Flickering Textures and Characters Previews Disappearing

george021898

Dear Devs,

I am running on a 2013 MacBook Air and have been experiencing some graphics issues since Season 9.5 went live. One such issue is with flickering textures on plants and consoles in ground maps and on blue colored stars in sector space. These textures look fine from a distance, but start flickering as I come closer to them. (See attached screenshots)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kmt7e0xvy437jmi/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-27%20at%201.59.09%20PM.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/okr4tnydpw138wy/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-27%20at%202.17.33%20PM.png
I have so far not found a workaround for this problem.

The other problem I'm having is that whenever I start the game, character previews don't show up. This is both in the status window and in dialogue boxes. (See attached screenshots)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/526dgdpea43wdss/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-27%20at%202.26.20%20PM.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m1ttgeb4jfkkz5k/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-27%20at%202.26.35%20PM.png

I have found a workaround for the disappearing character previews: go into settings and reset all display options to default. Then readjust the settings to what they were previously. Of course a permanent solution would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your prompt resolution to these problems.