Textures on any Spring Game display Black

[AdrianSmall]

Hi everyone, I've been trying to play spring, because I was a fan of TA, but when spring starts up, the maps have no textures, there is only black. I've tried a few different games, BA, Zero-k and Spring:1944, but they all do the same thing.

I'm trying to play on my Acer notebook. The specs are:
Processor: Intel Core i3-380M @ 2.53 gHz x 4
RAM: 4 gB DDR3
Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics, with a min-max memory of
128-1754 mB.

Any suggestions would be helpful, Thanks!

[hoijui]

checkout this:
http://springrts.com/wiki/FAQ:trouble
there are several issues that may apply.

and please post your infolog.txt (as file attachment to your post here in the forum).

[AdrianSmall]

Hi, I tried doing the things in the FAQ, but none of them worked. I have the settings on quite low, but the textures for the map are still black.

[hoijui]

[f=0000000] GL version: 2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2372
[f=0000000] GL vendor: Intel
[f=0000000] GL renderer: Intel(R) HD Graphics
[f=0000000] GLSL version: 1.20 - Intel Build 8.15.10.2372

i guess you have one of these notebooks with combined Intel & NV GFX?
you have to configure your system so spring will only use the NV card, cause it currently runs on the Intel card, which is way too bad to run spring.

[knorke]

you have to configure your system so spring will only use the NV card

here somebody posted a screenshot how to do it:
http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=27286
(scroll down a bit)

[AdrianSmall]

I don't think my laptop has an nVidia card, it only shows the Intel one in device manager. My laptop is an Acer Aspire 7739-6837 if it helps.
Thanks for the Help!

[hoijui]

thats bad man, real bad!


try using different drivers for your GFX, but i think chances are low for you to get anywhere, when you tried everything from the FAQ that seems slightly related (most GFX stuff)

[jK]

type /advmapshading ingame ...

[AdrianSmall]

Thank you so much! I typed /advmapshading ingame, and the textures appeared!