Game glitching out

[67416bf463f6dLion O Cyborg]

I start the game with the mod but the intro FMV is missing and most of the objects like the tram are invisible.

I thought it might be because I am running it with the integrated graphics instead of my NVIDA card but running even the vanilla game that way makes it crash as soon as it launches.

What the hell is going on?

[67416bf464185voodoo47]

make sure you are patched up and loading mods properly. also yeah, you should run the game on your dedicated gpu if possible.

[67416bf46427dLion O Cyborg]

I usually do run my GPU but in SS2's case it crashes the game upon launching, vanilla or not.

[67416bf464490Lion O Cyborg]

Also, I use the GOG version which I'm sure is the fully patched one. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[67416bf464669Lion O Cyborg]

Copying the objects folder to the main game one seems to trigger the missing objects. Removing it returns them but I have a sneaking suspicion that they are the originals and not the mod's ones.

FMV seems to be fixed since I reinstalled though.

If the problem is because I'm not using my GPU, then it's too bad because of the crashes it triggers when I do use it even with vanilla.

It is an NVIDA GeForce GTX675MX/4GB GDDR5 with the latest driver installed (I upgraded to it for running Doom 4).

Also, running this mod with SCP causes a black screen bug when the training level loads. The ambient noise plays for a second but the map doesn't appear and the sound cuts out. I can still pause the game, but nothing else happens.

No idea why the objects bug happens.

[67416bf464752Lion O Cyborg]

Now I've tried patching which seems to fix the NVIDA bug but now every texture glitches out like a hall of mirrors in a coral reef.

[67416bf46482fLion O Cyborg]

PS, I used the SS2 tool to do it and as well as the glitched textures, when I step off the train, the game crashes soon after.

[67416bf46491fvoodoo47]

post your shock2.log, ss2bmm.log (if present), and crash.dmp (might be large, zip it up and upload to some online storage and post the link). screenshots would be nice as well.

will move this to the helpdesk in a moment.

[67416bf464cc3Olfred]

Reminds me of my problem when I switched to Windows 10.
I had to comment out d3d_disp_no_rgb10_buf in the cam_ext.cfg

But now I have updated to a new driver from NVIDIA and apparently they fixed it, so it can stay active.
Do you have the latest driver for your NVIDIA card installed?

[67416bf464dc3Lion O Cyborg]

As far as I know, yes. I haven't checked recently but when Doom 4 came out, I updated to the latest one at that time as my driver before then wasn't good enough to run that game.

[67416bf464f31Lion O Cyborg]

https://onedrive.live.com/?id=5719D07AEFC8BD9D%21105&cid=5719D07AEFC8BD9D

Here is the link. Log Files 2 is the one you want.

[67416bf465081Lion O Cyborg]

The glitches in the screenshot vary bug they flick rapidly between normal textures, menu and text textures and white nothingness.

[67416bf46522avoodoo47]

ok, so let me sum this up - making a clean install (what's your source btw? GOG is up to date with v 2.45, so that can't be it unless you have some old installer), patching it up with SS2tool, and uncommenting (removing ; from) d3d_disp_no_rgb10_buf in cam_ext.cfg will still bug out?

also, have you tried running windowed?


//log2 says you are running in the dx6 (safe)mode. this is not recommended - repatch with the tool and do not enable the safemode.

[67416bf465351Lion O Cyborg]

I'm using a rather old installer from GOG. I'll need to get the new one and test it. maybe avoid the safe mode options when I patch that.

[67416bf465477voodoo47]

definitely. today's gpus have very bad support for dx6, and the safemode will probably do more harm than good.

make sure to wipe all the old files and create a new install from scratch.

[67416bf4655e4Lion O Cyborg]

After getting a new installer and patching, it seems to work fine and I've also updated my GPU again.

I had to move the files that were in the SS2tool backup folder back to the main folder to get the game to work as it needed Admin privilege to work and I couldn't set it to run as admin because the path had changed.

It seems to be OK just now with and without the mod. It still won't run with my GPU  without the patch but it seems fine now.

Domo Arigato.

[67416bf465703voodoo47]

it shouldn't be necessary to mess with the files manually, as this may bite you back later. why did you have to do it again? the game should work fine right out of the box (latest GOG install) and also after patching up (SS2tool), without doing anything else.

"still won't run with my GPU  without the patch" now I'm getting slightly confused - do you mean the tool?

[67416bf465a3fZylonBane]

I had to move the files that were in the SS2tool backup folder back to the main folder to get the game to work as it needed Admin privilege to work and I couldn't set it to run as admin because the path had changed.

No part of this sentence makes sense. It sounds like you're just doing random things every time there's a problem and hoping that somehow fixes it.

[67416bf465ba8Kolya]

The game does not need admin permissions.
SS2Tool only moves files to the backup folder that it has changed or replaced. It is not advisable to move them back, as you are undoing updates.

[67416bf465d5aLion O Cyborg]

The game exe wouldn't run at first due to needing admin privileges but since the path was different due to them being moved to the backup folder, I couldn't set the properties.


I just copied the files from the SS2 backup and didn't cut them. I didn't copy the files that were already in the SS2 main folder but I don't know if that helps.

Doesn't seem to have affected it badly though as it even runs SCP now simultaneously with Rebirth without the blackness glitch.

What I meant was that the vanilla game without patching it with SS2 tool is the one that doesn't run with my GPU, the patched one does run with the GPU, with or without mods.

[67416bf466046ZylonBane]

The game exe wouldn't run at first due to needing admin privileges but since the path was different due to them being moved to the backup folder, I couldn't set the properties.

None of this makes any smegging sense. The updated SS2 exe should not require admin rights to run. What path? What is "them"? The location of a file has nothing to do with setting its properties.

[67416bf46619dLion O Cyborg]

When the files were moved to the backup folder, their location path i.e. where you click to get to them had changed slightly and this confused the computer when I tried to set the properties.

The desktop shortcut was defaulted to the "start.exe" application of the new GOG build which was one of the files moved to the backup. That was the one that "needed admin rights to function properly" as Windows 10 told me. I guess I should have replaced it with a shortcut to the actual Shock 2.exe instead.

It doesn't really matter as the mods seem to run OK with the shortcut just now since the fix.

[67416bf4662c1Kolya]

Again, the game exe does not need admin rights.
SS2Tool moves the old shock2.exe into the backup folder and puts a new better shock2.exe where the old one was. You just need to run the new one.

If you want shortcuts, SS2Tool can create them for you in the Start menu and on the desktop. Delete the old shortcuts.

If you encounter problems then tell us. Don't just copy around stuff.

[67416bf46639cOlfred]

Probably some compatibility options enabled. They make it so you get asked for admin rights