Curse

Aethyr Redmoon · May 10, 2005, 06:06 PM // 18:06

[before starting I would like to mention that I did search this technical forum for simply "glowing" and came up with only 1 thread, so it seems no one else has had this problem or isn't aware of it--like I was if you'd read on]

(intro :P)
I play GW with a friend only; this one time he mentioned that this particular boss was glowing. I thought he meant he simply had it highlighted, and thought nothing more of it.
Then, just a few days ago, I downloaded a GW user video from this very forum, and noticed a big Earth Ele boss glowing red! Then it hit me that bosses were supposed to glow, as were some characters... When I told my friend, he was unsure of why I wasn't experiencing the glowing feature.
So, we went to Surmia and did the mission there, (as there was a boss nearby to test my Graphic options on). He typed out his settings, and then set mine to that, still no glowing. I even set EVERYTHING on 'High' setting, and still no glowing.
It really isn't a big deal, but still I would like to experience the glowing, as he told me; you can see glowing bosses from far away--which would be helpful.
(end intro)

So, has anyone else experienced this problem? Or does anyone have suggestions of remedying it?

And just now that I thought of it; it could be due to the settings I have my nVidia (GeForce4 440 w/ AGP8x) set on... if those could affect the glowing?

Thanks for anyone whom replies.

[and yes if you browse another GW forum you might've seen another post just like this; just trying to get the broadest answer.]

decog · May 10, 2005, 06:09 PM // 18:09

it's a GPU issue. At least I think so. I used to run that card and in Halo i got no reflection At all, in his visor...it was supposed to recieve some extra shaders and it did not. I think your GPU does not support some kind of shader calc. Try the newest driver from Nvid and see if that does it. If not, then you'll probably need something more up-to-date.

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Loviatar · May 10, 2005, 06:13 PM // 18:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by decog

it's a GPU issue. At least I think so. I used to run that card and in Halo i got no reflection At all, in his visor...it was supposed to recieve some extra shaders and it did not. I think your GPU does not support some kind of shader calc. Try the newest driver from Nvid and see if that does it. If not, then you'll probably need something more up-to-date.

.d

drivers will not help in this case as the card is only direct x 7 compliant not supporting pixel and vertex shaders used in the glow

it may say direct x 9 COMPATABLE but all that means is you can have direct x 9 installed and your pc wont puke on it

Aethyr Redmoon · May 10, 2005, 09:14 PM // 21:14

Thanks for the replies, guys.

Its kind of a let down that it can't be fixed. But I did just download an update to nVidia--but cannot test it until I can play with my friend.