Tech Gurus... I need your help.

Snakeeyes · 05-12-08, 08:29 PM

Of all the forums, the SHIV tech gurus are the most knowledgeable. I was wondering if you would indulge me with a graphics problem NOT related to SHIV.

Could you take a look at the following vid and tell me if you have any suggestions?

I have a GeForce 8800GTS.

Rockin Robbins · 05-13-08, 05:10 AM

A guy wants you to search to see if anybody else has the problem. What do you call to problem to search for it?:rotfl

o you have the latest nVidia drivers? If not, get them. If so, try dropping back a version.

You might also check out your video profile setting to ensure that the game controls your settings. Then try overriding different settings until you find the cause. See Rubini's thread on nHancer.

Other than those general ideas, I don't have your card, so that's my limit.

momo55 · 05-13-08, 07:07 AM

I had the same thing happening to me with "CRYSIS" . After trying with all on "LOW" and "MEDIUM" (i couldn't see where i was standing etc...etc...)
Before i wanted to give up ...i putted all at "HIGH" and BINGOOOOO !! It worked perfectly

I'm no PC guru at all and still don't understand the logic behind this ..but it worked for me .

(i have a 8800GTS)
greetz

Nisgeis · 05-13-08, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by momo55

I had the same thing happening to me with "CRYSIS" . After trying with all on "LOW" and "MEDIUM" (i couldn't see where i was standing etc...etc...)
Before i wanted to give up ...i putted all at "HIGH" and BINGOOOOO !! It worked perfectly

I'm no PC guru at all and still don't understand the logic behind this ..but it worked for me .

(i have a 8800GTS)
greetz

That happened to me with crysis also. Low or medium textures to see what difference it made to fps and I was standing in mid air and nothing but the far backdrop was drawn. That, I think, was a problem with the game either not having low and medium quality textures, or not having them named/pointed to correctly.

Snakeyes, this may be what is happening with your install, although the flashing background is a bit strange - have you tried changing the texture quality setting?

DavyJonesFootlocker · 05-13-08, 07:39 AM

Hell I'm staying away from this one. When I went to the link my notbook froze and had to reboot. Did somebody say virus?

Fincuan · 05-13-08, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DavyJonesFootlocker

Hell I'm staying away from this one. When I went to the link my notbook froze and had to reboot. Did somebody say virus?

It's just a Youtube video

"Ubisoft, get your thumb out of your butt" :rotfl:

Snakeeyes · 05-13-08, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

A guy wants you to search to see if anybody else has the problem. What do you call to problem to search for it?:rotfl

o you have the latest nVidia drivers? If not, get them. If so, try dropping back a version.

You might also check out your video profile setting to ensure that the game controls your settings. Then try overriding different settings until you find the cause. See Rubini's thread on nHancer.

Other than those general ideas, I don't have your card, so that's my limit.

Thanks for responding Rockin Robbins. I'm getting a consensus that it may be the video profile for overriding. I'll have to try messing with it when I get home.

Snakeeyes · 05-13-08, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by momo55

I had the same thing happening to me with "CRYSIS" . After trying with all on "LOW" and "MEDIUM" (i couldn't see where i was standing etc...etc...)
Before i wanted to give up ...i putted all at "HIGH" and BINGOOOOO !! It worked perfectly

I'm no PC guru at all and still don't understand the logic behind this ..but it worked for me .

(i have a 8800GTS)
greetz

Are you talking about changing "in game" settings to high and low? if so, tried that. No change. I'm going to try to change the profiler settings tonight.

Snakeeyes · 05-13-08, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavyJonesFootlocker

Hell I'm staying away from this one. When I went to the link my notbook froze and had to reboot. Did somebody say virus?

Dude! Don't scare people like that!!!

Snakeeyes · 05-13-08, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fincuan

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavyJonesFootlocker

Hell I'm staying away from this one. When I went to the link my notbook froze and had to reboot. Did somebody say virus?

It's just a Youtube video

"Ubisoft, get your thumb out of your butt" :rotfl:

Sorry about that.... they call it a low frustration tolerance.

momo55 · 05-13-08, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snakeeyes

Quote:

Originally Posted by momo55

I had the same thing happening to me with "CRYSIS" . After trying with all on "LOW" and "MEDIUM" (i couldn't see where i was standing etc...etc...)
Before i wanted to give up ...i putted all at "HIGH" and BINGOOOOO !! It worked perfectly

I'm no PC guru at all and still don't understand the logic behind this ..but it worked for me .

