cheapherk Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I'm curious to see what Radeon users are having no problems with the game. What version of Catalyst drivers are you using? or anything else worth noting. Judging from this thread, it seems as if it may be a Radeon specific problem. I already contacted Lucas Arts support. Just for the record- I reformatted my hard drive and did a clean install of Windows XP Professional (SP1a), updated everyting via Windows update, updated my motherboard bios, and am using the latest drivers for all components. Check out this thread! -(you'll see my system specs and others who are experiencing the same kind of problem). Look for me as JediJackass in the "Free-For-All" MP games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Janson Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I have 9700 Pro. I tried the 3.7 Cat drivers, but I always get some wierd flashing effects on the screen. I thought I could live with it, but once I got to the train level, I got too disoriented to put up with it any longer. I switched back to Cat 3.6, and everything's perfectly fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil102 Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I, too, had the weird flashing effect with the 3.7 Catalyst drivers and switched back to the 3.6, however, my friend who also has a 9700 Pro was determined to get the 3.7 drivers to work. He found that turning off the 'dynamic glow effects' in the game resolved the issue. That might help. -Gil102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Janson Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I like the dynamic glows... :-( I'll just wait for the Cat 3.8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladedog Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 The Dynamic Glow option looks like its an issue across the board with Radeon then 'cos I have 9700Pro + CAT 2.5 and it works 100% with Dynamic Glow turned off. Turn it on and I get random locks and flashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Warrior Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Using cat 3.7 and turning of r_dynamicglow 0 helped me double my framerate with no obvious loss if IQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psynex Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 anyone with 3.7 drivers experiencing lockups when loading a checkpoint after dieing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Yeah, I have 3.7 Catalyst Drivers and the flashes are getting very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMF-Arel- Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 I'm using 3.6 and the game is running absolutely fabulous. 3.7 was very very glitchy. (AIW 9700 pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Well, actually, the game is glitchy. I just turned off dynamic glow and and that stuff, and it works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted September 22, 2003 Share Posted September 22, 2003 Well, actually, the game is glitchy. I just turned off dynamic glow and that stuff, and it works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeron Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 I'm running the 3.7s on my 9700 Pro. I too was getting the flashes and such, I turned off dynamic glow and got a 50% increase in frame rate and no more flashes. There doesn't appear to be anything affected by turning off the dynamic glow, I'm not sure what it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walwi Makno Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Windows XP Home sp1 ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB Catalyst 3.6 Haven't got around to loading 3.7, so I think I'll just wait until 3.8. I played around with Dynamic Glow... it didn't seem to do much except to the saber, and I thought it looked funny, so I turned it off (for the fps increase as well). I heard a rumor that it doesn't seem to do much because the Radeon does something to that effect already in hardware... sounds weird to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelastaod Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 thats odd, i never get flashes when dynamic lights are turned on in JO. btw, dynamic lights are moving lights i.e the spotlights in artus_mine in JO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TogaAssasin Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Well with the 3.7's the game is UNPLAYABLE on my 9800pro, I see about 2FPS in single player, most likely gunna switch to 3.6 tonight and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeliriumenD Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 I'm having the same issues with 3.7 Where can I get the 3.6 drivers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beowulf001 Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 Originally posted by TogaAssasin Well with the 3.7's the game is UNPLAYABLE on my 9800pro, I see about 2FPS in single player, most likely gunna switch to 3.6 tonight and see what happens. You must be kidding, what are your system specs. I have a 9800 pro and my framesrates are very good. I turned off the dynamic glow to fix the screen flashing problem. After that it ran fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TogaAssasin Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 System stats are damn good XP3200+ A7V600 Radeon 9800pro 1GB Corsair PC3200 80GB Seagate Barricuda V SATA All in all performance is better once the dynamic shadows and mouse rumble are turned off, and dynamic glow got rid of the flashes, but it's still not running as well as I thought it would (although it is about 40FPs better and after a reresh fix I think it should be looking a lot better). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceButler14 Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 I've got a 9600 Pro and things worked well at full detail 1024x768, though *slightly* pokey with 6, but 7 gave me the weird flashes, though for the couple moments I played before uninstalling them, there was better performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrobot Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 I have a Radeon 9800 Pro and use the 3.7 Catalyst drivers. I don't notice any problems besides the flashes when I have Dynamic Glow on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Posted September 23, 2003 Share Posted September 23, 2003 I' m using abd it runs without problems on 1024 * 768 an all details expect columetric shadows. Should I update to a newer version? Ah forgot to mention i have got a radeon 9600 pro and a P4 with 1500 Mhz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardflip Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 It's strange. The beta worked fine for me, never crashed, dynamic glow always enabled. For the full version of the game I purchased, dynamic glow goes on and off during the game, and sometimes crashes it. I've used 3.6 AND 3.7, both of which didn't help with the full version. I hope either Raven revert what they did since the beta, or ATi find a fix for the 3.8 drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrD0min0 Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 I find that the combination of DirectX 9.0 and the Catalyst 3.6 drivers work the best. I have everything maxed at 1024 x 768 and I see no performance drop with the exception of the first time I enter a sweeping outdoor map. I suggest you guys downgrade to 3.6 simply because they work better all around. I also find the dynamic glow makes the game look a lot sexier. And I don't typically consider graphics to be that important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BK] U Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 I'm running a 9600 with catalyst 3.7 and im getting 10-30 FPS in SP even without DG :-( In MP however, i get 70-100 FPS !?!?!? Hoping Raven is working on a patch! :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChris5442x Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 I have not purchased this game for the reason that it plays like im using a 220 Mhz Pentium II. I have a.. Ati Radeon 9600 Pro, Cat 3.7, DX9a, 512 Ram and 2.53 Ghz P4 and the game plays like doo doo. All the other message boards say turn the graphics down. Thats bull I didnt fork out all that dough for this comp to play my game 800x600 16 bit like some game made in 1996. I play all the top games maxed with everything on you could imagine just fine. Yeah I defragged and my comp is brand new so its not me. Ati cards are leading the industry as we can tell with the Half-Life 2 benchmarks, Xbox2 is gonna be ATi, so lets get this game with the program. Turn off dynamic lighting, naaah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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