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Lack of Waves Causes Black Boxes Glitch in Region Map View?
funkymonkey posted a topic in SC4 Bugs & Technical Issues
Hi all, new to Simtropolis here. The game has been running fine except this graphical glitch with black boxes on the region map as shown here: I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium x64. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I’ve done some searching around and found these two posts both experiencing the same problem as I have been: https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/65403-strange-region-view-edge-glitch/ The op “fixed” the problem by switching from “hardware” to “software” in game settings, and then reloading and saving each tile that had the black boxes glitch. This also “fixed” it for me but I wanted to use an HD water mod in my game and the “software” setting will cause CTD. Also the “software” setting runs a lot slower than “hardware” on my computer. https://community.simtropolis.com/forums/topic/62002-black-box-bug/ The op here fixed the problem by switching resolution from 1600x1200 to 800x600. I tried switching my resolution from 1366x768 to 800x600 and to 640x480, and ran the game and saved over the city tile with black boxes, but the black boxes remained. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then I noticed something very strange. Keeping the game set in “hardware” mode, I started messing around with the in-game graphics setting options, and for some unknown reason, whenever I checked the box that turns on waves, then saved and exited back to the region map, the black boxes disappeared. Enabling waves: Black boxes gone: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And then I thought “well okay, I just keep the waves turned on and the glitch should be gone.” But whenever I start a tile that has no water or has water body too small to have any waves, the black boxes glitch would appear again regardless whether I checked the waves box or not: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So this whole investigation got me thinking if there is something wrong with the appearance and disappearance of wave graphics in the game that causes this black box glitch in the region map. I’m not computer savvy enough to look deeper into this, so anyone willing to help look into it and maybe find a way to bypass or fix the glitch will be very much appreciated. Thanks!
