I searched the forum but couldn't find anyone talking about this problem I am having. I play on ultra which are the recommended settings for my gaming computer.
As I get more and more SCV's beams of light are shooting out all over the place from the scv's near my command center...it's as if they have a yellowish orange laser beam on the front of them and it shoots out in all directions as they move around and gets worse as more and more are created.
Is anyone else having or heard of this problem/glitch? In addition, I don't see the more graphic mushroom cloud like fire explosions when buildings take hit's or catch on fire in game play that I have seen when watching some of the live streams on here...any reason why? Any idea what could be causing me not to see the full graphic package?
I have a Gateway computer designed for gaming that is only maybe 18 months old running Vista 64 bit with an ATI Radeon 59xx series graphic card I just downloaded the latest driver and Microsoft X driver, the game recommends ultra settings which doesn't slow down performance at all when in large battles so I'm unsure what the problem is?
I used to have a problem kind of like this back in the day when I played WoW was a sign that my graphics card was beginning to go. You might want to turn down the graphics to see if that fixes the problem. As for the missing graphics I have no clue perhaps your SC2 folder got corrupted somehow and is causing these glitches instead of your card.
This is actually a side affect of decaying plutonium located in the minerals, the more you mine the more radiation exposure your scv's are getting which is not only bad for their health but it's causing them to meld with their scv armour suits and become a cyborg-esque like being. They are then able to use this to their advantage however and can actually create lasers so that they can improve harvesting. Not only this but muta harass? Speedlings? Dark Templars? Not anymore with your cyborg scv's. Don't think of it as a problem.
Oh ya lower graphics settings and consider getting a new graphics card because fdragon already stated correctly your problem.
I already installed the latest drivers for my graphics card and directx. I have played on low and medium while turning reflections off and the scvs are still shooting laser beams. Was considering uninstalling and reinstalling the game perhaps?
It is possible that the card is getting fried as I use this computer to multitable Poker tournaments while running a poker tracking software in the background. All my other games run fine though as far as I can tell.
Thanks.
edit: I guess I should add that I run two 27 inch monitors as well...hmm...maybe it's time for a graphic card upgrade? It would just seem that it should handle it fine on lower settings.
Looks like the animation for the scv fire is what's messing up or where the problem is showing up at least. You could try the repair tool i'm assuming there is one in the SC2 directory. If not then maybe a reinstall. Usually this might point to a graphics card/driver issue but you said none of your other games are having issues.
A friend of mine said this started happening to him when he updated his video card drivers, here's a youtube of it in action, (not my friends just some random dude)
On November 23 2010 02:59 baneling wrote: A friend of mine said this started happening to him when he updated his video card drivers, here's a youtube of it in action, (not my friends just some random dude)
On November 23 2010 02:59 baneling wrote: A friend of mine said this started happening to him when he updated his video card drivers, here's a youtube of it in action, (not my friends just some random dude)
On November 23 2010 02:59 baneling wrote: A friend of mine said this started happening to him when he updated his video card drivers, here's a youtube of it in action, (not my friends just some random dude)
My god what a party. OP I hope it's not your graphics card . Curious, but what's your mean temperature on the gpu while running SC2? Another sign of the graphics card going is the temperature being way too high (given what is usually sufficient cooling).
This has to be the coolest graphically buggy thing I have ever seen. But yeah, it almost always the temperature of your GPU that causes these sorts of problems.
I already installed the latest drivers for my graphics card and directx. I have played on low and medium while turning reflections off and the scvs are still shooting laser beams. Was considering uninstalling and reinstalling the game perhaps?
It is possible that the card is getting fried as I use this computer to multitable Poker tournaments while running a poker tracking software in the background. All my other games run fine though as far as I can tell.
Thanks.
edit: I guess I should add that I run two 27 inch monitors as well...hmm...maybe it's time for a graphic card upgrade? It would just seem that it should handle it fine on lower settings.
rofl this explains the range that scv got in the patch to stop working skating.
