Flickering interface

BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear
BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear Posts: 289 Arc User
edited May 2012 in Support Desk
With all the Direct x **** going on lately, kinda thought this was just part of that whole issue. (and maybe it is) However, haven't seen anyone else posting specifically to this, so not sure if it's just on my end.

At random moments, and much more frequest inside instances, the interface (ie, map, skillbars, chat window, char window, etc) will flicker off and on. Especially annoying if I'm trying to click a skill button, and it disappears when I move my mouse over it.

Anyone else been experiencing this? I've installed Dx 9c (both the direct patch from Microsoft, and installed the SDK helper files for that version as well) in an attempt to remedy this, but nothing has seemed to help.
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  • tuvlo
    tuvlo Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    check if the v-sync option is ticked in your graphics settings and if it is, just disable it.
    You never need this except if you have a very old crt monitor.
    That solved flickering problems on an old pc with new a display.
    Hope i helped. b:bye good luck.
  • BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear
    BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    tuvlo wrote: »
    check if the v-sync option is ticked in your graphics settings and if it is, just disable it.
    You never need this except if you have a very old crt monitor.
    That solved flickering problems on an old pc with new a display.
    Hope i helped. b:bye good luck.

    Good idea, but nope, didn't even take the edge off of it.

    ty though.
  • Kisusama - Archosaur
    Kisusama - Archosaur Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Is the servers back up for the West servers?
  • BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear
    BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Kisusama - Archosaur wrote: »
    Is the servers back up for the West servers?

    http://pwi.perfectworld.com/status
  • Kisusama - Archosaur
    Kisusama - Archosaur Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Thanks, it says it's online but I still can't log in. Still says "Unable to log into server" Everytime I check the server, it just has a line all the way across, like there's not connection at all.
  • BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear
    BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Kisusama - Archosaur wrote: »
    Thanks, it says it's online but I still can't log in. Still says "Unable to log into server" Everytime I check the server, it just has a line all the way across, like there's not connection at all.

    Saw your other thread you posted on this, lots of people have been having random issues with logging in, etc.. the last few days.

    I'd recommend submitting a help ticket here. Unfortunately, the GM's don't appear to work on weekends. Probably brushing up on their fiddling skills while watching the flames from afar.
    https://support.perfectworld.com/app/ask
  • Kisusama - Archosaur
    Kisusama - Archosaur Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Saw your other thread you posted on this, lots of people have been having random issues with logging in, etc.. the last few days.

    I'd recommend submitting a help ticket here. Unfortunately, the GM's don't appear to work on weekends. Probably brushing up on their fiddling skills while watching the flames from afar.
    https://support.perfectworld.com/app/ask

    I'ts not letting me open the link to put anything. It's annoying because when I look at the west servers, all of them are down for the west.
  • BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear
    BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    Guess it can't be linked directly.

    Click on the 'Submit Ticket' tab here.

    They're all up, trust me.

    https://support.perfectworld.com/
  • VenusArmani - Dreamweaver
    VenusArmani - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,009 Arc User
    edited March 2012
    bump, i'm having this problem too. Did you ever get it solved? Very annoying, was so bad today that it made soloing shocktrooper such a problem (kept flicking when he'd use certain skills, so the only times I could click was when I was bubbled, except rare moments.) that I didn't even finish the instance. Too annoying. :P
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  • razorsharpshadow
    razorsharpshadow Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    Mine too does this. ive changed all setting in the game and on the graphics card but it still does it.

    And there is no way im playing this game in the lowest res setting. it just looks bad
  • BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear
    BurnWhenIWiz - Heavens Tear Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited May 2012
    Wow, forgot I'd asked this here.

    As an update, it still happens, but it's not all the time. It will come and go. However, when it's doing it, the game is all but useless. Sometimes it will clear up if I relog, other times, I just have to sit there to let it get it out of it's system. Doesn't matter which res setting I use either. Highest, lowest, ctrl-f9, nothing specific triggers or helps it.

    I've updated, optimized, redownloaded, resintalled, and eventually threw up my hands and just said '** it. Gotten used to it at this point.
  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited May 2012
    I've been testing this out a bit. It seems to happen mostly on low-end integrated graphics that have shared system memory. Settings don't seem to matter. I can use the card that has the absolute lowest requirement, (well almost, mine has a bit more ram (GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB)), and it works fine without a flicker, but an integrated chip merely 5-6 years old flickers when it will run other games just fine.

    Too bad no one that posted here posted specs or information on their system.

    I've experienced it on two systems so far.
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
    4GB Ram
    Intel G33/31 Integrated video chipset with 256M shared system memory

    and

    Athlon 64 X2 TK-55
    2GB Ram
    Nvidia GeForce Go 6100 with 128MB Dedicated Memory

    Both systems run Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit and are up-to-date with patches and security software.
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