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Offline parker00

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Base fades in and out
« on: August 08, 2004, 12:42:23 PM »
Sorry posted this in the wrong section before.

Whenever I come into a base it always fades in and out as I get closer to it.  It never completely disappears all at once just certain parts fade out then back in.  This really makes it difficult to de-ack fields as the guns always disappear on me as I dive on them and I need to follow the tracers to shoot at the guns.  I was wondering if anybody knew of a setting that may correct this or is just my video card.  I have no problems running the game and I get up to 90 FR at times.  I also have most of my settings set for more performance than graphics and I don't know if this is causing it but if anyone could give me some idea's it would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!!!

This is what I am using:

Processor
 AMD Athlon™ XP processor 2200+
 
OS
 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
 
System Board
 MicroStar KM2M Combo-L MS-6738 System Board
 
System Memory
 512MB DDR266 SDRAM 184-pin DIMM
 
Diskette Drive
 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
 
Hard Drive
 40GB ATA/100
 
CD-RW Drive
 24x10x40x CD-RW Drive
 
Video
 Radeon 9200

AGP slot
 
Sound
 Integrated AC'97 Audio CODEC
 
Modem
 56K V.92 PCI Internal Modem
 
LAN
 Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
 
Keyboard
 Chicony KB-2961 PS/2 Keyboard
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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2004, 08:34:05 AM »
The game is set to write certain terrain effects from certain distances.  Go into the setup and increase the distance it will
begin to draw the terrain.  Sounds like you have it set low.
There is a slider for this.
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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2004, 03:44:30 PM »
Thanks for the reply ohio330 but that didn't seem to help. It does not seem to matter the distance I am to the base as it fades in and out as I get closer to the it.  The runway and ack are what seem to disappear every time, but I can usually see the buildings once I get into range. Skuzzy do you have any idea of what I may have set wrong or if it's just my graphic card?
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2004, 03:58:43 PM »
I hear about this enough from 9200 owners that it has me scratching my head.

The 9200 is based on the R200 core from ATI.  The R200 core was first used on the ATI8500 video card.  This is what I have in my system.  But I cannot duplicate this problem.
I am running the Catalyst 4.4 drivers on my box.  I have adjusted the performance level in the ATI Control Panel 3D tab from dead center (Quality) one notch towards performance.
In the custom settings, I have moved the "Texture Preference" to "Performance", and the "Mipmap Detail Level" to "Performance".
In the "Compatibility Settings", I use the defaults.

I run the desktop at 1024x768x32 bit color and I run the game at the same resolution.  On my 800Mhz Pentium 3 w/512MB of ram, I get about 40FPS with drops to 20.
I have the "Preload textures to system ram" enabled in the game.

I do not see any textures vanishing with the above settings.
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« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2004, 04:13:37 PM »
Thanks Skuzzy,

I will try a little more adjusting tonight when I get home!!!

Thanks again.
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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2007, 07:03:24 PM »
I've seen this problem too.  I set the building visibility to maximum, 3 miles, and I can't even see the runway until I'm about 2000 ft away, too late to line up a good landing.  I've seen this on my VAIO laptop:

1.7 GHz processor
Windows XP
Intel (onboard) chipset video adaptor

and on my PC:

3 GHz processor
Windows 98SE
ATI Radeon

How do I fix this?
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Base fades in and out
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2007, 07:08:03 AM »
Lee, I also have a VAIO Laptop - shows the same difficulties with textures.

Heres my dxdiag:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 1/13/2007, 14:01:26
       Machine name: CARRY
   Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
           Language: German (Regional Setting: German)
System Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
       System Model: PCG-FR415M(DE)
               BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0    
          Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz, ~2.8GHz
             Memory: 446MB RAM
          Page File: 128MB used, 929MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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  DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Music Tab: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.
        Network Tab: The registry information for the DirectPlay application 'Stronghold' is missing or damaged.  You should reinstall that application.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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        Card name: RADEON IGP 345M
     Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
        Chip type: RS200M AGP (0x4337)
         DAC type: Internal DAC(350MHz)
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4337&SUBSYS_8158104D&REV_00
   Display Memory: 64.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Sony Notebook LCD (1024x768)
  Monitor Max Res: 1024,768
      Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6392 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 9/2/2003 20:47:00, 369664 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
              VDD: Nicht zutreffend
         Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
    Mini VDD Date: 9/2/2003 20:47:00, 596480 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-0077-11CF-056B-52A1A1C2CB35}
        Vendor ID: 0x1002
        Device ID: 0x4337
        SubSys ID: 0x8158104D
      Revision ID: 0x0000
      Revision ID: 0x0000
      Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_D ModeMPEG2_C
 Deinterlace Caps: {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
                   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
                   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
                   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
         Registry: OK
     DDraw Status: Enabled
       D3D Status: Enabled
       AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
 D3D7 Test Result: Not run
 D3D8 Test Result: Not run
 D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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            Description: SoundMAX Digital Audio
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_10B9&DEV_5451&SUBSYS_8158104D&REV_02
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: smwdm.sys
         Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3620 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 5/27/2003 16:05:42, 578304 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: Analog Devices
         HW Accel Level: Full
              Cap Flags: 0xB5B
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 8000, 48000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
               Registry: OK
      Sound Test Result: Not run



This Laptop does NOT run AH2 on a playable level. I started out playing with it two years ago, version 2.06 or something. That still ran, but with a horrid frame rate.

I tried to get version 2.08 to run a while back, updating all drivers and cleaning out the house for full performance. But even at lowest graphics/Vid settings, id get 15 FPS in tower OFFLINE. Coming closer to one of the offline drones, let alone trying to shoot it would reduce FPS to a slide show (0-2). I was able to log on and chat, but flying was virtually impossible.

Without your dxdiag, we cant really tell - you might be able to gain a little performance by updating drivers.... but I wouldnt hold my breath. Integrated Graphics chips just dont work well for AH - you need a Graphics card.






For Skuzzy: Textures (especially terrain textures) blink in and out as well.
« Last Edit: January 13, 2007, 07:10:37 AM by Schatzi »
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Offline LeeAdama

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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2007, 04:41:09 PM »
OK thanks
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