Shadows blinking !

dockydocky Join Date: 2012-03-23 Member: 149250Members
in Technical Support
Hi everyone !

i have a problem with my ns 2 shadows, i put a video on youtube to show you :

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AbDsQEogu8" target="_blank">Youtube link !</a>

I have this problem since start of the beta (and alpha), there is a solution to fix it ?

Thx for help !

My config:
- ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
- i7 940

PS: sry for my english...
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  • FloodinatorFloodinator [HBZ] Member Join Date: 2005-02-22 Member: 42087Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Download 12.1 Cap 3 drivers, it will solve yor problems.
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  • dockydocky Join Date: 2012-03-23 Member: 149250Members
    thx but that's not working :(
    maybe AMD patch not working on windows 8, but i had this probleme on Seven ....
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  • ObraxisObraxis Subnautica Animator & Generalist, NS2 Person Join Date: 2004-07-24 Member: 30071Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, WC 2013 - Supporter, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    Turn off AA in your ATi control panel.
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  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1916676:date=Mar 23 2012, 11:56 AM:name=Obraxis)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Obraxis @ Mar 23 2012, 11:56 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1916676"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Turn off AA in your ATi control panel.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    If this doesn't work, you can always just disable shadows in the console (r_shadows 0)
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  • FloodinatorFloodinator [HBZ] Member Join Date: 2005-02-22 Member: 42087Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Win 8? Does it support NS2? Didn't know.

    If all the things mentioned don't wirk, deactivate 1 GPU while playing NS2.
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  • CMarkCMark Join Date: 2012-03-23 Member: 149256Members
    edited March 2012
    I had this problem running Bad Company 2 Beta. I had the exact same graphic cards as you. Two ATI Radeon HD 4870 running in crossfire. Disabling one solved the problem. I had the same problem here as well. Running with two ATI Radeon HD 6870 in crossfire. Deactivating one of the GPU did indeed solve the problem with the blinking shadows!

    I also saw a slight performance boost, things are running a little smoother now. I am able to get around 5-10 extra fps right now. Really happy about the result. Thanks flood for mentioning the fix.
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  • MaxMax Technical Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment Join Date: 2002-03-15 Member: 318Super Administrators, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--quoteo(post=1917126:date=Mar 24 2012, 10:34 AM:name=CMark)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CMark @ Mar 24 2012, 10:34 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1917126"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I had this problem running Bad Company 2 Beta. I had the exact same graphic cards as you. Two ATI Radeon HD 4870 running in crossfire. Disabling one solved the problem. I had the same problem here as well. Running with two ATI Radeon HD 6870 in crossfire. Deactivating one of the GPU did indeed solve the problem with the blinking shadows!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <a href="http://blogs.amd.com/play/2012/02/16/amd-catalyst%E2%84%A2-12-2-pre-certified-driver-whats-new/" target="_blank">This driver</a> was supposed to fix the flickering issue with Crossfire enabled. Please let me know if you are still getting flickering with that installed.
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  • TangyRaptorTangyRaptor Join Date: 2004-02-02 Member: 25991Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1917128:date=Mar 24 2012, 12:37 PM:name=Max)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Max @ Mar 24 2012, 12:37 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1917128"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><a href="http://blogs.amd.com/play/2012/02/16/amd-catalyst%E2%84%A2-12-2-pre-certified-driver-whats-new/" target="_blank">This driver</a> was supposed to fix the flickering issue with Crossfire enabled. Please let me know if you are still getting flickering with that installed.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'm running 12.3 and I have the flickering. Running in borderless window fixes the issue, so it's not a big deal for me.
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  • CMarkCMark Join Date: 2012-03-23 Member: 149256Members
    edited March 2012
    <!--quoteo(post=1917136:date=Mar 24 2012, 10:48 AM:name=TangyRaptor)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TangyRaptor @ Mar 24 2012, 10:48 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1917136"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm running 12.3 and I have the flickering. Running in borderless window fixes the issue, so it's not a big deal for me.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Same deal here. I haven't tried to run the game in windowed mode so I can't say anything about that. The issue is really not that major. It was much worse in the Bad Company 2 beta where every single shadow flickered like crazy all the time. In here not all of them flicker at the same time and it appears to happen at random, sometimes they are completley normal. It is just a minor annoyance when it actually happens. It seems to be completely irregular, I haven't seen a pattern in it.

    But again, turning off crossfire solved it for me so it all good here. The game is too amazing for me to care that much, and it is in closed beta after all.
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  • KhyronKhyron Join Date: 2012-02-02 Member: 143308Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1917136:date=Mar 25 2012, 04:48 AM:name=TangyRaptor)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TangyRaptor @ Mar 25 2012, 04:48 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1917136"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm running 12.3 and I have the flickering. Running in borderless window fixes the issue, so it's not a big deal for me.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Maaan..... That's disappointing. I've got a pair of 5850s running 12.2. Applying 12.2 CAP 1 fixed the prob. I'm going to be really disappointed in AMD if the problem returns in 12.3, but I'll wait for the WHQL release.
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  • Sling_BladeSling_Blade Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3412Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    I'm running 5870+5970 with 12.2 CAP1 without problems as well. Prior to that driver version I found the best fix was to force the "Counter Strike Global Offensive" cap profile in the driver settings.
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