Texture / Lighting Problems

PipoDeluxe · 11-17-2006, 06:33 AM

Sometimes when I load a map, all ground textures are black, grass looks like glow-in-the-dark seaweed, and the trees look like they come straight from the Teletubbies. (I tried to make screenies, but somehow they were all completely black...)

I guess this is a problem with the textures (black textures / no textures at all?), and/or with the lighting (no lighting on ground / too much lighting on grass?). I don't know. I've never seen this before in vBF2 or PR 0.3x. So far I've had this problem with AlBasrah and Qwai River.

Does anyone else have these problems?
Does anyone know how to fix it?

My video settings:
- Lighting: Medium
- Dynamic Shadows: Medium
- The rest: High
- 1280x1024
- 4xAA
on an ATI RADEON X850XT PCI-E with Catalyst 6.10 drivers.

Darth.Skyline · 11-17-2006, 07:37 AM

theres your problem :

Catalyst 6.10

you need to upgrade your graphic card to Catalyst 9 or higher i think. (i used to have the same problem with vBF2, i had a Radeon, i upgraded it and it was all fixed)

PipoDeluxe · 11-17-2006, 11:45 AM

Thanks for the quick reply Darth! (really nice sig BTW! lol)
There's no Catalyst 9.

According to the ATI website 6.11 is the newest version (released 2 days ago).
I'll download/install 6.11 and see if it helps... (but there's probably not much of a difference between 6.10 and 6.11, at least not for my old X850XT)

Darth.Skyline · 11-17-2006, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PipoDeluxe

Thanks for the quick reply Darth! (really nice sig BTW! lol)
There's no Catalyst 9.

According to the ATI website 6.11 is the newest version (released 2 days ago).
I'll download/install 6.11 and see if it helps... (but there's probably not much of a difference between 6.10 and 6.11, at least not for my old X850XT)

i stoped using ATI about a year ago, seems they changed everything, there used to be a catalyst 9.

I switched to a Nvidia GeForce 6800GT and all the graphic related problems stopped. And i havent had a single graphic problem every since (and i hope i still dont).

.Du$ty · 11-19-2006, 08:44 PM

im running 6.11 and since i installed these drivers Ive had this same problem happen twice to me with the black screenshots and all.......Im also using a unlocked x800gto almost the same card as Pipodeluxe

PipoDeluxe · 11-20-2006, 07:32 AM

@Du$ty: it might very well be ATI driver related. I'm not sure, but I think I've had these problems since I installed 6.10 (and 6.11). I think I'll go back to my trusty old 6.6 drivers and see if it helps...

.Du$ty · 11-20-2006, 03:29 PM

sounds like a plan, I was runnin 6.6 till i cleaned it when the new pr came out and got the newest 6.11
gotta say though, could be the placebo effect but the game looks and runs better on the newest cats than the 6.6-.6.7 range drivers on my system at least.

{GD}Shmoo · 11-20-2006, 04:16 PM

I had no problems until I updated to 6.11 and now I have the same problem so my plan is to roll back to the old version....

PipoDeluxe · 11-21-2006, 05:56 AM

Thanks for the replies everyone! Looks like we're building a case here: Catalyst 6.11 + PR 0.4 = problems.

By the way: as far as I know Catalyst 6.11 works fine with vBF2. So it seems it's the combination of PR 0.4 and these new drivers that's causing problems for some people... Or are people having similar problems with 6.11 and vBF2?

GLQ · 11-21-2006, 06:16 AM

x700 - ATI Catlyst 6.10 - same problems ...

11-17-2006, 06:33 AM	#1
PipoDeluxe PR Tournament Admin Join Date: Sep 2006 Netherlands Posts: 41	Texture / Lighting Problems Sometimes when I load a map, all ground textures are black, grass looks like glow-in-the-dark seaweed, and the trees look like they come straight from the Teletubbies. (I tried to make screenies, but somehow they were all completely black...) I guess this is a problem with the textures (black textures / no textures at all?), and/or with the lighting (no lighting on ground / too much lighting on grass?). I don't know. I've never seen this before in vBF2 or PR 0.3x. So far I've had this problem with AlBasrah and Qwai River. Does anyone else have these problems? Does anyone know how to fix it? My video settings: - Lighting: Medium - Dynamic Shadows: Medium - The rest: High - 1280x1024 - 4xAA on an ATI RADEON X850XT PCI-E with Catalyst 6.10 drivers.

11-17-2006, 07:37 AM	#2
Darth.Skyline Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,122	theres your problem : Catalyst 6.10 you need to upgrade your graphic card to Catalyst 9 or higher i think. (i used to have the same problem with vBF2, i had a Radeon, i upgraded it and it was all fixed)
	"Rise my pretties...."

11-20-2006, 04:16 PM	#8
{GD}Shmoo Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 15	I had no problems until I updated to 6.11 and now I have the same problem so my plan is to roll back to the old version....
	Communications Officer - Ghost Dogs

11-21-2006, 06:16 AM	#10
GLQ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 63	x700 - ATI Catlyst 6.10 - same problems ...
GLQ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 63

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11-17-2006, 11:45 AM	#3
PipoDeluxe PR Tournament Admin Join Date: Sep 2006 Netherlands Posts: 41	Thanks for the quick reply Darth! (really nice sig BTW! lol) There's no Catalyst 9. According to the ATI website 6.11 is the newest version (released 2 days ago). I'll download/install 6.11 and see if it helps... (but there's probably not much of a difference between 6.10 and 6.11, at least not for my old X850XT)

11-19-2006, 08:44 PM	#5
.Du$ty Join Date: May 2006 United States of America Location: Seattle area Posts: 60	im running 6.11 and since i installed these drivers Ive had this same problem happen twice to me with the black screenshots and all.......Im also using a unlocked x800gto almost the same card as Pipodeluxe

11-20-2006, 07:32 AM	#6
PipoDeluxe PR Tournament Admin Join Date: Sep 2006 Netherlands Posts: 41	@Du$ty: it might very well be ATI driver related. I'm not sure, but I think I've had these problems since I installed 6.10 (and 6.11). I think I'll go back to my trusty old 6.6 drivers and see if it helps...

11-20-2006, 03:29 PM	#7
.Du$ty Join Date: May 2006 United States of America Location: Seattle area Posts: 60	sounds like a plan, I was runnin 6.6 till i cleaned it when the new pr came out and got the newest 6.11 gotta say though, could be the placebo effect but the game looks and runs better on the newest cats than the 6.6-.6.7 range drivers on my system at least.

11-21-2006, 05:56 AM	#9
PipoDeluxe PR Tournament Admin Join Date: Sep 2006 Netherlands Posts: 41	Thanks for the replies everyone! Looks like we're building a case here: Catalyst 6.11 + PR 0.4 = problems. By the way: as far as I know Catalyst 6.11 works fine with vBF2. So it seems it's the combination of PR 0.4 and these new drivers that's causing problems for some people... Or are people having similar problems with 6.11 and vBF2?

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