Graphics Problem

Joined: Feb 16, 2007 Posts: 505 Location: Nottingham

Hi, all the time ive been playing bf2 ive always had my graphics set on low...ive just tryed changing it to medium and high but the colours seem to be not right and i get these black patches....

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specs - vista 32 bit,2gb ram,nvidia 8600 gts
anyone got any advise ??

cheers
Nymph

Joined: Oct 04, 2005 Posts: 344 Location: Kent

i had the same with 7800 a while back - updated graphics driver I think might fix it

ElGordo

Edit - actually i think it might have started AFTER i upgraded the driver so i went back to the old one Embarassed

Joined: Feb 16, 2007 Posts: 505 Location: Nottingham

ive updated driver but still the same.. Confused

Joined: Dec 17, 2006 Posts: 201 Location: Scunthorpe UK

Hi Nymph,
Try setting dynamic light back to low, or is it dynamic shadows? Confused

well one of the two anyway!
I know it works for when its all dark inside buildings, so might be worth a shot here!
Gaz!

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:01 pm

SO Thats how you manage to hit everyone with that damn AT launcher!
Your graphics are set to Low so everything/everyone sticks out like a sore thumb.

Anyway, moving onto the problem-
When you changed your graphics from Low to Medium or High, when you loaded up the map, did the shaders optimize?

Also, be sure to update your DirectX too. After an install of XP, even Vista, you need to re-install DirectX. It contains alot of the d3dx9.dll's, and additional d3dx10.dll's for Vista, that alot of games require to run properly. Back when BF2142 Demo came out, it wouldnt run on peoples computers because there DirectX wasnt up to stratch/didnt have the required d3dx9.dll... idiots Twisted Evil

You'll find what d3d's you have by going into C: Drive, WIndows, System32 folder.

Here's a link to the official DirectX download from microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1a2393c0-1b2f-428e-bd79-02df977d17b8&DisplayLang=en

Once you've installed DirectX, set the shaders back to Low, let the shaders optimize (to be technical there actually pre-caching) and once they done that- set the shaders to either Medium or High, to be honest- your Nvidia 8600 and 2GB RAM should have enough juice in it too run BF2 at medium no problem.

Give that a try and let us know if it works nymph Wink

Joined: Feb 16, 2007 Posts: 505 Location: Nottingham

yeh the shaders did optimise...vista was pre installed on pc when i bought it so the directx sould have installed when i installed bf2....i think

ill give it ago tomorow anyway

cheers
Nymph