Win 7 Wrong screen effect when badly wounded

Duckmeister · 02-08-2010, 05:57 PM

I recently built a new computer with an ATI Radeon HD 5970 for the graphics card. However, now, whenever I get badly wounded, instead of the picture being really bleak, blurry, and washed out, it goes totally black, with an occasional flashing white blob going across the screen, and if I get healed, the black doesn't go away until a couple seconds after I'm healed. Basically, whenever I get wounded, I'm blinded.

I suspect this to be a graphics driver problem, I am running the 9.12 hotfix, and I'm not installing 10.1 until they release the hotfix version. Besides, I highly doubt 10.1 catalyst will fix this issue specifically.

Maybe it's not the graphics driver? All suggestions are welcome, please help me fix this!

[R-COM]SnipingCoward · 02-08-2010, 10:00 PM

try clearing the bf2 shader cache (using bf2cleaner or deleting the folder documents/battlefield2/cache)

Duckmeister · 02-09-2010, 09:32 AM

Wait, shouldn't I clear out the PR cache, and just leave the BF2 cache alone? Or both?

[R-COM]SnipingCoward · 02-09-2010, 12:52 PM

pr does not use a shader cache other than the built in by bf2 afaik

even so - clearing cache is safe - bf2 will "optimize shaders" again once you try to load a map - thats when the cache gets rewritten (but only if you clear the cache)

Duckmeister · 02-09-2010, 11:28 PM

I cleared the cache, still the same problem.

Attached is what it looks like.

[R-COM]SnipingCoward · 02-10-2010, 03:22 AM

if you need a catalist with a hotfix try downgrading - maybe an earlier version does not have the problem and got its hotfixes

are you running pr from the pr.exe or from inside bf2 (ie. start bf2 then select mod)

you could also try reinstalling hoping that this is caused by a corrupted pr file

Duckmeister · 02-10-2010, 02:09 PM

9.12 is the earliest version with support for the 5970, so I can't downgrade.

Yes, I'm running pr from it's own .exe, so no go there.

I'd really hate to reinstall at this point, when I'm 99% sure it's ATI's pathetic drivers.

02-08-2010, 05:57 PM	#1
Duckmeister Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 115	Wrong screen effect when badly wounded I recently built a new computer with an ATI Radeon HD 5970 for the graphics card. However, now, whenever I get badly wounded, instead of the picture being really bleak, blurry, and washed out, it goes totally black, with an occasional flashing white blob going across the screen, and if I get healed, the black doesn't go away until a couple seconds after I'm healed. Basically, whenever I get wounded, I'm blinded. I suspect this to be a graphics driver problem, I am running the 9.12 hotfix, and I'm not installing 10.1 until they release the hotfix version. Besides, I highly doubt 10.1 catalyst will fix this issue specifically. Maybe it's not the graphics driver? All suggestions are welcome, please help me fix this!
Duckmeister Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 115

02-08-2010, 10:00 PM	#2
[R-COM]SnipingCoward Support Technician Join Date: Dec 2007 Europe Posts: 2,269	Re: Wrong screen effect when badly wounded try clearing the bf2 shader cache (using bf2cleaner or deleting the folder documents/battlefield2/cache)
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02-09-2010, 09:32 AM	#3
Duckmeister Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 115	Re: Wrong screen effect when badly wounded Wait, shouldn't I clear out the PR cache, and just leave the BF2 cache alone? Or both?
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02-09-2010, 12:52 PM	#4
[R-COM]SnipingCoward Support Technician Join Date: Dec 2007 Europe Posts: 2,269	Re: Wrong screen effect when badly wounded pr does not use a shader cache other than the built in by bf2 afaik even so - clearing cache is safe - bf2 will "optimize shaders" again once you try to load a map - thats when the cache gets rewritten (but only if you clear the cache)
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02-09-2010, 11:28 PM	#5
Duckmeister Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 115	Re: Wrong screen effect when badly wounded I cleared the cache, still the same problem. Attached is what it looks like. Attached Thumbnails
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02-10-2010, 03:22 AM	#6
[R-COM]SnipingCoward Support Technician Join Date: Dec 2007 Europe Posts: 2,269	Re: Wrong screen effect when badly wounded if you need a catalist with a hotfix try downgrading - maybe an earlier version does not have the problem and got its hotfixes are you running pr from the pr.exe or from inside bf2 (ie. start bf2 then select mod) you could also try reinstalling hoping that this is caused by a corrupted pr file
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02-10-2010, 02:09 PM	#7
Duckmeister Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 115	Re: Wrong screen effect when badly wounded 9.12 is the earliest version with support for the 5970, so I can't downgrade. Yes, I'm running pr from it's own .exe, so no go there. I'd really hate to reinstall at this point, when I'm 99% sure it's ATI's pathetic drivers.
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