AMD Pink 3D flickering

nunnerynunnery Join Date: 2012-11-25 Member: 173190Members
edited November 2012 in Technical Support
<div class="IPBDescription">Polygon madness</div>Hi :-),

Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7950
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Well, as the title (and me posting in this forum) might indicate, I ran into a few problems with NS2.
I'm not a "total noob" or anything (work in IT for a living aka: know how to google stuff :-P); I have been at it for a few hours now...

At first, my game didn't work at all:
- In the menus I had a pretty much black background with a few spots
- Seemed like everything besides particle effects were invisible
- Some times the game would just be a black screen

Tried resintalling several times; checking integrity of the cache files (Steam) didn't help much either

I got it to working with the following steps:
- I had to completely uninstall the graphics drivers (think after reboot I had a 640*800 resolution :-D)
- Reinstall them
- Clear my cache folder and deleting the shaders in the %appdata% folder
- Reran the steam cache integrity check (some 40ish files new)
- Started my game (and tadaaa... everything seemed to be working fine)

So I started a practice game (in the ready room; everything was fine; Before I was just rubber-banding around)
Yeah joined one of the sides and saw the horrific graphics bug I seem to have (described in the title).

<img src="http://oi45.tinypic.com/zy8vmw.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
<img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/25jjbqf.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

Just to give you a static impression of what I'm trying to describe; This happens around EVERY resource nozzle, hive (and also in marine base). Sadly... This renders the game pretty much unplayable; those pink triangles keep flickering around wildly... making it difficult to play (also... there probably should be an epilepsy warning underneath)

And yeah; I've tried setting graphics options in various combinations; clearing cache again; checking integrity. Haven't had any problem with ANY other current games.

Here the relevant portion of the dxdiag

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Display Devices
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          Card name: AMD Radeon HD 7950
       Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
          Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x679A)
           DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_679A&SUBSYS_6616103C&REV_00
     Display Memory: 2761 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 3039 MB
      Shared Memory: 3818 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: SMB2220N
         Monitor Id: SAM06A2
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
        Output Type: HD15
        Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,a
tidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm
6
4.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1114 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.921.5.6000
        DDI Version: 11
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 3/10/2012 11:59:48, 933888 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp:
          Vendor ID: 0x1002
          Device ID: 0x679A
          SubSys ID: 0x6616103C
        Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem50.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_R575:8.921.5.6000:pci\ven_1002&dev_679a&subsys_6616103c
     Rank Of Driver: 00E60001
        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
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       D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
            DXVA-HD: Not Supported
       DDraw Status: Enabled
         D3D Status: Enabled
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Thank you for reading this far :-D (even though I suspect you've skipped a bit xD)
I Appreciate any pointers/hints on what to do

Sincerly Nunnery
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Comments

  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited November 2012
    This is very odd stuff indeed, I've never seen or heard about something like this on the ATI/AMD platform. There are some issues with the NVIDIA 400 and 500 series, but nothing on the ATI/AMD cards... What are your Catalyst control settings btw?

    FYI, because NS2 uses FXAA the Anti-Aliasing should be set to "Use Application settings" in any case.
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  • nunnerynunnery Join Date: 2012-11-25 Member: 173190Members
    Thank you for the quick reply Kouji_San,

    Well; I've reinstalled the entire Catalyst software pack. So the settings are pretty much on default at the moment.
    I've changed the Anti-Aliasing settings to "Application settings"...

    YOU SIR... ARE MY PERSONAL HERO :-D

    It works perfectly now ^^... No more Polygons gone wild :-O

    I'm in your debt.... How can I repay you? (for the hours I'd have spent looking...)
    (Can't quite believe that you've solved this in 1 post -.-)...

    But yeah :-D... Many... many thanks from Switzerland
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    Hehe, the FXAA issue is an infamous one indeed, but I have never seen it slap a bunch of polygons around like this. Let alone color them pink and purple :D
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  • WarywizardWarywizard Join Date: 2012-12-28 Member: 176579Members
    I have the same problem as well. Only difference is that changing my AA settings didn't fix it.
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  • Xx19B0B91xXXx19B0B91xX Join Date: 2012-12-28 Member: 176583Members
    Ive got the same problem here, AA didnt fix it too :( please help
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  • Xx19B0B91xXXx19B0B91xX Join Date: 2012-12-28 Member: 176583Members
    Hopefully someone will reply soon.
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  • oMeoMe Join Date: 2004-02-01 Member: 25884Members
    Download newest driver of ur grafics card.
    Uninstall ur grafics driver completly.
    Install new driver without keeping ur old settings.

    delete shaders folder in game directory.

    verify game cache of ns2 in steam.

    May it works then.
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