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When the Aegis Shield visuals are active, the bloom effect blinks all over as I pan the camera. It is mostly visible on nacelles, or large lit areas. It only seems to happen when panning around my ship, as the ships in the background (also with Aegis Effect) seem to look fine. Zooming out considerably alleviates this. With the effect turned off, I still get normal Bloom Effects with no blinking.

I have a Nvidia GTX470 with latest drivers. DXDiag below. I rolled back to the 19x drivers and have the same issue. When I turn bloom on low, all is well, but with a considerable loss in visuals, obviously.

Anyone else having this issue?

Video: http://s1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc450/omegaxiii/?action=view&current=Blinky.mp4

Ticket ID: #1068811

System Information
Time of this report: 12/21/2010, 09:26:22
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: P5K SE/EPU
BIOS: BIOS Date: 10/20/08 15:00:31 Ver: 08.00.12
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4096MB RAM
Page File: 2700MB used, 7534MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode

DxDiag Notes
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

DirectX Debug Levels
Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

Display Devices
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 470
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06CD&SUBSYS_079F10DE&REV_A3
Display Memory: 3039 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1248 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: SyncMaster
Monitor Id: SAM037C
Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.883Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0012.6099 (English)
Driver Version: 8.17.12.6099
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/16/2010 13:55:00, 12788840 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-458D-11CF-BD64-93271DC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x06CD
SubSys ID: 0x079F10DE
Revision ID: 0x00A3
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    yep, i'm getting that too.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    The red and blue lights on the nacelles of my Sovereign class ship flicker in both sector and system space.
    This only seems to occur with the Aegis kit (Shield and Deflector) is equipped.
    I have submitted a ticket ( 1018171).

    I am currently using an Alienware M11x
    Nvidia GT 335M
    4GB Ram
    Intel U7300 @1.3Ghz

    The issue only occurs with the aegis set and doesn't occur any other time.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    On the GALAXY X, Prometheus and acouple others. When you have the green glow and the new darker blue glow for the kits... both are flickering between those colors and the original blue nacelle glow.. THIS NEEDDS TO BE FIXED :) ty
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    i have noticed that.

    i had assumed the borg one was intentional but when i saw the aegis too then i realised it must be a bug.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Yeah exactly that!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Having the same issue too XD
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Yeah on the intrepid with the borg set, there is not one flicker, but on the prom, galaxy, galaxy x, and i do believe excel.. colors flicker and is very annoying to watch :(
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    still flickering would like to get this fixed soon :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Have the same issue. Flying one of the end game sci ships, who name escapes me atm, and the nacelle lights are flickering on both the Aegis and Borg sets.

    Seeing as I use the Galaxy R and a few other ships with nacelles, as does lots of others in game, I would hope that this gets a priority fix.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    This was a known issue on tribble, but I guess they pushed it anyway because people were crying too hard to get it on holodeck. :(
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Yeah, its bloody irritating having the engines / deflectors and just general flickering with the new kits... hopefully it'll get fixed soon
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Ive tested some graphic options to see if there was a fix to it in that reguard..

    It has to do with the bloom intensity. I usually have my bloom set at 100%, I love how my nacelles glow in game at that rate, and also other objects in game. Not giving a reason for this not to be fixed *glares at cryptic*

    But lowering the bloom does help... but it continues to flicker.. the only way to stop it is have bloom set at 0%... and iam sorry but that wont cut it for me.

    Please fix these issues

    Engines flicker and should not because when I go by a mirror universe ship there nacelles dont. They stay nice purple glow :)

    Also the defelectors on ships. iam sorry but if your defector is a green light source your going to have a green reflected light source on your hull.. thats just.. NORMAL/REAL.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    ohhh how I wish this would get fixed sooon
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    yeah between this flickering and the retina-burning diplomatic costumes i've turned bloom right off.

    add it to the list of graphical bugs that need fixing but probably never will i suppose.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    Cormoran wrote: »
    yeah between this flickering and the retina-burning diplomatic costumes i've turned bloom right off.

    add it to the list of graphical bugs that need fixing but probably never will i suppose.

    it would be nice if a gm would respond to the situation and at leased say, we know there is an issue and we are looking into fixing it soon...

