[TEC] Visual Glitches on panning - please help!

panthercules · 11-03-07, 03:12 PM

OK - I'm experiencing a problem with my SH4 setup that I haven't been able to track down and I'm hoping some of you folks can help me figure out what's going on and how to fix it. I first noticed it while trying to test some ROW stuff, but now that I've noticed it I've confirmed that I'm seeing it with stock SH4 1.3, so it does not seem to be ROW-related but it's getting in the way of my doing any useful testing.

Here's the problem - when I'm in normal Bridge view, if I pan the camera left/right (using the arrow keys for consistency) I get this annoying "hitch"/stutter in the view - instead of a nice smooth pan, at several points I get a momentary freeze or hitch, where the picture seems to stop at a point and then skip/jerk ahead to catch up with the panning camera view (particularly noticeable when I cross the bow of my boat). I've played with all sorts of driver settings (even rolled back to a previous driver version), and various slider and in-game video quality level settings, but I can't get rid of this. I've reinstalled SH4 1.3, and run it completely stock, and I'm still getting this.

I would really appreciate it if a few of you could try this experiment (without changing any of your own settings) and vote in the poll to say whether you see this effect at all or not: Just start a career or patrol so you're docked in port (I've been using Manila), go to the normal bridge view, and just pan the camera back and forth a few times by pressing the right/left arrow buttons. See if everything stays smooth looking, or if you get any sort of hitch/freezes as you pan back and forth (it's most noticeable by looking at the cables and staff at the bow - if you're having this effect you should be able to see them sort of jerking to catch up with your view as you pan back and forth). It would help to know what your Vid card and in-game video quality settings are, but mostly I'm just trying to figure out if anybody else is seeing this or if it's only me.

Thanks for the help.

View Poll Results: Do you have hitches/freezes when panning bridge view?
Yes - I see them too	5	55.56%
No - my pans are smooth as silk	4	44.44%
Huh? (Can you put the Poll after the post explaining it instead of before?)	0	0%
Voters: 9. You may not vote on this poll

11-03-07, 03:12 PM	#1
panthercules The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,336 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	[TEC] Visual Glitches on panning - please help! OK - I'm experiencing a problem with my SH4 setup that I haven't been able to track down and I'm hoping some of you folks can help me figure out what's going on and how to fix it. I first noticed it while trying to test some ROW stuff, but now that I've noticed it I've confirmed that I'm seeing it with stock SH4 1.3, so it does not seem to be ROW-related but it's getting in the way of my doing any useful testing. Here's the problem - when I'm in normal Bridge view, if I pan the camera left/right (using the arrow keys for consistency) I get this annoying "hitch"/stutter in the view - instead of a nice smooth pan, at several points I get a momentary freeze or hitch, where the picture seems to stop at a point and then skip/jerk ahead to catch up with the panning camera view (particularly noticeable when I cross the bow of my boat). I've played with all sorts of driver settings (even rolled back to a previous driver version), and various slider and in-game video quality level settings, but I can't get rid of this. I've reinstalled SH4 1.3, and run it completely stock, and I'm still getting this. I would really appreciate it if a few of you could try this experiment (without changing any of your own settings) and vote in the poll to say whether you see this effect at all or not: Just start a career or patrol so you're docked in port (I've been using Manila), go to the normal bridge view, and just pan the camera back and forth a few times by pressing the right/left arrow buttons. See if everything stays smooth looking, or if you get any sort of hitch/freezes as you pan back and forth (it's most noticeable by looking at the cables and staff at the bow - if you're having this effect you should be able to see them sort of jerking to catch up with your view as you pan back and forth). It would help to know what your Vid card and in-game video quality settings are, but mostly I'm just trying to figure out if anybody else is seeing this or if it's only me. Thanks for the help. __________________