Graphics "smearing" in Bronze Door Fortress Area

[Bubba]

I noticed an extreme amount of "smearing" in and around the Bronze Door Fortress. On one occasion it was so bad, the entire screen smeared and the game crashed. I noticed that anything "bright" (such as torches or the water mist) tended to smear most, so I kept my field of vision as low as possible and got out of there ASAP. I managed to grab one screen shot of my head and the forground (which originally showed a brighter foreground) smearing while I was making my escape:

I have not noticed any "smearing" anywhere else in the game. (Though, I have not yet been into the sewers beneath Hydlaa.)

My system specs are in my signature. Also note that I had to disable "Vertex Buffer Object" to run the client.

Thanks,

Bubba

[Tuxide]

That is normal, it's a common performance thing to not repaint the background.

[Bubba]

Normal? Hmm.  The reason I felt it was worth reporting was that I nearly walked off the edge of the path and over a cliff a few times - which would have led to my untimely demise had I not recognized that what appeared to be a solid wall was in fact a smear that was obscuring my vision. Also, it pretty much ruined my view of the beautiful fortress itself: I only caught a few glimpses of it, for as soon as I took a step or two towards it, it would smear so badly I could no longer see anything but a streak of bright color.

So, this is going to be a permanent feature of any visits to the Bronze Doors Fortress area? 

[Tuxide]

You must have adaptive distance turned on or something but like I said this is normal.

[Adder]

Sounds like http://www.hydlaa.com/flyspray_upgrade/index.php?do=details&task_id=1862 which I have reported to the bugs database.