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Nyko

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Hello!

I just installed AS and played the tutorial without problems...

but at the mission where you get the first base territory, all characters are white, as if the texture files for them are not there... the trees and other objetcs appear as a bunch of polygons without texturization as well...

 

at the second or third mission where you need to escort the mutants/cyborgs, everything is black!! the only thing that's there are the HUD, buttons etc... i can't see anything, as if the lights were out!

 

what can i do about it?

i'll post some screens later

 

my video is NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (DirectX 9.0c)

 

thanks is advance.

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Hello!

I just installed AS and played the tutorial without problems...

but at the mission where you get the first base territory, all characters are white, as if the texture files for them are not there... the trees and other objetcs appear as a bunch of polygons without texturization as well...

 

at the second or third mission where you need to escort the mutants/cyborgs, everything is black!! the only thing that's there are the HUD, buttons etc... i can't see anything, as if the lights were out!

 

what can i do about it?

i'll post some screens later

 

my video is NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (DirectX 9.0c)

 

thanks is advance.

Not that I am an expert or anything...But your graphics card does not meet the requirement needed to play this game.

That might the answer to your graphics problems.

You need minimum a Geforce FX 5700 or a ATI Radeon 9500 Pro to run the game properly.

(And to all you 'I ran it without problems on a *place name here*-card that was lesser then what was the specified minimum requirements'. Good for you....)

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Hello!

I just installed AS and played the tutorial without problems...

but at the mission where you get the first base territory, all characters are white, as if the texture files for them are not there... the trees and other objetcs appear as a bunch of polygons without texturization as well...

 

at the second or third mission where you need to escort the mutants/cyborgs, everything is black!! the only thing that's there are the HUD, buttons etc... i can't see anything, as if the lights were out!

 

what can i do about it?

i'll post some screens later

 

my video is NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (DirectX 9.0c)

 

thanks is advance.

Not that I am an expert or anything...But your graphics card does not meet the requirement needed to play this game.

That might the answer to your graphics problems.

You need minimum a Geforce FX 5700 or a ATI Radeon 9500 Pro to run the game properly.

(And to all you 'I ran it without problems on a *place name here*-card that was lesser then what was the specified minimum requirements'. Good for you....)

 

thanks for the reply, but I get 70fps on half-life 2 at maximum settings

performance is not the issue, but the missing textures.

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Nyko,

 

This game is very fussy with graphics cards as many can tell. You will get most of what you expect with the card you use but because it is not in spec certain bits will be missing and there is a chance in some situations it might mean your game crashing.

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thanks for the reply, but I get 70fps on half-life 2 at maximum settings

performance is not the issue, but the missing textures.

 

The system requirements for HL2 are.

 

Minimum System Configuration

1.2 GHz Processor

256MB RAM

DirectX 7 capable graphics card (64 MB or higher)

Windows 2000/XP/ME/98

Mouse

Keyboard

Internet Connection

CD or DVD rom drive

 

Preferred System Configuration

2.4 GHz Processor

512MB RAM

DirectX 9 capable graphics card

Windows 2000/XP/ME/98

Mouse

Keyboard

Internet Connection

CD or DVD rom drive (retail version only)

 

After thinking it over I think it is something with the shaders. UFO Aftershock supports Shader Models 3.0 which is not supported by graphics cards below/older those specified in my former post. Besides that HL2 was released back in 11/2004 and lots has happend on the graphics card area since then and until the release of UFO Aftershock in 10/2005. (Geforce 6 and 7 series to mention a few and lots more from ATI).

It is just a bit strange that you completed the toturial without any problems....Have you checked your graphic settings and does it still act up when you run in safe mode?

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I don't think it's my video card, since I completed the tutorial without any problems!

I tryed it on safe mode, and many other combinations without any effect...

 

i have an ATI Radeon 9800 PRO but it is defective (major graphic errors, but still works) maybe that's my last hope :lovetammy:

 

here is a screenshot:

 

https://img460.imageshack.us/img460/9272/textures0lm.jpg

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It is almost certainly your graphics card. I am not 100% sure if it's the graphics drivers so you might want to update them, or if that doesn't work, try some of the older ones (sometimes it actually helps). The error you are seeing is definitely of a graphics nature.

 

If the driver thing doesn't help, then it's your graphics card. Geforce 4 MX cards do not have support for pixel shaders, which may be required by UFO: AS. If your graphics card doesn't fall even under minimum requirements... well that's your problem.

 

Hope this helps. :lovetammy:

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