Black map and no apparent fix.

[Leopold "Shaqan" Mutter]

Yesterday I decided to "go Travelbot" and explore rest of the map, especially South side.

When I got  done, I came back to NU via teleport and got my normal body back.

Then, back in normal body I noticed that map is no longer defogging.

1.Several relogs, no change.

2.Erased that cache.local.sdb file - and everything in map window became just pure black (except for added location markers). Lost also already opened areas I was at least able to see before erasure. Even if I could'nt defog new regions.

3.Uninstalled game, erased Dedicated Logic folder under AppData/Local, erased Afterworld Survival folder under Documents. Started JetClean and went trough full system cleanup. Reinstalled game from scratch - After logging in, still black window with markers, no actual map.

4.Formatted drive, installed new windows, installed new game, from Full Installer - Still that black window and no map.

5.Repeated step 3. Reinstalled game from "Lite-Installer". - Still that black window and no map.

During relogs I watched that cache.local.sdb. It appeared the second I entered login data and from that moment, did not change. (compared file hashes)

6. Disconnected hardware firewall. Plugged WAN cable directly behind gaming PC, repeated Step 3. Installed game from Full Installer. - Still black area instead of map.


Does anyone has some additional advice to offer? I am clueless as to what else I could try.

Above mentioned "black map" looks like this

[Old "Snowy" Leopard]

I'm afraid Travelbots do not de-fog the map - only humans.
(and sometimes the Map Server seems to be offline ... but the map does come back eventually).

[Leopold "Shaqan" Mutter]

I am (and I was during exploration) aware that Travelbots do not defog. It did'nt stop from marking down points of interest and getting "reconnaisance information" about mobs in South.

But I am on "human state" for nearly 24h now, and still the same issue persists. I also started with experiments after it was apparent that the map does not work any more (and I asked from soc if it worked for them) although I was in human form for long time since.

[Event "Janе" Horizon]

My map seems fine ... all I can think of Shaqan is that you visit the antenna's again.
(note: this is unlikely to be the issue as antenna lose is indicated by a fuzzy map rather than black).

[Leopold "Shaqan" Mutter]

that "fuzzy gray" overlay is only visible when I go into buildings like Outposts. When I am under open sky then it's just "black"

One thing I noticed was that placemarkers inside map window take about half a second to appear after I erased that sdb-file and relogged into game.  So, at least this data concerning marked down spots does get loaded from AW servers, but for some reason not the defogged parts of the map itself.

I tried alltogether different computer (went to parents house and blessed my mothers PC with AW). Still same "black".

EDIT:I shall try to visit the antenna (at least that's something I havent tried yet during past 2 days). Socchat works fine at the moment though. I'll give it a try.

EDIT2: Seems to work now, out of blue:)

[Jarod "Brickwit" McBrickerton]

Unfortunately this is one of those little bugs that keeps popping up from time to time, though not usually this bad or for this long.

Every so often a section of the map that I have already fully de-fogged will go black as if I hadn't been through it yet. Most of the time this is resolved with a login cycle, but sometimes that doesn't fix it immediately. Either way, when I run through those areas again, the fogged area will clear out in squares or double-tall squares until it does finally resolve itself. However at about the same time you're describing this happened to me again and for a while the map was de-fogging in squares or rectangles, then it suddenly stopped clearing altogether. It was later in the night for me so I logged out for the night and expected it to have resolved itself (or been resolved by the devs) by the next time I played again.

[Leopold "Shaqan" Mutter]

and having it again. "The satellite connection has been lost.."

Second week I think. While I picked rocks in NU, it didnt bother me much, figured I go visit SarW transmitter and it gets fixed.
Went to the transmitter today, hopped around it, circled around it, relogged under it twice, de nada.

Reinstalled the game, from backup, erased AppData\Dedicated Logic etc etc..
f it

[Axle "Axle" Platinum]

It comes and goes, so i wouldnt bother with reinstall etc etc.


Cheers


Axle

[Leopold "Shaqan" Mutter]

If everyone have it broken, it would simply mean that server is down. No big deal 
But when other players have it working fine, it does'nt compute that way. Issue is more likely something on my side.


Side note: Finally got past "same fps on all settings" issue. Installed Geforce 334.89 among trying other, older drivers, and looks like it finally fixed the issue.