Windlight questions

I have been trying to use Windlight in the last week or two. After I log on...everything looks great...but after a few minutes...these strange and HUGE multi colored triangles start blocking my view. I searched the forums and someone had posted that ctr alt shift U might solve this. It had no affect at all. They go away for a few minutes (or seconds) if I click the different shaders off or on...doesn't seem to matter off or on...I will click them off and they go away...they come back and I click the same shader back on...and they go away...only to return again! Anyone have any ideas how to make them disappear for good?

Thanks!
Blu

I'm not for sure what you are experiencing but i used to get like multicolored prisms shooting out of everysingle object..they wouldn't go away unless i relogged..they were so bad i couldn't see where i was going..prisms shooting from my eyes and hair and clothes and land.

Someone mentioned in a thread that it was a video card driver bug for ATI I believe. I went out and bought a new card..(Nvidia)..problem fixed.

~Lana Tomba

hi blu

if you disable open gl vertex buffer objects in the graphics/hardware settings that bug goes away. but your fps will drop a bit.

i think it´s an ati driver thing in combination with bad coding from LL.

good luck

Sounds similar to my problem...they get so bad, I can't see anything. Maybe time for a new card...unless anyone else has an idea...

Blu

Could you have 'Show Updates' toggled on by any chance? Or is this the same thing as Ctr-Alt-Shift-U ? (I don't often use short cuts... )

that shortcut shows minor blue red and green transparent "smokey" triangles rising from objects and avatars when they move and update. If they're experiencing what I was..it's horrific. Imagine every polygon used to make up the world exploding and reaching out towards your screen.

I think Yuriko is on the right track though.

I also experienced this bug in WoW.(towards the end) I used to think it was my ATI card overheating... but i would guess that dumbing down some of your settings like Yuriko suggested might help.

~Lana Tomba

TY very much. I will try that tonight when I get home from work. I hope it helps. I will keep ya posted!

-Blu-

Thank you guys so much...I tried the suggestion by Yuriko..and it worked awesome!

-Blu-

Yuriko is right there ... my FPS is disasterous.

I have managed to get a couple of funky textures out of the sky when this happened to me though

Personally, I am just going to get a better card

Ok....now I feel like a newb again...what a FPS?

Blu

Frames Per Second

Ahhh...lol....So my lag may not be SL's fault at all? Damn...now I will have to take back some of my comments in chat.

-Blu-