Weird Graphics Problems

The Renegade · 08-06-06, 10:39 PM

Hey all you waterlogged kaleuns. I have yet another set of problems and questions, this time concerning quirky little graphic problems I have been noticing.

The first problem (there are two), and the one I have noticed for a longer time, concerns the water. It's hard to explain non-visually, but I'll try. Basically, around my sub and other ships, the water is fine. Then, at some certain point, the water begins to look like crap. It is no longer the ultra-realistic water that I have come to love in SH3. It's this jaggy, almost two-dimensional flatness. There's a circle of normal looking water around ships and such, but then outside this circle, it turns to crap. I'll post a pic to see if that will help demonstrate the change in water I've been seeing:

My version of SH3 is patched to 1.4b, and I'm running GW 1.1a and SH3 Commander 2.6. I'm not entirely sure, but I think I started to notice this when I installed Grey Wolves. I'm thinking it may be connected to the atmosphere mods (I currently have the 16km light installed), but again, I'm not sure. My computer is a Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz, and I have a Radeon X800 XL, 1GB of RAM, and a 250GB hard drive.

My second problem is more recent. It also concerns the water, although this time, it is in the "good circle" around all moving ships that I see. It also happens whenever the water meets the land. Right at any given ship's waterline, the water seems to flicker and stutter wherever it touches the ship's hull. I've tried to take pics, but when I look at them, they look normal, so I'm thinking it may have to do with my monitor, which is new. It's an LCD, and the native resolution is 1280 by 1024, so that may be why, since SH3 runs in 1024 by 768, but I never noticed it on my old monitor, which was also set to 1280 by 1024, but it was a CRT. Actually, I guess I don't have much of a clue with this one. I've never had this "flickering water" before this past week, and it puzzles me.

I have heard rumors that you can run SH3 in higher resolutions, so if that is true (or false), I'd be very happy to know about it.

So if anyone has any words of advice, this skipper would be ecstatic, because he is very frustrated, as these graphics problems are distracting and take away from the gameplay experience.

And here's a pic of the second problem, even though it looks normal. However, you can kinda see it a little where the water meets the land. It's not really flickering, but that's kinda what the water looks like when it meets the ships hull. And yes, that destroyer did beach himself there on his own accord. He was too excited to come DC me I guess. Thought he could steam right through anything. Including that hunk of land.

Note: You can also see that crap water in the background of the second image.

08-06-06, 10:39 PM	#1
The Renegade Mate Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Land of 10,000 Lakes Posts: 60 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Weird Graphics Problems Hey all you waterlogged kaleuns. I have yet another set of problems and questions, this time concerning quirky little graphic problems I have been noticing. The first problem (there are two), and the one I have noticed for a longer time, concerns the water. It's hard to explain non-visually, but I'll try. Basically, around my sub and other ships, the water is fine. Then, at some certain point, the water begins to look like crap. It is no longer the ultra-realistic water that I have come to love in SH3. It's this jaggy, almost two-dimensional flatness. There's a circle of normal looking water around ships and such, but then outside this circle, it turns to crap. I'll post a pic to see if that will help demonstrate the change in water I've been seeing: My version of SH3 is patched to 1.4b, and I'm running GW 1.1a and SH3 Commander 2.6. I'm not entirely sure, but I think I started to notice this when I installed Grey Wolves. I'm thinking it may be connected to the atmosphere mods (I currently have the 16km light installed), but again, I'm not sure. My computer is a Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz, and I have a Radeon X800 XL, 1GB of RAM, and a 250GB hard drive. My second problem is more recent. It also concerns the water, although this time, it is in the "good circle" around all moving ships that I see. It also happens whenever the water meets the land. Right at any given ship's waterline, the water seems to flicker and stutter wherever it touches the ship's hull. I've tried to take pics, but when I look at them, they look normal, so I'm thinking it may have to do with my monitor, which is new. It's an LCD, and the native resolution is 1280 by 1024, so that may be why, since SH3 runs in 1024 by 768, but I never noticed it on my old monitor, which was also set to 1280 by 1024, but it was a CRT. Actually, I guess I don't have much of a clue with this one. I've never had this "flickering water" before this past week, and it puzzles me. I have heard rumors that you can run SH3 in higher resolutions, so if that is true (or false), I'd be very happy to know about it. So if anyone has any words of advice, this skipper would be ecstatic, because he is very frustrated, as these graphics problems are distracting and take away from the gameplay experience. And here's a pic of the second problem, even though it looks normal. However, you can kinda see it a little where the water meets the land. It's not really flickering, but that's kinda what the water looks like when it meets the ships hull. And yes, that destroyer did beach himself there on his own accord. He was too excited to come DC me I guess. Thought he could steam right through anything. Including that hunk of land. Note: You can also see that crap water in the background of the second image. __________________ U-36, "Cutlass"-- Stealing from the Brits and giving to Davy Jones since 1939.