[PC] Flashing Borders

[BongoBongo]

I didn't have this with the earlier versions, but now the border between provinces and between sea areas are not persistent. They're off most of the time and appear for a second here and there. (It'd be better if they never appeared; it's the flashing on and off that gives me the headache, though of course I'd like them to just be there full-time).

I've done the 4GB patch and I've disabled trees. I'm running a MacBook Pro in bootcamp mode, and have no problems with EU3 or other games and had no problems with CK2 until recently. The problem exists (and is worse) when running the CK2+ mod, but it exists in vanilla too.

 

[AndrewT]

What version and checksum show on the main game menu?

What OS X version and video card do you have?

Steam or GamersGate?

 

[BongoBongo]

I'm using Snow Leopard as my OS, but I don't think that should matter. I'm not running the Mac version of this game. I'm running the PC version through bootcamp. It's basically like using the Mac hardware as a PC.

That said, I'm using Steam and a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT.

Update - I also noticed that the borders are persistent when playing on maximum speed. I noticed that someone else had this problem as well, but I can't seem to find his thread.

I can live with having to play at maximum speed all of a sudden, but then I should be looking for ways of slowing the game down, right? So put trees back, higher resolution, any other ideas? It wouldn't be a big deal if the borders worked when on pause but they don't and max speed is WAY too fast to play without pausing on my computer.

 

[AndrewT]

Sorry, I missed your mention of bootcamp. please post a dxdiag.txt (you can delete everything after the "Sound devices" section for brevity) and settings.txt file

Can you disable one of the video cards?

 

[BongoBongo]

VIDEO CARD

The only active video card on the PC side is NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT.

Other occurences

This post describes my situation precisely but I don't see the solution for that user.

SETTINGS.TXT
gui=
{
language=l_english
}
graphics=
{
size=
{
x=1280
y=960
}

refreshRate=59
fullScreen=yes
shadows=no
shadowSize=2048
multi_sampling=0
anisotropic_filtering=0
gamma=50.000000
}
sound_fx_volume=100.000000
music_volume=75.000000
scroll_speed=50.000000
camera_rotation_speed=50.000000
zoom_speed=50.000000
mouse_speed=50.000000
master_volume=36.000000
ambient_volume=50.000000
mapRenderingOptions=
{
renderTrees=no
onmap=yes
simpleWater=no
text_height=300.000000
sea_text_alpha=120
counter_distance=200.000000
}
lastplayer="MrHuman"
lasthost=""
serveradress="diplomacy.valkyrienet.com"
autosave="YEARLY"
outliner=
{
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 }
shortcut=yes

DxDiag

I don't have a DxDiag.txt on my computer. In fact, according to Windows 7, I don't have any files that begin with dxd. Poking around a bit online, I got told to go to Windows/System32 and fine a dxdiag application there. So that's what I'm using - it can be made to output to a dxdiag.txt file, so I think I'm on the right track but let me know if not.

------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 11/25/2012, 17:01:26
Machine name: THOR-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120830-0333)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
System Model: MacBookPro5,2
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9600 @ 2.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8168MB RAM
Page File: 1675MB used, 14658MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

------------
DxDiag Notes
------------
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

--------------------
DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9600M GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0647&SUBSYS_00B0106B&REV_A1
Display Memory: 2542 MB
Dedicated Memory: 495 MB
Shared Memory: 2046 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 1200 (32 bit) (59Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: APP9CAD
Native Mode: 1920 x 1200(p) (59.950Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: nvd3dum,nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2um, nvwgf2umx.dll
Driver File Version: 7.15.0011.7756 (English)
Driver Version: 7.15.11.7756
DDI Version: 10
Driver Model: WDDM 1.0
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/22/2009 09:14:26, 5898240 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4507-11CF-976D-BB2001C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0647
SubSys ID: 0x00B0106B
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: oem32.inf:NVIDIA.Mfg.NTamd64.6.0:nv_G8x_HD:7.15.11.7756ci\ven_10de&dev_0647&subsys_00b0106b
Rank Of Driver: 00F60001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C ModeVC1_B ModeWMV9_B ModeVC1_A ModeWMV9_A
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D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
-------------
Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0885&SUBSYS_106B4600&REV_1001
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5817 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 7/22/2009 09:14:44, 1740960 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

 

[AndrewT]

Your video driver is very old, try the latest http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/50007

 

[BongoBongo]

First of all, thanks so much for the support. This is awesome. I'm running out of ways to say I'm impressed and grateful, so yada yada yada.

It was the video driver, though (I think because it's bootcamp though I'm not sure that totally makes sense) the driver linked to above didn't work, but then I updated my bootcamp software (didn't know that didn't happen automatically) and then windows wanted to update the video driver and voila, done!

I can now enjoy my favorite game without workarounds again. Thanks! Bye world, see you in 10 hours.