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Morag D

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2007

UK/Austria

[bone]

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22 Jan 2008 at 16:09 - 1

Hi!

I just bought my Dev the EotN Vanguard set, and it looks like it's made of plastic. I've never had this problem with GW before, and on no other armor set like this.

Now I'm pretty annoyed, playing EN just to get this armor and stuff...

System specs:

Windows XP
Intel Pentum M725 processor (1,6 GHz, 400 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700/64MB
60GB HDD
2x 1GB ram

steps taken so far:
downloaded DirectX 9.0
downloaded new card driver
re-installed GW

thanks in advance!

iridescentfyre

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/

22 Jan 2008 at 16:51 - 2

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morag D

I don't know about DirectX, and I have no idea where to look to see which version I'm running...

If you had serious DirectX issues, you probably wouldn't be able to run the game at all. Any modern copy of Windows XP includes the latest (or very nearly latest) version of DirectX 9.0c.

Your Radeon 9700 is pretty outdated, but should work reasonably for Guild Wars. The cause of your issue might be the result of trying to use High detail textures with so little video RAM. I'd personally also try reinstalling video drivers. Its weird that it only occurs with that one armor set though. Are you sure you don't see it occurring anywhere else?

BFG

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Lost

DCSB

22 Jan 2008 at 17:01 - 3

Just to rule it out, go into your GW in-game options under the Graphics tab and untick the "Use best texture filtering" box. If that alleviates your problem, it could be possible that your card is struggling to in it's rendering of the armor due to its lower on-board RAM.

Morag D

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2007

UK/Austria

[bone]

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22 Jan 2008 at 17:03 - 4

I tried with lower graphic settings, but apart from everything getting obviously rougher, no change. I don't run any other games on this notebook, but it has previously worked perfectly with guildwars and that's the only ever time it occurred...

Shadowmere

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Grim Squeakers [REAP]

N/

22 Jan 2008 at 17:10 - 5

well from where I'm standing...it looks like your derv just became a boss

seriously though that is strange, it only does it with this set of armor? Might be one of those annoying account based graphical glitches. Like with me male ele arms and legs appear black for me no matter what computer I'm on.

Is the problem still there if you log in on a different comp?

Morag D

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2007

UK/Austria

[bone]

P/

22 Jan 2008 at 17:24 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadowmere

Is the problem still there if you log in on a different comp?

that could be difficult to try... I don't really have too many opportunities to install gw all over other people's computers

I might ask my brother back home to check, though

Meanwhile I can really just pretend I'm a boss

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Edit:

I was just thinking... could that be something to do with Texmod? I'm not running GW through Texmod atm, nor do I do that usually, but it's installed on my notebook and that glich kinda looks like when you do the texturing wrong...

Morag D

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2007

UK/Austria

[bone]

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23 Jan 2008 at 09:26 - 7

Anything else anyone wants to suggest? I downloaded and installed directX 9 yesterday, didn't change one bit.

thx for trying!

Diddy bow

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

Jawsome!!!!!!!!!!!

looking for one :p

A/D

23 Jan 2008 at 17:34 - 8

Could be texmod, really deos look that way. Although that has no effect unless you acctually run it.

Damged dat file perhaps, tried re-installing? i know its a hassle but its worth a try if nothing else works.

Morag D

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2007

UK/Austria

[bone]

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23 Jan 2008 at 19:18 - 9

alas, tried new card driver - no result

re-installing GW might work, it's just that I don't have the launch CD with me... >.< and I very successfully deleted my full image from my external drive before leaving home

hellyea526

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Cornell University

W/

23 Jan 2008 at 19:23 - 10

you can download it from the guild wars website :P

Morag D

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2007

UK/Austria

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24 Jan 2008 at 11:46 - 11

ty. had not thought of that :S

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re-installed GW and got rid of Texmod. no difference.

The bug must be related to my computer as my brother tried my account on his and it worked perfectly there. also, other people view my armor as being totally normal.

think the GW support could help?

Morag D

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2007

UK/Austria

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26 Jan 2008 at 08:59 - 12

bump? any brainwaves?

Nanood

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Supermans Crystal Palace

Legion Of The Dark Sun

26 Jan 2008 at 21:45 - 13

My brainwave would be that your machine graphic ability has an issue with correctly displaying the armor as it should be. I don't think it's anything other than that sorry to say. If everything you have ytried has come to the same ending I doubt you will change it because all the things you have done to try to rectify it are all the things that you would do to rectify it. Some cards just don't do things the way we want. Example I have a 800 XT PE in one of my machines and the picture is really dark. No matter what i do its always dark. I have 2 more machines running next to it and they are all bright and sunny but this particular card just doesn't want to play ball. Sucks but them's the breaks.

At least you got nice armor Mr Boss Derv

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

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R/

27 Jan 2008 at 00:55 - 14

You're not running Kuntz's mod that adds the UT kill sounds to GW are you? It's a stand-alone hack, not TexMod, but the latest version enables hi-res graphics for all armours.

Mind you, that shouldn't alter your armor, just everyone else's.

Heh, just a thought.

ElinoraNeSangre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Near Seattle, WA

Talionis De Cineris [EXUR]

N/Me

27 Jan 2008 at 01:17 - 15

And it's only in the login screen, or do you also see it in-game the same way?

Have you tried turning post process effects off if they're on?

I'll try to think of some other ideas. Hrm...