Shader 3.0 update?

[Humayon]

<p>Just out of curiousity, is SOE even working on this anymore? I would really like SOE spokesman to deliver a<strong> final verdict</strong> on this.</p><p>Or is this just another one of those things in the game which requires time and resources which SOE would rather not carry on with?</p><p>So much was said about it during the video presentation shown way back and the poor solo dev who was working on it tirelessly for months, now nowhere to be seen. I was looking forward to it but as soon as it went live it was clear that it was far from finished. The performance gains promised are nowhere to be seen but rather it is a performance hit.</p><p>S3.0 should be entirely scrapped if it is never going to be completed.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p>I can help you with troubleshooting performance issues here but this isn't where official development announcements will be made.  It's purely a support forum.</p><p>This question may be best asked in a General Discussion forum where our community management and development teams are present much more often.</p>

[4evrnyt]

<p>OK, my shader 3.0 doesn't and hasn't worked for what I'm thinking has been nearly a year.  When I enable SM3.0 glass objects become opaque or disappear alltogether, textures in certain zones are wrong or missing.  Using an AMD/Ati HD6870 for a video adapter.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p><cite>4evrnyt wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>OK, my shader 3.0 doesn't and hasn't worked for what I'm thinking has been nearly a year.  When I enable SM3.0 glass objects become opaque or disappear alltogether, textures in certain zones are wrong or missing.  Using an AMD/Ati HD6870 for a video adapter.</p></blockquote><p>You may be missing assets if you transitioned from or are still using an older patch method.  Shader 3 and reflections work just fine.</p><p>Here's a link to our latest LaunchPad.  I do recommend the full download version and if you are using an older patch method you can install it right on top of your existing EQII game folder.</p><p><a href="http://launch.soe.com/eq2" target="_blank">[EQII] LaunchPad</a></p>

[4evrnyt]

<p>If I had a nickle for each time I've downloaded the launcher to fix this problem I could have hired a programmer to go to San Diego and fix the problem for me.</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p>Let's keep it constructive.  Commentary can be posted in general discussion forums but we like to at least work towards some type of troubleshooting or recommendation process here.  Locking it up.</p>