Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

[Forzando]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Hi,

I have a problem regarding the screen freezing.

I haven't gotten far into the game yet, and this problem is really frustrating. Sometimes (most of the time / always), my screen will freeze for about 15+ seconds when I'm around those big monster cows outside Bastok. Furthermore, this problem will sometimes occur when monsters are casting something on me. I'm under the impression there is some sort of graphical stress or something. I also encountered this problem while fishing in town. I mean come on, seriously ? I don't think that's graphically demanding...

There is one common thing to all these though, but I highly doubt it's the cause... it's the gamepad vibration. I know right ? Why would something like this cause problems. I posted another thread regarding an issue with this as well.

My computer specs are way above the minimum requirement too, I'm running the game at max settings and all. Also I can play alot more recent games than this without any problems...

Well, thanks for any help.

[Phantomsaint]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Yes thank you, i found the aspect ration setting ingame and changed it now everything isn't so squat. Still trying to find out how to make the graphics sharper and clearer though, still seems abit rough and blurred.

[Caramis]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

have you reset the aspect ratio in the game itself through the control panel?

default is set pretty low and i cant remember exactly what its set at but if your usin a larger monitor or a widescreen monitor you need to have the aspect changed to something like 16:9

[Phantomsaint]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

My problem is my ingame gfx don't seem sharp or clear. I tried it on default settings and everything was as expected large, squat and not at all sharp,I then set the resolutions to 1920x1080 and background res to 1024x1024 and restarted it, the purple screen you get first had resized itself, lettering was sharper and clear, everything looked good. But when i get to the character select/create screen the lettering is back to being blurry and rough edged. When in character creation the toons were wider then should be and gfx looked almost 80's ish. Ingame was the same aswell. I went out and tried high textures, MIP Mapping, Smooth Effects with Bump Mapping, but none of this seems to change the ingame settings at all. Any ideas would be appreciated as i'm not all that tech savvy.

[Knumskull]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Have you tried to resize you resolution? Turning on and off different effects in game? Some effects like weather effects don't play well with pc, and the setting don't transfer unless you saved them in char log in screen. Have you updated your drivers and direct x? doesn't hurt to check if there is something newly released.

[bdvenom]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

I appreciate the response Caramis. I don't have anything running in the background, started the game right after a restart. I have gone through and killed every service that was not necessary, and I do not run any firewalls, not even windows firewall, or defender.

I have noticed that the glitch is a constant, not only when I move. I see it when people move around me, and even on the intro screen where you see the "select character" button. I now see that it isn't even moving the cam, or running, I just thought it was because I was seeing it at those times since I was watching movement. Now I see that it is a glitch that happens every 2-3 seconds, and you can only tell when you look at anything that is moving. Even in my mog house. The best idea I had was my connection, but that is not the case because my roommate never has this problem whether he is the only one accessing the internet, or I am logged on at the same time.

I am completely lost at this point, and my OCD is keeping me from playing. I really can not stand that constant jerking on the screen, lol

[Mhurron]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

The network related optimizations that the graphics engine performs can cause that. essentially you're able to change your view faster then the engine is expecting you to, so there is a brief pause as it waits to get an updated list of objects to display.

If that is the only problem you're seeing, there isn't much you can do.

[Caramis]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

are or is there anything running in the background?

reason i say this is you are citing "it only happens when moving the camera or running"

your not going to usually notice a glitch like that standing outside your mh or at the ah so it could be happening more than you think..unless you always pay close attention when someone runs by or so on.

if your using windows make sure indexing service is turned off.. it kicks on and off randomly and can affect gameplay..

some firewalls can cause the issues as well.. check what time your firewalls/antivirus programs are set to download updates and run scans.. if they are set during your game time change times to around 30 minutes after you normally shut down/go ot bed.

another thing to do or try is put ffxi in windowed mode and when you start noticing the glitch (make sure your not in a position to get yourself killed) minimize it ctrl+alt+del to bring up system manager and hit your processes tab and find out whats running or starting up.

had a similar issue few months back and it took me a few tries to catch what was doing it and then a few more times verifying that process was the issue and tracked it down to another game through atari or something that was kicking on doing a system check and sending info to its server.. gamespy arcade type thing (i had not realized i had clicked yes on the share system info thing).

there are also several microsoft programs that are notorious about doing things like that..

hopen that helps.

