Grphical issues with 1.9 patch (And DLC?)

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After a long while (Couple months) away from Galciv, I finally had occasion to grab another of its DLC- I was very happy with the parts from Mega Events, so I decided that I would get the Ship Builder pack (as I spend most of my GC3 time in the ship editor.)

 

HOWEVER, either the latest patch or the DLC has introduced horrific visual artifacts to all parts- as a modeller (strictly on an amateur/hobbyist level) it appears that many parts have inverted normals or other lighting-related issues. as an example, this is a picture of a ship I built some time ago:

 

and this is what it looks like now:

just LOOK at those Bolloxed shadowmaps! and, of course, how the Secondary color on most of those parts is now black thanks to inverted normals making the render engine think the surface points the other way!

 

this has made the game essentially unplayable- I can't stand seeing all the nice models I use (and the ones in the stock game!) turning into half-black smears for more than a few minutes.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

This was a problem in the opt-in but was addressed in the live build.  Can you confirm that you are not playing the opt-in build -- if you don't know what the "opt-in" is, then you aren't playing it :)  If you are playing the live build and this is still a problem, can you submit a ticket so we can collect some information on your system and look into the problem?  Thanks.

https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/tickets/submit

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

thanks for the response- I've submitted a ticket, as I just let Steam handle my updates- no opt-in for me, I like stable builds.  honestly, this sort of thing is amazingly annoying.

 

otherwise, I'm enjoying the parts pack inasmuch as is possible. oh well, Guess I'll spend some time messing with Stardrive while I wait.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I have the exact same graphical problem, not corrected with updated drivers, reinstalling the game, or opting out of beta builds.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

In the patch description they changed the graphics for better stability. Try redesigning the ship, and see what happens.