back from a long hiatus with a new computer and Video problems

[Captfish]

So I've been gone from the game for about a year now, and i'm back!. I loaded AH up for the first time on my new computer, Win 7 64 bit, i5, dell xps8300 stock video card,( but i dont know what it is) anyway.

all the planes look like squares flying around, even the water reflections and shadows are squares. and Players ID are grey and randomly flashing green. I never encountered an enemy so I dont if they show up red or grey. the terrain itself looks great,  and the game performs perfectly. I love all the new stuff and new planes by the way. I have all my video setting at default settings. Thanks for the help! I cant wait to try out some of those new planes I saw.

[ebfd11]

If it is a onboard vid ca chipset it isnt as good as having a vidcard. Post a dxdiag here with the 1st 1/3 pasted here..

Lawndart

[Captfish]

I'm not sure how the two games compare But I can run MS Flightsim, on Max resolution Full detail, and its perfectly smooth. Also the terrain in AH is perfect for me. it's just the planes that are squares and the player's ID that are flickering green and gray.

[Captfish]

I reinstalled the game this time without the hires pack. everything look normal but the ID's both friendly and enemy appear to remain mostly grey but they will intermittently flicker their respective colors. the on-screen info (ctrl+I) also flickers grey and green.

[gyrene81]

intel graphics chip, won't render in ah well using hires pack or even 512 textures. ms flightsim doesn't push the graphics quite as hard as ah does.

[The Fugitive]

In your screen shot, the button to the right of the "next page" will save the report as a txt file. Save it to your desktop, open it with notepad, and copy and paste the first third,up to and including <Sound Devices>, of the info here in this thread. Its easier to do and give more info to help.

The onboard intel graphics are not very good at 3D graphics. When you start the game, click the video button and knock the texture size down to 256 and try it again. While it may not be as pretty, it won't push the graphics as hard and might be able to maintain the ID info colors.

[Captfish]

[gyrene81]

fish, when you open that text file, use your mouse to highlight all the text you want to copy to a forum post by holding down the left mouse button and dragging it down through the text until everything you want to copy is highlighted. once everything you want to copy is highlighted, right click anywhere on the highlighted area, then left click on the word copy. start a reply here in the forums and right click anywhere in the box you would normally type in, then left click on the word past.

all the text in that screen shot plus the next section down that shows your audio devices is normally all that is needed.

those screen shots are tough to read for us old dogs...

[Captfish]

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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/15/2011, 10:33:31
       Machine name: DELLFISH
   Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
       System Model: XPS 8300  
               BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/15/11 09:36:59 Ver: 04.06.04
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
             Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 5992MB RAM
          Page File: 2044MB used, 9938MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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

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Display Devices
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       Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
          Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
           DAC type: Internal
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0102&SUBSYS_04AA1028&REV_09
     Display Memory: 1760 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 128 MB
      Shared Memory: 1632 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: E2350
         Monitor Id: GSM578F
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
        Output Type: HD15
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     Driver Version: 8.15.10.2342
        DDI Version: 10.1
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 3/26/2011 01:17:48, 7473664 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp:
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          Vendor ID: 0x8086
          Device ID: 0x0102
          SubSys ID: 0x04AA1028
        Revision ID: 0x0009
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[Captfish]

I have been messing with the video setting, I can set the game on all min setting and 128 texture and I still get the problem. I can also run the game on max everything and it is still flawless exept the flickering names. Sceenies in  a minute.

[Captfish]

[FLS]

DX11 is backwards compatible with DX9 but you may get better results if you install DX9 on your PC to run AH.

[Captfish]

DX11 is backwards compatible with DX9 but you may get better results if you install DX9 on your PC to run AH.

  HUH?

[FLS]

Download this program and install it on your PC.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=35

It won't hurt anything and it may help.

[gyrene81]

*edit* nevermind, that's a stand alone installer that doesn't appear to try and over write directx 11. had to double check that download, had me worried...it's still not a good idea.


the main problem is the graphics chip itself. not matter what you do short of using an actual video card, you're going to have some weird issues.