Underwater

Eraclea - Heavens Tear
Eraclea - Heavens Tear Posts: 7 Arc User
edited December 2008 in Support Desk
Hey. Each time my BM goes underwater, the whole screen goes gray until I resurface. I can see absolutly nothing. I tried to play with the quality of image but no changes. Do you have any ideas of how to repair that problem?
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  • gattsuru
    gattsuru Posts: 3,184 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    Can you list the following fields from a DXDIAG:
    System Tab - System Information box -
    Operating System :
    Processor :
    Memory :

    Display Tab - device box -
    Name:
    Chip Type:
    Approx Total Memory:

    Display Tab - driver box -
    Main Driver :
    Version :
    Date:

    To open a dxdiag :
    In Vista, type dxdiag in the Start menu search bar
    In other versions of Windows, type dxdiag in the Run command (Start > Run)
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  • Eraclea - Heavens Tear
    Eraclea - Heavens Tear Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    Display Tab - device box -
    Name:Radeon 9200 series
    Chip Type:radeon 9250/9200 series agp
    Approx Total Memory:128mb

    Display Tab - driver box -
    Main Driver :atidvag.dll
    Version :6.14.0010.6614
    Date:2006/05/03

    That's what i saw.
  • sidewalk
    sidewalk Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    you need to download new drivers from ati .com
  • gattsuru
    gattsuru Posts: 3,184 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    I'd recommend updating to the Catalyst 7.7 display drivers. They're the most reliable for ATi AGP cards, without losing much performance.

    Those cards do have known issues with transparency settings and several implementations of Bloom, full-screen antialiasing, and some other tricks, so turning off Sharpen, Refraction, and decreasing Water quality may also help.
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  • Eraclea - Heavens Tear
    Eraclea - Heavens Tear Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    gattsuru wrote: »
    I'd recommend updating to the Catalyst 7.7 display drivers. They're the most reliable for ATi AGP cards, without losing much performance.

    Those cards do have known issues with transparency settings and several implementations of Bloom, full-screen antialiasing, and some other tricks, so turning off Sharpen, Refraction, and decreasing Water quality may also help.

    So all I need to download the display driver on the link you made or all of them? I just want to be sure so I won't have something useless.
  • Nevdemo - Sanctuary
    Nevdemo - Sanctuary Posts: 71 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    I'd suggest you to use the Omega Drivers instead.

    As gattsuru said, an entire series of ATI cards is known for its buggish performance under some situations. This was a real trouble for me, as I had to use a Game Engine under a PC that had one of these... However, those drivers worked like a charm for me. They come with a lot of useful features, as adjusting color, refresh rate and preferences from the system tray.

    The only drawback is that they aren't officially supported by ATI. But trust me, as long as you use the right version (read the instructions in that page carefully), everything is fine.
  • gattsuru
    gattsuru Posts: 3,184 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    Just the display drivers should work. Updating the Catalyst Control Center can get you some extra options, like forcing antialiasing in games that do not have that option, but it's probably not worthwhile in a system running a 9200 series card. The WDM driver is for the All-In-Wonder cards, so it probably will do nothing on your system.
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  • Eraclea - Heavens Tear
    Eraclea - Heavens Tear Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited December 2008
    Thank you all for your wise advice. I have had a hard time with underwater quest lately but your help resolved my problem. I really appreciate that you took time to explain clearly and giving direct links. Thanks again!
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