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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited January 2012 in Graphical and Sound Issues
Areas of my ships are blacked out when they weren't before today's patch. :(
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Strorus wrote:
    Areas of my ships are blacked out when they weren't before today's patch. :(

    I'm having that with character textures, too.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    I had this problem with black mold on characters when this build was on Tribble. It was fixed when I downloaded the latest (290.53) beta drivers for my GTX570, where I had been running the latest WHQL drivers.

    Short version - update your video drivers.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    Already got the latest drivers.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    I have the same problem on my ATI 6950
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2012
    MightionNY wrote: »
    I had this problem with black mold on characters when this build was on Tribble. It was fixed when I downloaded the latest (290.53) beta drivers for my GTX570, where I had been running the latest WHQL drivers.

    Short version - update your video drivers.

    Didn't fix it for me, so I rolled back. The advice for one to update their drivers should never be to imply they should "try out" a beta driver, though. That's putting some folks at a risk that might not be worth taking. While mileage varies per beta driver, it's best to wait for the WHQL drivers before giving folks the advice to update.

    What fixed it for me, actually, was toggling the FPS stabilizer settings. I do not see how it had anything to do with the textures, but toggling the FPS stabilizer (and auto) settings had an immediate effect (even before hitting apply) that also significantly increased my FPS. I am not quite back to the peak performance I had six months ago, but it's playable for now.
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