Textures crap-out every 15 min.

[VirusType2]

-Hello world, Ive joined Halflife2.net with hopes someone has had the same issue as me and would know whats happening with an issue Im having with Half-Life 2 (deus ex 2 and Medal of Honor Pacific Assault also)
-I would like to know how to fix an annoying problem where all the sudden textures on enemies become corrupt-textures on boats, trains, and vehicles look all screwed up-sometimes only untill I move in close. As they are scalling in they look very ill. (only textures that move are affected((trains, enemies, vehicles))). It happens after playing for about 10-25 minutes. If I switch resolution, or an advanced graphics setting, or wait till the game loads the next level, the textures correct themselves (they are re-loaded), only to screw up again in another 10-25 minutes. Ive tried several ATI drivers and they made it worse
-I had an ATI xtasy 9200SE 128MB PCI for a couple months, but sold it, and while and I dont remember having this problem at all, all my games ran slower and could use less graphic effects.
-Anyway, my games run quite fast with good framerate with most graphic effects cranked up (real-time shadows are a big problem and must always be turned off on all games)
I can deal with shadows off. I cannot deal with messed up textures.
-I tried returning my graphics card(ATI 9250 256MB PCI) for another brand new one (ATI 9250 256MB PCI) and it still does it. This is perhaps a driver issue but navigating ATI's web site is a freaking joke and I can't think of a web site that has frustrated me more in my entire life. The new driver they have up on thier site, and the driver they released before this made it a full time texture problem.
Help.
Windows Xp
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[Computer $200 w/monitor]
e machines (gateway)((no AGP slot))
2.67 GHz Celeron D
2 @ 512MB DDR 400 Kingston memory(it did the same thing before I upgraded the memory)
Brand new ATI Radeon 9250 PCI 256 MB graphics card
3 fans-air from fan near graphics card is very cool. other fans are just warm always when PC is on.

 

[Alan Freeman]

i think its the celeron p4, i had same problem a long time ago , you know how i fixed it - i purchased a new computer. Maybe you should think about that if your a real gamer. get a job and your all set.

 

[Ames]

Otherwise, type in flush in the console. It should work.

 

[StardogChampion]

Well i'd still try different drivers. Try some older ones and see what happens.

 

[furiousV]

lately, sometimes i get purple and black checkered textures. but tats cuz i loaded intro.bsp, i dont think that is actually the correct 'intro level'. happens here and there, like on garrys mod, on the window that tells u all about it, the scroll bar is.

maybe setting more RAM to ur game will help, -heapsize 256000
there are also commands that set the game to use your video ram differently at the expense of performance or fps or so, look in the SDK it tells u some stuff in there.

 

[VirusType2]

high rez textures. my favorite

--Well If I turn the Textures to medium, they wont ever corrupt,

which sux becuase textures are my favorite thing to crank up.

If only there were a MED-HIGH setting or someway to get it to work. On the other hand all is not lost becuase i got about a freaking 50% boost on framerate lowering textures.

The hydroboat is actually really fun when the game runs smooth.. I had no idea becuase the vehicles always got a little choppy.. It was always running about 29 fps before.

on foot i was probly getting 35-85fps in high rez. depending on every variable that could affect the frame rate. Im just guessing where as 60-80 fps is very very smooth

--but typing flush didnt work but tyvm for trying to help.
value 256000 i see... I know nothing when it comes to PC games but I have seen the words SDK around and I will research it further. These values people are feeding me, I want.. to.. input... them.. but I don't know how yet. I will research tomorrow.

--I appreciate the ideas. [[Im learning please be patient]]

-Well, I played hl2 for like 4 hours last night. Love the realistic weapons mod#4. The submachine gun rocks man, and love the hydroboat 200 ammo. The hunter/chopper vs Hydroboat fight on hardest skill was one of the most fun boss shootouts ive ever experienced, now i get to shoot him instead of waiting for my ammo to charge always. Whoever reads this you must try the (google it) Real Weapons mod. for hl2.

idk sorry im new you guys probly talked about this before.

