Invisable Models

[gReensmith]

I haven't noticed anyone else on this forum getting this.

I have a fairly Lowend system, but it is still above that of the Min Specs.
When i load the demo, everything is fine until i come to play it. at first i thought the tutorial would get me to build stuff etc. but then i released that there was already the main building, i jst couldn't see it.
All my Models appear invisable, as to say, i can't see them.

http://lay.netvalueservices.com/relic00001.jpg

My system is.
Athlon XP 2400 @ 2.0Ghz
nForce 2 ultra 400 MoBo @ v4.27
512 PC2700 Memory
XFX GFFX5200 128mb @ v61.77 @ DX9c

I have tried to run the game in all Resolutions and Graphic settings, but no results.

Any help would be fantastic,
Cheers.

[DemonseedElite]

I had a similar problem to this this morning.

In the Main Menu you just get the background? No Marine, no skull scout, just the occasional laser sweeping across from the skull scout?

What I did: I was running the most recent ATI drivers... I rolled back. That caused a reboot.

Whether it was that reboot, one of the four reboots before that, or one of the four reinstalls of the demo, I don't know.

You should post your warnings.log file. Specifically I'm curious if you have these messages in your .log file:

13:51:31.9 MOD -- (mod manager) Failed to load Folder 'W40k\Data_Shared_Textures\Full'
13:51:31.9 MOD -- (mod manager) Failed to load Folder 'W40k\Data_Sound\Med'
13:51:31.9 MOD -- (mod manager) Failed to load Folder 'W40k\Data_Whm\Medium'

If you do, please post the same problem again in the "Game Freezes" post by Nuage.

Best of Luck..

Demon

[Tranj]

I had a similar problem to this this morning.

In the Main Menu you just get the background? No Marine, no skull scout, just the occasional laser sweeping across from the skull scout?

What I did: I was running the most recent ATI drivers... I rolled back. That caused a reboot.

Whether it was that reboot, one of the four reboots before that, or one of the four reinstalls of the demo, I don't know.

You should post your warnings.log file. Specifically I'm curious if you have these messages in your .log file:

13:51:31.9 MOD -- (mod manager) Failed to load Folder 'W40k\Data_Shared_Textures\Full'
13:51:31.9 MOD -- (mod manager) Failed to load Folder 'W40k\Data_Sound\Med'
13:51:31.9 MOD -- (mod manager) Failed to load Folder 'W40k\Data_Whm\Medium'

If you do, please post the same problem again in the "Game Freezes" post by Nuage.

Best of Luck..

Demon

Those messages are normal. We will contact ATI about the new drivers.

[DemonseedElite]

Fantastic... Thanks a lot!

[JinxM]

I just went through 17 pages of threads here, and though I've seen this bug pop up in a couple threads, I've never seen a resolution listed.

I went through everything listed in the sticky threads (my fast writes are off, I'm running DirectX 9.0c, lastest drivers).

Yet everytime I run the game, I'm still getting invisible models. Actually, they usually blink for a while, then turn off. Then the game lags more and more, until it finally crashes. Happened in Beta too.

The really weird thing is it doesn't happen at my home computer, only my work computer.

Here's my warnings.log:



W40K started at 2004-09-20 12:40
OS NT 5.1, 512MB Physical Memory
RUN-OPTIONS
WORKING-DIR D:\Games\DoW Demo
USER mitchell

