When I run SC4 in hardware mode, I get some pretty serious graphics glitches whenever I scroll the camera across the map, in all zoom levels. It's difficult to describe exactly, but it's most noticeable on buildings under construction, the textures flicker in and out, disappearing and reappearing randomly and becoming 'garbled' as the map pans. When I stop scrolling, the graphics return to normal.
Also, autonoma will flicker in and out (disappearing and reappearing) on top of elevated networks if a network runs underneath it. For example, on an elevated highway with a road running underneath it, the vehicles traversing the road will flicker in and out on the highway as it traverses the section of road underneath it. The autonoma also occasionally do this while panning the map.
Shadows also tend to become 'corrupted' often, returning to normal after a zoom-change. For example, sometimes after I bulldoze something, the shadows will remain, sometimes just sections/parts of the shadow, on the map, until I zoom in/out at which time they disappear completely. It also tends to happen randomly without having to bulldoze anything, errant sections of shadow sometimes just show up.
I've included three images, the first one a building under construction with the camera stationary, and two more with the graphics bugging out as I'm panning the map.
Also included is a copy of the config file generated in the apps folder.
The specs are; Intel HD 3000, Windows 7 64bit, Intel I5 2.4ghz.
The control panel for the graphics card has very little options to change any settings, the latest drivers version has only the following options;
Anisotropic filtering, vertical sync, and an 'applications optimal mode' checkbox.
Thanks.
xxx-PC-config-log.txt
I don't know if it's related, but the game often crashes to desktop if I try bulldozing lots and even mmp/trees if I'm working on a saved city after adding or removing mods, I don't know which mods specifically, but it seems to happen regardless of any specific mods anyway. This doesn't happen if I start a new city instead of working on a previously saved one.