Hey,
I'm having issues with the new WindLight viewer. Whenever I check off Atmospheric Shading, all the colors and textures get really screwed up and cartoonish. I was able to run the last Windlight release just fine, and from what I have read, I meet all the requirements to run it..anyone know what is going on and how to fix this?
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Perriwen Ock
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11-15-2007 07:23
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Thili Playfair
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11-15-2007 10:06
A picture says more then a thousand words ?
Might want to post a screenshot of what you mean^.~ |
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Perriwen Ock
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11-15-2007 12:16
Here they are:
Before Atmospheric Shading:  After shading has been enabled:  |
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Herbie Whitman
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11-15-2007 12:23
Yes, I see the same thing, specially with avatars, like you switch your pc from 32 bit color back ro the old 256 colors from the old dos game days. And I know I meet the requirements easily.
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Michael Bigwig
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11-15-2007 12:28
Hey, I'm having issues with the new WindLight viewer. Whenever I check off Atmospheric Shading, all the colors and textures get really screwed up and cartoonish. I was able to run the last Windlight release just fine, and from what I have read, I meet all the requirements to run it..anyone know what is going on and how to fix this? Firstly, you said ALL the textures and colors...I only see the sky changing...that's a huge difference when trying to support your problem... Anyway... Triple-check that all you settings are proper, and are set the way you want. Make sure your graphical drivers are all current. Make sure your videocard supports this shader version (I know I know...but just check). It's dropping the bits on your sky color-wheel...not sure why. Sorry. _____________________
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Zuri Simca
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11-15-2007 14:27
I have this same exact issue, I have all updated drivers, all my graphics are set the way they need to be, my graphics card supports everything that LL says it should in order to run Windlight, yet I still get this issue.
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Jason Backer
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11-16-2007 00:09
Same problem for me as well, I have a good card and it runs well, but this happens
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Mac Heron
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11-16-2007 02:24
Same here...Not sure why its doing it. Any suggestions would be great..Its not just the sky its the entire game.
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Ollj Oh
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11-16-2007 16:39
Same problem with my Gygabyte Radeon 9600 pro.
In SL the group "First look" might be helpfull. Looks like a software bug that is limiting compartibility though. this thread needs more info on what shader version is used. best with a wikipedia link and a list to what cards support that shader version. |
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Jakyl Lightfoot
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My problems.. =o
11-16-2007 18:32
Okay... this is what I have...
[ ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 ] Video Adapter Properties: Device Description ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 Adapter String ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 BIOS String BK-ATI VER008.029M.004.000 Chip Type ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 (0x3150) DAC Type Internal DAC(400MHz) Installed Drivers ati2dvag (6.14.10.6553 - ATI Catalyst 5.7) Memory Size 256 MB Video Adapter Manufacturer: Company Name ATI Technologies Inc. Product Information http://www.ati.com/products/gamer.html Driver Download http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html --------[ PCI / AGP Video ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATI Mobility Radeon X600 (M24) Video Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon X600 (M24) 3D Accelerator --------[ GPU ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ PCI Express x16: ATI Mobility Radeon X600 (M24) ] Graphics Processor Properties: Video Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon X600 (M24) GPU Code Name M24 PCI Device 1002 / 3150 Process Technology 0.13u Bus Type PCI Express x16 @ x16 Memory Size 64 MB GPU Clock 398 MHz RAMDAC Clock 400 MHz Pixel Pipelines 4 TMU Per Pipeline 1 Vertex Shaders 2 (v2.0) Pixel Shaders 1 (v2.0) DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v9.0 Pixel Fillrate 1592 MPixel/s Texel Fillrate 1592 MTexel/s Memory Bus Properties: Bus Type DDR Bus Width 128-bit Real Clock 263 MHz (DDR) Effective Clock 526 MHz Bandwidth 8416 MB/s Let me know what other information you need... http://www.flickr.com/photos/20924867@N02 |
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Thili Playfair
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11-16-2007 19:35
Cant see this happening with my nvidia8800, ati and SL again o.o?
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Sandling Honey
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11-16-2007 20:14
Hello everyone - I was fiddling with my Catalyst Control Center to set some stuff sharper for the Windlight client. I had the exact same issue when I had 'Catalyst A.I.' set to advanced. Upon setting it back to standard I fixed the colour issue. Might want to check that out!
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Abyssin Otoro
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11-17-2007 09:03
Okay... this is what I have... [ ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600 ] That is one of the cards that LL has lowered support for in the new version of Windlight. They have lowered the "class" of the card (I don't know exactly what the "class" means or implies) and lots of others. This may be part of the reason (it may not be too). The 'Catalyst A.I.' mentioned above also sounds like it could be the reason, esp if it is recent. I have problems in general with drivers based on anything above Catalyst 7.4. I made a quick list of the cards that I noticed that they had downgraded in my post about LL dropping shader support *completely* for my card, which meant that Windlight looked worse than the main client. (Until I tweaked the Windlight files to add support back in, and Windlight even on Ultra works well for me now). The post is here: http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?p=1763575 |
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Abyssin Otoro
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11-18-2007 09:28
I just posted the following on the Jira about this
http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3111 ATI's Catalyst AI has some problems with some specific edge case coding. There are some work-arounds that the end user can do, but they can cause other problems, esp. in other programs. The only real fix is to find the code in Windlight that is triggering this edge case and fix it. Work around #1: Turn AI off. (This does not seem to always work, and not everyone *can* turn it off) Work around #2: Turn the Open GL texture preference to "High Quality" (or the highest setting that you have, above Quality). A side effect of this is that you will probably get lower framerates in *all* 3D applications and games  REPO: (On a working system, well after I actually tweaked Windlight to work, see VWR-3272 to see what I have changed and why I needed to). - Use Windlight in a working state, then exit. - Go into the Graphic's card control panel, and under Open GL (or in the CCC I think they are all in the same place), find the "Texture Preference" and turn it down a couple of levels. I turned mine down from "High Quality" (the max), down one to "Quality" - Start Windlight again, and confirm that you have the problem, if not, try a lower setting for "Texture Preference" (I expect that higher end cards might need this turned down further to get the banding effect). - Exit Windlight and repeat the "Texture Preference" change, but this time turn it back up to what it was. - Restart Windlight and confirm that things are back to normal. |
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Zuri Simca
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11-19-2007 09:33
Hello everyone - I was fiddling with my Catalyst Control Center to set some stuff sharper for the Windlight client. I had the exact same issue when I had 'Catalyst A.I.' set to advanced. Upon setting it back to standard I fixed the colour issue. Might want to check that out! Thank you! This fixed my problem perfectly, I am so happy. I loved Windlight but that damn cartoon texture was horribly disappointing. Thank you again. |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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05-22-2009 22:23
I have the banded sky now.
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