Im probly going to get booted for saying this so I will stfu now.

 

[VirusType2]

...maybe setting more RAM to ur game will help, -heapsize 256000
there are also commands that set the game to use your video ram differently at the expense of performance or fps or so, look in the SDK it tells u some stuff in there.

Before I joined this forum, I saw a post containing a list of things you can change to increase performance on *************
example: turning rain on and off, turning off the rain splashes on the water, etc., etc.,etc. But I cant find this thread again.

Ok, I've been looking all over on this and other forums, I have found nothing but people arguing about things that have nothing to do with this.
I've been looking for about 3 hours and can't figure it out
How do I use this -heapsize 256000?
thanks

 

[Pressure]

How do I use this -heapsize 256000?

Get on Steam then follow these directions:

1. Get on the play games menu
2. Right click Counter-Strike: Source and select properties
3. Click the Launch Options button
4. Paste -heapsize 256000 inside of the text field
5. Click Ok
6. Click Close
7. Double click Counter-Strike: Source to begin playing

 

[VirusType2]

Get on Steam then follow these directions:

1. Get on the play games menu
2. Right click Counter-Strike: Source and select properties
3. Click the Launch Options button
4. Paste -heapsize 256000 inside of the text field
5. Click Ok
6. Click Close
7. Double click Counter-Strike: Source to begin playing

Yea, thats what I did, I wasn't sure if thats what I was supposed to do, becuase it didn't confirm any change.
It didn't fix my problem.
Thanks for helping

 

[nutcrackr]

Got any pics of the problem that could really help indentify if others have the issue?

 

[VirusType2]

Yea, thats what I did, I wasn't sure if thats what I was supposed to do, becuase it didn't confirm any change.
It didn't fix my problem.
Thanks for helping

Actually, maybe I didn't press enter, and thats why it didn't work? Don't know.

It seems to have fixed the problem, becuase I typed -heapsize 256000 this time I pressed enter, and played for a couple hours and the textures never crapped-out.

Thank you so much everyone.

Now I need to see If that will work on Medal of Honor Pacific assault and Dues Ex 2 also.

BTW I found that list I was refering to earlier, I don't know who originally wrote it.

Im not sure if I'm supposed to type this in the run box too, I will try it.
Here is the list:

cl_smooth 0 -- a little less beauty, but 5-10 more fps
fog_enable 0 -- removes the fog, better fps and visability
mat_bumpmap 0 -- removes bumpmapping, but yields a substantial fps gain
mat_clipz 0 -- water wuality taken off, more fps (-dxlevel 90 -clipz 0 in command line)
mat_mipmaptextures 1 -- makes textures lose their quality with distance, more fps
mat_specular 0 -- removes specular lighting but may yield fps gain
mp_decals 300 and less -- how much stuff will be kept in memory like bullet holes in walls, lesser = better performance
r_decal_cullsize 1 -- makes textures look good only when you get close, better fps
r_lod -1 -- worse texture quality, big fps boost
r_propsmaxdist 1000 and less -- less objects fading distance = better performance
r_rainradius 0 -- as i understand it, you won't see the rain
r_rainsimulate 0 -- disables rain, thus more fps
r_rainsplashpercentage 0 -- no splashes on the water from the rain

mess around with the commands

I don't know how to capture the screen. Do I press Prt Scrn button? where does it save it?
Thanks Everyone

 

[VirusType2]

Alright.

I found more info in a readme file that came with Real Weapons Mod#4.

here it is:
I have 1024MB Ram, not 512MB so my heapsize should be -512000MB not 256000MB.

So while I was attempting to improve game play, I destroyed it. LOL

ironic.

I was wondering why I had to go from running 1024x800 Rez. to running in 650x480 to keep the game running smooth.

