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Wierd graphics glitch

January 28, 2011 12:26:59 AM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3500/elementalproblem.jpg

 

It just popped up with the 1.19 patch, worked perfectly fine before the patch update. Anyone see this too, or know what to do to fix it?

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Reply #1 January 28, 2011 3:01:43 PM
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I sadly can confirm this. Just trying to go back to the 1.1 version to check if it might have to do with me deleting the Adventure Content Pack Mod for the upgrade to not break anything in the new beta / if the bug will happen again...

If preparing the download wouldn't take like forever.

No idea how to fix it so far either...

Update 1: Changing the graphics settings to less demanding didn't help. Doesn't happen on cloth map. Verifying it and downdating to Version 1.1 did help to get the old non-glitched graphics. Will soon report with another update if re-loading the beta-update after removing the modfiles and downdating did help...

Update 2: even after clean downdate and another update the glitches apear again.

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Reply #2 January 28, 2011 4:47:40 PM
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alexeng & blackmantle, I also can confirm the issue on a geforce 7600gs with the latest geforce drivers.

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Reply #3 January 28, 2011 5:07:13 PM
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That has the look of a corrupted graphics memory from too many textures trying to load. I use to hit that problem back in the day with Red Baron. Game would be fine and then it tried to load a new texture for something and objects get suddenly corrupted. I hope they trace that quickly. Are you guys running a number of graphics heavy mods?

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Reply #4 January 28, 2011 7:53:04 PM
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Not a solution but a workaround: Put the cloth-map percentage very high and play mostly on cloth since there the glitches don't really occur and use only top-down view for the last 5 % because the glitches seem far worse when zooming out. At least makes it playable for the strategic part. Tactical maps become horrible jigsaw puzzles with terrain and opponent feeling guesswork...

No mods from my side either. If I downdate to 1.11 the glitches disappear but if I reinstall the beta patch the glitches appear again.

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Reply #5 January 29, 2011 1:44:42 AM
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I can confirm blackmantles report ie 1.11 DOES NOT have the issues, re-updating to beta to see if the issues are still there or have vanished(hopefully).

btw the geforce 7600gs is a 256mb video card

harpo

 

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Reply #6 January 29, 2011 2:20:02 PM
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 So apparently this problem is not "across the board", but a few selected nvidia cards?  I have a 7300 GT and I only have the glitch with the eyes.  They look like double sets.  My shopkeepers show it the most.  But that is all.  I've played on several different maps and they all looked fine.  I rarely use the cloth map and the up close graphics are fine.  Latest drivers and most graphic settings are on high.  Using 2 mods now, but at first I had no mods and still had the graphic problem.

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Reply #7 January 29, 2011 3:12:25 PM
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perhaps it is the geforce 7 series that has the issue as a 7300 is a low end card,the 7600gs was a low-mid gaming card four years ago, and at present I have not tested on either the 8600gt or 8800gt cards that I have, but on the ati4850 & 5850 no graphical problems.

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