Virii graphic problem (patch 5.11)

Neuromante · Postby **Neuromante** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:44 am

Hi all!
I recently installed the latest patch for Darwinia; I played the demo level (nice new effects, VERY pretty) and everything seemed to go perfect. Until I started the campaing.
I'ts just a graphical glitch concenring the virii: The graphic it's *just* plain, and don't adapt to the terrain, crossing elevations inside the elevation itself (and you only can see the begining and the end of the virii, as long as the rest of it's "body" its inside the elevation, going over a depression and so on.

I have Win XP, and a ATI Mobility X1400 graphic card on board.

xyzyxx · Postby **xyzyxx** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:58 pm

Can you post a screen shot?

Neuromante · Postby **Neuromante** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:26 pm

Of course:

Link to the original screenshot. (1440x900 Screenshot)

Link to the same screenshot with the glitches professionally marked with paint

(1440x900 Screenshot)

xyzyxx · Postby **xyzyxx** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:57 pm

Yeah, that's a common graphical quirk. I never thought much of it.

Neuromante · Postby **Neuromante** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:31 pm

Uhmf, and there isn't any way to correct it? Until I installed the new patch I didn't have any problem :rolleyes:

xyzyxx · Postby **xyzyxx** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:40 pm

You didn't?

That's odd; perhaps someone can confirm this?

frenchfrog · Postby **frenchfrog** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:41 pm

Change from OpenGL rendering to Directx rendering. Your ATI Mobility X1400 most probably don't support the features needed for the new effects.

Shwart!! · Postby **Shwart!!** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:11 am

I've been playing Darwinia on my new (NVidia card) rig, with the old 1.4x patch. Never seen that issue, that I can remember, but I'll go back and test the new patch on my other rig...

EDIT: bleh... I forgot that the 1.5.x install got corrupted somehow... lame...

Shwart!!

Neuromante · Postby **Neuromante** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:24 pm

So, there isn't any way to fix the problem? Looks like I can't choose between Direct X and Open GL..

xander · Postby **xander** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:26 pm

I don't think that anyone has ever thought of it as a problem before you. You could fix it by turning entity detail down, maybe, but I am not sure that will do what you want it to do. I suggest that, if it is really bothering you, you consider that Darwinia is a virtual environment, and that virii represent a corruption of that environment. Of course they should behave oddly.

xander

Neuromante · Postby **Neuromante** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:21 pm

lol, yes, it's a way to see the problem.. Anyway, IT'S a bug, as long as with previous versions the virii behave "normally" in those previous versions.
Anyway, thanks for the answers!

KingAl · Postby **KingAl** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:41 am

Neuromante wrote:Anyway, IT'S a bug, as long as with previous versions the virii behave "normally" in those previous versions.

Why? It might be an added feature

Virii graphic problem (patch 5.11)

Virii graphic problem (patch 5.11)

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