12:40:28.6 MATHBOX -- Version=5, Cpu=AMD Athlon:f=6,m=6, Mode=SSE
12:40:28.6 GAME -- Warhammer, 1.0d, Build 57168.44415
12:40:28.6 GAME -- Available memory: 511MB RAM, 1200MB Pagefile
12:40:28.6 State::State - set socket send buffer to 131072
12:40:28.6 State::State - set socket receive buffer to 131072
12:40:28.6 HostState - 10.0.9.24:6112 / 10.0.9.24:6112
12:40:28.6 Session : Now Host
12:40:28.6 Session : We are now a Host
12:40:28.6 PeerState - 10.0.9.24:6112 / 10.0.9.24:6112
12:40:28.6 PeerState::ConnectCallbackHost - connecting to host at 255.255.255.255:6112
12:40:28.7 GSTransport::Connect - GT2AddressError
12:40:28.8 SPOOGE - Driver[Dx9 : Hardware TnL] on adapter[0], version[4,32]
12:40:29.3 SPDx9 -- Driver Name = nv4_disp.dll Device = \\.\DISPLAY1 Desc = NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
12:40:29.3 SPDx9 -- Driver Vendor = 0x10DE Device = 0x0201 SubSys = 0x40571043 Rev = 0x00A3
12:40:29.3 SPDx9 -- Driver Version Product = 0x0006 Version = 0x000E SubVersion = 0x000A Build = 0x1821 (6177)
12:40:29.3 SPDx9 -- Driver GUID = {D7B71E3E-4141-11CF-D26B-5D6002C2CB35}
12:40:32.1 SPOOGE -- 68.00MB available texture memory
12:40:32.1 SPOOGE -- 68.00MB available texture memory
12:40:34.8 GAME -- Beginning FE
12:40:37.6 MOVIE -- Opening movie 'movies:relic_intro.lua'
12:40:49.0 MOVIE -- Closing movie 'movies:relic_intro.lua'
12:40:49.0 MOVIE -- Opening movie 'movies:dow_intro.lua'
12:41:09.7 SPOOGE -- 69.00MB available texture memory
12:41:10.2 SPOOGE -- 68.00MB available texture memory
12:42:57.8 MOVIE -- Closing movie 'movies:dow_intro.lua'
12:42:58.0 MOD -- (mod manager) W40k, 1.0
12:42:58.0 MOD -- (mod manager) Failed to load Folder 'W40k\Data_Shared_Textures\Full'
12:42:58.0 MOD -- (mod manager) Failed to load Folder 'W40k\Data_Sound\Med'
12:42:58.0 MOD -- (mod manager) Failed to load Folder 'W40k\Data_Whm\Medium'
12:43:24.0 GAME -- Using player profile Jinx
12:43:33.4 APP -- Game Start
12:43:33.4 GAME -- Ending FE
12:43:33.4 GAME -- Beginning mission MS04 (1 Humans, 5 Computers)
12:43:37.6 GAME -- Preloading all models
12:43:37.6 RENDER ANIM -- Art/EBPs/: Unable to open file!
12:43:38.3 RENDER ANIM -- 'art/ebps/races/eldar/texture_share/vyper_unit': Unable to open file!
12:43:38.3 RENDER ANIM -- 'art/ebps/races/eldar/texture_share/guardian_unit': Unable to open file!
12:43:38.4 RENDER ANIM -- Art/EBPs/Races/Eldar/Structures/aspect_portal: Unable to open file!
12:43:38.4 RENDER ANIM -- Art/EBPs/Races/Eldar/Structures/webway_assembly: Unable to open file!
12:43:38.4 RENDER ANIM -- Art/EBPs/Races/Eldar/Structures/soul_shrine: Unable to open file!
12:43:38.4 RENDER ANIM -- Art/EBPs/Races/Eldar/Structures/support_portal: Unable to open file!
12:43:38.4 RENDER ANIM -- Art/EBPs/Races/Eldar/Structures/support_platform: Unable to open file!
12:43:38.4 RENDER ANIM -- Art/EBPs/Races/Eldar/Structures/warp_generator: Unable to open file!
12:43:38.4 GAME -- Applying Team Colours
12:43:40.8 GAME -- Precaching Events
12:43:53.5 GAME -- Loading completed (20 seconds)
12:43:53.5 SIM -- Setting SyncErrorChecking level to Low
12:43:53.5 GAME -- Starting mission...
12:44:00.6 SPDX9 -- DynamicVB lock returned bad memory! Not good.
12:44:00.6 SKINBATCHING -- VB Lock failed.
12:44:00.6 Lock of skin batcher failed. This is a sad day for skin batchers everywhere.
12:44:00.6 SKINBATCHING -- VB Lock failed.
12:44:00.6 Lock of skin batcher failed. This is a sad day for skin batchers everywhere.
12:44:00.6 SKINBATCHING -- VB Lock failed.
12:44:00.6 Lock of skin batcher failed. This is a sad day for skin batchers everywhere.
12:44:00.7 SKINBATCHING -- VB Lock failed.
12:44:00.7 Lock of skin batcher failed. This is a sad day for skin batchers everywhere.
12:44:00.7 SKINBATCHING -- VB Lock failed.
12:44:00.7 Lock of skin batcher failed. This is a sad day for skin batchers everywhere.

...repeat skinbatching errors for a long while...


12:45:04.3 SKINBATCHING -- VB Lock failed.
12:45:04.3 Lock of skin batcher failed. This is a sad day for skin batchers everywhere.
12:45:04.3 Lock of skin batcher failed. This is a sad day for skin batchers everywhere.
12:45:04.3 Lock of skin batcher failed. This is a sad day for skin batchers everywhere.
12:45:04.3 Lock of skin batcher failed. This is a sad day for skin batchers everywhere.
12:45:04.3 Lock of skin batcher failed. This is a sad day for skin batchers everywhere.
12:45:04.3 GAME -- Ending mission (?)
12:45:04.3 SimulationController::Pause 0
12:46:10.4 MOD -- (mod manager) shutting down
12:46:10.6 SPOOGE -- 68.00MB available texture memory
12:46:10.7 SPOOGE -- 68.00MB available texture memory

Application closed without errors


Double Post

And here's my system specs.. note I'm running GeForce, not ATI like the person who started this thread.


------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 9/20/2004, 14:53:02
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: n/a
System Model: n/a
BIOS: Award Medallion BIOS v6.0
Processor: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1600+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~1.4GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM
Page File: 192MB used, 1057MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce3 Ti 200
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0201&SUBSYS_40571043&REV_A3
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (100Hz)
Monitor: SyncMaster 905DF(X)/955DF(X), SyncMaster Magic CD195A(P)
Monitor Max Res: 1792,1344
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6177 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/15/2004 11:42:00, 3740032 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: No
WHQL Date Stamp: None
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 7/15/2004 11:42:00, 2459712 bytes

[JinxM]

____________________________________________
Okay, figured out a solution.

The *new* nVIDIA drivers were the problem.

It worked fine on my other computer (which was actually below minspec), but the graphics cards were exactly the same.

The difference was the drivers were one version earlier.

So I installed earlier drivers and it now works fine on my machine.

Someone with more knowledge in this area should probably talk to nVIDIA. Is there any more info you need from me?

The drivers I installed to get it to work are:


Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4403 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/2/2003 15:19:00, 3180171 bytes

The ones that caused the problem were:

Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6177 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/15/2004 11:42:00, 3740032 bytes


This is somewhat annoying, as it means I'll have to constantly switch between drivers depending on which game I want to play. :(

[ÜberJumper]

That's wrong. 61.77 should work with no problems, I've been using them since the Beta.

Download them again from nVidia.com, and re-install them.

[101ST_Belial]

I had this bug while using the beta a few times in Multi-Player. I always assumed it was a bad conection to the host. I did submit a bug report about it.