21 PM // 19:21

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Originally Posted by Lerxst_of_Syrinx

It really depends on what you want to spend. The 3500+ ($201) is at a great price point, unless you just HAVE TO go dual-core then the 3800+ ($295) isn't too bad.

What is the real difference between single and dual cores? Im thinking of getting a cpu for about 150-200$, but wondering how much better a dual core really is then a single core.

eljeffe · Mar 14, 2006, 12:36 AM // 00:36

I had a similar problem a couple of years back that effected Grand Theft Auto (all the cars were white) and 3dsMax (all objects in preview windows were white, but everything rendered correctly). If I changed 3dsmax to use Glide instead of directx, the collors came back--unforntunately, this slowed the program considerably. Also, many games do not have the option to use Glide anymore.

Eventually I built a new computer. I kept my video card, but everything else was replaced. I had not problems with the colloring. Bored one day, I decided to see if my old processor would work in my new motherboard. I hook it all up, and got the white graphics again. So the problem had something to do with the CPU and DirectX.