After fiddling some more with settings turning each one off till I finally got back to the black textures and unable to see. I've found that if you turn Underwater view settings on the mission works fine, turning Underwater view off however its back to black textures
Fooled around for hours and hours in the dark.... Could not complete mission.
Messed around with video settings and DirectX Finally got mine to work under WinXP / DX9! Steps:
1) Beamed up to sector space, left STO running, and went to Win XP.
2) Ran DXDIAG (Start Button, Click Run, type "dxdiag" and click OK). Disabled and Re-Enabled DirectX Features. Did the DirectX Tests (all passed). Then set STO's Video settings to maximum and clicked OK.
3) Continued the mission from sector space. Had to redo the ground fights but once I got to the space walk it worked!
It's too late for me to figure out what exact video setting fixed it. Tomorrow I will troubleshoot more and post results if I find out anything.
This new mission "A Step Between Stars" seemed like it would be good, and it was until I had to fly around in pitch darkness, who in there right mind thought this would be fun. After blindly flying around running into things I somehow got to the point where you have to override locks to open the door, I spent 30 mins blindly trying to find those locks, before I gave up. In the hope that maybe it was just my settings I tried every video option you have, windowed, fullscreen, windowed maximised, moved to speed, moved to quality, tried each of the advanced video settings, but no change. This mission is unplayable.
Edit: Just noticed my typo in the title, and no option to edit that.
Troll? There is a cut scene just before you have to do the locks section showing you where they are. If the screen is too dark (was fine for me) just go into your options menu and increase the brightness or gamma settings.
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Troll? There is a cut scene just before you have to do the locks section showing you where they are. If the screen is too dark (was fine for me) just go into your options menu and increase the brightness or gamma settings.
I tried that it didn't work. And if there was a cut sceen i couldnt see it.
"Some players are experience very dark environments in A Step Between Starts.
A temporary workaround that has worked for some includes changing DX9/11 settings while increasing graphics settings to max before entering these environments."
definitely a bug. first time through my ship was not there.. it was, because you could sorta see the shields but it wasn't. the server crashed and when i picked it back up, it was fine.. the video for the FE is... problamatic on both run throughs i have done, using a geforce 560 Ti
After fiddling some more with settings turning each one off till I finally got back to the black textures and unable to see. I've found that if you turn Underwater view settings on the mission works fine, turning Underwater view off however its back to black textures
Thank you so much, tried to figure it out myself but missed that option. After 5 blind runs I finally finished it without having to feel my way through
Complete blackout blown up debris through sheer luck, now can't scan the door because I can't find it or I have but the scanning option is bugged as we'll :mad:
Please fix soon
I dont know if someone have find some solution in the meantime but I've RESOLVED for me in the meantime.
My configuration:
Intel Q6600 4GB ATI 4870 512MB 1680x1050 Windows XP DirectX 9 (last one).
Automatic LOW settings for video.
I've "black texture" bug in the EV Suit fly like others.
My solution:
1)Start mission 4th aniversary until you use the EV Suit (so you see the external)
2)Set resolution to 1024x768 pixel full screen and APPLY
Nothing seems changed.
I close game (ALT+F4) and rejoin mission in the same place.
4)Et voila', texture are came back.
5)Set resolution back to whatever you have before. (for me 1680x1050)
Hope this will work for anyone else.
I dont know if there's some shortcut to evade the restart of the game.
Enjoy
Celestial Being Italian [CBI] and Confederazione [CSI] (Federation)
Bastardi Senza Gloria [BSG] (Klingon)
This new mission "A Step Between Stars" seemed like it would be good, and it was until I had to fly around in pitch darkness, who in there right mind thought this would be fun. After blindly flying around running into things I somehow got to the point where you have to override locks to open the door, I spent 30 mins blindly trying to find those locks, before I gave up. In the hope that maybe it was just my settings I tried every video option you have, windowed, fullscreen, windowed maximised, moved to speed, moved to quality, tried each of the advanced video settings, but no change. This mission is unplayable.
Edit: Just noticed my typo in the title, and no option to edit that.
Everything was black on the station, all i did was to click on "charackter change" and then i choosed the same again in the menue. When i came back the lights went on.
I'm having this issue too. It is impossible to get through that section of the FE with virtually pitch black to navigate through. I Forest Gumped my way through releasing the locks, but I can't see anything enough to thread the needle to get to Tuvok and the Dr.
Between the server issues and this, it has just been a FANTASTIC 4th Anniversary.
The DX11 trick worked for me. Only problem now is that the EV suit doesn't apply properly graphically. The only parts of it that show on my character are the helmet, boots, and jetpack. Also, my legs are invisible. I imagine this may be the result of another botched phase/cloak experiment, ala TNG's "The Next Phase..."
After fiddling some more with settings turning each one off till I finally got back to the black textures and unable to see. I've found that if you turn Underwater view settings on the mission works fine, turning Underwater view off however its back to black textures
Fix confirmed. Turning underwater view to "on" worked for me.
Makes one wonder though, are we infact in a "water" environment, but with space replacing the "under water" effects?
I have seen that in some SP games, where, if you went close to the edges of a map, you would see and hear water effects, and sometimes even get the effect of the character being dripping wet, except that there's no water in the level at all...
Nothing posted so far has helped me. still black. cannot complete mission.
guess some people just wont be getting the new anniversary ships this year.
what is the point in having a test server if broken stuff still gets released?
i refuse to believe this was not spotted before release, like the buggy load out system it does not work right and was released anyway so schedules could be met. fail cryptic.
It is just, the graphic designers at cryptic, are not skillez enough, and they must be focused all the efforts working in the DX11 plattform, so any graphic card that is working on DX9 is not tested and they dont have any idea if glithes are going to appear.
