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Julianna Belwraith

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01-28-2010 12:44

Hello. My friend has a problem with characters textures in game. When he meet somebody his game looks like this :

http://i48.tinypic.com/4h8ind.jpg

I think it's maybe something with his graphic card, but maybe somebody has this problem already ?

His graphic card: ATI Radeon 3800 Series

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Osprey Therian

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01-28-2010 13:11

I hear the new drivers (just released) fix this - but otherwise I believe disabling VBO stops it.

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Julianna Belwraith

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01-28-2010 13:40

Well now when he turned off VBO first his monitor turned in black, then was no signal, than the black cursor appeared and than game exited with error about VPU Recovery.

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01-28-2010 13:52

That's not a texture issue. It's a geometry issue. The textures all look fine. What you're seeing are vertices being put in the wrong places at the wrong times, resulting in misshapen and/or extraneous 3D geometry.

The reason for this is ATI hardware does not imlement vertex buffer objects properly under OpenGL. This question comes up at least once every couple of days. To prevent the problem, disable VBO's.

Now, you said your friend's screen when black when he did that. That's likely because the graphics buffer needed to refresh in order to clear out the VBO's, and sometimes, a refresh like that can cause a running program to crash. It's no big deal; just restart the program, or if necessary, reboot the computer.

Has your friend tried rebooting?

If he has rebooted, and he's still having problems, tell him to try updating his graphics card driver.

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Problem with textures
Julianna Belwraith Registered User Join date: 11 Jan 2010 Posts: 2	01-28-2010 12:44 Hello. My friend has a problem with characters textures in game. When he meet somebody his game looks like this : http://i48.tinypic.com/4h8ind.jpg I think it's maybe something with his graphic card, but maybe somebody has this problem already ? His graphic card: ATI Radeon 3800 Series Regards.
Osprey Therian I want capslocklock Join date: 6 Jul 2004 Posts: 5,049	01-28-2010 13:11 I hear the new drivers (just released) fix this - but otherwise I believe disabling VBO stops it. _____________________ http:www.atomic-raygun.com Combat Cards in Europa [url=http://slurl.com/secondlife/grignano/118/116/]The Photography Studio in Grignano[/url] Mud! Mud! Glorious mud! Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. So, follow me, follow, down to the hollow, And there let us wallow in glorious mud. Flanders and Swan
Julianna Belwraith Registered User Join date: 11 Jan 2010 Posts: 2	01-28-2010 13:40 Well now when he turned off VBO first his monitor turned in black, then was no signal, than the black cursor appeared and than game exited with error about VPU Recovery.
Chosen Few Alpha Channel Slave Join date: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 7,496	01-28-2010 13:52 That's not a texture issue. It's a geometry issue. The textures all look fine. What you're seeing are vertices being put in the wrong places at the wrong times, resulting in misshapen and/or extraneous 3D geometry. The reason for this is ATI hardware does not imlement vertex buffer objects properly under OpenGL. This question comes up at least once every couple of days. To prevent the problem, disable VBO's. Now, you said your friend's screen when black when he did that. That's likely because the graphics buffer needed to refresh in order to clear out the VBO's, and sometimes, a refresh like that can cause a running program to crash. It's no big deal; just restart the program, or if necessary, reboot the computer. Has your friend tried rebooting? If he has rebooted, and he's still having problems, tell him to try updating his graphics card driver. _____________________ . Land now available for rent in Indigo. Low rates. Quiet, low-lag mainland sim with good neighbors. IM me in-world if you're interested.

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