Shield Background Cannot Be Seen

Hello, everyone!

A quick check showed me that a few threads have been posted on this, but they are several months old. So, I thought I'd start fresh just to see if I'm missing something.

I had it in my mind to start a new scrapper, and thought that a shield was in order. Now before I go to much further I need to tell you that I have a MA/SD scrapper that I've taken all the way to 50. I've been told that her shield with emblem is very stylish, and I have never had any problems altering it. I certainly had no problems when I created the character.

However, for reasons I can't fathom I just can't get the background to display the second color and pattern when I use the character creator. I've tried male and female body types and all of the patterns. I've also tried a variety of shield types.

None of them will display properly. I'm tempted to take the new character to Live, and see what I get. Its just hard to create a look for the character when you can't see what you are doing.

Any suggestions? I've sent a petition in and have a preliminary response, but I'm not getting a warm fuzzy from that. Has this problem really been around for 6 months or more?





Stormistress

I think the previous threads mention that this happens when the character texture settings are on the lower settings. However if you have the character texture settings turned up then this could be a new bug.

Hmmm. First, thank you for the insightfull replies. I appreciate the added perspective.

Well, I can try to increase my settings. However, I have recently upgraded my video card, and I've been running with the same settings for a couple of years. These are the same settings that I created my MA/SD scrapper on and that was with a lower end video card.

Also, I am able to view my lvl 50 MA/SD scrapper just fine in the character selection screen and in game. I haven't tried any changes at the Taylor to see if I lose the background pattern. I will test that next.

I will also test character creation in Praetoria instead of Paragon to see if that makes a difference.

Anyone know where the break point is for the graphic settings where the backgrounds will drop?





Stormistress

The video settings suddenly started mattering on Shields when Ultra Mode was introduced. It will make a difference if you bump it up a bit. It did for me.

Just wanted to update everyone.

I got a good tip from Tech Support. Increasing my setting for Shade Quality to Medium solved the problem. I am now able to see all options for Shields.

Thanks again for all the useful comments.





Stormistress

I just noticed something that you might find interesting.

When I changed my Shader Quality settings up to Medium I started seeing a large increase in Lag. So, I decided to see if lowering the value back down would help and it did. Then I noticed a change in the text for the different settings compared to when I first reported this problem.

It seems that with the Ultramode release there was an alteration in the basic values for each setting. My original setting for Shader Quality was "Low (No World Bump Maps)", but when I tried to revert back to that it only showed "Low" or "Very Low".

On a whim I loaded my MA/SD scrapper to see if there was any change. I had seen good results in the graphics with the Medium setting. To lower my Lag I had changed the value to Very Low. I was surprised and pleased that I could see all shield backgrounds even at the new Very Low setting.

As a final test, I went into the character creator and started a new toon with a shield. All of the options now show correctly even at this low setting. I must conclude that my original choice of setting for the Shader Quality was a legacy value that didn't work properly with the new graphic code. Just a guess really, but it works.





Stormistress