Screen shake with new resolution
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Emberly,
Posted on: 2011-06-27 04:33 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I run at 1920x1080 and have zero issues like that. CoHHelper/HijackThis?
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Originally Posted by Hercules
Since then, whenever pulling up the contacts list, mission list, or tips list, the screen will flicker or shake when drawing the dropdowns. Occasionally, it will even temporarily black out before redrawing. After the initial drawing of the dialogs, it works correctly in subsequent viewings.
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Are you using an ATI card? All of the * list gliches I have read about (including my own) have been related to ATI and their drivers not working well with CoX.
Check your driver version. If they are quite old (less than 11.2) try updating to the newest ones. If they are the newest, or fairly recent, try rolling them back a version at a time.
There doesn't seem to be one driver version that works for everyone. But I have read success from drivers between 11.2 and 11.6. (My "magic number" was 11.4.)
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There have been several list glitches NOT caused by drivers as well, and several of them were clocking/tuning programs for nVidia card such as RivaTuner or EVGA Precision Tool.|
Originally Posted by Morgan Reed
Are you using an ATI card? All of the * list gliches I have read about (including my own) have been related to ATI and their drivers not working well with CoX.
Check your driver version. If they are quite old (less than 11.2) try updating to the newest ones. If they are the newest, or fairly recent, try rolling them back a version at a time. There doesn't seem to be one driver version that works for everyone. But I have read success from drivers between 11.2 and 11.6. (My "magic number" was 11.4.) |
That's likely why Emberly asked for the CoH Helper and HiJackThis logs, so that we aren't just making wild guesses.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
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It's an ATI Radeon 5970. The driver is dated 1/4/2011 ( v 8.812.00 ).|
Originally Posted by Morgan Reed
Are you using an ATI card? All of the * list gliches I have read about (including my own) have been related to ATI and their drivers not working well with CoX.
Check your driver version. If they are quite old (less than 11.2) try updating to the newest ones. If they are the newest, or fairly recent, try rolling them back a version at a time. There doesn't seem to be one driver version that works for everyone. But I have read success from drivers between 11.2 and 11.6. (My "magic number" was 11.4.) |
Edit: Just tried windows update to get the latest driver, and the installation failed. Wonderful.
Edit: Managed to install from the AMD website. I'm upgraded to a May version of the driver. Seems to be behaving better at the moment.
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Good to hear. If you have any further problems, let us know.|
Originally Posted by Hercules
It's an ATI Radeon 5970. The driver is dated 1/4/2011 ( v 8.812.00 ).
Edit: Just tried windows update to get the latest driver, and the installation failed. Wonderful. Edit: Managed to install from the AMD website. I'm upgraded to a May version of the driver. Seems to be behaving better at the moment. |
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Originally Posted by Texas Justice
There have been several list glitches NOT caused by drivers as well, and several of them were clocking/tuning programs for nVidia card such as RivaTuner or EVGA Precision Tool.
That's likely why Emberly asked for the CoH Helper and HiJackThis logs, so that we aren't just making wild guesses. |
Nope. Just pointing out a few things I've seen over the years aside from what you noted.
Several of us prefer the logs simply because it reduces quite a bit of the guesswork. I've never liked trying to rely on guesswork in troubleshooting computer problems, whether I'm doing it for free (such as here and a few other forums), in my side jobs, or in my real job in the Technology Department for the local school district.
Don't try reading in things that aren't there.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
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If the game starts locking up on you with no error message, that might be related to your new drivers |
Originally Posted by Hercules
Edit: Managed to install from the AMD website. I'm upgraded to a May version of the driver. Seems to be behaving better at the moment.
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If that starts happening, uninstalling them and replacing with the 11.3 set will likely help. It cured all my crashing woes. Glad to hear that your original problem may be resolved.
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Yeah.... just had my first game lockup/crash in a long time ( last night, near the end of a BAF). I hope this doesnt recur.
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Originally Posted by Emberly
If the game starts locking up on you with no error message, that might be related to your new drivers
If that starts happening, uninstalling them and replacing with the 11.3 set will likely help. It cured all my crashing woes. Glad to hear that your original problem may be resolved. |
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I recently purchased a new monitor - a Samsung PX2370 - which I have running at a resolution of 1920x1080.
Since then, whenever pulling up the contacts list, mission list, or tips list, the screen will flicker or shake when drawing the dropdowns. Occasionally, it will even temporarily black out before redrawing. After the initial drawing of the dialogs, it works correctly in subsequent viewings.
Is this an issue with the monitor, or does CoH have a problem with drawing dropdown dialogs at wide resolutions? Any workarounds other than going to a low resolution?
Note: I never had this issue with my old monitor - which ran at a more squarish 1280x800.
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178774 Tales of Croatoa: A Rose By Any Other Name ( 2009 MA Best In-Canon Arc ) ( 2009 Player Awards - Best Serious Arc )