Selected NVIDIA forceware drivers have problems with shiny objects in the Windlight client. These drivers may also cause shaders to fail to load.
Known drivers to have problems:
169.01
169.02
169.04
169.09
169.10
169.13
169.17
169.21
Be prepared to downgrade your drivers if you install the 169 series of drivers.
https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3402
https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3164
https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3590
https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3744
https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-2899
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Strife Onizuka
Moonchild
Join date: 3 Mar 2004
Posts: 5,887
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12-09-2007 03:13
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Kevin Susenko
Voice Mentor
Join date: 11 Jul 2006
Posts: 198
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12-09-2007 15:58
This is still broken in 169.17.
Edit: And 196.21. From what I've read .21 is a WHQL candidate, which means it may get to WHQL status without this being fixed. _____________________
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 (Overclocked - 2.8GHz) | Mobo: EVGA nForce 680i SLI | GPU: XFX nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768mb GDDR3 | Memory: 4gb DDR2 PC5300 667MHz Dual Channel | PSU: Antec Neo HE 550w | Sound: SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtrememusic | HDD: 950gb total SATA3 | OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
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Seigmancer Nino
Builder, Engineer
Join date: 24 May 2005
Posts: 150
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12-11-2007 12:06
Unfortunately 8800GT CANNOT be downgraded as it is one of the newer video cards.
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Maklin Deckard
Disillusioned
Join date: 9 Apr 2005
Posts: 459
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12-19-2007 09:12
Selected NVIDIA forceware drivers have problems with shiny objects in the Windlight client. These drivers may also cause shaders to fail to load. Known drivers to have problems: 169.01 169.02 169.04 169.09 169.10 169.13 169.17 169.21 Be prepared to downgrade your drivers if you install the 169 series of drivers. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3402 https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3164 https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3590 https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-3744 https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-2899 I am not so sure it IS the drivers as opposed to poor LL coding. I had an ATI X1300...LL cannot get the water shader to work with sky shaders on...blames ATI and says the next driver update MAY fix it. May? I can get water and sky both in other games, so what is LL NOT doing right? So I go out, get an nvidia 8800GT. Install it with the old drivers on CD...guess what? Same shit, different day. Sky works, no water (but water is colored UNDERWATER if you choose Valdez or Second Plague). Try with new drivers .25, same. Soooo, LL is blameless, but both ATI AND NVIDIA some how screwed up drivers for MULTIPLE versions on most if not all card models, but ONLY with SL? Not buying it, Strife. Multiple shaders working great in other games, but not SL, sounds more like LL's normal level of skill. Soooo, I do hope you can see WHY I am just a BIT irritated at LL? Thank you for you rpost, but can you point me to one of the magic Forceware ones I can downgrade to to get it to work. NOT happy upgrading to a $250+ video card just to find out that (supposedly) the drivers are just as hosed as ATI's.... |
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Maklin Deckard
Disillusioned
Join date: 9 Apr 2005
Posts: 459
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12-20-2007 16:20
Just got the .25 drivers, posted 12/20 on Nvidia's site. Broken like the rest of them.
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Milissa Rossini
Registered User
Join date: 6 Jun 2007
Posts: 19
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12-21-2007 23:22
New Windlight Viwer bring us back our sea!! No need to wait for new 8800GT driver!! We need to go to download it manually. Reminder: sky rendering has problem. We need to tune the detail to "mid" for fix it.
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Usagi Musashi
UM ™®
Join date: 24 Oct 2004
Posts: 6,083
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12-22-2007 01:08
The 169.21 drivers seems to cleared up all sort of problems. Very happy at the moment!
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Seigmancer Nino
Builder, Engineer
Join date: 24 May 2005
Posts: 150
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12-22-2007 16:33
Newest WL and newest Nvidia drivers have this problem resolved.
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Ilmira Yesheyev
Registered User
Join date: 8 Dec 2006
Posts: 40
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12-28-2007 09:41
Using latest NVidia 169.xx drivers on 8800GTS 640mb and there are still no shaders in the windlight or regular viewer. This is on two identical machines.
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Fei Bourdeille
Registered User
Join date: 12 Jul 2006
Posts: 38
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Issue seems to be fixed!!!
02-13-2008 10:48
Forceware 169.38 for 32bit Windows XP works, the shaders seem to be enabled now.
[EDIT] I was wrong, seems they only work in Windlight, not the normal viewer, sorry. |
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Ulla Grut
Registered User
Join date: 17 Apr 2007
Posts: 5
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Nvidia GeForce FX 5200
04-06-2008 08:17
Hi
i have Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 with 6.14.11.6921 driver the reproduction on the monitor is without contrast, so quite tasteless and not very brightly. If I switch with hardware brighter, everything is illuminated. Now I am with old viewer on the way again greetings Ulla |
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Arkansas Sorbet
Registered User
Join date: 25 Jun 2008
Posts: 7
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11-15-2009 15:24
Will the GTX 260 card work, guys? I'm not up on this technical stuff at all, it's just what was recommended to me as a good card. And is ATI better than NVidia for SL?
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Lindal Kidd
Dances With Noobs
Join date: 26 Jun 2007
Posts: 8,371
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11-16-2009 12:21
Will the GTX 260 card work, guys? I'm not up on this technical stuff at all, it's just what was recommended to me as a good card. And is ATI better than NVidia for SL? I use the EVGA GTX 260 and it rocks. I think NVIDIA is better than ATI for SL. _____________________
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