crazy graphics...problem

[Hoopenfaust2]

Recently I ve noticed some of my graphic files change their bitmaps. My bunker changes its bmps on the fly during the game. I've seen my bunker change when I pan around the map. It goes from barbwire to roof tiles. Also some of my small light building change bmps only on one side of the building. What is going wrong?

[Schrullenhaft]

I haven't heard of this particular problem before.

So at some point during the game some of your textures get swapped out inappropriately ? In the case of your bunker you're saying that a couple of the sides change from the standard concrete bitmap to one of barbwire or roof tiles ? Does this happen as soon as you launch the scenario and pan around or does it happen later on while playing the scenario ? Does this only happen to certain objects and/or in only certain scenarios ?

I assume that you're using v. 1.12 of CM. Do you have any Mods loaded up or are these all default bitmaps ? What video card and what version of the drivers do you have installed ? Do you have problems playing any games other than CM ?

[brooktrout]

I saw something similar to what you are describing when I was using a Voodoo3 2000 and playing All Or Nothing. I never reported it because the whiteout problem would cause me to stop playing that scenario anyway and I eventually bought a V5 and since have not played that scenario.

From what I remember of it, terrain tiles would swap images when I was in view 3 and panning around. The tile that I saw replacing the current terrain was a huge crater image (looked like a 240mm) that would show up in a grid pattern. One after another in rows and columns all next to each other. If i kept panning, some of the tiles would swap back to their original tile while the ones next to it would show the crater tile. I know it sounds hard to believe but it happened. I saw this a few times and would always reboot as the game would become very slow IIRC. I was running Win2000 AS at the time (still am). This may have been before the first Service Pack and Directx 8. Seems like it may have been around Oct/Nov of last year. I could have seen other bitmaps swapping out but mainly remember the crater grids.