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    Hmmmm... what're these weird polygons in my game?

    Any ideas chaps? Is there a setting I can change or something? Or is my GPU on it's way out (HD 4870)?


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    Re: Hmmmm... what're these weird polygons in my game?

    I believe it's called Tiberium.

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    Re: Hmmmm... what're these weird polygons in my game?

    ja... 'tis true... but, why do I suddenly have the strange squares hovering over it? And also, when units fire and when dust rises etc?

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    Re: Hmmmm... what're these weird polygons in my game?

    I think that might have something to do with the game, i had the same problem with that game....

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    Re: Hmmmm... what're these weird polygons in my game?

    it's new to me though, game has played fine for ages... running Windows 7 now if it's any different (was Vista previously)...

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    Re: Hmmmm... what're these weird polygons in my game?

    That's probably fine - different drivers don't always interpret particle effects correctly which sometimes leads to these polygons rather than glowy smoke or whatever. You could go back a few driver versions and see if it fixes it, or submit a bug report to the catalyst driver team (I had the same thing with a particular scene in Mass Effect I think).

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    Re: Hmmmm... what're these weird polygons in my game?

    ay, someone just told me they're 'camera facing particle quads that are not alpha sorting properly' so... anything I can do to fix it??

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    Re: Hmmmm... what're these weird polygons in my game?

    Quote Originally Posted by tensim View Post
    ay, someone just told me they're 'camera facing particle quads that are not alpha sorting properly' so... anything I can do to fix it??
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    You could go back a few driver versions and see if it fixes it, or submit a bug report to the catalyst driver team

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