Spring 91 -- Color overlays during zoom

[atomcrusader]

Hi all,

Please see the attached screenshots. I did not have this problem all all with my SPring 88 version. Just recently migrated to the latest version and now the effect really interferes with my combat awareness. xD

I have checked that my Expert settings are identical for both spring 88 (the portable version) and spring 91. (For the latter, I tried both the portable and the installed versions, but still saw the same problem.) All maps for NOTA and BA I have tried so far are affected.

Thank you! I am new to bug reporting so please tell me how to include additional information as necessary.

[Beherith]

Please post your infolog.txt, its next to spring.exe.

[atomcrusader]

Thanks for the reply! :D Here is the infolog.txt. (I deleted it, then loaded then same map which yielded the screenshots above to generate a new one. It was a replay but the bug is the same.)

[Beherith]

Try updating your graphics drivers to the latest version, then try typing /advmapshading 0 ingame.

[atomcrusader]

I have tried updating my driver:
ATI Mobility Radeon 4500 HD
to the latest version, but it says mine from 2009 is the latest. Still having the problem even with advanced map shading off. :"(
Is there anything else to try? :D

[Beherith]

Enable/disable compress textures in springsettings/render quality.

[atomcrusader]

Thanks again. I have tried enabling/disabling texture compression but to no avail. xD
What should we try next?

Does anyone else have this problem, or is it just me? T_T

[jK]

Only you, likely a driver bug.

you can try to set ROAM=2 or ROAM=3 in your springsettings.cfg and if both fails you can still use Legacy (=slower) terrain renderer via ROAM=0.

[atomcrusader]

Well, no kidding. Adding the entry
ROAM = 3
worked like a charm. (also worked for 0,1,2 too.) I cannot tell the difference between ROAM levels. What is ROAM anyway?

Thank you so much! Now I can enjoy the latest Spring in all its glory! ^__^
p/s how do you mark topic as Solved?

Edit: Also, before I saw your post, my config file did not have any such ROAM entry. After I introduced it and restarted the lobby, however, many more new entries were added alongside with ROAM's. Curious.

[jK]

http://springrts.com/wiki/Springrc :

"ROAM": {
...
"description": "Use ROAM for terrain mesh rendering. 1=VBO mode, 2=DL mode, 3=VA mode",
"defaultValue": 1,
...

And default values in springsettings.cfg are not saved and erased instead, so we can change them every time.