Shading Stripes and Blocks. [graphics setting 3 or below]
So, as many of you may have already noticed, when the graphics settings are put below 4, there are dramatic dark or light stripes and random shapes that will appear from time to time on your playable characters.
Particularly, when speaking to Momma Bosco.
Dear Telltale Games,
Is there any way you could possibly disable whatever causes these jarring stripes and shapes when the graphics settings are placed at 3 or below? I only ask because my computer will not run at 4 or above very efficiently, to the point where the lipsynching does not even match up properly. I'm sure Im not the only one.
I still think the game looks absolutely great at 3, 2, or even 1 to an extent. But when these impossible to miss contrasts in lighting show up on Sam and Max, it's just... de-immersing.. [not sure that's a word] but it throws me out of the story and environment so much that I may become distracted to the point where I miss part of the story or I don't laugh at a joke because I'm genuinely bummed out about these awful shapes on my buddies.
A great example is when you're speaking to Momma Bosco, it looks like part of Sam's skull has been hollowed out or something and his face isn't looking too good either.
I would rather have them look light slightly out of place due to improper lighting than have these really ugly stripes and blocks scattered all over the models... I don't want to ramble I think you get what I'm saying, probably 2 paragraphs ago...
I'm simply asking if there's ANY way to have this lighting feature atuomatically disable itself when running at lower graphics settings [or even manually would be fine] so that I'm not forced to see them? I put up with it through W&G but I would hate to see this bug enter the world of S&M.
Anyone feel the same way or have something to add? I hate to complain, I really do because I love what you guys are doing and have done in the past, but I just can't seem to let this one go.
Particularly, when speaking to Momma Bosco.
Dear Telltale Games,
Is there any way you could possibly disable whatever causes these jarring stripes and shapes when the graphics settings are placed at 3 or below? I only ask because my computer will not run at 4 or above very efficiently, to the point where the lipsynching does not even match up properly. I'm sure Im not the only one.
I still think the game looks absolutely great at 3, 2, or even 1 to an extent. But when these impossible to miss contrasts in lighting show up on Sam and Max, it's just... de-immersing.. [not sure that's a word] but it throws me out of the story and environment so much that I may become distracted to the point where I miss part of the story or I don't laugh at a joke because I'm genuinely bummed out about these awful shapes on my buddies.
A great example is when you're speaking to Momma Bosco, it looks like part of Sam's skull has been hollowed out or something and his face isn't looking too good either.
I would rather have them look light slightly out of place due to improper lighting than have these really ugly stripes and blocks scattered all over the models... I don't want to ramble I think you get what I'm saying, probably 2 paragraphs ago...
I'm simply asking if there's ANY way to have this lighting feature atuomatically disable itself when running at lower graphics settings [or even manually would be fine] so that I'm not forced to see them? I put up with it through W&G but I would hate to see this bug enter the world of S&M.
Anyone feel the same way or have something to add? I hate to complain, I really do because I love what you guys are doing and have done in the past, but I just can't seem to let this one go.
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No, seriously.
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If it's fixable it would make a world of difference to those of us who don't have the money for a higher end computer at the moment. Or higher end graphics card for that matter.
To the person who said pics or it didn't happen, maybe I will when Sammun-Mak comes out but not for now, although someone posted some [thank you] there are much better, more dramatic and jarring examples.
Are you sure that it's not just overheating?
At 7 things kind of fuck up and going back to lower settings doesn't change a thing performance related.
I wonder if Sam&Max uses the Intel gfx by default.
It doesn't seem to like changing the settings during the game a lot.
Semi-off-topic, but have you tried different drivers for your card? I have a couple of games I can't run at all with my original drivers, but I switched to Omega Drivers and they work fine. I think they only support Nvidia and ATI, though.
Those Omega drivers were the reason I had to reformat my harddrive the last time I did it. I will keep away from them and I would recommend everyone to do the same.
I don't think that means it couldn't be overheating. Most video cards are designed to prevent themselves from overheating by shutting down.
In Bioshock, it seemed to be more or less random, though the graphics would start to flicker and behave weirdly before a bluescreen. In TF2, it generally happens when I quit the game after something, such as opening the character loadout during a match, caused a similar graphics problem.
Well, if your case isn't properly ventilated, or your fans are clogged up with dust/hair, those can cause overheating also, as well as just having a small case or an inefficient cooling system.
And if it's flickering and behaving weirdly, that is probably a good sign that either your power supply is insufficient or you're getting overheating issues.
But you would agree that something like this is not as intended even on low graphics settings?
As for overheating; I got that in 205; Max turned red, as did most of the screen, the cursor got replaced by a random texture etc.
It definitely sounds like that could be your case if the bluescreens are after graphic corruption...
I've had them for months and I've had zero problems. Eh.
Not everybody can afford to upgrade. Plus, I don't think anyone's figured out if it's an issue with the lower settings or an issue with certain graphics cards.
I restarted my PC after I installed them and I could no longer read anything on my screen. Eh, Eh (Nothing else I can say).
One that annoyed me most was the lighting difference between Max and his teeth in some areas, making them look like if they were glowing.
My solution was to play at a higher level but in a lower resolution (800x600) Yeah, it sucks a bit but glowing teeth are gone.
I would try this but everything above 3 makes the game have like 5 fps for me no matter how low the resolution is.
I'll have to check out my case to see if it's clogged, then. And if it is an insufficient power supply issue, I'd be somewhat surprised. Other than the TV card I added, my system is exactly as it was when I bought it. I would think that a large manufacturer like Dell would make sure all the parts were compatible, though I suppose I wouldn't put it past them to screw something up.
I wouldn't put it past them to skimp on the power supply and hope it never ended up being a problem.
I thought about that but since the shadows only show up now and then it didn't seem like a worthy trade off...
Still... When they do show up it can be quite awful, not always, but sometimes... It's just hideous.
That is definitely a sign that your card is overheating. I get funny flickers in Assassins Creed 2, Metro 2033 and Splinter Cell Conviction, but I downloaded Rivatuner and when I play anything set my fan to 61 and it stops it happening.
*crosses fingers that TT will address this issue at some point in the future*