Weird Clipping Issue
By
houtex,
Posted on: 2009-07-09 05:01 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I'd recommend starting with Zloth's ++ Common Solutions & Posting Guidelines ++ thread that is stickied in this forum.
Secondly, post a log from running CoH Helper as it will give information about your system and the CoH installation and settings.
Thirdly, post a log from running HijackThis. This will show what else is going on on your computer while you are playing CoH.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Well I've tried booting it in safe-mode and everything now, but it still seems to have the problem once i zone into missions, and here is the CoH helper data
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---
DxDiag gathered at July 9, 2009 20:08 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: MP061
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A09
Central Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2038MB
.Net Memory Report: 1325MB out of 2038MB available
Page File: 3303MB (628MB currently in use)
C Drive: (Hitachi HTS723232L9A360) 82988MB out of 100006MB (82%) free
D Drive: (Hitachi HTS723232L9A360) 199708MB out of 203134MB (98%) free
E Drive: (_NEC DVD+-RW ND-6650A) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer / Chip: Intel Corporation / Intel(R) GMA 950
Video Memory: 224.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4814
Driver Date: 3/30/2007 9:33:56 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: SigmaTel Audio
Driver File: sthda.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.4995.0001
Driver Date: 3/24/2006 3:34:30 AM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0FF049
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A09
BIOS Version: DELL - 27d7061b
BIOS Release: 20070627000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1440x900
3D Resolution: 1440x900 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 50Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Crisp
Water Effects: Low Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Unknown (3)
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Compatiblity
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 288474 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 19.20090619.5T2
Installation Directory: D:\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
And there it is... The driver for the GMA 950 (i.e., 945G/GL chipset) is old, and you should get a newer one.
It's a laptop, which means no upgrading from that video, likely...
According to Dell, your latest driver is going to be from 5/2007... and I suspect you probably already have that. You *may* be able to get the Intel one to work, but probably not. You *may* be able to find a hacked one, but I don't recommend that.
http://support.dell.com/support/download...n&TabIndex=
However, I recommend downloading it anyway, acquiring Driver Sweeper from Guru3d, deinstalling the current video drivers, restarting in safe mode, running Driver Sweeper for Intel, Nvidia, ATI, etc video cards (doesn't hurt to be sure all video card drivers are gone, baby, gone), then rebooting in regular mode, allowing it to do whatever it's going to do regarding the 'new' hardware, then installing the newly download video drivers.
Whew. That's a mouthful... 
August 31, 2012. A Day that will Live in Infamy. Or Information. Possibly Influence. Well, Inf, anyway. Thank you, Paragon Studios, for what you did, and the enjoyment and camaraderie you brought.
This is houtex, aka Mike, signing off the forums. G'night all. - 10/26/2012
Well... perhaps I was premature about that whole 'signing off' thing... - 11-9-2012
Wow, that video chipset is really not a good choice for gaming, especially not with how high you have some of the settings.
I'd recommend lowering (substantially, then slowly work your way up one item at a time):
Physics Quality
World Texture Level
Character Texture Level
I'd also recommend turning off the following (again, tweak them up one at a time once you get things running):
Vertical Sync
Water Effects
Bloom
Shadows
Geometry Buffers
If it were me, I'd also turn off Desaturation effects as well while testing.
Yeah, that video driver is rather old. OEM's are notorious for not keeping drivers updated on laptops, and "usually" the manufacturer's drivers won't work on them without modification.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Well like I said, I had to put it on my Girlfriends laptop because mine is broken, and her dad gave her this one for free so I can't complain. But regardless the game runs fine with the graphics settings I have it on besides the freaking clipping thing. I've tried lowering all the settings, booting the game itself in safe-mode and everything. And I un-installed the driver, ran the sweeper, then installed the Intel driver, which seems to have helped, but now i have a wierder problem...
It still does the clipping thing, but only when my mouse changes... I.E. when I mouse over an enemy, or at the edge of a window (thus changing it into the little sideways arrows to re-size) or over an object... in fact now it is only clipping when my mouse has to change from the default cursor... But again it still does it /only/ when I am in a mission and mouse over something...
Nobody have any ideas?
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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
but then why is it /only/ in missions and /only/ when the cursor changes? If it was a graphics card that can't push the game I shouldn't be able to run it on decent specs without any framerate drop or anything
Well, not a solution.
But you could try /reloadgfx when it happens. That will unload textures, and reload the relevant ones.
No, it's a graphics card that has issues dealing with the game and the cursor overlaying it. Texas is right.
You could try adding " -compatiblecursors 1' to the end of the updater's shortcut, like shown here.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...Number=7823604
I dunno if it'll work, but it's worth a shot.
August 31, 2012. A Day that will Live in Infamy. Or Information. Possibly Influence. Well, Inf, anyway. Thank you, Paragon Studios, for what you did, and the enjoyment and camaraderie you brought.
This is houtex, aka Mike, signing off the forums. G'night all. - 10/26/2012
Well... perhaps I was premature about that whole 'signing off' thing... - 11-9-2012
Ok... So I recently put CoH on my Girlfriends laptop (mine bit the big one) and it runs GREAT... As a matter of fact it runs better than it did on my laptop, The graphics can be turned up, no framerate drops, nothing... but I'm having a slight problem.
Anytime I zone into a mission map, I get this weird Clipping/Tearing issue, where the screen flickers and I get freaky images of other parts of the map, and even occasionally a square of said image will get 'stuck' where my mouse is, and i'll be moving around a block of the level... Can anyone give me some help on this? Cause i've tried tweaking everything about the video settings I can, and nothing seems to work.