Hey there, my first question is if you had this problem from the start or did it just happen now? When it is a new problem, then what did you do before it? Update your graphic driver? I had a similar problem in another game a while ago and my graphic card was broken.
But before you buy a new one, you should definitely rollback your drivers. First of all, delete the old ones with a tool to get sure theres nothing left, there are some free ones, just google it. ^^ And then reinstall older, not the newest, graphic drivers from nvidia.com/ati.com.
On topic, i had a friend who had the exact same problem. I believe he fixed it eventually, will see if he is still on my friends list and ask him how he fixed it.
On November 23 2010 02:59 baneling wrote: A friend of mine said this started happening to him when he updated his video card drivers, here's a youtube of it in action, (not my friends just some random dude)
On November 23 2010 02:59 baneling wrote: A friend of mine said this started happening to him when he updated his video card drivers, here's a youtube of it in action, (not my friends just some random dude)
87 degrees celsius is really really hot there may be something wrong there but I dont do hardware so I couldn't tell you exactly what is wrong. AFAIK the load temp on a graphics card should not approach 90 degrees as they can fail at that point and 80 degrees is a dangerous level as well.
87 Celsius is higher than ideal, but some graphics cards do reach those kinds of temperatures in normal operation. Most desktop graphics cards are nominally supposed to be able to run hotter than that, up to maybe something like 105 Celsius.
As an idea, see the temperature graph here. Their HD 4850 reached 88 Celsius at full load and 86 Celsius while playing Crysis, and some other cards were hotter than that.
That said, there's no harm in checking the GPU fan and heatsink for dust.
Anyhow, streaky lights like you see are usually just symptoms of dying hardware, like people have been saying. Usually if you lower graphics settings, you will stress the card less. Symptoms may disappear this way, and you might extend the life of the card a little longer. If you want a real fix, you can buy a new GPU.
imagine the lasers beams would deal damage :D I think its a problem with your driver, I had something similar during the beta. (selection circles werent circles, they were lines (top and bottom of the unit) and if I had more like 10 units selceted I just saw lines).
87 C is probably a little too hot for your card to comfortably live a normal lifespan, but it's absolutely not an artifacting temperature unless your memory chips are getting hotter than that.
A friend of mine said this started happening to him when he updated his video card drivers
In this case it is almost certainly a driver issue and has nothing to do with your hardware. From the symptoms in the video I would say this anyway.
On November 23 2010 06:31 Myrmidon wrote: 87 Celsius is higher than ideal, but some graphics cards do reach those kinds of temperatures in normal operation. Most desktop graphics cards are nominally supposed to be able to run hotter than that, up to maybe something like 105 Celsius.
As an idea, see the temperature graph here. Their HD 4850 reached 88 Celsius at full load and 86 Celsius while playing Crysis, and some other cards were hotter than that.
That said, there's no harm in checking the GPU fan and heatsink for dust.
Anyhow, streaky lights like you see are usually just symptoms of dying hardware, like people have been saying. Usually if you lower graphics settings, you will stress the card less. Symptoms may disappear this way, and you might extend the life of the card a little longer. If you want a real fix, you can buy a new GPU.
So 87 is the top out range temp after playing some more which according to your graph is somewhat standard for my card so it's not overheating which shouldn't mean that it's artifacting. I'm at a loss as to how to fix this issue. It's clearly a problem with rendering the jetfire coming out of the scvs and other fire/explosion related graphics. Like I said, I had already updated the driver software and it's still an issue.
Any other ideas? Do you think uninstall and reinstalling would make a difference at all?
On November 23 2010 06:31 Myrmidon wrote: 87 Celsius is higher than ideal, but some graphics cards do reach those kinds of temperatures in normal operation. Most desktop graphics cards are nominally supposed to be able to run hotter than that, up to maybe something like 105 Celsius.
As an idea, see the temperature graph here. Their HD 4850 reached 88 Celsius at full load and 86 Celsius while playing Crysis, and some other cards were hotter than that.
That said, there's no harm in checking the GPU fan and heatsink for dust.
