Curse

bizarresk · Mar 26, 2006, 10:02 AM // 10:02

hey

i have a little graphic problem. i have a radeon x1600pro agp from sapphire. 256mb. catalysts 6.3 installed, tryed 6.2 and omegas 6.2.

problem is when i look at my victos axe from specific angle (from behind or as the picture shows) it turns all kinda greenish with no texture. this happens in SF too with some chains.. one angle - ok, another angle no texture. :/

anyone got ideas? seems to be happenin since the last update

mr_stealth · Mar 26, 2006, 06:31 PM // 18:31

I started seeing the same thing right after one of the updates Thursday morning. I noticed it on the fire imps just outside of LA/D'Alessio first, but have found several other things with the same glitch. Next time a monster drops some gold, look at the coins from different angles, from one side they appear to have the same greenish texture.

I have a 3Ghz P4 with i875 chipset and a Radeon 9800XT (Catalyst 6.2).

bizarresk · Mar 26, 2006, 08:55 PM // 20:55

so u got exactly the same prob as me.. could be update+ati related :/

Brother Andicus · Mar 27, 2006, 03:19 PM // 15:19

I have a very similar problem that first appeared today. I am losing textures for entire sections of the backdrop. I'm running a 6600GT, so not an ATI problem I dont think.

mr_stealth · Mar 27, 2006, 10:47 PM // 22:47

I haven't noticed any backgrounds missing, just random models that are odd looking from one side, but normal from the other. I've played on 3 PCs and only my desktop has shown this problem. Both of the other PCs (my laptop and a relative's desktop) have nVidia cards. I didn't really play enough on the other PCs to have noticed missing backgrounds. All I did was check the fire imp and gold bag/coin models.

Str0b0 · Mar 27, 2006, 10:53 PM // 22:53

I dunno if it is ATi in general or not. I recently installed a new ATi card and I haven't noticed this particular problem. What settings are you running in game and what settings are you running for the card specifically?

mr_stealth · Mar 27, 2006, 11:43 PM // 23:43

All of my Catalyst Control Center settings are default except vsync and catalyst AI, which are both always turned off. I haven't change any other settings since I installed the drivers a couple weeks ago.

I did swap around the in-game settings some, but the problem never went away.

In game graphics settings I have right now.

res - 1024x768
anti-aliasing - none

terrain quality - medium
reflections - default
texture quality - high
shadow quality - off
vertical sync - disabled
post-process effects - enabled
renderer - DirectX 9

My 9800xt is the only DX9 card I've tested. The nVidia cards were a Geforce 4 420 Go and a GeForce 3 Ti200.

Str0b0 · Mar 28, 2006, 12:23 AM // 00:23

Ok I admit it then I'm stumped unless there is just something about those specific textures that makes your cards wig out. When you say you you swapped he in game settings around I assume you also turned texture quality down as well. This is just so weird I have to ask this as well. When you installed that card did you have an Nvidia installed before? If so did you use a utility like driver cleaner? I know that NVidia and ATi drivers do bizarre things to each other, sometimes I suspect they do it on purpose.

mr_stealth · Mar 28, 2006, 01:14 AM // 01:14

This PC has never had any nVidia product in it. And, yes texture quality setting was changed several times.

I actually just now went back in and changed all the graphics settings, and nothing effects it. I was looking at a drop of gold coins outside of ascalon. I did notice that the missing texture side shows up as a light tan color instead of the teal color from kryta. The color was similar to the sky and ambient lighting color, so it could be a problem with dynamic lighting effects.

wingzro · Mar 28, 2006, 07:08 PM // 19:08

I'm thinking it may have something to do with the dx9 implementation. Could be wrong though.

Zaxan Razor · Mar 28, 2006, 09:54 PM // 21:54

Not a glitch, its because your Victo's axe is shiny, so when you look at it from certain angles, it reflects the texture of the environment, i.e. in the swampy areas it goes light/murky green.

If you swap it out with a dull weapon, it doesn't happen.

mr_stealth · Mar 29, 2006, 12:30 AM // 00:30

No, there is definitely a glitch. Just look at the pics in the first post. The lighting/reflection effects on his axe are completely hiding the model's actual texture.

Zaxan Razor · Mar 29, 2006, 01:00 AM // 01:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_stealth

No, there is definitely a glitch. Just look at the pics in the first post. The lighting/reflection effects on his axe are completely hiding the model's actual texture.

Thats because his graphics settings are on medium. Although with that card im not sure why..are processing effects on there or not?

mr_stealth · Mar 29, 2006, 02:20 AM // 02:20

This has nothing to do with the in-game graphics settings. I restarted my game for an update, and suddenly objects appear to have no textures from some angles. No settings were changed to cause this, and no changes I have made since have fixed it.

I've uploaded a couple pics of some fire imps just outside of D'Alessio Seaboard. The imp is facing towards me in both pics. The graphic glitch seems to only appear when I am looking at the side of the imp being lit by the game's lighting effects. Looking at the shadow side of the imp, with the lighting/reflection source behind it, the imp appears normal.

Garion2K · Mar 29, 2006, 03:35 AM // 03:35

Same problem here. ATI Radeon 9800 non pro. Catalyst 6.3 drivers. Never had this problem until Factions preview weekend.

The attached screenshots were taken in Wizzards Folly, pre-searing.

Replicant · Mar 29, 2006, 03:41 AM // 03:41

Our Guild Leader Tarun had this problem as well, here is his post on our Forums if you're interested.
http://www.lunarianknights.spy-gamin...opic/t=54.html

after getting the workaround by the Anet tech support about reinstalling the game and so forth, he downgraded his drivers to the previous one and works perfect now.

Tarun · Mar 29, 2006, 03:45 AM // 03:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Replicant

Our Guild Leader Tarun had this problem as well, here is his post on our Forums if you're interested.
http://www.lunarianknights.spy-gamin...opic/t=54.html

after getting the workaround by the Anet tech support about reinstalling the game and so forth, he downgraded his drivers to the previous one and works perfect now.

That is correct. I went back to ATI 5.12 drivers with the Control Panel and everything is fine. ANet refuses to believe it is an issue on their end as well as ATI's end with the drivers.

It started on March 23rd when their update went to DirectX 9 for graphics.

I am linking to this post to prove to them it is a problem on their side as well.

MaglorD · Mar 29, 2006, 05:17 AM // 05:17

Hmmm, this has perked my interest. I'm running 6.3 CCC but didn't notice anything amiss. Played factions through the weekend and didn't notice anything wrong. Lucky me perhaps.

Tarkin · Mar 29, 2006, 10:01 AM // 10:01

Same glitch here, radeon 9800 xt, catalyst 6.3 same glitchs, start afther the update...

Zaxan Razor · Mar 29, 2006, 12:09 PM // 12:09

Hmm, after seeing the sky textured imps

I will apologise and agree there is some kind of texturing glitch.

Not so sure if its Ati Specific tho, as I have an X850 Pro with the latest ATi drivers, and i havn't experienced this.

I have seen the texture reflection on the weapons, however i can still see the axes detail.

Sky blue imps i havn't seen before :P

Maybe reinstall directx 9?