Graphics Weirdness

Flaxpants · 09-05-11, 10:32 AM

Thanks White Owl, I'll give it a try.

Fish40 · 09-05-11, 12:12 PM

Had the same issue with certain crew members turning "black". Also running RFB and RSRD. Graphics is 2x HD5850's, I7 Quad core with 12gigs of Corsair Dominator memory. The large address patch cured the problem for me. It also cured random crashes in other sims I play. Very simple to use, and very effective

WernherVonTrapp · 09-05-11, 12:33 PM

I don't have any real experience with ATI cards, but two things I would double-check in your situation are: your GPU temperature and your AA settings in the ATI Control Panel. BTW, how old is your card?

Flaxpants · 09-05-11, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

I don't have any real experience with ATI cards, but two things I would double-check in your situation are: your GPU temperature and your AA settings in the ATI Control Panel. BTW, how old is your card?

I checked the card settings, no apparent problems there. The card itself is only 4 months old, I'm pretty sure that it's ok as it works fine with other demanding games.

I ran a test to see if returning to port and starting a new patrol would clear the problem, but within 3 minutes of leaving Freemantle I had the dreaded green screen. So I quit, sorted out the large address, and also removed a couple of sound mods I had added my previous time in port. I then decided to test the last save in port before the problems began. I ran it thoroughly for around 3 hours and no sign of a hitch... it seemed stable again. So it looks as though I only lost one patrol, which I can live with.

In retrospect I strongly feel that something went awry with the crew coming back out of Hogans ally and back to their stations on the bridge, or not as the case may be. Whether or not that had to do with the new sound mods or it was just one of those things- from that point on I was playing a very unstable game. Their strange behavior continued- sometimes the watch would not sleep whilst their compatriots did, other times they slept when no-one else did. Their fatigue levels were also around 10 points higher than anybody else aboard.

Hopefully things will settle down again now! Thanks for all the tips, much appreciated.

WernherVonTrapp · 09-06-11, 10:15 AM

I've never had that kind of experience with a mod, like you and Armistead have but I did have some milder conflicts when I went from RFB to TMO. I went into My Documents/SHIV folder and deleted all the files in my Saved Games folder and the conflicts disappeared. Apparently, I had been starting new careers w/o deleting my Saved Games and, for some reason, this seemed to be the source of the conflicts.

Flaxpants · 09-06-11, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

I've never had that kind of experience with a mod, like you and Armistead have but I did have some milder conflicts when I went from RFB to TMO. I went into My Documents/SHIV folder and deleted all the files in my Saved Games folder and the conflicts disappeared. Apparently, I had been starting new careers w/o deleting my Saved Games and, for some reason, this seemed to be the source of the conflicts.

That's interesting to note. Sometime in the future I will try either TMO or OM (probably OM next) and I will now remember to clear all my old saves first. Cheers!

Daniel Prates · 09-05-11, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish40

Had the same issue with certain crew members turning "black". Also running RFB and RSRD. Graphics is 2x HD5850's, I7 Quad core with 12gigs of Corsair Dominator memory. The large address patch cured the problem for me. It also cured random crashes in other sims I play. Very simple to use, and very effective

Wow. Never heard of that.

09-05-11, 12:33 PM	#3
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I don't have any real experience with ATI cards, but two things I would double-check in your situation are: your GPU temperature and your AA settings in the ATI Control Panel. BTW, how old is your card? __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

09-06-11, 10:15 AM	#5
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I've never had that kind of experience with a mod, like you and Armistead have but I did have some milder conflicts when I went from RFB to TMO. I went into My Documents/SHIV folder and deleted all the files in my Saved Games folder and the conflicts disappeared. Apparently, I had been starting new careers w/o deleting my Saved Games and, for some reason, this seemed to be the source of the conflicts. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

09-05-11, 10:32 AM	#1
Flaxpants Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 1,196 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Thanks White Owl, I'll give it a try.

09-05-11, 12:12 PM	#2
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	Had the same issue with certain crew members turning "black". Also running RFB and RSRD. Graphics is 2x HD5850's, I7 Quad core with 12gigs of Corsair Dominator memory. The large address patch cured the problem for me. It also cured random crashes in other sims I play. Very simple to use, and very effective