OpenGL 4.2 / GLSL 4.20 finalized: brace for driver breakages

http://www.khronos.org/news/press/kh...pengl-4.2-spec

http://www.opengl.org/registry/

OpenGL 4.2 and the accompanying GLSL 4.20 have been finalized and released. That means that BOTH Nvidia and AMD will be making changes to their OpenGL drivers.

Those wishing to get testing with Nvidia's OpenGL 4.2 driver can do so here: http://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-driver

As of this posting AMD has not uploaded an OpenGL 4.2 driver.

Preview drivers from AMD for OpenGL 4.2 support: link

I have a newly-built system that's been doing fine with the latest AMD drivers and City of Heroes (except when Alt-Tabbing or trying to Quit to Character Select). I'll give this a try but I rarely have issues to begin with so whether I have problems or not probably won't be reflective of the majority of users [who visit the tech help boards].

Tried out the AMD drivers...

they... work for about an hour or so... then crash out...

I've started a thread on the AMD Developer forums here: http://forums.amd.com/devforum/messa...&enterthread=y

If you are receiving a Crash with an AMD graphics card in City of Heroes, please reply to this thread.

If you are using a Microsoft Windows Operating System you may want to copy the Application Error Log in the Event Viewer section of the Administrative Tools.

The Windows Error logs pretty much are useless, but whatever.