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Hello,

I've just installed Myst IV: Revelation and i just in the beginning of the
game.

I enter the home (office/lab) of Atrus (just before he asks me to help him
modulate some sound-waves). When i step into his house/lab and do one step
to the right, i see some graphical corruption on the furniture of the lab.
Many small black rectangular blocks on top of the furniture's textures. When
i move, the pattern of these small blocks change. It happens only on certain
spots, not everywhere. It seems that a hidden 'blocky' texture 'tries' to
become visible.

I have 2.4GHz Intel PentiumIV computer, WindowsXP SP2, Ati Radeon 9700 with
driver version 4.9, 2GByte RAM. My system in not over-clocked in any way.

First i thought my video-card may be overheating or something, but i tried
to play the game right after i start up the computer (so that the internal
temperature is still low): I saw the same 'blocky' corruption.

Anyone has a similar problem? Do i need to set some settings in the
display-drivers to get rid of this corruption?

It does not prevent me from being able to play the game, but it does not
look good.

Help is appreciated :)
-- Anton.
 
Archived from groups: alt.games.myst (More info?)

Anton,

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:38:04 -0500, "Anton Spaans" <aspaans at(noSPAM)
smarttime dot(noSPAM) com> wrote:

>I've just installed Myst IV: Revelation and i just in the beginning of the
>game.
>
>I enter the home (office/lab) of Atrus (just before he asks me to help him
>modulate some sound-waves). When i step into his house/lab and do one step
>to the right, i see some graphical corruption on the furniture of the lab.
>Many small black rectangular blocks on top of the furniture's textures. When
>i move, the pattern of these small blocks change. It happens only on certain
>spots, not everywhere. It seems that a hidden 'blocky' texture 'tries' to
>become visible.

Do you have the latest drivers for your video card installed ? Also,
Ubisoft have released a patch for Revelation, you may want to try that
as well:

http://www.mystworlds.com/us/archives.php?mois=11&annee=2004&PHPSESSID=306d8497435058b13847f1966983e0d2#8913

Regards,
Gilles.
 
Archived from groups: alt.games.myst (More info?)

"Gilles Kohl [MVP]" <gilles@_deletethisincludingunderlines_compuserve.com>
wrote in message news:ua8vo0dg5v4juqbu7fo0nade9tfuceu1oc@4ax.com...
> Anton,
>
> On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:38:04 -0500, "Anton Spaans" <aspaans at(noSPAM)
> smarttime dot(noSPAM) com> wrote:
>
> >I've just installed Myst IV: Revelation and i just in the beginning of
the
> >game.
> >
> >I enter the home (office/lab) of Atrus (just before he asks me to help
him
> >modulate some sound-waves). When i step into his house/lab and do one
step
> >to the right, i see some graphical corruption on the furniture of the
lab.
> >Many small black rectangular blocks on top of the furniture's textures.
When
> >i move, the pattern of these small blocks change. It happens only on
certain
> >spots, not everywhere. It seems that a hidden 'blocky' texture 'tries' to
> >become visible.
>
> Do you have the latest drivers for your video card installed ? Also,
> Ubisoft have released a patch for Revelation, you may want to try that
> as well:
>
>
http://www.mystworlds.com/us/archives.php?mois=11&annee=2004&PHPSESSID=306d8
497435058b13847f1966983e0d2#8913
>
> Regards,
> Gilles.
>

Hi Gilles,

I have version 4.9 of my display drivers installed. I saw that 4.10 just
came out. I'll try to use/install those and check if the problem disappears.

I have the latest patch of MystIV installed as well ( it was the first thing
i did after installing the game itself :=) )

-- Anton.
 
Archived from groups: alt.games.myst (More info?)

"Anton Spaans" <aspaans at(noSPAM) smarttime dot(noSPAM) com> wrote in
message news:tpednZrLi9VxPRLcRVn-sw@speakeasy.net...
> Hello,
>
> I've just installed Myst IV: Revelation and i just in the beginning of the
> game.
>
> I enter the home (office/lab) of Atrus (just before he asks me to help him
> modulate some sound-waves). When i step into his house/lab and do one step
> to the right, i see some graphical corruption on the furniture of the lab.
> Many small black rectangular blocks on top of the furniture's textures.
> When
> i move, the pattern of these small blocks change. It happens only on
> certain
> spots, not everywhere. It seems that a hidden 'blocky' texture 'tries' to
> become visible.
>
> I have 2.4GHz Intel PentiumIV computer, WindowsXP SP2, Ati Radeon 9700
> with
> driver version 4.9, 2GByte RAM. My system in not over-clocked in any way.
>
> First i thought my video-card may be overheating or something, but i tried
> to play the game right after i start up the computer (so that the internal
> temperature is still low): I saw the same 'blocky' corruption.
>
> Anyone has a similar problem? Do i need to set some settings in the
> display-drivers to get rid of this corruption?
>
> It does not prevent me from being able to play the game, but it does not
> look good.
>
> Help is appreciated :)
> -- Anton.
>
>
>

