Light Problems

[Elster]

Hello there

 

i seem to have a problem that didn't occure yet. I checked the faq and forum posts but couldn't find anything like my problem.

So here is a description: Sometimes all the light vanishes and i don't mean the black texture bug. I can still see everything, but there is no light, i still see the the flames of, for example torches, but otherwise it is just like in a dark shadow. I also notices that the AIs just act like there was no light, they don't see me, even when i am standing right in front of them. Also the lightgem stays dark, no matter how close i am to a lightsource, only exception is when i use the lantern, then the lightgem brightens up, but still no visible light.

This bug doesn't occure always, but seems to be linked to the opening of certain doors.

 

Apart from that i had some crashes and freeze ups, but i have it is nothing serious.

Doom 3 runs just fine on my system, but i only have an onboard graphic chip, so maybe thats the problem?

 

After i have now described my problem i just have to praise the developers of this mod, it is great, real good gameplay.

Despite my ignorance of modding i am aware how much effort was put into this project, so i want to say thanks for this entertaining mod.

 

ps: if my english seems a bit weird, sorry, didn't get much oppertunity to practise it lately ^^

[Mortem Desino]

There are a few people successfully running The Dark Mod with onboard graphics cards, but those cards usually aren't suited to run video games.

 

Is this problem happening with the missions released along The Dark Mod?

[Elster]

I noticed this problem first time in Patently Dangerous and in The Chalice of Kings, which are the only fm's i played so far. I don't recall it occuring in the training.

[aidakeeley]

It's beyond starting to get kinda weird how many odd & different problems are being reported...

 

Ain't it?

[Elster]

seems to be normal for a succesfull and elaborate mod like this, i remember, after the release of the namless mod for deus ex, there where literally hundreds of bugs (most of them concernimg gameplay). i think it's actually a good sign, many reported problems mean a lot of people want to play DM ^^

 

i've played now all of the available mods aside from "Thieves" and i only experienced problems with "Patently Dangerous" and "The Chalice of Kings". is it possible that this bug is related with the number of displayed lightsources?

[Crispy]

Yep, this one goes in the "weird and unexplained" category for sure! As is usual with this kind of graphics bug, all I can suggest is upgrading your graphics driver (or downgrading it!), or getting a decent video card. (Preferably NVidia, although ATi should also work if you turn off Catalyst AI and/or use the right driver version.)

 

Oh, you could also try using different ambient lighting modes (Standard/Fast).

 

BTW, the lack of a lightgem response is just another symptom of the same bug. Make lighting visible again, and you'll get your lightgem back.

[Elster]

kinda suspected my graphic card is at fault. but it doesn't make the game unplayable, so i'm lucky to enjoy more fm's in the future.

Thanks for the fast and helpful response

[Fidcal]

Was there any particular area in the FMs where this happened? There were quite a few lights in the main hall and adjoining banquet hall in Chalice for instance. I'm just wondering if it's when there is an overload of number of lights in view.