[WhiteFox]

Hi again,


On first: Gratulations for the new release of the BluePlanet - Series. You Guys are doing a great job !!!
I played now the first Part of the Series with no Problems.
Now the 2nd Part of total 5 has to be played. Yipie! =D

But i got some grafical Problems. My english is not very good, but i give my best. Hope you can help.
Sometimes the Background (Skybox) is turning into black. If this happens the total screen is instant black. Only the HUD left. No Models are visible.
The Problem apears on special points on that i'm looking with the cross of the HUD.
Sometimes this problem does not return  after i moved a lot miles away from my old location (ingame.)
The game is still playable, but its sad and bad that im not able to look or shoot sometimes in an important direction. 
If i have to destroy Ships or evate bigger Courvettes, i cant evate because i cant see it.

Ive not taken an Screenshot, but if you wish i can make a few on the next days.

My System:
Windows 8 64bit (Metro-UI disabled with ClassicShell)
6GB Ram
Core-i5 2,5-2,8 ghz
ATI 5650 Mobile Radeon (which worked the last 2-3 years without any problems with BP and FSO)
New OpenAL-Installation
New Freespace2 Installation from GOG.com
New BP-Installation with the Complete-Installer.
Launcher: latest wxlauncher for Windows
Commandline:  C:\GOG Games\Freespace 2\fs2_open_3_6_17_SSE2_BP.exe -mod blueplanet2,blueplanet,mediavps_3612
-missile_lighting -3dshockwave -soft_particles -fxaa -3dwarp -warp_flash -snd_preload -ambient_factor 75 -spec_exp 11
-spec_static 0.8 -spec_tube 0.4 -ogl_spec 60 -spec -glow -env -normal -spec_point 0.3


I tried to solve this Problem with deleting the adv_bp.vp and adv_bp2.vp as told in Troubleshooting-Thread. I deleted the adv.vp (name is not the same) from "Mediavps_3612" too, without success.

[niffiwan]

I think some people have reported that updating the video drivers can help with problems like this.  Could you try installing the latest Catalyst drivers from AMDs website?

[WhiteFox]

hi niffiwan,

Thanks for this quick reply.
Forgotten that to write into the first post.  I updated the driver to the actual package 13.1 for my videocard.

[The E]

Strange. I have the exact same OS and GPU, and I haven't seen something like that happen.

EDIT: However, CCC tells me I am still on Catalyst 12.10....

[niffiwan]

Hmmm... posting some screenshots of the issue could help us.  A fs2_open.log might also help us - follow the link in my .sig for details on how to create one.

You could also try changing to the same version of the Catalyst drivers that The E is using.

[WhiteFox]

Okay,  i will do this. Please give me some time, because im a little bit busy with work.

[WhiteFox]

Hi again,


I tested now and noticed something: My Problem seems to be replicatable. It appears very often in the same mission. The Issue appears in some other missions, too but lesser as in the other.

My Video-Driver was at Version 12.10. I thought this is an driver-issue, so i updated to 13.1. Still the same Problem.


In the Attachments of this post you can find my fs2_open.log, as requested by you.
I have taken Screenshot, too and uploaded it onto my private server. The server is clean, so dont be afraid to click the link.
If you are getting "403 - Forbidden", please try an other Browser. I wrote some rules, that not all browsers have the right to access.
Screenshots: http://projects.silentclaws.de/FS2.rar 

Let me explain the Screenshots:
Screen_Mission.png -> For your information which Mission i play.
Screen_Mission01.png -> Error-Message on loadingscreen. Clicked on "No".
Screen_Mission02.png -> Error-Message on loadingscreen. Clicked on "No".
Screen_Mission03.png -> Error-Message on loadingscreen. Clicked on "No".
Screen01.png -> My reported problem
Screen02.png -> Same problem, with Corvette as Target.
Screen03.png -> Error-Message on gameplay. Clicked on "No".
Screen04.png -> Error-Message on gameplay. Clicked on "No".
My FPS are a little bit low, because its now Windowed and not fullscreen. Normaly i have minimal lags or FPS-issues. so dont care my FPS-Rate at the Screens.


P.S: I reinstalled the deleted *.vp-Files. (Just as Information)

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[Alpha1]

Hey,
at first: Great Job! Something completely new and i loved the Universal Truth dreamscape mission!!! Very nice! But i also hope for Durga bombing runs, ambushes and more connected missions in the next act. Outstanding! Its like playing 3 Games right now :-)

Back to the topic discussed here. I have the same graphical issues in act three. I'm running a 64 bit computer with win 7 and an nVidia grapics card. So the Problem is not restricted to AMD Hardware. I noticed too that some missions are more effected but i ignored that for now. If i've time to play in the near future i'll play around with graphic settings, maybe this can contain the problem.

[Klaustrophobia]

i have encountered a couple unrelated graphical anomalies in WiH part 1 with the new builds/updates also.  is it alright to turn this into a catch-all wonky graphics thread?

mine were flickering square artifacts that sometimes appeared on/instead of beam charge balls, and a kinda similar square artifact over/instead of the target shield gauge.  the shield gauge would flicker between a black square, some kind of wonky faded version of the shield gauge, and normal.   i noticed this one most on the first mission, and the plasma shine one mostly in delenda est.  i tried unsuccessfully to get screen shots.  none in my screenshots folder and couldn't paste anything into paint.  not sure what's up with that.  maybe i'm just a doofus and missed the key.  completed the part 1 playthrough, on to act 3 now.  i'll take another pass at screenshots if it pops up again in here.

windows 7 64 bit, gtx 670, 310.90 drivers.  i7 2600k cpu.

[WhiteFox]

Sorry for pushing, guys.
Please give me us an update for this.

[General Battuta]

Try the builds in the compatibility package in this forum.

[WhiteFox]

Thats an good news!
I testet with the Compatible-VPs and the linked 3.6.17 - Build.

With the Builds the game is crashing sporadly, so i tryied without the Builds. 
I played 1-2 Missions without the reported grafical problems.  I'll continue playing and observing the issue.

[Klaustrophobia]

finally caught a screenshot of the enemy shield indicator oddity.



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