Ongoing graphics problems

[Snus "Thewoose" Woose]

Hi, I've been playing off and on for three days and maybe one out of 3 attempts to successfully start the game works.  Sometimes I get no trees, just orange signs that say "no material" and sometimes just ground clutter and sky but no ground of any kind - grass, gravel, rock, road or anything.  Last night and this morning everything was working more or less but after 7 attempts tonite I either crash on startup or get a screen like the one attached.  I've also tried on two different computers and always get varying levels of "stuff" on the screen depending on who knows

I don't see any other posts about this but I can't be the only one having these problems ... thanks for any and all help

Edit:  I get a 500 server error when trying to attach the screenie so I put it on my own server:


Regards,
Woose

[Event "Janе" Horizon]

Similar issues have been reported ... try increasing the Video > Quality (Options in login screen; CTRL-O when in-game) to medium or higher. Also ensure that the Video > Resolution has been set to a value (if not select one from the list)

The game requires a fairly high spec system.
Updating your signature to include the specification of your system may help members of the forum to suggest solutions that worked on their similar spec.

[Leopold "Shaqan" Mutter]

It happens when setting graphics to "Minimal" before logging in..

Set it to "Low", log into game and change it to back  to "Minimal".. Ground should remain visible..

[Jarod "Brickwit" McBrickerton]

The game crashes a lot if you have BOINC, SETI@Home, or similar CPU-hogging apps running in the background (see my post about it here). I haven't tested for graphical issues but such programs might also cause the issue you're describing, especially if you have integrated graphics.

[Leopold "Shaqan" Mutter]

The game crashes a lot if you have BOINC, SETI@Home, or similar CPU-hogging apps running in the background (see my post about it here). I haven't tested for graphical issues but such programs might also cause the issue you're describing, especially if you have integrated graphics.

you could perhaps force cpu-hogs "down" with Process Lasso (http://bitsum.com/prolasso.php)
Set them to "Below Normal". You can adjust CPU priority (either all cores, only selected ones), I/O priorities (hard disk usage) etc. In some cases useful program

[Jarod "Brickwit" McBrickerton]

The game crashes a lot if you have BOINC, SETI@Home, or similar CPU-hogging apps running in the background (see my post about it here). I haven't tested for graphical issues but such programs might also cause the issue you're describing, especially if you have integrated graphics.

you could perhaps force cpu-hogs "down" with Process Lasso (http://bitsum.com/prolasso.php)
Set them to "Below Normal". You can adjust CPU priority (either all cores, only selected ones), I/O priorities (hard disk usage) etc. In some cases useful program

That's a good suggestion for people that absolutely need whatever's hogging their CPU. In my case, BOINC is purely optional so it's just easier, faster, and cleaner to disable it.

[AW "Dr.Butler" SSB Officer]

It happens when setting graphics to "Minimal" before logging in..

Set it to "Low", log into game and change it to back  to "Minimal".. Ground should remain visible..

The "Minimal" quality level is bugged and we keeping it only to test on how the engine performs on very old video cards.
That option will be removed in a future, not sure when though.

[Snus "Thewoose" Woose]

Ahh well I found the main problem ... I was running C208 instead of C209   With C209 everything renders great most of the time, although there are some glitches and oranges spots around at times, but relogging usually fixes that.  And oh how lovely the graphics and lighting are

The other problem is the sound ... I get none, and I've tried on two different machines.  On one I hear music for a few seconds after logging in and then it dies.

Overall though I'm stoked about this game, the world is really fantastic and this is exactly the kind of game I've been looking for.  So thanks to everyone for their hard work on such a unique and well-made MMOG.  Keep up the great work!

Regards,
Woose

[Zen "ZenX" Star]

The other problem is the sound ... I get none, and I've tried on two different machines.  On one I hear music for a few seconds after logging in and then it dies.

Regards,
Woose

Hi Woose
                  try opening the Control Panel (ctrl-O ) and then close it.
There is a good chance your sound will then work, but for the time being you will have to do that at the start of each login.

Zen

[Jarod "Brickwit" McBrickerton]

Ahh well I found the main problem ... I was running C208 instead of C209

Hmm the game didn't require you to update to C209 or was this from before C209 came out?