Problems with the graphics after todays patch.

I hope someone can help me. After the patch I logged in and found the world a much different looking place!!

Going to try to link some screenshots:

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/jsrose99@prodigy.net

hope that works. ( EDIT -- Yes it does work, but I guess I didnt put them in the correct folder, click around in the OTHER album and you can see them. Sorry, first time I used it ) I also added some pics as attachments at the bottom of the post.

Anyway, the area in the immediate area, maybe 10 feet or so, looks ok, after that the ground is a featureless brown. Buildings, water, sky and ground look a solid monotone.


Tech stuff from DXDIAG:

Time of this report: 8/20/2003, 18:27:39
Machine name: Jellin Pico
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: n/a
System Model: n/a
BIOS: Award Medallion BIOS v6.0
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 230MB used, 2231MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0902 32bit Unicode




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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce FX 5600
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0312&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4523 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/28/2003 15:19:00, 3902603 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a



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Sound Devices
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Description: SB Audigy Audio [FF40]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_10021102&REV_04
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0383 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 4/11/2003 06:32:36, 502160 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 4000, 192000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 64, 62
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 64, 62
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: Yes
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run



Not sure what else you'd need.
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys

What other album? If I go to "All albums" I only get one link, back to the empty album. :-/

Edit: OK, I finished reading the rest of your edit, and looked at the attached snapshot.

I don't know what to tell you, though. Obviously, the textures aren't being rendered on the land/water. And, just as obviously, the non-landscape textures are rendering properly. :-/

Have you tried dumping your cache and logging back in? Or completely uninstall and reinstall SL. It seems to me as though the client is either missing the textures that it's supposed to render for the landscape, or it has them and just doesn't know what to do with them.

I would think that if it were a hardware problem, the other textures probably wouldn't be rendering, either.

Thanks Grim, took your advice and just deleted everything and reinstalled. Works fine now.

since the last update an bug fix I am having problems with the graphics also. every one is grey for a long epriod of time. Also the things with alpha channels stay grey. I have none of my talking glitter. Used to think it was a pain now I miss it. I have the g4fx withthe lastes drivers.

As for Jellin, I have the same video card and saw the same thing. My fix was to go into the NVIDIA Media Center \\Performace and Quality Settings\\Image Settings and make sure it was set to Quality.

Nyna, you should try dumping your cache too. If you are running in full screen, try windowed mode.

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