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Title: Black Boxes
Post by: Tequilla on October 15, 2003, 04:03:45 PM: Getting black boxes around icons and seems to be anything written in game ie auto takeoff plane icons.
Also tracers are white boxes moving toward target.
Also getting a jitter or glimmer from the terrain particularly the trees.
Playing 1024x768 in 32bit

P4 2.8ghz
ATI radeon 9800 pro 256
OS=XP
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Batz on October 15, 2003, 04:17:26 PM: Same here, blocked icons and tracers and flame from guns is blocked. 109 has no crosses on wing.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Skuzzy on October 15, 2003, 04:46:05 PM: What Catalyst drivers are you guys using?

Check the last 4 numbers in the driver version, using DXDIAG. It should be 6378 or higher. If not, then grab the Catalyst 3.7 drivers from ATI and try them.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: AKIron on October 15, 2003, 04:54:05 PM: I'm using 3.8 Skuzzy.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Batz on October 15, 2003, 04:59:54 PM: ------------------
System Information
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Operating System: Windows 98 (4.10, Build 2222) A
Processor: Intel Pentium III, ~860MHz
Memory: 384MB RAM
Page File: 0MB used, 850MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 4.09.0000.0902 32bit

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce3
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Display Memory: 63.5 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit)(100Hz)
Monitor: ViewSonic A110
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: nvdisp.drv
Driver Version: 4.13.0001.3082 (English)
DDI Version: 8
Driver Date/Size: 7/16/2002 12:16:00, 112640 bytes

GF3 here 64 megs 30.82 frame rates 20-25 average at everything maxed.

The text has a black box around it, the tracers are weird, 3cm is solid white the small cal tracers give white xs as they leave the gun, the flame out of the gun barrel is block white.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Skuzzy on October 15, 2003, 05:13:17 PM: Ok, I have duplicated this. The black poly where the text is and the plane ICONS are.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Hap on October 15, 2003, 05:28:20 PM: you can lose blk boxes by not ckin' the box in vid setup
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: mrblack on October 15, 2003, 05:35:41 PM: Im getting black boxs with my nvidia g- force ti 4600 as well skuzzy 25.43 drivers.
But on the other hand i am getting 45-78 FPS at 1600x1200 res with all the eye candy turned up.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Skuzzy on October 15, 2003, 05:43:26 PM: It's been duplicated here mrblack.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Tequilla on October 15, 2003, 05:50:20 PM: same 3.8 here skuzzy
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Shane on October 15, 2003, 06:18:36 PM: 3.7 cats 9700pro, black boxes around the icons.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: scJazz on October 15, 2003, 06:52:00 PM: Radeon 8500 series vid card with 512 MB RAM Athlon 1.5Ghz processor, all settings DEFAULT.

1) Black boxes around text
2) Horizon is black becoming lighter the higher the elevation.
3) Framerate on runway is 23ish (unplayable)
4) When I fired all guns on P51D framerate dropped to 8 (massively unplayable)
5) When I fired guns on P51D tracer fire was coming from position higher than me. NOT POSSIBLE. Felt like I was surrounded by .50 M2 AC guns... big cone around me. Only innermost tracers were firing from wing level.
6) Convergence button not working properly. Went to convergence and it put me in view 45 degrees left of the actual range. Do not like the range thing. Prefer the old interface that cute little bull's eye thing is neat but not the way it worked. Pilot to Plane Engineer set the convergence for all guns to 450 yards. Engineer to Pilot "yes, sir". The random "ohm mane padme ohm" stuff sucks.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Icer on October 15, 2003, 07:45:31 PM: I'm another one with the "Black Box Icons". I'm running at 1024x768 32 bit Unlimited FR. Texturing box is unchecked. In game setting are on full detail and i'm getting between 35 and 80 FPS. Planes dissapear when exploded (no explosion) but I assume thats normal.

