Textures missing now after patch

So, I do the update and log in...only to see this:


I'll post my dxdiag at the end of this. I haven't updated anything recently so, I'm running the same setup I have for awhile and has worked just fine up until today. Was there something in the patch that borked up ati cards or am I just looking at the dreaded reinstall?

http://www.4shared.com/document/M4vvRw4F/DxDiag.html

DXDiag is overkill, and doesn't report any game settings.

Download and run CoH Helper instead and post the log from that directly in a post, not a linked item.

Thanks for the link Texas, here goes:


---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at August 24, 2011 23:20 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.110408-1633)
System Manufacturer: LENOVO
System Model: IdeaPad Y560
BIOS: Rev 1.0
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 450 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB
.Net Memory Report: 2197MB out of 3892MB available
Page File: 5806MB (1976MB currently in use)
C Drive: (SAMSUNG MMCRE32GEDXP-MVB) 294472MB out of 462161MB (63%) free
D Drive: (SAMSUNG MMCRE32GEDXP-MVB) 28398MB out of 29998MB (94%) free
E Drive: (Optiarc DVD RW AD-7700H) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes:
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x68C0)
Video Memory: 2672 MB
Driver Version: 8.772.0.0
Driver Date: 8/31/2010 8:16:26 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6096
Driver Date: 4/23/2010 4:29:14 AM

Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6096
Driver Date: 4/23/2010 4:29:14 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Lenovo
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: KL3
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.0
BIOS Manufacturer: LENOVO
BIOS Name: Rev 1.0
BIOS Version: LENOVO - 6040000
BIOS Release: 20110128000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1366x768
3D Resolution: 1366x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 36945
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: 8x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: No
Shader Detail: High


World Texture Level: High
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Unknown (3)
Shadow Map Shader: High quality
Environmental Reflections: Medium quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Performance
Occlusion Strength: Slight
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 0.819
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
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: 0.750
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 2010.201105021815.1.0
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\NCsoft\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 38 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\City has 1 file
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files

Another thing to note, if I just toggle the graphics settings from custom to the "custom hidden" setting, it brings everything back to normal until I zone. Then, it repeats the issues again.

Driver Version: 8.772.0.0
Driver Date: 8/31/2010 8:16:26 PM

This could probably be an issue.

While AMD does make driver updates available for mobile GPU's, they unfortunately don't keep a previous drivers page version available.

Your best bet is going to be the 11.4 desktop drivers installed through Mobility Modder:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...ition&rev=11.4

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php

I really don't think it's my graphic driver. I tested every other game I have installed on my laptop and they all ran as smooth as ever at highest settings. I didn't experience this until after the latest patch.

edit: And when I log into the beta server, everything's just peachy. It definitely seems to be that live patch that screwed me up.

But, on the beta server, everything's just fine. It's only on the live server that I have an issue.

Did the driver thing and no change. I still get all kinds of graphical weirdness. Now, I can fix it by just sliding a video setting slider back and forth and it resets for the zone I'm in but, I have to redo it each time I zone. Workable but, still a pain in the butt. Something about the recent patched didn't take for me or fudged something for me. Dunno. At this point, I'm gonna try a clean reinstall and hope that works.

Yeah, that would be awesome.

Yeah, been getting the missing textures happening too. Running Catalyst 11.4 because anything higher and the game hard locks. It's gotta be related to the last patch.