It was the patch that caused the corruption.
I replaced the patched version of m4_shaderlib_rd.dll with the original from
the DVD.
Now, the display corruption is fixed.
See also:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=400102&f=580100736&m=9591065932&r=5381038932#5381038932
 
Archived from groups: alt.games.myst (More info?)

"Anton Spaans" <aspaans at(noSPAM) smarttime dot(noSPAM) com> wrote in
message news:tpednZrLi9VxPRLcRVn-sw@speakeasy.net...
> Hello,
>
> I've just installed Myst IV: Revelation and i just in the beginning of the
> game.
>
> I enter the home (office/lab) of Atrus (just before he asks me to help him
> modulate some sound-waves). When i step into his house/lab and do one step
> to the right, i see some graphical corruption on the furniture of the lab.
> Many small black rectangular blocks on top of the furniture's textures.
> When
> i move, the pattern of these small blocks change. It happens only on
> certain
> spots, not everywhere. It seems that a hidden 'blocky' texture 'tries' to
> become visible.
>
> I have 2.4GHz Intel PentiumIV computer, WindowsXP SP2, Ati Radeon 9700
> with
> driver version 4.9, 2GByte RAM. My system in not over-clocked in any way.
>
> First i thought my video-card may be overheating or something, but i tried
> to play the game right after i start up the computer (so that the internal
> temperature is still low): I saw the same 'blocky' corruption.
>
> Anyone has a similar problem? Do i need to set some settings in the
> display-drivers to get rid of this corruption?
>
> It does not prevent me from being able to play the game, but it does not
> look good.
>
> Help is appreciated :)
> -- Anton.
>
>
>

It was the patch that caused the corruption.
I replaced the patched version of m4_shaderlib_rd.dll with the original from
the DVD.
Now, the display corruption is fixed.
See also:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=400102&f=580100736&m=9591065932&r=5381038932#5381038932
 
Archived from groups: alt.games.myst (More info?)

Your solution fixed my viewing problems. Thanks for the tip.


"Anton Spaans" <aspaans@speakeasy.net> wrote in message
news:Z7udnflaB_t-sQ3cRVn-gQ@speakeasy.net...
>
> "Anton Spaans" <aspaans at(noSPAM) smarttime dot(noSPAM) com> wrote in
> message news:tpednZrLi9VxPRLcRVn-sw@speakeasy.net...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've just installed Myst IV: Revelation and i just in the beginning of
>> the
>> game.
>>
>> I enter the home (office/lab) of Atrus (just before he asks me to help
>> him
>> modulate some sound-waves). When i step into his house/lab and do one
>> step
>> to the right, i see some graphical corruption on the furniture of the
>> lab.
>> Many small black rectangular blocks on top of the furniture's textures.
>> When
>> i move, the pattern of these small blocks change. It happens only on
>> certain
>> spots, not everywhere. It seems that a hidden 'blocky' texture 'tries' to
>> become visible.
>>
>> I have 2.4GHz Intel PentiumIV computer, WindowsXP SP2, Ati Radeon 9700
>> with
>> driver version 4.9, 2GByte RAM. My system in not over-clocked in any way.
>>
>> First i thought my video-card may be overheating or something, but i
>> tried
>> to play the game right after i start up the computer (so that the
>> internal
>> temperature is still low): I saw the same 'blocky' corruption.
>>
>> Anyone has a similar problem? Do i need to set some settings in the
>> display-drivers to get rid of this corruption?
>>
>> It does not prevent me from being able to play the game, but it does not
>> look good.
>>
>> Help is appreciated :)
>> -- Anton.
>>
>>
>>
>
> It was the patch that caused the corruption.
> I replaced the patched version of m4_shaderlib_rd.dll with the original
> from
> the DVD.
> Now, the display corruption is fixed.
> See also:
> http://forums.ubi.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=400102&f=580100736&m=9591065932&r=5381038932#5381038932
>
>
>
 
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