    I know they fixed abit of the issues with the sets but then suddenly its like they gave up on it and moved on... kinda not pleased... quality before quantity. :rolleyes:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    Add it to the ever growing list of bugs , i hoped S3 was a major bug fix season , but its only been minor bugs and infact more bugs than ever are springing up....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    Fewzz wrote: »
    Add it to the ever growing list of bugs , i hoped S3 was a major bug fix season , but its only been minor bugs and infact more bugs than ever are springing up....

    season3 was intended to be a bug fix but to me later was changed under "silent running" and made into season3 FOUNDRY.

    Yep, lately i see alot of rubberbanding in game plus the new bugs..... when will companies realise quality first. Lets hope they start doing something about these fixed.

    I did manage to talk to farktoid earlier today when I saw him in ESD, hey says they have plans to fix the nacelle flickers once the new series goes live. I took a screeny, if I dont hear nothing soon on this ill make a post in STO section.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    This tint can also be seen on the Excelsior neck section.

    I hope they also rectify the disabled deflector effect on the Aegis that doesnt return the deflector colour to normal and the glow dots on the phasers.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    This tint can also be seen on the Excelsior neck section.

    I hope they also rectify the disabled deflector effect on the Aegis that doesnt return the deflector colour to normal and the glow dots on the phasers.

    The deflector field visual effect is the projected hexgrid field ONLY. What you are looking at is the shield visual effects, which, similar to the Borg shield visual effects, colors/re-skins the hull and lighting effects. For the AEGIS shields, this means the running lights, the boussard recolors, deflector recolor, phaser strip and vent illumination, and glowy nodes. All of those are the shield visualization.

    Personally, I run with just the shield visualization on (or more precisely, hull visualization via the shields), and love it, especially the boussard and deflector recolors. The engine and deflector visual effects are a little too much for me though, especially because they are always on. I'd probably think differently if the hexgrid deflector effect just replaced the scanning/deflector power visual effect and the impulse engine visual effect only came on when you hit full impulse or some other engine-boosting power like evasive maneuvers or something.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    just wanted to get this up to that main section, because it still bugs me nothing is getting done, common devs
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    Here's my original post about it including a video.

    No dev response in any of these "Flickering" posts. It seems fairly widespread, hopefully we'll see mention of it soon!

    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=194405
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2011
    atlest you guys can see it flickering...im running a lower graphics card so i cant see that kind of stuff...it would be nice if Cryptics whould make it so people with lower graphics cards could see all of the neat Stuff
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    yep get this on the aegis set and borg set, lets hope for a fix soon, seeing that the new romulan shield works perfect, no flickering of any sort.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Still hoping for this to get fixed in the near future, the romulan shield we just got from the new weekly episode works perfect, no flicking in the nacelles nothing, its perfect.. now if we can get the original sets (aegis and borg sets fixed)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Having a similar issue as well. I just have the Borg console (visuals off), Aegis deflector (Visuals off), and the Aegis shield (Visuals on) equipped on my Galaxy-refit. I get a lot of flickering on the nacelle, impulse engine, and deflector lighting. Its kind of like the brighter original "skin" is fighting with the new skin for dominance and causing it to appear to flicker.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I found this happened when I switched on post-processing. I usually keep it switched off anyway because of the problems with ATI cards (mine specifically being a 5870).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I found this happened when I switched on post-processing. I usually keep it switched off anyway because of the problems with ATI cards (mine specifically being a 5870).

    Hm. That's the card I have, that probably explains the crashes every time I would zone into a ground mission. I'll have to try that.

    I was running settings on the highest slider setting like I do on most games, when I turned it down to recommended and start running the game as an administrator the problem cleared up. I still get the occassional graphical hiccup though, other players/crewmembers seeming to stutter in place, either that or its lag.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    With the Borg set, you still see a blue glow on the bottom of the saucer from your green deflector. :mad:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    JCSWW wrote: »
    With the Borg set, you still see a blue glow on the bottom of the saucer from your green deflector. :mad:

    yep and the nacelles on both sets still flicker...:mad:
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