Again, this is another lack of profesionality from cryptic's team, because, this is not the first time something like this happens. But the most incredible and annoying thing is, they dont even say anything about the issue. By now, any other company its probably that they will solved this issue already, but cryptic.. we all know how they work, unfortunately.
From the day 1 i started playing i keep wondering my self how it is possible that STO is alive after 4 years.. :eek:
I'm also getting the same problem when donning the EV suit and stepping out into the debris field; ie., I can see a little bit if the sun and the solar flares (sometimes) while everything else around me is completely black. Because of this I cannot complete this part of the mission.
And, just so you guys know when attempting to fix the problem, I'm a Mac user and am running the game via your Mac Beta Client (no fancy Bootcamp here). So, Direct X is not an option for me!
Hopefully this gets fixed soon.
*Update: I fixed my problem*
Yay, I fixed it! And, this is what I did:
1) Start the game and on the character selection screen go in to your advanced video options.
2) Under the advanced video options, select "Underwater View" (make sure there's a check mark in the box).
3) Restart the game and the issue should be fixed.
Also note, I'm not running anything fancy with regards to video options. I have my details set to "recommended", and the "Underwater View" is the only ting that I changed manually in the advanced options.
A big thank you to the many players that posted this fix!
Had the same issue. got it to work by turning on 'underwater view' in the video options. That setting says it takes effect immediately, but I had to close the game and come back in for it to work. Still running DX9, and I have an older laptop so I'm running with relatively low quality settings (no AA, low lighting detail, etc).
So, has any new information been released concerning outfits not displaying correctly? I cant stand wearing maco MK XI armor and only white pants showing on my character. BTW, I'm pretty sure its an issue related to female character models, as the armor won't display correctly on my main or any of my female Boff's, but display's perfectly on my one male Boff.
I have had this same problem i've tried everything in the video options and thanks to that i screwed myself even more. I must of done something wrong i logged out and back in and now my screen is all black at the character select screen ive tried everything to fix that even reinstall no luck. Hope they can fix this and my new problem cause i cant play now and im pissed.:mad:
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Messed around with video settings and DirectX Finally got mine to work under WinXP / DX9! Steps:
1) Beamed up to sector space, left STO running, and went to Win XP.
2) Ran DXDIAG (Start Button, Click Run, type "dxdiag" and click OK). Disabled and Re-Enabled DirectX Features. Did the DirectX Tests (all passed). Then set STO's Video settings to maximum and clicked OK.
3) Continued the mission from sector space. Had to redo the ground fights but once I got to the space walk it worked!
It's too late for me to figure out what exact video setting fixed it. Tomorrow I will troubleshoot more and post results if I find out anything.
Edit: Just noticed my typo in the title, and no option to edit that.
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I tried that it didn't work. And if there was a cut sceen i couldnt see it.
"Some players are experience very dark environments in A Step Between Starts.
A temporary workaround that has worked for some includes changing DX9/11 settings while increasing graphics settings to max before entering these environments."
Cryptic, any news regarding this except turning on DX11?
Not everyone has the ability to turn DX11 on due to haveing older graphics cards, so that is really not a solution for some.
Anyways, hope you guys can fix this, as I and others affected can't complete the mission and get the 400 qmendations or other parts of the set pieces.
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Please fix soon
Yes , i have the exactly same trouble.
My configuration:
Intel Q6600 4GB ATI 4870 512MB 1680x1050 Windows XP DirectX 9 (last one).
Automatic LOW settings for video.
I've "black texture" bug in the EV Suit fly like others.
My solution:
1)Start mission 4th aniversary until you use the EV Suit (so you see the external)
2)Set resolution to 1024x768 pixel full screen and APPLY
Nothing seems changed.
I close game (ALT+F4) and rejoin mission in the same place.
4)Et voila', texture are came back.
5)Set resolution back to whatever you have before. (for me 1680x1050)
Hope this will work for anyone else.
I dont know if there's some shortcut to evade the restart of the game.
Enjoy
Celestial Being Italian [CBI] and Confederazione [CSI] (Federation)
Bastardi Senza Gloria [BSG] (Klingon)
Whats your video card? Driver version?
Worked for me.
Between the server issues and this, it has just been a FANTASTIC 4th Anniversary.
Fix confirmed. Turning underwater view to "on" worked for me.
Makes one wonder though, are we infact in a "water" environment, but with space replacing the "under water" effects?
I have seen that in some SP games, where, if you went close to the edges of a map, you would see and hear water effects, and sometimes even get the effect of the character being dripping wet, except that there's no water in the level at all...
guess some people just wont be getting the new anniversary ships this year.
what is the point in having a test server if broken stuff still gets released?
i refuse to believe this was not spotted before release, like the buggy load out system it does not work right and was released anyway so schedules could be met. fail cryptic.
Again, this is another lack of profesionality from cryptic's team, because, this is not the first time something like this happens. But the most incredible and annoying thing is, they dont even say anything about the issue. By now, any other company its probably that they will solved this issue already, but cryptic.. we all know how they work, unfortunately.
From the day 1 i started playing i keep wondering my self how it is possible that STO is alive after 4 years.. :eek:
And, just so you guys know when attempting to fix the problem, I'm a Mac user and am running the game via your Mac Beta Client (no fancy Bootcamp here). So, Direct X is not an option for me!
Hopefully this gets fixed soon.
*Update: I fixed my problem*
Yay, I fixed it! And, this is what I did:
1) Start the game and on the character selection screen go in to your advanced video options.
2) Under the advanced video options, select "Underwater View" (make sure there's a check mark in the box).
3) Restart the game and the issue should be fixed.
Also note, I'm not running anything fancy with regards to video options. I have my details set to "recommended", and the "Underwater View" is the only ting that I changed manually in the advanced options.
A big thank you to the many players that posted this fix!
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