Flickering lights/graphics.

[Vibhor]

I had bought the game pretty early but didn't tried it as it didn't work
But then a patch was released which fixed the black screen problem but added one more.
The problem is that the game doesn't light well enough.(dunno how else to explain it)
My video card is pretty crappy and old too.
I have tried everything that the FAQ said but it doesn't change nothing.
My video card is ATI Radeon Xpress 200 with 256 mb
1gigabyte RAM and 2.66 ghz CPU speed.
The game runs smooth though.
Tl;dr Old video card need workaround.

[xiphirx]

1) screenshots
2) update your drivers from ati.com
3) post your hpl.log from my documents/amnesia/main

[Vibhor]

You can see that the rocks shine more than the floor plus floor is almost impossible to see(completely black,no reflection)
It may be difficult to see the problem but I can make a video if that is the case.
And also heres the log

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Version 1.10 - s26ADEE0-539
-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------
Engine build ID 20100818114615

Creating Engine Modules
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Creating graphics module
Creating system module
Creating resource module
Creating input module
Creating sound module
Creating physics module
Creating ai module
Creating gui module
Creating generate module
Creating haptic module
Creating scene module
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Initializing Resources Module
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Creating loader handlers
Creating resource managers
Adding loaders to handlers
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Initializing Graphics Module
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Init lowlevel graphics: 640x480 bpp:32 fs:1 ms:0 gpufmt:2 cap:'Amnesia - The Dark Descent - Loading...' pos:(-1x-1)
Setting video mode: 640 x 480 - 32 bpp
Init Glew...OK
Setting up OpenGL
  Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
  Renderer: ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series
  Version: 2.1.8545 Release
  Max texture image units: 16
  Max texture coord units: 8
  Max user clip planes: 6
  Two sided stencil: 1
  Vertex Buffer Object: 1
  Anisotropic filtering: 1
  Max Anisotropic degree: 16
  Multisampling: 1
  Texture compression: 1
  Texture compression S3TC: 1
  Auto generate MipMaps: 1
  Render to texture: 1
  Max draw buffers: 4
  Max color render targets: 4
  Packed depth-stencil: 1
  Texture float: 1
  GLSL Version: 1.20
  ShaderModel 2: 1
  ShaderModel 3: 1
  ShaderModel 4: 0
  OGL ATIFragmentShader: 1
Setting up G-Bugger: type: 0 texturenum: 3
Adding engine materials
Initializing DevIL
  Vendor String: Abysmal Software
  Version String: Developer's Image Library (DevIL) 1.6.8pre Aug 12 2006
  Version Number: 168
Adding engine post effects
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Initializing Sound Module
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Initializing OpenAL
  Available OpenAL devices:
   0. Generic Hardware on Realtek HD Audio output(OpenAL default)
   1. Generic Software on Realtek HD Audio output
  Trying to open device 'Generic Software on Realtek HD Audio output'... Success!
  Number of mono sources: 32
  Streaming setup: 4 Buffers x 262144 bytes each
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Initializing Game Module
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Adding engine updates
Initializing script functions
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User Initialization
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Game Running
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-------- Loading map 'menu_bg.map' ---------
    Cache Loading: 2494 ms
  Entities: 582 ms
  Compilation: 2 ms
  Total: 3113 ms
  Meshes created: 25
  Bodies created: 5
-------- Loading complete ---------
Setting profile: 'Vibhor' Path: 'C:\Documents and Settings\surya\My Documents/Amnesia/Main/Vibhor/'
-------- Loading map '00_rainy_hall.map' ---------
    Cache Loading: 5206 ms
  Entities: 5059 ms
  Compilation: 58 ms
  Total: 10546 ms
  Meshes created: 145
  Bodies created: 48
-------- Loading complete ---------
Saving main config.
Saving user config.
ERROR: Could not find light 'spotthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'pointthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'ambthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'spotthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'pointthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'ambthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'spotthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'pointthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'ambthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'spotthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'pointthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'ambthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'spotthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'pointthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'ambthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'spotthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'pointthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'ambthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'spotthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'pointthunder_0'
ERROR: Could not find light 'ambthunder_0'
-------- Loading map 'menu_bg.map' ---------
    Cache Loading: 3347 ms
  Entities: 665 ms
  Compilation: 2 ms
  Total: 4096 ms
  Meshes created: 25
  Bodies created: 5
-------- Loading complete ---------
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Statistics
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Medium framerate: 10.676600
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User Exit
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Saving main config.
Saving user config.
Deleting game modules.
   'LuxInputHandler'
   'LuxHelpFuncs'
   'LuxSaveHandler'
   'LuxScriptHandler'
   'LuxProgressLogHandler'
   'LuxMapHandler'
   'LuxMapHelper'
   'LuxPlayer'
   'LuxInsanityHandler'
   'LuxDebugHandler'
   'LuxEffectRenderer'
   'LuxMusicHandler'
   'LuxMusicHandler'
   'LuxEffectHandler'
   'LuxCompletionCountHandler'
   'LuxGlobalDataHandler'
   'LuxHintHandler'
   'LuxPostEffectHandler'
   'LuxPreMenu'
   'LuxDebugHandler'
   'LuxInventory'
   'LuxJournal'
   'LuxCredits'
   'LuxLoadScreenHandler'
Deleting config files.
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Exiting Gui Module
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Deleting all sets
Deleting all skins
Deleting all gfx elements
Deleting all materials
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Exiting Generate Module
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Exiting Scene Module
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Exiting Input Module
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Exiting Sound Module
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Exiting Graphics Module
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Exiting Resources Module
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Done with fonts
Done with scripts
Done with particles
Done with sounds
Done with meshes
Done with materials
Done with Gpu programs
Done with images
Destroyed all textures
Done with sound entities
Done with animations
Done with ent files
All resources deleted
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Exiting Physics Module
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Exiting System Module
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Deleting game setup provided by user
- Deleting lowlevel stuff.
  Physics
  Sound
  Input
  Resources
  System
  Graphics
  Haptic
HPL Exit was successful!

|--Memory Manager Report-------------------------------|
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| No memory leaks detected. Memory left: 0
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[jens]

X200 is below requirements to play the game, maybe if you experiential with different drivers (also from third parties like omegadrivers) you could improve the experience.

[Vibhor]

I apologize for my obliviousness but would be care to explain more about drivers.
I seriously have little experience with them.