Anyhow, streaky lights like you see are usually just symptoms of dying hardware, like people have been saying. Usually if you lower graphics settings, you will stress the card less. Symptoms may disappear this way, and you might extend the life of the card a little longer. If you want a real fix, you can buy a new GPU.
So 87 is the top out range temp after playing some more which according to your graph is somewhat standard for my card so it's not overheating which shouldn't mean that it's artifacting. I'm at a loss as to how to fix this issue. It's clearly a problem with rendering the jetfire coming out of the scvs and other fire/explosion related graphics. Like I said, I had already updated the driver software and it's still an issue.
Any other ideas? Do you think uninstall and reinstalling would make a difference at all?
Thanks
I had similar graphics artifacts on a couple old cards from previous computers. It's exactly as everyone has said. Your card is, unfortunately, dying, and this is most likely due to heat damage. You said you checked the temperature after you'd already exited out of SC2, and after only playing one game...that's not going to give you a terribly accurate picture of how hot your card runs unless you normally only play one game of SC2 at a time. Additionally, that graph is only to give a very general rough idea before the fact. You would compare your card's temperatures to that graph only if you're curious about where its temperature should roughly be at. After symptoms have already manifested, there's no point - the fact of the matter is that your card is damaged. If your card wasn't running above expected temperatures, then it could mean you had a defective card or something of the sort. Regardless, the first step is to turn down your graphics as low as possible. After that, either deal with it or you'll have to buy a new card. It sucks, but shit happens :\
Clearly an off-screen colossus. All other images are from overuse of the /dance command, where clearly the background has started a disco theme to join in with the breakdancing units.
Good luck with your graphics card Definitely the coolest bug I've seen though.
I already installed the latest drivers for my graphics card and directx. I have played on low and medium while turning reflections off and the scvs are still shooting laser beams. Was considering uninstalling and reinstalling the game perhaps?
It is possible that the card is getting fried as I use this computer to multitable Poker tournaments while running a poker tracking software in the background. All my other games run fine though as far as I can tell.
Thanks.
edit: I guess I should add that I run two 27 inch monitors as well...hmm...maybe it's time for a graphic card upgrade? It would just seem that it should handle it fine on lower settings.
hmmm odd that lower settings doesnt fix it, usually this sort of thing is because your trying to render too many polygons, but itd be a ton worse in ultra than low if that were it
Ok, posted the same thing in another thread before(about the same thing). Anyways, here's my case: First it happened on my old PC - P4 3GHz, 2x512mb DDR-400, Sapphire 1950GT(AGP,512), FSP Bluestorm 2 350W. That was a few months (maybe a single one) after Crysis was released - dunno if I did something to provoke it (not that catalyst ain't capable of fucking itself up if it wants to) but the gfx got all corrupted. Same case as yours - Halo objects going nuts (i.e. those beams and stuff). I fixed it then by swapping drivers with the omega ATI drivers. So, the last case - started around april or so this year I think. System - C2Q9400@2.66, 2x2GB DDR-2 1066RAM@800 due to mobo, p45 chipset(AsRock p45turbotwins200 DDR2/3 hybrid), Sapphire HD4870 512MB reference card, X-Fi Prelude. Symptoms - what you have, really - streched SCV/ambient(wind/stuff)/whatever particles in StarCraft, Risen completely unplayable (guess it uses halos for whatnot), same for Crysis. What was playable - RBR, X3 Terran Conflict, CS1.6 (i.e. goldsrc games), stuff like that. Rolled back to older drivers - no problems. Dunno the exact driver number, but after it any drivers messed it up. That on winXP SP3 32bit with official drivers. Thing is - I had to replace my PSU (FSP Everest 800W) several months later so that might have been the problem too, still the drivers were very specific in the way that after a certain release they all exhibited the particle streching (as for the PSU replacement - 1st it would not boot with a 5850 twin frozr 2 xcept on -cold- start, 2nd it'd shut down if the VGA drew more than 50amps on the VDDCs). As for windows 7 - no such problems so far. Hope this helps, gtg now (at school).
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