I guess thats why everyone puts thier system stats at signature

Man 640 rez is yuky

Get on Steam then follow these directions:

1. Get on the play games menu
2. Right click Counter-Strike: Source and select properties
3. Click the Launch Options button
4. Paste -heapsize 256000 inside of the text field
5. Click Ok
6. Click Close
7. Double click Counter-Strike: Source to begin playing

 

[furiousV]

nah u wouldnt have destroyed performance, CSS and HL2 use 64MB by default. to see if it worked correctly, once the game is loaded in main menu, get the console down and on the top of the console where it says ur hard ware it will say Heap 64MB or what u specified.
i use 128000 and get real good performance on 1024x768 my standard res for all games, im sure you can get at leats 800x600 from your system, might have to turn down model quality, or try using a lower DirectX version, il hae to find out how to do that, unless the docs u got might have somethign on it.

 

[VirusType2]

Texture Problem Fixed

nah u wouldnt have destroyed performance, CSS and HL2 use 64MB by default. to see if it worked correctly, once the game is loaded in main menu, get the console down and on the top of the console where it says ur hard ware it will say Heap 64MB or what u specified.
i use 128000 and get real good performance on 1024x768 my standard res for all games, im sure you can get at leats 800x600 from your system, might have to turn down model quality, or try using a lower DirectX version, il hae to find out how to do that, unless the docs u got might have somethign on it.

THANKS FOR HELPING MEEEEEEEE SET MY GAME UP EVERYONE.

Yea I guess thats why my texture corruption was fixed by -heapsize 256000. And I guess since having to play it with Med textures I have been spoiled by the 50% boost in frame rate and didn't realize how choppy it had been before.

Anyway I played for about 3 hours on high rez and for the first time no problems at all.

Basically I run everything low or off except textures high at 800x600. and frame rate is really smooth; pretty slick except the flashlight really hurts performance (also 8 ant lions and 5 troopers and 4 barrels exploding and 6 crates exploding and me runnin and gunning.) You know it gets hectic on hard skill. Frame rate can drop to less then 25 for a sec then its back to 50.
Now If only all games had a special run command line.

I got problems I don't know how to fix. Maybe I can fix yours tho... and someone else can fix mine. Hey this forum rocks.

 

[furiousV]

Hey this forum rocks.

IT DOES INDEED!

there are commands you can use for other games to get more memory assigned to it, but youl have to dig around to fiind them.
i thikn for original half life its "+heap [ram in kb]" for quake 3 its "+com_hunkmegs [mb]" and so on. just ask in the other game forums, dues ex and moh. does MOH run off the quake angine?

 

[VirusType2]

need download link

Well i'd still try different drivers. Try some older ones and see what happens.

This is obviously a graphics driver problem.
Well I thought it was fixed but when I got to the Anti-Citizen One level, the problem was back. I can play med textures with the driver that came with my CD, but I'd like to try other drivers... maybe one of them will work full time.

I downloaded catalyst driver 5.1 again.

Now the characters in the game have the same messed up textures, but this time nothing fixes it, its full-time screwy.

Its like they are just a patchwork of crazy textures almost checkers and patches of textures floating (half see thru) on a really blocky character model.

Its like the normal mapping became translucent and a very blocky character model has been exposed. I don't even know if this game uses normal mapping.

It's just plain weird.

When I walk up to the screwy textures, they fix themselves. untill I step back a step or two.

I can't find a download link to get the older drivers... I'd like to try all versions :
4.4 through 5.0

How do I get the older drivers?
ati 's website is an endless loop of info on the older drivers, but no link for a download.
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[VirusType2]

Wierd Texture Fix

Ok, after months of wierdness, head scratching, headaches, troubleshooting...

Ive figured it out!

If anyone else has wierd ass checkers and crazy looking textures on friendlies enemies and/or vehicles:

Type this into the console

mat_mipmaptextures 0

problem fixed permenantly
1 = on
0 = off
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*note: if you have a slow ass system but just want to play the game smoothly you can type

mat_mipmaptextures 1

characters and vehicles will look wierd untill you are very close, but you can double the performance of the game
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You can make your weapons look chrome by typing

mat_bumpmap 0

! Unfortunately it makes several other things look "chrome" too, things that don't look right.
only looks chrome in the shade, in the sunlight looks more like aloy.
To put it back just put

mat_bumpmap 1

Have fun!