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My avatar is fine on my Laptop, and bugged on Desktop?

Maximus Ergaron
Registered User
Join date: 17 Jan 2010
Posts: 3
01-17-2010 17:39
Alright so here is the deal, My avatars and skins all work fine on my laptop and work computer, and any other computer. The problem is my home desktop.

When I try to apply any kind of skin, the girls are very bugged, and my face disappears. (I can see this, so can others) Any skin I apply, everything looks the same.


My desktop is W7 64 Bit, With a 4850 ATI graphics card with updated drivers.

I've tried to Update my Viewer, I've cleared cache, I've reinstalled. Nothing helps.

Here is a pic of me in game, I removed my hair which was attached as an object, you can see m yface is missing, normally I would be wearing jeans, and DO have a face.



Furthermore I read that perhaps its a problem with my graphics card?
Dark Zebendein
Registered User
Join date: 21 Jul 2009
Posts: 24
01-17-2010 19:26
open GL doesnt like ATI cards.. i think someone may be able to direct you to a thread discussing it.. or a help page discussing ATI cards and the open GL issue..


I am willing to guess that the other computers all have nvidia cards.
Maximus Ergaron
Registered User
Join date: 17 Jan 2010
Posts: 3
01-20-2010 22:59
Either Nvidia or Onboard graphics
Twisted Pharaoh
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Join date: 24 Mar 2007
Posts: 315
01-20-2010 23:26
Yeah I think it's the Windows version of OpenGL which is buggy. It works perfectly well on Linux with an ATI card.
Maximus Ergaron
Registered User
Join date: 17 Jan 2010
Posts: 3
01-22-2010 12:31
I've searched all the related Ati threads and about the 4850. So is there any solution for Windows 7? I don't necessarily want to install a new operating system to play a game, although I can try to partition or run linux on another HD.


I've read about "DNA" Drivers that have fixed the issue but have failed to find them. I think this is the last time I will purchase an Ati card...