Graphics problem

Buckie · 02-03-07, 08:50 AM

Hello,

Got a small prob im hoping you guys might have an answer.

Installed sh3 and gwx few days back and everything has been working fine, however last night i noticed that i no longer see explosions, tracers, fire, smoke etc. I have searched and searched and cant find an answer. Im hoping its as simple as changing a variable in the configs.

any help would be much appreciated.

Tachyon · 02-03-07, 08:52 AM

Um..how about some information on your GFX card for a start?

Buckie · 02-03-07, 08:59 AM

PC Specs:

ATI x1900xtx
amd64 4000+
2gb MEM

as i said its been running fine and all of a sudden i no longer see expolsion effects etc. I have a feeling something has been changed in the game configs but i have no idea where to look.

Tachyon · 02-03-07, 09:01 AM

Hmm..should run flawlessly on that card... did you make any changes to the card's settings by means of the Catalyst Control centre?

Buckie · 02-03-07, 09:04 AM

nothing has been changed at all.

danlisa · 02-03-07, 09:14 AM

Check the particles setting within the SH3 Options > Video menu. Make sure it's at 100%

Buckie · 02-03-07, 09:17 AM

Everything is ticked and particle density is set to 100%.

Buckie · 02-03-07, 09:34 AM

im now trying a reinstall keeping my saved games intact. fingers crossed.

Buckie · 02-03-07, 10:04 AM

i fixed it but not in the way i wanted too.

after reinstall i still had the same prob, i then took the plunge and deleted the sh3 folder in my documents and to my surprise the smoke/fire effects etc were working again.

I guess 1 of the configs had been changed and was removing the effects.

Thankfully i had only started my career 2 days ago.

If anyone has experienced this before and knows a fix for it can you please tell me incase it happens again, touch wood.

cheers.

AVGWarhawk · 02-03-07, 11:23 AM

Perhaps that was the only fix. If I'm not mistaken the files can become corrupt and the only answer is a complete reinstall. Oh well, we all live and learn. Sometimes I don't learn....

TarJak · 02-03-07, 07:53 PM

Whenever you do a reinstall of SHIII you gotta get rid of the My docs folder as well or else you'll have probs. I've found that whenever I reinstalled due to a problem or reconfig for a major mod, I had to hide, rename or delete the MyDocs SHIII folder.

02-03-07, 08:50 AM	#1
Buckie Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 8 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Graphics problem Hello, Got a small prob im hoping you guys might have an answer. Installed sh3 and gwx few days back and everything has been working fine, however last night i noticed that i no longer see explosions, tracers, fire, smoke etc. I have searched and searched and cant find an answer. Im hoping its as simple as changing a variable in the configs. any help would be much appreciated.

02-03-07, 08:52 AM	#2
Tachyon Captain Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: India Posts: 514 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Um..how about some information on your GFX card for a start? __________________ My propellor is faster than yours!!!

02-03-07, 09:01 AM	#4
Tachyon Captain Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: India Posts: 514 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hmm..should run flawlessly on that card... did you make any changes to the card's settings by means of the Catalyst Control centre? __________________ My propellor is faster than yours!!!

02-03-07, 09:14 AM	#6
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	Check the particles setting within the SH3 Options > Video menu. Make sure it's at 100% __________________

02-03-07, 11:23 AM	#10
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Perhaps that was the only fix. If I'm not mistaken the files can become corrupt and the only answer is a complete reinstall. Oh well, we all live and learn. Sometimes I don't learn.... __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-03-07, 08:59 AM	#3
Buckie Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 8 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	PC Specs: ATI x1900xtx amd64 4000+ 2gb MEM as i said its been running fine and all of a sudden i no longer see expolsion effects etc. I have a feeling something has been changed in the game configs but i have no idea where to look.

02-03-07, 09:04 AM	#5
Buckie Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 8 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	nothing has been changed at all.

02-03-07, 09:17 AM	#7
Buckie Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 8 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Everything is ticked and particle density is set to 100%.

02-03-07, 09:34 AM	#8
Buckie Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 8 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	im now trying a reinstall keeping my saved games intact. fingers crossed.

02-03-07, 10:04 AM	#9
Buckie Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 8 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	i fixed it but not in the way i wanted too. after reinstall i still had the same prob, i then took the plunge and deleted the sh3 folder in my documents and to my surprise the smoke/fire effects etc were working again. I guess 1 of the configs had been changed and was removing the effects. Thankfully i had only started my career 2 days ago. If anyone has experienced this before and knows a fix for it can you please tell me incase it happens again, touch wood. cheers.

02-03-07, 07:53 PM	#11
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Whenever you do a reinstall of SHIII you gotta get rid of the My docs folder as well or else you'll have probs. I've found that whenever I reinstalled due to a problem or reconfig for a major mod, I had to hide, rename or delete the MyDocs SHIII folder.