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As of last week my graphics have been nice and my gameplay has been slow and laggy but since the update the gameplay is great, fast and responses and the graphics looks terrible. I have used both drivers for the Nvidia card but there is no change. Is there anything else I can do to improve the way the game looks?


Notebook
Manufacturer:
Hewlett-Packard
Processor:
AMD Athlon Dual-Core QL-62 (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory:
1790MB RAM
Hard Drive:
238 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
Monitor:
Generic PnP Monitor
Sound Card:
Speakers (Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221)
Speakers/Headphones:
Keyboard:
USB Root Hub
Mouse:
USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System:
Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.090803-2339)
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Double check the video settings. They stated that the settings would be 'reset' after the patch and might need to be changed back to your preferances.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I tried all of the setting and even tried some custom settings still no good.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    It seems to me that gameplay that looks bad, but is at least smooth, is perferable to gameplay that's laggy. That said, check to see if the half-resolution option is enabled. if it is, disable it. Make sure the game is also set to the native resolution of your monitor (which you did already, I'm sure, but I'm just saying so to cover that base).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I'm having the same issue, things looked great yesterday but today they look like TRIBBLE$. Up close, my ship is fine but at distance everything sucks. I was working on my graphic settings when the server went down so I'm not real sure what it will take to fix it. Hopefully, the server will be back up soon and I can play with it some more.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Thanks for the advice, when the server come back up i will retest everything. The game just looks too burly to pay monthly for right now. But I am sure its something that I am over looking.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I feel you if I furgue it out I would message you or something.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I just logged on to the beta for the first time so I have no comparison. That being said, the graphics are horrible. I have a nvidia 220gt 1GB memory video card. I was in the customization section of the video settings and then the server went down...just my luck I finally get the game loaded and it goes down for maintenence, LOL. Anyways any ideas?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I just hope the server is down so they can look into this problem or maybe fixing it but that is just high hopes.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    That would be nice if it is indeed what they are working on. I played city of heroes and the graphics were outstanding. I find it hard to believe that they would make this worse.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I told myself no more beta games for me but I couldn't wait for the game to come out. But i guess it is good to troubleshoot all the problems now before playing the on the day it comes out and being ****ed that I got a game that I can't run or works correctly..
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    There is a thread about a new driver for Nvidia website I am about to check it out
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I dont' know... i use old Nvidia drivers on a xfx gtx 250 maxcore and it looks fine to me. What exactly is it that looks off? What looks terrible? There aren't many details in your post.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    My character, ship, other players, planets all looks burly. There is no details no windows on the ships no eyes, ears, lips, on the characters, all the planets are all one solid color
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I had installed the 196 over the 190 and noticed an increase in performance.. Cant really say tho as I havent been able to play much :/ lol
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Im going to download the 196 drivers and see if that fixes my problem. My issue is that nothing looks sharp. My character and NPCs have no detail.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Again, what's being described here sounds exactly like the "half-resolution" option in the graphics settings.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Mustan wrote:
    My character, ship, other players, planets all looks burly. There is no details no windows on the ships no eyes, ears, lips, on the characters, all the planets are all one solid color

    Ouch... if the new drivers don't work for you... check to see how many popped capacitors you have on the card. Sounds like you may have an issue.

    Edit: Scratch that... you can't, it's a laptop.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    The only way I can get the game to play fluently is do to the half res.. I played around with numerous in game settings and half res is the only way i can get it to play smoothly. Admidtly its smoother since the DL last night but still half res...blah! LOL... the actual game its self should be able to run fluently with full graphic settings right? I think i have the Nvidia 6150se or something close to that...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    DiELUDiD wrote: »
    The only way I can get the game to play fluently is do to the half res.. I played around with numerous in game settings and half res is the only way i can get it to play smoothly. Admidtly its smoother since the DL last night but still half res...blah! LOL... the actual game its self should be able to run fluently with full graphic settings right? I think i have the Nvidia 6150se or something close to that...

    That card isn't going to do much for this here game. It's an on-board card. On-board cards are not meant to play games... true there are some laptops that are designed for gaming but yours is not. Quite frankly, I'm surprised it will play at half resolution.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    That card isn't going to do much for this here game. It's an on-board card. On-board cards are not meant to play games... true there are some laptops that are designed for gaming but yours is not. Quite frankly, I'm surprised it will play at half resolution.

    lol thats what i figured.... well i guess its time to upgrade...sweet! new toys!
    edit: not a laptop, desk top
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    when the server comes back up i am going to try that half Res thing, but what i don't understand is how did it look to good before the last update
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Catamount wrote: »
    It seems to me that gameplay that looks bad, but is at least smooth, is perferable to gameplay that's laggy. That said, check to see if the half-resolution option is enabled. if it is, disable it. Make sure the game is also set to the native resolution of your monitor (which you did already, I'm sure, but I'm just saying so to cover that base).


    Thank you so very much I disabled the half resolution and it seem back to normal.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    but now it feel a like bit slower, but hey when the action gets too heavy i am turn it back on and speed up the gameplay
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Mustan wrote:
    I just hope the server is down so they can look into this problem or maybe fixing it but that is just high hopes.

    I have a similar system, except mine is a Compaq Presario CQ60-215DX.
    Suggest doing exactly as follows to correct your situation.

    1. Install or upgrade to the Nvidia Graphics Driver 197.16 for notebooks.
    2. Reset all graphics to default in the game.
    3. Change the half resolution setting to off.
    4. Set the slider bar for graphics in the basic mode, to 3/4 the way (one less than all for quality).

    This should help you out. Keep in mind, your system may run a bit on the warm side, so keep those vents for the processor and GPU free from obstructions. This worked for me after I mistakenly cranked everything to HIGH or Very High (unfortunately our 256 Meg cards can't handle this much...)

    Hope this helps.
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