The tribbles on the Federation fleet starbase flicker when Lighting 2.0 is turned off. The flickering is visible from some angles and distances, but not others. It does not occur when Lighting 2.0 is turned on. Reflection quality has no effect on the flickering.
Video
Note that the flickering is faster in-game than shown in this video. I think that's because not all frames were captured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcXeyBZH8ho
Steps to reproduce
1. Log on to a Federation character in a fleet that has completed the project "Tribbles & Targs".
2. Visit the fleet starbase.
3. Turn Lighting 2.0 on.
4. Repeat step 5 below with the following settings for "Reflection quality": "High", "Low", and "Off".
5. Look at the tribbles from different angles and distances until you see flickering.
6. Turn Lighting 2.0 off.
7. Notice that the tribbles no longer flicker.
Graphics Settings
Tribble 09/15/2017
https://i.imgur.com/Rv1Vy0o.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/Ce2u8L7.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/5eGf2j1.png
System Information
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), Service Pack 1
CPU: Intel Core i7-4700MQ
RAM: 12 GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M (2 GB GDDR5)
EDIT: Changed formatting. Vanilla, don't eat this post.
Waiting for a programmer ...
Comments
Sorry, about the quality there....gonna have to stop using that Windows 10 snipping tool.
You should be able to recreate this by looking at the Tribbles on the Fed Fleet Starbase and toggle Lighting 2.0 on and off.
The Tribbles unlocked for Fleet Starbases on the Fed side along with flickering when is Lighting 2.0 OFF...lose all color when Lighting 2.0 is ON.
Lighting 2.0 -- ON
Lighting 2.0 -- OFF
The flickering has something to do with shadows, shading and reflections connected to individual items. I can stand in one spot with the smallest sliver of a shadow and rotate the camera, that change in angle of light reflection and shading will cause certain items to flicker.
(NOTE: interestingly, while on this Fed Starbase map, the Tribbles flicker in time to the ground weapons that are having the same issue.... See this ticket here:
http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1234536/flickering-ground-weapons)
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
I checked this again on Tribble tonight, and the same problems are still occurring:
1. Flickering tribbles when Lighting 2.0 is off.
2. Dark tribbles when Lighting 2.0 is on.
Similar problems with ground weapons are still occurring as well.
Flickering ground weapons
http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/comment/13356678/#Comment_13356678
http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/comment/13362327/#Comment_13362327
EDIT: Fixed quote. Vanilla, please don't eat this post.