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Odd graphical glitches - 2013 Mac Pro - AspenExcel - 09-22-2015
Everything was going great in the first hour and a half into the game until I got to a part in the game where the facility collapses and you are submerged underwater. After that I got a lot of graphical glitches, weird textures popping in and out, and it was basically unplayable. The game did not crash but I had to quit since it was basically impossible to move, the game would freeze intermittently. Immediately after quitting the game my system locked up (spinning beachball) and I was forced to hard reboot.
PS I tried to attach the log file directly to this post but it told me the file was too large, so here is a direct link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60341/hpl.log
Here are a few screenshots:
![[Image: Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%2011.44.23%20AM.png]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60341/Photos/screenshots/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%2011.44.23%20AM.png)
![[Image: Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%2011.45.14%20AM.png]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60341/Photos/screenshots/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%2011.45.14%20AM.png)
![[Image: Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%2011.49.53%20AM.png]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60341/Photos/screenshots/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%2011.49.53%20AM.png)
![[Image: Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%2011.52.03%20AM.png]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60341/Photos/screenshots/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%2011.52.03%20AM.png)
RE: Odd graphical glitches - 2013 Mac Pro - jens - 09-22-2015
This is probably a driver issue with this particular AMD graphics card, I'll let the porter know and hopefully he can work on a solution.
RE: Odd graphical glitches - 2013 Mac Pro - nebej - 09-22-2015
You could try a temporary manual solution if you would like
Rename the undergrowth folder in the game folder to _undergrowth. This will disable rendering of the terrain vegetation (which it looks like is the problem)
RE: Odd graphical glitches - 2013 Mac Pro - AspenExcel - 09-22-2015
Thanks that worked. One other thing I noticed is that sometimes the ocean atmosphere blinks light and dark really quickly when looking at certain areas.
![[Image: Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%205.24.47%20PM.png]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60341/Photos/screenshots/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%205.24.47%20PM.png)
![[Image: Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%205.24.51%20PM.png]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60341/Photos/screenshots/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-22%20at%205.24.51%20PM.png)
RE: Odd graphical glitches - 2013 Mac Pro - Guest - 09-23-2015
I would like to report that I have an identical (or at least very similar) issue on a 2015 15" retina macbook pro with the AMD M370X. The temporary solution also works for me, and I am also experiencing the flickering dark atmosphere bug.
RE: Odd graphical glitches - 2013 Mac Pro - AspenExcel - 09-25-2015
Another thing I've found is that all of the water textures are completely flat like this and tend to flicker a lot when looking around.
![[Image: Screen%20Shot%202015-09-24%20at%2011.52.29%20PM.png]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60341/Photos/screenshots/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-24%20at%2011.52.29%20PM.png)
RE: Odd graphical glitches - 2013 Mac Pro - eeeeeee1415 - 09-26-2015
Echoing that on a 2015 macbook pro with the AMD R9. Really frustrating, as it's a gamebreaking glitch that causes that section to be unplayable... Moving at about 1 frame every 5 seconds.
This is right after another potentially gamebreaking glitch I encountered 15 minutes earlier. Mac version seems to have LOADS of issues.
RE: Odd graphical glitches - 2013 Mac Pro - crayons - 09-26-2015
(09-22-2015, 09:01 PM)nebej Wrote: You could try a temporary manual solution if you would like
Rename the undergrowth folder in the game folder to _undergrowth. This will disable rendering of the terrain vegetation (which it looks like is the problem)
I had the same issue my mac pro (AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB), renaming folder worked. Thx!
RE: Odd graphical glitches - 2013 Mac Pro - captainchowder - 09-26-2015
Having the exact issue game was awesome and ran smoothly until room flood, Imac with AMD Radeon R9 M290. Will try the above solution thanks!
RE: Odd graphical glitches - 2013 Mac Pro - Guest - 09-27-2015
Having the exact same graphical issues on an IMac (AMD Radeon R9 M290X) : flat water textures, visual glitches making the game unplayable when we get submerged.
Here's hoping for a quick solution, I was really getting into it :/