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Support => Technical Help: IN GAME bugs (after loading world) => Topic started by: KnightRanger on March 26, 2010, 09:27:35 am

Title: Graphics Problem : Everything looks as though made of grids
Post by: KnightRanger on March 26, 2010, 09:27:35 am

Hi,
I am using Debian testing version. I have an ATI radeon card (Integrated HD 3200) on my compaq presario laptop, using the open source 'radeon' driver.
I updated to the new version and had problems with openal which I solved, following the forum. Now I can launch psclient and everything works but the graphics looks weird : as though everything is made of grids. I tried fiddling with the options in the Graphics menu of the launcher, no luck.
Here are some screen shots:
(http://i43.tinypic.com/fwsigx.png)
(http://i42.tinypic.com/ka3b6u.png)
Sorry for the long post, but I don't know how to describe the images.
Thank You.

Title: Re: Graphics Problem : Everything looks as though made of grids
Post by: jorrit on March 26, 2010, 09:30:28 am

Your screenshots don't work. Best way is to upload them to tinypic.com and include the url here.

Other then that the open source radeon driver may not be the best driver to use for PS.

Greetings,

Title: Re: Graphics Problem : Everything looks as though made of grids
Post by: KnightRanger on March 26, 2010, 09:44:27 am

Hi,
Sorry I tried to copy the images from my computer. Now it should work.
The game works fast enough, the only problem is ... it looks like how it looks in the images.
Thank you

Title: Re: Graphics Problem : Everything looks as though made of grids
Post by: jorrit on March 26, 2010, 09:52:07 am

The only thing I can recommend is to use newer/other drivers.

Greetings,

Title: Re: Graphics Problem : Everything looks as though made of grids
Post by: LigH on March 26, 2010, 10:00:39 am

Now your screenshots are well visible...

I wonder if incorrectly or un-supported shader functions are the reason here, or mis-assigned textures (e.g. using shadowmaps as textures).

Try to set the Shader quality to "Medium" at most, even test with lower settings (Texture quality should work well with option "High" though).

But indeed, incomplete drivers are quite possible as reason.

Title: Re: Graphics Problem : Everything looks as though made of grids
Post by: RlyDontKnow on March 26, 2010, 11:48:17 am

check your graphic driver settings for a setting about texture compression. it's probably set to force it on even if not supported. change this back to not force it and you should be fine

Title: Re: Graphics Problem : Everything looks as though made of grids
Post by: LigH on March 26, 2010, 04:45:28 pm

:o OpenSource ATI drivers do not support DXTC for OpenGL?! ...  :@#\ CRAP!

Title: Re: Graphics Problem : Everything looks as though made of grids
Post by: geloren on March 26, 2010, 11:45:22 pm

I'm using radeon driver myself, but then on a legacy ATI mobility radeon X1300. (that's the reason why i'm stuck with it. ATI doesn't support legacy products anymore with recent kernels and newer xorg) It works and is playable performance-wise. Graphics do flicker sometimes, but it can be lived with.

As you have a 'newer' card, the only thing I can recommend is installing the official ATI driver (fglrx) either from the ATI website, or by making use of package manager.
Performance will be much better and you'll get support for everything PS needs.

Title: Re: Graphics Problem : Everything looks as though made of grids
Post by: KnightRanger on March 27, 2010, 09:03:48 am

Hi,
The thing is radeon now supports all the ati cards. I am now able to use celestia, compiz, stellarium and every  such thing with radeon, now.
I was just happy to dump fglrx which hanged my computer every time. I just know that I will be able to get planeshift to work but I don't know how. How
do I disable the texture compression thing? (which rlydontknow mentioned?)
Thank you.