Missing textures, decals displayed incorrectly in demo

[Guest]

I'm experiencing some odd visual glitches, with missing textures (seems to be textures with transparent areas - metal grates showed 'semi transparent' areas, intead of gaps), and decals, although 'fresh' blood decals showed fine. Any idea what might cause the errors?

http://www.planethalflife.com/crinity/forumpics/shot0001.jpg

http://www.planethalflife.com/crinity/forumpics/shot0002.jpg

http://www.planethalflife.com/crinity/forumpics/shot0003.jpg

http://www.planethalflife.com/crinity/forumpics/shot0000.jpg

AMD Athlon 1Ghz
512Mb RAM
TNT2 16MB
NVidia 12.41 drivers
AGP Aperture set to 128Megs
VIA KT7 MoBo

[ 09-08-2001: Message edited by: Crinity ]

[Joe Siegler]

What VIA drivers do you currently run? There's been a lot of issues with VIA motherboards. Check and make sure you have the most recent update for that.

[Lucky]

I get that first shot's error when I have detail textures on high (full game mind) in conjunction with other things set to high - my TNT2 doesn't deal with it well.

[redleader]

My TNT2 system does that as well. However my GeForce system does not. They are nearly identical aside from the card. The TNT is a KX133/K7V while the GeForce is a KT133/A7V. The two boards are virtually identical as are the chipsets and drivers (4in1s).

That strongly suggusts a problem with either the TNT series or the drivers used in them (typically older).

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice. I'll check on the VIA drivers, since that seems to be the only option (everything else is running the latest drivers as far as I know).

Then again, maybe I'll just splash out on a GeForce images/icons/smile.gif

Anyone else have this problem and fixed it?

[Dungeon Raider]

I have the same display problems with my TNT2 using the Detonator 3 12.41 drivers however I didn't have it with my old drivers... 6something I think - I have them on a CD around here somewhere.

I only updated them because I was hoping it would fix the problem that turned out to be the DirectSound/SB Live issue. Will be a shame to lose out on all the display settings that the 12.41 drivers add for the TNT2 but looks like I might have to. At least till I get tired of playing this game

[Guest]

I tried updating the VIA drivers, but unfortunately that didn't fix the problem. I get the problem no matter what details settings I use (and I've tried all high, all low, and variations in between). I'll give the older TNT2 drivers a shot, but I'm seriously considering going the GeForce route by now images/icons/smile.gif