Specs:

ASUS P4C800
Intel P4 3.0gz (800mz)
1024 meg
2-120 SATA in RAID 0
ATI 9500 running latest Omega Drivers (based on ATI 3.8)

Thanks
Icer
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Eagler on October 15, 2003, 08:12:05 PM: I have this also on mine

ATI 9800 pro
AMD 2600
ASUS 266 fsb MB
1 gig ram

also in the video card selection - it is blank, does not list card where u select res/color bit

pretty low frame rates - settings maxed out

when lowered setting - wierd things happened like canopy half vanishes

edit:
ah/desktop setting 1280x1024 32bit
directX 9b
driver 6.14.0010.6378

thx
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: streakeagle on October 15, 2003, 08:55:52 PM: Same icon problem... like the alpha is messed up.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: DES on October 15, 2003, 09:08:38 PM: I get the black box when I check disable palletized textures but it looks normal when I take the check out.

G3 ti200 45.20 drivers

des
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: streakeagle on October 15, 2003, 10:11:51 PM: Not such a simple fix for us poor ATI bastards :p
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Stegahorse on October 15, 2003, 10:45:51 PM: P-III, 1 gig, ATI9000@128 Meg, ver Omega2.6.18 @ 16bit color@1024x768 Intel 815 MB,512Meg RAM
Polygons in sky, Black boxes over plane Identifier and distance.
FPS=10 on runway, 20 in air no objects, 9 at 250 yds behind plane
In AH1.X i get FR of 50+, lowest is 25

In 32 bit FR is 16 on runway, 32 in air and 22 behind plane

Control-I reports 11.3 Meg 3.7 Meg active, 7.4 Meg inactive both 16 and 32 bit
Title: ICON
Post by: Busher on October 15, 2003, 11:29:58 PM: Same black icon box.

Sytem:
ATI 9800 pro 256- Driver ATI 3.8
AMD 3000+
ASUS 400 fsb MB
1 gig ram
directX 9b

pretty low frame rates= 40 to 55- settings 1600x1200 32bit
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: AKIron on October 15, 2003, 11:31:25 PM: So how do you unduplicate it? ;)
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Batz on October 16, 2003, 12:20:46 AM: uncheck "disable palletized textures" on video settings. Do it from the splash screen clipboard.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: bloom25 on October 16, 2003, 12:21:58 AM: I'm getting the same black box around icons and some other text (field markers on the clipboard map for example). What's odd is that when I started AH2 beta for the first time it wasn't happening, but my framerate was 1 fps. I disabled palletized textures and the framerate came up to good levels, but after about 20 seconds this started to happen. Toggling the palletized textures option will not solve this issue.

I'm also noticing a small amount of terrain stutter when low to the ground. The stutter occurs at the same time as a significant amount of hard drive activity. (This same stutter has always been present ever since the AH DX8 beta series with the bump mapped terrain turned on.)

I've also noticed that on my system pulling down the lower slider under video settings to below 80% (object draw distance or something like that) or so will make all the textures in the cockpit (gauges, cockpit frame rails, etc) go away. (I'd be more specific, but as always I have way to much work to do and not nearly enough time...)

AH 2 certainly shows a LOT of promise though. :)

System specs:
Athlon 2400+ OC to 2200 MHz
512 MB Ram
GeForce 4 Ti 4200 64 MB card
nVidia driver version 41.09 (newer drivers than these have issues for me in engineering programs I need to run)
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Shane on October 16, 2003, 12:31:28 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Batz
uncheck "disable palletized textures" on video settings. Do it from the splash screen clipboard.

i did this, still have black box behind plane icon, fps info, etc. etc.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: Batz on October 16, 2003, 12:54:24 AM: you cant change it from ingame, you must do it from the clipboard on the splash screen. If you did change it from the clipboard on the splash screen and it didnt fix it then I dunno. All I can say is it worked for me.
Title: Text/ICON Issue
Post by: maik on October 16, 2003, 01:35:58 AM: have the same what bloom describes, also having red Flashes on the bacgground of some instruments, I.e. ammo counter.

When in Hangar I do have lots of green spots.

will post screenies and try driverupdate on the weekend.

SYS SPECs

PIV 2,6, MSI 865PE MOBO, 1 GB CORSAIR, 2x SATA WD, FIC Radeon 9500pro (Cat 3.4), SB AUdigy 2(latest Drivers), W-XP PRO SP1

Terrain looks great though ;). FR is OK so far.