Graphics Issues on Buildings

[brunst 0]

 I'm getting some strange graphics issues on various buildings... seems to affect buildings from the base package that come with the original game more than others. This always tends to happen if I switch perspectives or zoom in or out.

It seems that pieces of other buildings will appear in the footprint of affected building. It will also attack my cursor and sometimes road intersections...

Has anyone seen this before and/or have some insight into what might be causing it? 

I've been playing the game for some time and for over a year on my current machine. This started happening a few months ago. 

Any help is much appreciated. Maybe someone noticed this after a download they installed...?

Thanks!!

[Timmons92 0]

What graphics card are you using?? perhaps your graphics card cant handle the texture quality on those buildings? try lowering graphical settings and see how it works.

[brunst 0]

 I meant to put that info up. Here it is...

ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro

I'll try lowering the graphics settings... though I had no issues prior to about 4 months ago...

Thanks!

 

[Timmons92 0]

People have had problems with ATI cards but if yours was working fine then thats odd. Make sure your drivers are up to date and what mods and bats have u downloaded?

[CaptCity 4,694]

If I'm understanding what I see in your images...

Originally posted by: brunst

 I'm getting some strange graphics issues on various buildings... seems to affect buildings from the base package that come with the original game more than others. This always tends to happen if I switch perspectives or zoom in or out.quote>

Does the same errors appear at the same zoom level evey time? If so, could be an error in the model.

It seems that pieces of other buildings will appear in the footprint of affected building. It will also attack my cursor and sometimes road intersections...quote>

Again, same question... If the same issue occurs every time, than there could be conflicts with existing structures.

I know you mentioned this started appearing months ago, but do you have any idea about what you may have installed about the time these issues started appearing. Could be mistakes in the content, and you could determine which one(s) by removing them from the plugins. Just a thought...

[brunst 0]

I've started to go through the plugins folder and testing the downloads that were placed there when this started happening... not so much luck yet. I thought it might have something to do with the PEG Pinetrees Mod, but removing that hasn't seemed to rectify the issue.

To answer your question about it happening at every zoom level and angle. No, it doesn't. It depends on the building its affecting and what way its facing. Zooming in or at will remove the glitch at that level of zoom, but returns when you go back to the zoom level I'm at when I see the problem... if that makes sense.  

[CaptCity 4,694]

Originally posted by: brunst

To answer your question about it happening at every zoom level and angle. No, it doesn't. It depends on the building its affecting and what way its facing. Zooming in or at will remove the glitch at that level of zoom, but returns when you go back to the zoom level I'm at when I see the problem... if that makes sense.  quote>

Yes, that does make sense. I seem to remember a few things that have come up in the past with issues like these where items didn't appear correctly at certain zoom levels and/or rotation orientation. I don't recognize the specific ones in your images, but hopefully someone else will. You might use the Query Tool to see the lot names and let us know. It might help...

[tungston 19]

Originally posted by: brunst

 I meant to put that info up. Here it is...

ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro

I'll try lowering the graphics settings... though I had no issues prior to about 4 months ago...

Thanks!

 quote>

Did you up date the video card driver about that time?