[bdvenom]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

I am having an issue that isn't major, but drives me crazy. I have searched for a solution, but just can't find one, possibly because it is difficult to find the right words to describe it.

My system is beyond the minimum, as well as the recommended. I played a few years ago on a 256MB graphic card, single core processor. and 1 gig of ram, and I was running windows xp. The game ran beautifully with no problems at all.
Now, I have an nvidia geforce GTX 285, which is a 1 gig card, a quad core processor, and 4 gigs of ram running on windows 7. I can give more detailed specs if needed, just don't see the need as the old specs ran the game fine, and the new should obviously run better.

Now I should get to the issue. When in game, I have a glitch in the camera movement. When I rotate the cam in a 360, it will move smoothly for 2 seconds, then freeze for a split second, then move freely again. This is a constant that happens when rotating, or even walking around. It is always smooth, glitch, smooth glitch. I know this is not a major issue that is going to prevent me from playing the game, but it gets very annoying, especially since I'm running a system the is beyond the recommended specs.

If anyone has any ideas as to what the problem might be, I would greatly appreciate the help.

[Snowballx]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

this is an error that showed up in the windows report thing when the screen goes black in the game window after I click play sometimes
Description:
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1
Application Name: pol.exe
Application Version: 1.18.12.0
Application Timestamp: 49bfb399
Hang Signature: 8243
Hang Type: 18432
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.2
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Hang Signature 1: 3f75bb4e531e9431ce48e18d64698afb
Additional Hang Signature 2: 8243
Additional Hang Signature 3: 3f75bb4e531e9431ce48e18d64698afb
Additional Hang Signature 4: 4a9a
Additional Hang Signature 5: 5eea678f6d29b3ecbfc0b8fca379097f
Additional Hang Signature 6: c756
Additional Hang Signature 7: 9e99b07692fcb6dbb790b377394ef037

[amowatt15]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

Well I just downloaded the latest driver, so that's not it. Also I can't get a dif graphics card so it has not been upgraded. I dont think it's over heating, but its a possibility, so I'm guessing after all you say is that it's failing, hmmmm.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

If FFXI is crashing and you are having errors, it could be your card is starting to fail or you are overheating. If you recently replaced your graphics card, then its probably overheating or pulling too much power. Sometimes people replace the card and get a more powerful card and don't realize it runs hotter and pulls more power. When it overheats, it will crash anything heavily reliant on graphics (i.e. a game). If its pulling more power than your power supply can handle, you'll get glitches and crashes too.

If you haven't replaced the card, then its probably failing. One thing you can do is clean out all the fans/ports so that you know the system has good air flow. Also if you are using a laptop, make sure that its on a firm hard surface when playing. Blocking fans/ports will cause things to overheat and crash.

You can always fiddle with the drivers and see if that helps. Upgrading or downgrading the graphic card drivers could possibly fix the issue too but since its crashing I doubt it.

[amowatt15]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

what do you mean by permanent cause once mine goes like that i have to restart POL from the begining.

[Ambiant]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

I'm probly wrong but might be antilashing issue.

OR card is either overheating and dying. I had funky graphics similar but it was permanent and not sporratic and MUCH worse than your issue back when WOW first came out. Turned out my card was faulty and got a free one to replace it under warrenty.

[amowatt15]

Re: Video Card and Screen Problems thread.

I'm having a problems with ffxi graphics, sometimes it work and then it will all the sudden crash on me, this is what I'm seeing.

There should be two attatchments of pictures showing what happens. Im running Nvida, on a Latitude D630 which i know isn't very good, but shouldnt have a problem with ffxi.