SH5 problem due to "flicker" -- AA options off fixed

[Pintea]

Can you post a movie with this bug ?

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Pintea

Can you post a movie with this bug ?

i could probably get fraps to catch it.

however, I have restarted... the issue seems to have subsided for now.

I will play with it more tomorrow... if the problem returns, ill try to catch it on fraps.

[java`s revenge]

Is it maybe your monitor?

Here is another rivatuner tutorial,



Are all your drivers up to date?

I have read some days ago that there is lately came a nvidia
driver which fries your videocard.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by java`s revenge

Is it maybe your monitor?

Here is another rivatuner tutorial,



Are all your drivers up to date?

I have read some days ago that there is lately came a nvidia
driver which fries your videocard.

yes. drivers, as stated above, are all up to date.

I was aware of the bad drivers when i updated... and i purposely avoided the affected drivers.

i was on 196.12, i have rolled back to 191.07

might be a monitor issue

I just noticed that i have "windowed mode" checked... yet the game is still running full screen

things that make you go HMMMMMM

[Arclight]

Had that flicker twice; first time I alt+tabbed to desktop to find the color-scheme like it is without earo (solid, non-transparant taskbar etc), second time I had an error message displayed which I noticed after quitting the game; 'windows desktop manager' or 'desktop window manager' has stopped (wdm.exe in taskmanager)

Could try the "disable visual themes" and "disable desktop composition" compatibility options. If that doesn't work, try googling for known problems with wdm.exe/window desktop manager/desktop window manager.

Might try disabling Aero altogether (think it's part of Aero, not sure), if only for troubleshooting. Pretty sure that's what you need to look at.

Might be caused by running out of video-ram; try backing of the texture detail, shadows, resolution and AA; those are the most memory hungry features. If it's indeed related to videoram shortage it should at least help and likely solve it... I think.

I had a same problems with black screen and latter on also BSD due to driver error. Maybe this will help.

Download Driver Cleaner Pro (its free utility), open your program and select your current video card. Delete the drivers by pushing start, when done download and install newest drivers, reboot and check if this works for you

[TarJak]

Try dropping your AA settings back a notch or completely disable AA. That's AA in Nvidia control panel. Try using the setting for the game to control AA. Just a hunch.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Try dropping your AA settings back a notch or completely disable AA. That's AA in Nvidia control panel. Try using the setting for the game to control AA. Just a hunch.

TarJak

i thought AA might be the issue so i turned it to minimum in game.

no luck

then i thought about NVIDIA global settings in the NVIDIA control panel.

took a look there - they were set to high and over-riding applications in some conditions.

i turned all of the AA options off or down to minimum and the problem is FIXED!!!

here you go guys, thanks for the help!

[sevn_up]

I am having the same issue with the black screen coming up every few minutes. Makes the game completely unplayable. AA has been turned off both through the game AND the video settings in Control Panel. When the screen goes black, you can press the Left Alt key and it will show you the outlines of the people around you.

I just installed a XFX HD 5670 1gb GDDR5. It's working Great. FPS are 30+

Now I can run thur the boat.

[Arclight]

Originally Posted by sevn_up

I am having the same issue with the black screen coming up every few minutes. Makes the game completely unplayable. AA has been turned off both through the game AND the video settings in Control Panel. When the screen goes black, you can press the Left Alt key and it will show you the outlines of the people around you.

Check that it isn't forced in the profile; it overrides the global setting.

For everyone; I strongly suggest ditching the 195/196 releases. Go back to 191 untill they fix that mess (broken overclocking, then broken fan control, just to name the 2 most recent screwups). Maybe stick with 195, just ditch 196.

Try upgrading your operating system... no offense, but vista 32 bits is outdated and pretty much a really poor operating system.

Windows 7 would offer you newer/better suited drivers in almost every compartement, and increase your computers performance.

Best part is that it takes only about 20 minutes to install and 10 minutes to adjust for personal flavour.


PS. sounds like a windows 7 commercial, but I assure you that I am a carpenter from Norway and not a microsoft salesman...

[kiwi_2005]

Does it only happen with SH5, cause most of the time screen flicker means your monitor is dying out not the graphics card. Hook up monitor to another pc if you can and if she still has the problem then at least you know its the monitor.

[GoldenRivet]

for those of you that missed it.

this problem (for me at least) was soundly and swiftly defeated a couple of days back.

thanks for all the help.

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

for those of you that missed it.

this problem (for me at least) was soundly and swiftly defeated a couple of days back.

thanks for all the help.

Glad I could help out. I had similar issues with SH3 and have to put up with jaggies as it doesn't let you set AA within the application. Still better than not being able to play anything at all.