No map

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No map

Postby matt724 » Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:16 am

I just downloaded version 0.5.1.0 and when I started up a game the screen was black. The music still played, I could see the circles of selected units and the menu button was still there, just no map or units. Any way of fixing this problem?
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Re: No map

Postby Hazard » Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:20 am

What video card and what video card driver version are you using? If you are using Nvidia drivers since June 25th, they contain a major bug and you need to reduce the graphic settings (turn them to low in the main menu or edit Documents/Achron/configuration.ini and set NumLightSources=2). Nvidia is aware of the bug. Other than that, please make sure your driversare up to date.

Which operating system are you using?
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Re: No map

Postby matt724 » Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:16 am

Fixed the problem. I'm using Vista Home Premium.
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Re: No map

Postby Kron » Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:19 am

Can you tell us what exactly was the problem and how you fixed it?

We'd like to know for reference in case anyone else reports the same issue.
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Re: No map

Postby matt724 » Wed Sep 15, 2010 5:36 pm

In game, only the circles of units and menu buttons appeared, nothing else.
Fixed by setting graphics settings to low.
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Re: No map

Postby Shadowfury333 » Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:26 pm

matt724 wrote:In game, only the circles of units and menu buttons appeared, nothing else.
Fixed by setting graphics settings to low.


Okay, so typical bug. If you want higher graphics settings, set them to high, exit Achron, go into $USER\Documents\Achron\, open configuration.ini, and set NumLightSources=2. That will also fix it.
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