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Support => Technical Help: IN GAME bugs (after loading world) => Topic started by: Airithe on May 13, 2008, 10:57:22 pm

Title: Black Terrain
Post by: Airithe on May 13, 2008, 10:57:22 pm: Alright. This might be a computer-specific problem, but it just started today.

I was around the Bronze Doors and I noticed an area of the terrain was black. After a bit more exploring, most of the terrain became black, like this (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/canyon154/Picture1-5-1.png).

I'm using a Mac OS X version 10.4.11. The processor is a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo.

It's not much to work with... If you need anything else just let me know!
Title: Re: Black Terrain
Post by: peeg on May 13, 2008, 11:02:11 pm: Heya and welcome to PlaneShift! :)

The back ground there is a common problem and will hopefully be fixed in the next release. Until then you can try this fix (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=29997.0) :)

Good luck!
Title: Re: Black Terrain
Post by: Hanace on May 17, 2008, 03:06:06 am: Hey Airi, this happens to all MAC user's, my dad has a mac and plays. I seen that pic and his black spot is that same one and looks exactly like that, if its something major send me a e-mail and i will see what i can do ;) Always happy to help :thumbup:
Title: Re: Black Terrain
Post by: Vannaka on May 17, 2008, 03:18:36 am: I don't use a MAC and i have the same problem, could it just be an older graphics card thing maybe?
Title: Re: Black Terrain
Post by: Hanace on May 17, 2008, 03:27:48 am: I dont know really much about older clients...i was only on PS for crystal blue. It could be that Van or maybe just a leak in the system. Try fullbright, Since your in my guild Van, get on the forums and i will tell you about fullbright, Airi you may do the same.
Title: Re: Black Terrain
Post by: Caarrie on May 17, 2008, 03:28:18 am: Quote from: Vannaka on May 17, 2008, 03:18:36 am
I don't use a MAC and i have the same problem, could it just be an older graphics card thing maybe?

starting this release, this seems to be an issue for all or most people.
Title: Re: Black Terrain
Post by: Candy on May 17, 2008, 08:03:28 am: Quote
...could it just be an older graphics card thing maybe?

No; I get this problem sometimes, too, and my computer's fairly recent.
Title: Re: Black Terrain
Post by: Elvicat on May 18, 2008, 11:24:55 pm: i actually have an odd thing with this yes on my newer comp with a geforce 7800gs it's the same black BUT on my old card gefoce3ti500 in another comp its as its should be :whistling:
Title: Re: Black Terrain
Post by: Prolix on May 19, 2008, 06:18:59 pm: That is kind of odd. I had this as well but I ran planeshift from the commandline with the -relight option and it fixed it. took a few hours though to finish.
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[bill@billbox ~]$ planeshift --help Your configuration files are in... /home/bill/.PlaneShift DEBUG: Sound System Software Renderer Initializing... Options for Crystal Space 2D driver for OpenGL using GL/X: -depth=<val> Display depth (32) -[no]fs Fullscreen if available (no) -mode=<val> Window size or resolution (1440x900) Options for Crystal Space 3D Engine: -fov=<val> Field of Vision (0) -[no]relight Force/inhibit recalculation of lightmaps (no) -renderloop=<val> Override the default render loop () General options: -help this help -canvas=<s> the 2D canvas driver (asciiart, x2d, ...) -cfgfile=<file> load a configuration file -cfgset=<key=val> specify a configuration setting -plugin=<s> load the plugin after all others -verbose be more verbose; print better diagnostic messages -video=<s> the 3D rendering driver (opengl, software, ...) ]/code] You could also try relighting the specific map from the planeshift-setup utility. I am not certain that works but it used to.