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Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 02 Jun 2008, 10:50
by daryl
Hi all!
so, i can't see the particle spray when robots or vehicles are building a base.
the particle spray appear and disappear during the play.
It is the same for laser weapons.
i'm using windows xp ( media center) with sP3 and ATI Radeon x1300 with 8.5 ATI drivers.

so there is a solution??
( i don't found nothing about this! )

bye bye

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 11:43
by AnniXa
isn´t it the maxparticles stuff then?
i have them on 100, and if there are some more objects that using particles then i dont get nano particles then.

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 16:00
by AF
Here are my theories:
  • You've ran out of energy and dont have enough resources to build things or fire weapons - Build more solar collectors/windgenerators/fusion reactions/tidals/etc
  • Your max particle count is very low - Raise it in settings.exe
  • Your drivers are horrific - The particles are there but your machine refuses to draw them onto the screen, in this case I would post details about your system specs, especially what graphics card you have or if you have a graphics card at all.
  • A possible bug in spring - Please download the latest development build and start a single player game to test if this bug also occurs in the newest experimental version.

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 20:20
by daryl
AF wrote:Here are my theories:
  • You've ran out of energy and dont have enough resources to build things or fire weapons - Build more solar collectors/windgenerators/fusion reactions/tidals/etc
  • Your max particle count is very low - Raise it in settings.exe
  • Your drivers are horrific - The particles are there but your machine refuses to draw them onto the screen, in this case I would post details about your system specs, especially what graphics card you have or if you have a graphics card at all.
  • A possible bug in spring - Please download the latest development build and start a single player game to test if this bug also occurs in the newest experimental version.
so i always played TA spring withouth graphics problems.
i found this problems only "now" with this last version of TA.
my "max simultaneous particles" is setted to 5000.
i think the problem is: drivers or bug... :cry:

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 21:11
by AF
erm, Total Annihilation doesn't have a max particle setting

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 21:29
by daryl
check for attached file.

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 22:26
by ZellSF
You're calling Spring TA, Spring isn't TA.

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 23:02
by daryl
ZellSF wrote:You're calling Spring TA, Spring isn't TA.
aah ok... TA = old game, Spring = remake.. sorry
i mean SPRING!.
:-)

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 23:07
by LordMatt
Careful, the forum wolves will eat you alive if you say such things, even if they seem obvious. ;)

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 00:08
by AF
spring != remake
spring != game
spring != TA
spring != TA in 3d
spring == game engine
games != game engine
BA == modified TA in 3d running under spring engine
XTA == modified TA in 3d
BA == game
XTA == game
game != spring
BA != spring
spring != XTA

Now lets all have a cup of tea and some biscuits =p

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 00:37
by LordMatt
Spring + BA = TA Remake

Re: Small Graphic problem: particle spray

Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 18:30
by daryl
thx!

i solved problems by setting driver option (x1300) to full quality!
now i see all the particle!