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Annoying lens flare thingys
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:16 am
by Philly
Yes, I am back with a question, which I have never really thought about asking. It happens whenever I play Halo, with whatever settings I use. The problem is this: certain lens flares are not 'shadowed'. What I mean is that a bitmap will show 'through' an object, instead of being blocked, which is more realistic. This picture may help explain what I mean:
I would imagine that the problem is that my graphics card is not good enough. I have solved the one on the plasma pistol by nulling out the bitmap, though I am sure this is not the way to go. any help would be appreciated.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:17 am
by WaeV
Something like that happened to me on my old PC. I don't remember if it happened with the plasma pistol, but i do specifically remember that the chip keyes hands you with cortana on it in the first level glowed through MC's hand.
Doesn't happen on my new PC, it must be something to do with the card or the drivers.
What's your card?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:28 am
by Philly
No idea. Know how I could find out?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:33 am
by bcnipod
I think it is caused by dynamic lighting being enabled. I have noticed that too, I modded all my maps so dynamic light was enabled for everything, and now that happens to me too.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:17 pm
by Andrew_b
bcnipod wrote:I think it is caused by dynamic lighting being enabled. I have noticed that too, I modded all my maps so dynamic light was enabled for everything, and now that happens to me too.
Wrong.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:30 pm
by bcnipod
Andrew_b wrote:bcnipod wrote:I think it is caused by dynamic lighting being enabled. I have noticed that too, I modded all my maps so dynamic light was enabled for everything, and now that happens to me too.
Wrong.
Well it was a guess, it only started to happen after I enabled Dynamic Lighting on all things in the maps.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:32 pm
by Philly
Well, it happens even when dynamic lighting is disabled. Thanks for the idea though.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:50 pm
by wilson
I remember ages ago, when I was playing Halo on my dad's old laptop it would do that. I don't think I've seen that happen on any other computer. My dad had a radeon 9200 or 9100 or something like that. I think it may be because it only supported shader 1.1, which was kinda screwy with Halo. What graphics card do you have?
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:51 pm
by CDK908
donno why it might happen but it does when i move the model and stuff around when modeling. that's the only time it happens to me
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:02 am
by Philly
WaeV wrote:What's your card?
I wrote:No idea. Know how I could find out?
wilson wrote:What graphics card do you have?
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:37 am
by Darkness202
i think its the card because mine doesnt do that
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:43 am
by bcnipod
for reference my card is an FX5200, I know that it is really bad by today's standards. it might just be the cards...
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:00 am
by Teh_Kitsune
Philly wrote:WaeV wrote:What's your card?
I wrote:No idea. Know how I could find out?
wilson wrote:What graphics card do you have?
To find out your card, go to start; run; "dxdiag" no quotes.
When it brings it up hit the display tab and look under "device".
That will tell you the model/series of your card, memory, resolution, and
monitor.
List the memory and model/series type here and I can probably tell you if your card is too low or not, or has a compatibility issue..
Also, once I know the model/maker of the card, I will probably direct you to download/update your video card drivers; which could very well be the problem.
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:22 pm
by hell_knight
bcnipod wrote:for reference my card is an FX5200, I know that it is really bad by today's standards. it might just be the cards...
hey, im on 7600GT and its mid range to todays standards and i get the same light shining thru that you all have...maybe its another NVIDIA issue? [cough]camoflauge[/cough]
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:04 am
by Philly
Let us see...
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:02 am
by hell_knight
rofl intel integrated. no i think its halo itself that does that.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:04 am
by Philly
Is this some kind of nerd joke? Because I can't see anything funny...
Anyway, somebody please tell me whether or not it's the graphics card.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:07 am
by hell_knight
its not, ive seen the same effect on SLI'd 8800 ultras, so dont go splurge money on a new card to see if it will go away
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:10 am
by Philly
I wasn't going to. Have fun figuring out why this is then.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:06 am
by MC41
What is a Radeon X13000PRO?