Catalyst 6.8-6.9 causing black textures..

2006-10-29 02:40:27

#1

reefl3x: Member; +72|6854|United States

If you play on a ATI card @ High texture settings like I do, you may have noticed black textures in replace of the correct textures. So certain buildings or vehicles would be a pitch black texture instead of there correct texture. This even happened in the menu and during loading.

I rolled back to 6.7 from 6.9 and now the issues gone. And no longer do I CTD when loading a new map with textures on high. So if your having a issue with black textures, roll back to 6.7

2006-10-29 02:43:05

#2

Crestfallen: Member; +27|6901|England, Leicester

Really? I have the 6.9 drivers and they work just fine with my machine. I get the occasional flicker of distant objects, but I can't say I've ever had any graphical trouble with my ATI card. What card are you using?

2006-10-29 02:43:56

#3

reefl3x: Member; +72|6854|United States

Its an issue with the x800 series and Bf2.
X800XL 256Mb GDDR3

And ATI's acknowledged the problem as well and simply told ATI users to run medium textures.

Last edited by reefl3x (2006-10-29 02:44:33)

2006-10-29 02:44:09

#4

KuriVaiM (EST): Member; +17|7204|Estonia

reefl3x wrote:
If you play on a ATI card @ High texture settings like I do, you may have noticed black textures in replace of the correct textures. So certain buildings or vehicles would be a pitch black texture instead of there correct texture. This even happened in the menu and during loading.

I rolled back to 6.7 from 6.9 and now the issues gone. And no longer do I CTD when loading a new map with textures on high. So if your having a issue with black textures, roll back to 6.7

your fps?

2006-10-29 02:45:22

#5

reefl3x: Member; +72|6854|United States

KuriVaiM (EST) wrote:
reefl3x wrote:
If you play on a ATI card @ High texture settings like I do, you may have noticed black textures in replace of the correct textures. So certain buildings or vehicles would be a pitch black texture instead of there correct texture. This even happened in the menu and during loading.

I rolled back to 6.7 from 6.9 and now the issues gone. And no longer do I CTD when loading a new map with textures on high. So if your having a issue with black textures, roll back to 6.7
your fps?

40-60 as infantry...90+ in choppers and planes...50FPS in tanks.
I get very solid performance even with 1GB RAM. I lag for about 3 seconds at start of round and afterwards its smooth. Medium textures give me about the same FPS.

Last edited by reefl3x (2006-10-29 02:49:37)

2006-10-29 02:50:33

#6

pippin_death: Devon Dweller; +36|7039|Devon, England

how do u check FPS?

2006-10-29 02:52:28

#7

reefl3x: Member; +72|6854|United States

pippin_death wrote:
how do u check FPS?

hit the "`" key in-game (Its to the left of the "1" key and above "TAB".
The enter - renderer.drawfps 1

Or you can DL FRAPS (fraps.com)

2006-10-29 02:53:07

#8

KuriVaiM (EST): Member; +17|7204|Estonia

pippin_death wrote:
how do u check FPS?

ingame open console, key under ESC & type renderer.drawfps 1 --- maybe twice

2006-10-29 02:56:24

#9

Krysiss: Member; +15|6926|NL

reefl3x wrote:
If you play on a ATI card @ High texture settings like I do, you may have noticed black textures in replace of the correct textures. So certain buildings or vehicles would be a pitch black texture instead of there correct texture. This even happened in the menu and during loading.

I rolled back to 6.7 from 6.9 and now the issues gone. And no longer do I CTD when loading a new map with textures on high. So if your having a issue with black textures, roll back to 6.7

Oh tank gods

I though my videocard was broke or something because I overclocked it to much
but did it dissapear if you would alt-tab?
by me it did.

2006-10-29 04:52:13

#10

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7209|Argentina

I have a x850 pro and I don't see those black textures on vehicles or street, and it's on high detail and 6.9 also.

2006-10-29 14:37:48

#11

Kissmybumper: Member; +2|6984

WEll i have a ATI 9800 AIW and i have the same problem. How do you roll back to 6.7 and also my other problem is that if i click esc when playing, it automatically shuts down bf2.

2006-10-29 16:48:33

#12

reefl3x: Member; +72|6854|United States

Kissmybumper wrote:
WEll i have a ATI 9800 AIW and i have the same problem. How do you roll back to 6.7 and also my other problem is that if i click esc when playing, it automatically shuts down bf2.

Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Run the ATI- Software Uninstall Utility.
Upon restarting your PC visit this link and download the drivers-

http://www.download.com/Catalyst-Radeon … ag=lst-0-2

2006-10-30 03:47:43

#13

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7209|Argentina

The Catalyst drivers require you to delete the older driver before installing the new one, perhaps you installed the Catalyst 6.9 over the older version.

2006-10-30 03:50:58

#14

pedigreeuk: I'm English, not British!; +113|7223|Rotherham, England

Try using the OMEGA drivers instead, I've always found them much better than the catalyst crap

2006-10-30 03:53:44

#15

p3lvicthrust: Banned; +16|6854

I too use 6.9CCC with no problems at all, however Im waiting on 7.0 which hasnt been out (they are about 20 days late ffs) ever since AMD bought out ATI...I bet the support for ATI Drivers are gonna suck, or slower...definately slower

2006-10-30 06:50:56

#16

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7033|SE London

I sometimes get black textures on my nvidia card in BF2. It's a recent thing since I updated my drivers to a Beta set because I was having problems with video playback (everything in fullscreen video was too dark - which turned out to be a driver issue).

Now I occasionally get black patches on screen. It's not like corruption you get from overheating, it's just graphic glitches. I didn't ever see it before 1.4 either.

2006-10-30 09:04:30

#17

CrazeD: Member; +368|7125|Maine

I use Catalyst 6.5 tweaked drivers, by Omega. They work the best, and are a bunch better than ATi's attempt.

BF2S Forums Catalyst 6.8-6.9 causing black textures..

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