(i have a 8800GTS)
greetz

Are you talking about changing "in game" settings to high and low? if so, tried that. No change. I'm going to try to change the profiler settings tonight.

Yes " in game" settings i was talking about . But you tried that without succes i read .

DavyJonesFootlocker · 05-13-08, 08:36 AM

I'm not taking any chances. Everything froze. Learnt my lesson from the past.

walrusbomb · 05-13-08, 08:55 AM

house_of_mirrors!

90% sure it's drivers.

be sure to purge all your video drivers with RegClean or RegSweep. Run WinASO to clean your registry even further. Boot clean before reinstalling the latest drivers.

this happens when the latest drivers get corrupted due to previous registry items you missed. you really need more than one app to ensure a healthy registry.

*not* Ubisoft's fault.

DavyJonesFootlocker · 05-13-08, 09:04 AM

Taking it as how you described it I agree it's a driver issue. I had some problems with graphics tearing on SH4 version 1.4 last time around and I had to resort to my last good configuraton to get things back. If re-installing your card's drivers don't work do a System Restore.

Snakeeyes · 05-13-08, 03:30 PM

Fixed. Not a driver issue. Rocking Robbins was right.

Thanks bubbleheads! You're still better tech support than Ubisoft!

05-12-08, 08:29 PM	#1
Snakeeyes Captain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: trailing 1400 yards behind an Oscar-II with my outer doors open Posts: 488 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Tech Gurus... I need your help. Of all the forums, the SHIV tech gurus are the most knowledgeable. I was wondering if you would indulge me with a graphics problem NOT related to SHIV. Could you take a look at the following vid and tell me if you have any suggestions? I have a GeForce 8800GTS. __________________ -- "There's little room in Tupolev's heart for anyone but Tupolev."

05-13-08, 05:10 AM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	A guy wants you to search to see if anybody else has the problem. What do you call to problem to search for it?:rotflo you have the latest nVidia drivers? If not, get them. If so, try dropping back a version. You might also check out your video profile setting to ensure that the game controls your settings. Then try overriding different settings until you find the cause. See Rubini's thread on nHancer. Other than those general ideas, I don't have your card, so that's my limit. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

05-13-08, 07:07 AM	#3
momo55 Frogman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: belgium Posts: 297 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	I had the same thing happening to me with "CRYSIS" . After trying with all on "LOW" and "MEDIUM" (i couldn't see where i was standing etc...etc...) Before i wanted to give up ...i putted all at "HIGH" and BINGOOOOO !! It worked perfectly I'm no PC guru at all and still don't understand the logic behind this ..but it worked for me . (i have a 8800GTS) greetz __________________ Our greatest glory is not in never failing , but in rising up every time we fail .

05-13-08, 07:39 AM	#5
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Hell I'm staying away from this one. When I went to the link my notbook froze and had to reboot. Did somebody say virus? __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

05-13-08, 08:36 AM	#12
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	I'm not taking any chances. Everything froze. Learnt my lesson from the past. __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

05-13-08, 08:55 AM	#13
walrusbomb Planesman Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 180 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	house_of_mirrors! 90% sure it's drivers. be sure to purge all your video drivers with RegClean or RegSweep. Run WinASO to clean your registry even further. Boot clean before reinstalling the latest drivers. this happens when the latest drivers get corrupted due to previous registry items you missed. you really need more than one app to ensure a healthy registry. not Ubisoft's fault.

05-13-08, 09:04 AM	#14
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Taking it as how you described it I agree it's a driver issue. I had some problems with graphics tearing on SH4 version 1.4 last time around and I had to resort to my last good configuraton to get things back. If re-installing your card's drivers don't work do a System Restore. __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

05-13-08, 03:30 PM	#15
Snakeeyes Captain Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: trailing 1400 yards behind an Oscar-II with my outer doors open Posts: 488 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Fixed. Not a driver issue. Rocking Robbins was right. Thanks bubbleheads! You're still better tech support than Ubisoft! __________________ -- "There's little room in Tupolev's heart for anyone but Tupolev."