Cagney Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 Hello.... I have a problem that I need some help with. First off, I'll let you know I'm not great with computers (to put it mildly) so I'd appreciate it if you would bear with me. Its actually probably something quite simple. I've had problems with some graphics ever since a friend of mine helped me update some elements of my system. The problems revolve around things like the guns in soldier's hands and the tracks of vehicles as well as some problems with trees. They seem to "twitch" for lack of a better word. Since I don't really have a clue what to do I'd really appreciate some advice from anyone who does. Thank you very much for your time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 Cagney, I'd recomend that you delete the Combat Mission preferences file and then restart the game. You should do that anytime you make changes to your system, esp. graphics related stuff. Btw, the file should be in your CMBO folder. Gyrene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagney Posted October 10, 2001 Author Share Posted October 10, 2001 That was one of the few things I read in the Troubleshooting that I thought might work but it didn't seem to have any effect. Thank you for responding though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 What you're experiencing is most likely the result of what your video drivers are capable of. I don't know if I've seen the 'texture shimmering' that some people complain of, but there may be little that you can do about it with your current hardware. What version of Windows (assuming that you're running on a PC) and what video card do you have ? Is this a name brand system (i.e. - Compaq, HP, etc.) and if so what is the model number ? Sometimes an update to your video drivers (if your friend didn't do this already) may help with your problems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagney Posted October 14, 2001 Author Share Posted October 14, 2001 I don't believe the problem is my computer because the game has worked before on it. Either way, my computer is a two year old Presario 5352 with what I believe is an "Intel® 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller" if that is a video card. My friend downloaded it recently and I believe it is the update to the software sent with the computer. I recently tried to install a Voodoo3 card, but I had to remove it because there was a problem. That doesn't seem to have affected anything else though. However, I doubt I would know if it were the problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted October 14, 2001 Share Posted October 14, 2001 What exactly did your friend upgrade on your Compaq ? Maybe you should downgrade your video drivers if that was something he upgraded and it was working before. I've heard that shimmering can be caused by a low I/O voltage in some circumstances, however I doubt that your motherboard would have an adjustment/jumper for this. The latest Intel 810 video driver is v. 6.4 which you can download here: Intel 810 v. 6.4 You can also download previous versions of the driver if you desire to experiment. However if things were working right before the upgrade I'd suggest talking to your friend to find out exactly what he did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagney Posted October 20, 2001 Author Share Posted October 20, 2001 Hmmm... None of this seems to be working. I haven't been able to get in touch with my friend so I can't figure out exactly what he upgraded but it all seemed pretty standard. I think it was just stuff like different drivers. Stuff like modems. If I needed to downgrade the graphics adjustments I showed you, how would I go about that? I think I may have located the files in my program file. If that doesn't work i guess I may try to contact the feedback@bigtimesoftware.com. I hadn't wanted to because I don't know what to include or how to include it when they refer to my "hardware configuration". Hmmm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustals Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 I had problems installing a Voodoo 3 card it would not accept resolutions above 640*480 the fix was re-install the moniter driver. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagney Posted October 22, 2001 Author Share Posted October 22, 2001 How would I do that? (I really am totally hopeless when it comes to this stuff) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal DI FOLCO Posted October 23, 2001 Share Posted October 23, 2001 "Monitor's drivers" ? That doesn't exist, you have to reinstall your graphics card drivers . These are software that comes with your graphics card - usually on a separate CD... You can also dload the drivers on the card's manufacturer site (atitech.com for ATI for example). Does this helps ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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