graphics glitch

jaws007 · #1 08-14-2006, 04:46 AM

hey all on the server i play on i zoned into natimbi shores and all i could see was blacked out toons and ground and sky, the huts displayed ok and so did my glowing fist weapons and helm, why would this be. every other zone i have visited is fine. now i do know i did a live patch update once and that happened to all zoned for me and then i re-installed the game to fix it. but on darktides server its only natimbi shores so far.

CrabClaw · #2 08-14-2006, 04:52 AM

I have had the same problem here too, but I am on a clean install. If you go underwater the graphics in Natimbi they will be normal. Kinda wierd, maybe it needs a server file? I noticed, from my exploration of all the zones, some of the other GoD zones dont even have collision detection.

Aramid · #3 08-14-2006, 05:27 AM

It's not a file on the server as the server just tells the client to load the zone. What controls this is under the folder everquest\rendereffects. There are only 2 folders there called MPL and SPL and no individual files. I had the same problem with a Fresh Titanium Install using an Nvidia 6800 GT card. 2 Others with ATI cards were fine. I just copied the files from one of my other machines and then it was ok. Who knows why, it just was.....

CrabClaw · #4 08-14-2006, 07:43 AM

Ah! I never knew that. Thanks for the info, I'll have to mess with it myself and see if I can get it to work.

tallerin · #5 08-14-2006, 01:23 PM

this is a GOD zone and this issue has been mentioned before. A fix for it is located here so try this http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/showthread.php?t=21010 post #13.

i'll take the work out of it hehe.

Goto your eqclient.ini and add the line HardwareTNL=False to your eqclient.ini file somewhere under [Defaults]. Save it and go check it should fix the texture problem. It fixed mine and the ones posted in the thread i justed linked to.

CrabClaw · #6 08-14-2006, 04:41 PM

Ok thanks! Natimbi is fixed, hmm. The view clip plane is still way to close though. It seems you can only see 100 feet ahead of you. Is there a server/player command to set the clip plane out for the zone? Mine is at max as it is in the UI.

jaws007 · #7 08-14-2006, 05:17 AM

yeah i noticed when going underwater the graphics is ok, it seems like things have been reversed somehow, underwater looking up at the surface of the water it seems to be like being out of water looking down on the water surface. really wierd, thus the toons looking black. i have clean install also btw after having issues running live patcher, will try live patch if that doesnt work will re-install clean once more to see if i can figure it out.

CrabClaw · #8 08-14-2006, 05:24 AM

You are not supposed to patch to live, just a vanilla install off of the Titanium disks. But if you find anything sure post an update.

(I also noticed all the sea creatures drop great neck pieces, so shh! Don't fix that. -haha)