Curse

Crimson Icarus · Nov 29, 2005, 09:49 PM // 21:49

Hi i'm new to the forums and i've been playing gw for some time now i have a w/mo level 20 and i wanted to create a new character i chose the ranger and happy of the way he looks as soon as i go outside ascalon to do the ranger test i notice whenever my ranger fires an arrow the hair sticks into the head its pretty annoying and i don't know what causes this problem i posted this in many forums but i didn't recieve any answer to solve it

Screenies:
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Crimson Icarus · Nov 29, 2005, 10:44 PM // 22:44

anybody!!??

Narada · Nov 29, 2005, 10:53 PM // 22:53

I may be missing something, but it doesn't look like there's anything wrong to me.

Kwisatz_Haderach · Nov 29, 2005, 10:55 PM // 22:55

Have you tried looking at from the other side?

Crimson Icarus · Nov 29, 2005, 11:16 PM // 23:16

yes i did look from the other side its only on the side of the pics the other side is fine its kinda weird and annoying...

bizarresk · Nov 30, 2005, 08:17 AM // 08:17

dude, its absolutely normal, i dont see one problem on those screens.. stop being a i dunno what they call it and play the game.

Crimson Icarus · Nov 30, 2005, 02:45 PM // 14:45

wait wait are you guys blind? you don't see the huge hole in the head!!??

pkodyssey · Nov 30, 2005, 03:03 PM // 15:03

Maybe his "hair flap" got loose. LOL. I personally like the frog floating above the box , under the small tent next to the storage agent in "Gates of Kryta" This game is filled with so many graphic errors it is sad.

Numa Pompilius · Nov 30, 2005, 03:10 PM // 15:10

Crimson Icarus: I'm guessing you probably have corrupted files. Unfortunately the only way I know of fixing that is to first uninstall Guild Wars, delete the program files/guildwars directory, then reinstall the game. That will give you new & fresh files, but unfortunately it also means downloading all patches again.

Music Baby · Nov 30, 2005, 04:55 PM // 16:55

yeah, try to re-install your game. and make sure u have the latest video card driver.

Paul_Bunyan · Nov 30, 2005, 05:03 PM // 17:03

I doubt very much that has anything to do with corrupted files. It's a graphical error in which his card/drivers/game are not calculating the geometry correctly. Too bad there's no console in GW to adjust stuff like that (like in most FPS's)...New video card drivers might fix it, though. What video card do you have?

But yeah, GW is full of minor graphical errors for many users.

Try it with a different hair-style, probably wouldn't do it...maybe, heh.

Crimson Icarus · Nov 30, 2005, 05:39 PM // 17:39

i have the latest drivers for my ati x850xt and i did reinstall but i'm glad you guys finaly did the see the bug because bizarresk dude, its absolutely normal, i dont see one problem on those screens.. stop being a i dunno what they call it and play the game. needs glasses so i think that its just a bug from the game and meh screw it

Soulfly · Nov 30, 2005, 06:29 PM // 18:29

To me it looks like it could be a tuft of fur with a cord wrapped around the bottom (as long as I am looking at the right thing). Other than that I cannot see a hole in the head (Zach de la Rocha should have never left RATM)

Paul_Bunyan · Nov 30, 2005, 06:41 PM // 18:41

I really don't like the latest Radeon drivers for the X800 series, they seem to cause more problems than they fixed, and even seem a bit more sluggish. If you can find the driver build made a few months back, like 6-8 months ago, can't remember the version, but I'd try that.

If not then you can just pretend it's a battle scar :P

Darksun · Nov 30, 2005, 08:00 PM // 20:00

It's not a "bug" or a "glitch" or a driver/display problem. It's common in EVERY game, it simple geometry clipping.

Because they have so many different head types, hair types & animations it's difficult (and unrealistic) to get them to all work together perfectly. In this case, the hair gets pushed though the scalp during the animation, and you can see the scalp come through. oops, oh well.

Try Doing the cheer animation with the female ranger, the shoulder stretches horribly. Better vertex weighting may have fixed that, but all things considered they did a great job.

As far as "This game is filled with so many graphic errors it is sad." I thing you need to play more games... Compared to most, this is a shining pillar of excellence.

Narada · Nov 30, 2005, 09:16 PM // 21:16

Oh crap, I just noticed that bald-spot looking thing! Is that what you were talking about?

Paul_Bunyan · Nov 30, 2005, 09:24 PM // 21:24

Umm, geometry clipping IS a bug/glitch. And the extent and existance of it is dependent upon the game and video card you have. It's not universally the same even on the same games. But you're right, few games have been able to really overcome the geometry problems, and there are much worse, yes.

Crimson Icarus · Nov 30, 2005, 10:54 PM // 22:54

that's exactly what i was talking about lol its really annoying because its like that with all the hair and i really want to create a ranger...

Numa Pompilius · Dec 01, 2005, 09:41 AM // 09:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darksun

It's not a "bug" or a "glitch" or a driver/display problem. It's common in EVERY game, it simple geometry clipping.

One that's not present in other peoples games, though. At least I've never had my ranger avatars head poke through his hair.

Although a closer image would've been helpful; it is hard to see anything at the distance in the screenshots.

Quote:

As far as "This game is filled with so many graphic errors it is sad." I thing you need to play more games... Compared to most, this is a shining pillar of excellence.

Yes. It is one of the bug-freest PC games I've played in recent years. Compared to something like Dungeon Lords or even Everquest 2 it's completely bug-free.

Crimson Icarus · Dec 01, 2005, 01:37 PM // 13:37

so what do you guys suggest? shall i just forget about creating a male ranger or what i'm pretty clueless some didn't even see the bug in the pics some say its the game and others my files are corrupt i really don't know what to do or think