Black Terrain

[Airithe]

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.

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!

[peeg]

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

Good luck!

[Hanace]

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 

[Vannaka]

I don't use a MAC and i have the same problem, could it just be an older graphics card thing maybe?

[Hanace]

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.

[Caarrie]

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.

[Candy]

...could it just be an older graphics card thing maybe?

No; I get this problem sometimes, too, and my computer's fairly recent.

[Elvicat]

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

[Prolix]

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, ...)
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You could also try relighting the specific map from the planeshift-setup utility. I am not certain that works but it used to.