White space after 3/17/2010 patch

Same issues, Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT

I patched once and am trying again, it didn't work the firs time.

Had the white space. Tried verifying files twice to no effect. Third time updater fixed three TexWorld pigg files: v1, v2 & SW. Works fine now.

Deleting those pigg fines worked fine for me until I logged off and rebooted, the problem seems to have come back, just tried deleting the piggy files again but when I logged back into the game the white walls were back *sighs deeply*.

This is amusing and possibly counterproductive to everyone else's troubleshooting:

Logged on about three hours ago -- ATI 4800 Series video card. Downloaded today's patch, and everything was FINE. Ran around Talos, Wentworth's, base killing time and talking to friends. Saw nothing out of the ordinary and logged off after an hour or two.

Just logged back on, updater seemed to download MICROpatch or fixed file or something in about two seconds flat -- no, I wasn't paying attention because I wasn't expecting this catastophic texture failure. Same big white spaces that everyone else is reporting. Came to forums, verified files, problem persists.

Why in the world was it fine before and then screwed up after I logged off?

reporting in with an Nvidia 8800GT and this problem. Currently replacing the texworld pigg files....

Well that was kind of comical. Logged into Outbreak on a new Ice/Ice tanker, and it looked like a winter wonderland

Deleted the afforementioned .pigg and am anxiously anticipating the results.

As an aside, I noticed the quality of the "Body" generic green pre-costume-application model during character creation was very ... quirky. I don't know quite how to explain it other than that it had multiple little square blocks throughout popping up and fading, which is probably related to this.

Oddly I wasn't having any trouble earlier (Logged in my mastermind, ran a few missions, logged out for a couple of hours, and came back to Outbreak In Winter)

Edit: Interestingly, it looks like I'm missing texWorldSW.pigg on my live folder, which is present in my test folder (Not in closed beta, so I haven't been logging onto the test server. I've just been keeping it updated for a smaller open beta download )

I think that something in the updater program or whatever is causing some deletion of these files - mine was fine until I logged out, and when I logged in later on one more more of the textures pigg files was corrupted and had to be re-DLed.

My decision is to take a night off and see if they can get the patch patched.

This should be fixed on our end now, please let us know if anyone sees it happen again.

Thanks for your patience,

Know what's funny about all of this? It wasn't part of any preparation for i17, but just to introduce a code to kill out a farm. Not that I condone extreme farming, but honestly I think the devs should put a little more focus on game quality and a little less into worrying about people power levelling. There are always going to be farms, and people using exploits to gain certain advantages. It's part of any game. Live with it. Let them do as they will, stop it when you can, delete the farms as they appear, but stop messing with the game structure just to try and nerf them. It always seems to cause some sort of stability issue, and honestly in the end you end up with more players angry that you bugged their game than those angry that you nerfed their farm. Just some food for thought.

I don't mind them closing up holes and exploits. That's part of their job. But patching the server to plug the hole while introducing bugginess and glitchiness is poor performance.

I wasn't using the exploit. I really don't care if others were. I expect the devs to stop the exploit. But please don't mess up the rest of the game in the process.

I have a different take on some of this, and a few folks might agree with me. I LOVE my level 50s. I play them a lot.There are still tons of things to do with them even after 6 years...
It's the best of both worlds to me. I can run them at full power, or team with any lower friends and still have loads of fun! Just going from 0-50 in the game is not the end all for why I play. Perhaps that is why I have never once been bored, even when I solo for long stretches. I made it a point to give my toons a personality and a storyline...I don't farm them to 50 in a big hurry, although I don't really care if others play that way. In my heart, I think there are many players, like myself who come here for the fun and friendships that have been made, and to enjoy the little characters that took work to create. I know there are people who jump from game to game...I am not one of those. I really don't understand the need to create a toon and have it at 50 in an hour unless it's for 'monitary' purposes.
I am not a programmer and can't imagine the tremendous effort it takes to keep CoX up and running. The devs must have a reason for allowing/deleting certain aspects of the game. At times, this has caused uproars and resulted in players quitting. I look at these things as adjustments I must make, and I always did like a challenge...so far so good. People should be able to play the way they want. If it doesn't suit them, there are many other games out there that might be more fun. As for me, I will continue to stay here and can't wait to see the new surprises around the bend. Look how far we've come since Issue 1..oh my gosh! (It's like going from horse and buggy to men walking on the moon, LOL!) Bring on the new issues, perks, changes and other things. I'll continue to have fun and watch players come and go. This game has provided a real learning experience for me, and I have a rich history in it. I may not always agree with what the Devs do, but I am glad they work hard at doing it.
I really didn't mean to be this long-winded, but just wanted to share one long time player's views with others, for what it's worth.