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ForKvatch
Profile Joined April 2010
United States54 Posts
September 02 2010 05:52 GMT
#1
Hey TL,

I don't know if any of you have noticed this graphical issue (or possible easter egg), but sometimes when playing a game or a replay the standard map has something drawn on it. At first I thought they were unloaded textures, but they seemed way too deliberate to be a graphical hitch.

This has happened while watching a replay on Blistering Sands. The Xel'naga Tower cliffs were covered in some white and red design. This also happened during a game on Lost Temple. I swear what I thought was a marine face could be seen at the natural expansions. I would have a screenshot, but when I went back to view the replay it was gone (and similarly when I re-viewed the replay on Blistering Sands).

Has anyone experienced this or have a screenshot of it? Is this a graphical issue or perhaps an easter egg that is randomly generated by Blizzard?
They call me fork.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10785 Posts
September 02 2010 05:53 GMT
#2
i have no idea what your talking about, sorry.
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Thrasymachus725
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada527 Posts
September 02 2010 05:55 GMT
#3
I am not sure how this happens, but my computer has random graphical glitches too, and on one, I had a Pylon Icon drawn on the floor... random icons from in the game files seem to get spread throughout the map during those glitches.

Not an easter egg, just a messed up glitch from the game files.
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Jyvblamo
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada13788 Posts
September 02 2010 05:57 GMT
#4
If I'm understanding you correct, this is just your graphics card malfunctioning. It happens occasionally with my ATI card where some terrain textures get randomly replaced with unit textures.
ForKvatch
Profile Joined April 2010
United States54 Posts
September 02 2010 06:01 GMT
#5
The fact that it doesn't happen again when I reload the replay gets me thinking its a graphical glitch. Although it has happened both with NVIDIA and ATI cards on my part.

On the bright side they seem to make very artsy additions to the maps sometimes. =)
They call me fork.
ultratorr
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada332 Posts
September 02 2010 08:03 GMT
#6
I had a similar experience too. I played on Xel'Naga Caverns once, and the ground was green. It didn't look like a graphical glitch so I thought the game was patched or something.
ForKvatch
Profile Joined April 2010
United States54 Posts
September 05 2010 03:22 GMT
#7
The glitch happened on Twilight Fortress. Also, I was playing with my roommate and he did not see these designs. I managed to get a couple screenshots. Tell me what you guys think.

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ThE.SparkZ
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States381 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-05 03:28:21
September 05 2010 03:26 GMT
#8
Theres already a thread about this, from what I BELIVE the video card takes textures from other parts of the game and overlaps them.. brb i'll find the thread.

Edit: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=146092 enjoy
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Bags
Profile Joined July 2010
United States69 Posts
September 05 2010 03:30 GMT
#9
How is this an easter egg? Looks like your video card is freaking out.
phuzi0n
Profile Joined April 2010
United States308 Posts
September 05 2010 03:37 GMT
#10
This happens when your video card is overheating/overclocked too high/dying. If you're OC'ing it go back to stock clocks or at least dial it down some. If you're having a heat wave in your geography then tough it out. If it's always hot in your area then try to cool it down more. If it's not hot or OC'd then start planning on buying a new card.
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