flashing screen upon loading
By
Cade Lawson,
Posted on: 2009-12-23 21:58 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I realize this is not the best time to ask with the holiday but that being said did I give enough info to correctly diagnose my problem? or is the answer else where? not trying to rush just trying to make sure I covered all the bases
thanks in advance for any help
Derrick
I was previously running Catalyst 9.9 on my system and CoX had no problems running on full settings. Recently I upgraded my drivers to Catalyst 9.12 (the dec 17th release) and upon logging in this morning i'm having the same screen flicker you're describing, with the exception that i can see my mouse.... i suspect that may be a seperate issue for you, possibly something with Windows 7. I'm running Windows Vista 64-bit and have a similar hardware spec to your computer Dark.
The problem seems to be how the new Catalyst v9.12 is interacting with the game. The patch notes say there's new support for OpenGL 3.2 instructions. CoX is based on an older version of OpenGL code, as i understand it, and the new instruction set is probably creating some conflict since the game doesn't support the newer instruction set (i'm guessing).
My suggestion would be to try out some previous driver versions. I'm going to change mine to Catalyst 9.11 for the time being (released in November) and see how that works out. I'll post up if it resolves the issue for me.
EDIT: I just finished changing from Catalyst 9.12 to Catalyst 9.11 and the screen flicker issue is gone, it definately seems to be a problem with the 9.12 version of the drivers. Roll back the driver to any version prior to 9.12 and you should be all set.
NOTE: Remember to fully uninstall the Catalyst suite before installing a different version.
according to the ATI Issues Sticky thread on these boards, there is a Hotfix update for this issue under Windows 7 and can be found here:
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...912Hotfix.aspx
Thanks goes to Goliath Bird Eater for that link.
for further issues with ATI graphics cards please consult the following thread here on the message boards.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=120192
ok the hotfix, fixed the flickering but unforunately the no cursor is still affecting me. just tried reapplying -compatiblecursors 1 with no effect.
any help greatly appreciated :-)
Merry Christmas everyone!
ok I have a cursor in windowed mode...but not in full screen... its playable but still not where I want it to be...ill keep an eye out for any fixes
Darkrin
Quote:
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Hotfix that resolves the mouse being enlarged under Windows® 7, improves performance of OpenGL games, Provides CrossFireX support for Eyefinity & Provides support for OpenCL Problem Description: · Performance drop is observed with a supported ATI CrossFireX configuration when using the thermal scope while playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare · Performance drop during the opening cinematic of Resident Evil 5 · Wheelman freezes while loading the game menu and can't play further · The desktop mouse cursor becomes enlarged at random while using Windows 7 · Flashing in various OpenGL titles City of Heroes, Enemy Territories: Quake Wars, Riddick · Heaven benchmark (DirectX 9 mode) Grass flickers and white boarders observed around the edges · DTS-HD and Dolby True-HD not working properly with certain receivers while using HDMI connection on ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series |
Durr....after I spend fifteen minutes screwing with my settings, I notice the bolded line.
Wow 122mb... that's a hotfix?
I recently installed the 90 day trial version of win 7 64bit it has 51 days left as of the time of posting. upon launching the install of the game originally it would give me no mouse even with the compatiblecursor option in the short cut. well I decided to download the latest ati drivers which where released on the 17th. now when I load the game both of my dual screens flash repeatedly but it eventually loads only to scramble when I click to type the password.
I would also like to note that a dell demension e521 with this video card on windows 7 64bit had the same no cursor problem. the hard drive was just transfered from the dell machine also and the files currently in use work/ed with win xp 32bit ...as i have xp dual booting on this machine and it was dual booted on the dell as well
this is a custom built machine as you see below. I am a tech by trade so im not afraid to go in to the registry or what ever needs to be done. I applogize if this has already been touched on I looked for a couple of days off an on and I didnt see anything about this
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