NFSU2 Blocky Road Textures

Typhoon 01 · Nov 17, 2004, 04:35 AM

I was wondering if anybody have this problem or know how to solve it.
I have been getting blocky road textures and it looks ugly as hell.

Btw i am using Cat 4.12 on a Hercules Radeon 9600 256.
Sys Specs are P4 2.66, 768 Mb DDR.
Help is appreciated.
Tanx in advance.

projectHUMAN · Nov 17, 2004, 04:58 AM

Have a screenshot? Mine seems rather ugly as well but I think it was meant to be like that.

Typhoon 01 · Nov 17, 2004, 05:06 AM

Ill post a screen when i get home.
But you see in the demo i didn't have this problem and i heard on EmuForums some people are getting the same problem while others are not, and some say that restarting the game fixed that. Unfortunately that didn't fixed the problem here.

SkyBum · Nov 17, 2004, 06:43 AM

I've noticed it as well. The first time I ran the game many places in the roads had a very pronounced checker board effect (ugly). The second time I launched it the roads looked just fine and since then the checker board textures have been hit and miss. No idea what it could be...

XP 1800+
8500DV Omega 2.5.90 (Cat 4.10b)
512 DDR Ram

wolfran · Nov 17, 2004, 09:39 AM

Actually....to fix this:
- in ATI CP (or CCC) set the AA/AF to application preference and the A.I. to standard.
- if you need AA/AF, you can set this through the in-game options.
This seems to fix the problem for me (I'm also using the cats 4.12 beta). Not to mention that this way the game is much smoother. I guess it's true that the game knows best about its AA/AF.

nuG · Nov 17, 2004, 10:42 AM

yeah i had this problem but it went away after sometinkering in CCC and restarting the computer. who knows what happened.

Sgt.Slug · Nov 17, 2004, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfran

Actually....to fix this:
- in ATI CP (or CCC) set the AA/AF to application preference and the A.I. to standard.
- if you need AA/AF, you can set this through the in-game options.
This seems to fix the problem for me (I'm also using the cats 4.12 beta). Not to mention that this way the game is much smoother. I guess it's true that the game knows best about its AA/AF.

I had the problem with A.I standard. Only happens on some tracks, not all.

I had discussed this in another thread too, funny nobody said there that they had the same problem. Glad to see I'm not the only one though.

pr0digal jenius · Nov 17, 2004, 10:54 PM

i too have this issue

Warpy · Nov 17, 2004, 10:59 PM

Ummmm I don't, here are some screenshots of what I have, at least i dont think I have this problem, Do your displays look like this?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...n/nfsu2004.jpg

Nacht · Nov 17, 2004, 11:41 PM

^^^ thats what mine looks like. im on an NVidia card and i force AA and AF through the control panel.

wolfran · Nov 17, 2004, 11:44 PM

Those pictures are not blocky.

pr0digal jenius · Nov 17, 2004, 11:57 PM

i fixed it.

apparently you have to reboot after isntalling it

all si well now at full AF and full TAA at 1600x1200 with the graphics all the way up

Warpy · Nov 17, 2004, 11:59 PM

what your rig prodigal?

pr0digal jenius · Nov 18, 2004, 12:04 AM

Dual 3.06 GHz Xeons @ 3.1GHz (20x155)
Radeon 9800 Pro 256 on Cat 4.11s
2GBs Corsair XMS TwinX DDR333 Platinum Low Latency(4x 512MB @ 2-3-2-5 Timings)
Asus PC-DL Deluxe Mobo w/ BIOS 1.005
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro

...that's probably more then you wanted already, so i'll stop

Warpy · Nov 18, 2004, 12:05 AM

I see, and do you have a backup generator for your town - for when you benchmark your pc?

pr0digal jenius · Nov 18, 2004, 12:15 AM

haha....it actually all runs off a 470 watt PSU, surprisingly, even witha CD and a DVD burner, Firewire drive for the Audigy, and my RF reciever for the HDTV Wonder

its extremely efficient in that aspect

Back on topic

anyone having this issue still perplexed after a reboot?

Typhoon 01 · Nov 18, 2004, 04:33 AM

I fixed it!!!
Go to the options menu, enable Texture Filtering and restart the game.
Fixed.

Danhill · Nov 18, 2004, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

Dual 3.06 GHz Xeons @ 3.1GHz (20x155)
Radeon 9800 Pro 256 on Cat 4.11s
2GBs Corsair XMS TwinX DDR333 Platinum Low Latency(4x 512MB @ 2-3-2-5 Timings)
Asus PC-DL Deluxe Mobo w/ BIOS 1.005
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro

...that's probably more then you wanted already, so i'll stop

Didn't you order a 6800

SkyBum · Nov 18, 2004, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Typhoon 01

I fixed it!!!
Go to the options menu, enable Texture Filtering and restart the game.
Fixed.

Interesting, I have texture filtering disabled. I'll give it a go and see if it helps.

Could anyone esplain texture filtering? I'm afraid I'm not exactly clued in on what it does.

loudeye · Nov 18, 2004, 05:22 AM

many have experienced this, it's because the game does not auto-detect your hardware.

go to the advanced options, turn the texture filtering slider all the way up, restart the game, and voila! no more checkerboards

pr0digal jenius · Nov 18, 2004, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danhill

Didn't you order a 6800

yea, btu as it's my Xmas gift from mom, my beautiful 6800GT won't be in my rig till december 25th around lunch time

Danhill · Nov 18, 2004, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

yea, btu as it's my Xmas gift from mom, my beautiful 6800GT won't be in my rig till december 25th around lunch time

lol

I don't understand what you mean by mom, it's not her giving you christmas gift, it's Santa.

Just pray that Santa is going to find your address!!

Sgt.Slug · Nov 18, 2004, 10:05 AM

Santa wont find his address, i changed it to reflect mine! Mauahahahhaa!!!

Sgt.Slug · Nov 18, 2004, 10:06 AM

I might have inadvertantly fixed it myself doing this, I am not sure. Check when I get home. I just remember when initially playing the game I saw lots of blockyness at the bottom of the screen.

pr0digal jenius · Nov 18, 2004, 01:35 PM

heh...glad 2 hear it slug....now if only you could drive you'd be all set

Sgt.Slug · Nov 18, 2004, 01:42 PM

HAhahaha, who said I couldn't drive..? I'm doing well in NFS:U2 and my driving skills in HL2 are beyond professional.. lol, I'm having fun on the beach running over those rodents! on that map I took out all the bad dudes with my car alone.. hahahaha! NFS:U2, unfortunately I can't run over pedestrians.. I save that for San Adreas and Vice City. Nothing better than driving over a few hundred people and then perching on a bridge taking out tanks and cop cars below! Muahahaha! Then speed off!

Sandok · Nov 18, 2004, 01:57 PM

WHAT Prodigal? I can barely get 30 frames at 1280x1024 with no AA... OMG (almsot same rig... 3.3 ghz... 2048 ram DDR400 and 9800 Pro 128mb...

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