SOE its been 4 years: Lets fix the disappearing Shadows

ClawHammr · 04-22-2008, 02:07 AM

Bump for a HotFix

Shadows are one of the coolest parts of the game. But 4 years later, they still disappear after playing for a little while.

Kriath · 04-22-2008, 02:58 AM

While they're at it, shadows that obey the laws of physics/optics and as such don't show up in places where they don't belong would be nice too. I remember on one occasion one of the flight tower gryphons in Butcher Block Mountains casting a clear and unobscured shadow on the ground despite being almost completely enclosed and unviewable from where the shadow was cast. If you can stand within the darkness of the shadow and not see the object casting the shadow then the shadow should not be there, and no shadows at all is, in my opinion at least, far better than numerous shadows that shouldn't even be there.

ClawHammr · 04-23-2008, 08:41 PM

Bump for a Hotfix

Miladi · 04-24-2008, 12:07 AM

You make a new thread for a bumping fiesta? Kind of pointless and/or desperate.

ClawHammr · 04-24-2008, 12:17 AM

After 4 years of patience, yes I suppose I am a little desperate to have this annoying problem dealt with

Sweett · 04-24-2008, 05:01 AM

What's the big deal with shadows? I never notice them.

ClawHammr · 04-24-2008, 05:19 AM

Sweett wrote:

What's the big deal with shadows? I never notice them.

Try unchecking Extreme Performance and click on High Quality or above

ClawHammr · 04-24-2008, 08:57 PM

Today in Everfrost in less than 30 min after logging in, the shadows were gone

Taimes · 07-13-2008, 03:45 AM

Nice... Came back to the game after 2 years of being gone and the shadows are still not working.. Glad it's just a free trial deal.

Taimes · 07-13-2008, 04:10 AM

Forgot to mention. My shadows don't ever render in Lesser Faydark. I can zone out and they work in Butcherblock mountains. Zone into faydark and nothing. Not one shadow ever

Vengelos · 07-24-2008, 12:20 PM

I forgot about this problem. I used to play this game when it first came out and had it happen and now coming back to it, I thought something was messed up with my computer but obviously not. Mine turn off usually when I run into an area with a bunch of people and other effects going on, like a town or something. The framerate drops and the game kicks out the shadows to try and compensate for it. It's a good idea but it would be even better if it turned them back on after the framerate returns to normal. Something seriously needs to happen with this issue. The shadows, like in any other game, add a whole new layer of depth. Running around Commonlands and having all the trees casting shadows and stuff makes it all look very good, but with it off everything just looks plain and ugly. I read another post made by a technical support person stating that they couldn't reproduce the issue and therefore they can't fix something that they can't have on their systems. Well most likely they have some super computers that can run this game perfectly smooth on the highest settings. How about you bring in a "normal" computer and guaranteed you will get the issue. I used to have an ATI 9800pro but now I'm using an X1600pro. I know they support Nvidia more then ATI so I would suggest it could possibly be an ATI problem, but I've also seen some posts from people that are using an Nvidia and have the same problem. Anyway, fix the problem SOE. It's things like this that will kill a game.

vochore · 07-24-2008, 01:45 PM

actualy it dosnt realy matter what kind of card you have since most of the graphics is done on cpu and not gpu.

i can only imagine what this game would look and run like if they moved most of the graphics to thegraphics card instaed of the cpu,and while they are at it patch duelcore support back into the game.

kaboro · 07-28-2008, 01:41 PM

ClawHammr wrote:

Bump for a HotFix
Shadows are one of the coolest parts of the game. But 4 years later, they still disappear after playing for a little while.

Yes, the game looks flat without the shadows.

Curious fact though, on my PC the shadows will last longer if i have the internet explorer open (and minimized) when playing the game (playing in full screen btw).

I tested this several times, with no explorer running, the shadows are gone in 2-5min., with it open, i can go for hours sometimes, but eventually the shadows will be gone SMILEY .

04-22-2008, 02:07 AM	#1
ClawHammr Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Neriak Posts: 956	Bump for a HotFix Shadows are one of the coolest parts of the game. But 4 years later, they still disappear after playing for a little while. __________________ AMD 5200 @3Ghz Nvidia 8800GTS 640mb 4G Corsair XMS 850mhz Vista64 77 Necro/Vox SOE its been 4 years: Fix the disappearing shadows

04-23-2008, 08:41 PM	#3
ClawHammr Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Neriak Posts: 956	Bump for a Hotfix __________________ AMD 5200 @3Ghz Nvidia 8800GTS 640mb 4G Corsair XMS 850mhz Vista64 77 Necro/Vox SOE its been 4 years: Fix the disappearing shadows

04-24-2008, 12:07 AM	#4
Miladi General Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Hampshire - USA Posts: 487	You make a new thread for a bumping fiesta? Kind of pointless and/or desperate. __________________ My computer specs: Intel E8400 processor @3.0 GHz 2 GB G-Skill PC2-8500 RAM @1066MHz 320GB Samsung SATA2 HDD 3GB/s Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L Motherboard OCZ StealthXStream 600W PS (4 x 12v rails@18A/rail) ECS N8800GT-512MX GeForce 8800GT w/512MB GDDR3 RAM Vista Ultimate 32bit

04-24-2008, 12:17 AM	#5
ClawHammr Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Neriak Posts: 956	After 4 years of patience, yes I suppose I am a little desperate to have this annoying problem dealt with __________________ AMD 5200 @3Ghz Nvidia 8800GTS 640mb 4G Corsair XMS 850mhz Vista64 77 Necro/Vox SOE its been 4 years: Fix the disappearing shadows

04-24-2008, 05:19 AM	#7
ClawHammr Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Neriak Posts: 956	Sweett wrote: What's the big deal with shadows? I never notice them. Try unchecking Extreme Performance and click on High Quality or above __________________ AMD 5200 @3Ghz Nvidia 8800GTS 640mb 4G Corsair XMS 850mhz Vista64 77 Necro/Vox SOE its been 4 years: Fix the disappearing shadows

04-22-2008, 02:58 AM	#2
Kriath Server: Najena Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 7	While they're at it, shadows that obey the laws of physics/optics and as such don't show up in places where they don't belong would be nice too. I remember on one occasion one of the flight tower gryphons in Butcher Block Mountains casting a clear and unobscured shadow on the ground despite being almost completely enclosed and unviewable from where the shadow was cast. If you can stand within the darkness of the shadow and not see the object casting the shadow then the shadow should not be there, and no shadows at all is, in my opinion at least, far better than numerous shadows that shouldn't even be there.

04-24-2008, 05:01 AM	#6
Sweett Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 25	What's the big deal with shadows? I never notice them.

04-24-2008, 08:57 PM	#8
ClawHammr Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Neriak Posts: 956	Today in Everfrost in less than 30 min after logging in, the shadows were gone __________________ AMD 5200 @3Ghz Nvidia 8800GTS 640mb 4G Corsair XMS 850mhz Vista64 77 Necro/Vox SOE its been 4 years: Fix the disappearing shadows

07-13-2008, 03:45 AM	#9
Taimes Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 28	Nice... Came back to the game after 2 years of being gone and the shadows are still not working.. Glad it's just a free trial deal.

07-13-2008, 04:10 AM	#10
Taimes Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 28	Forgot to mention. My shadows don't ever render in Lesser Faydark. I can zone out and they work in Butcherblock mountains. Zone into faydark and nothing. Not one shadow ever

07-24-2008, 12:20 PM	#11
Vengelos Loremaster Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4	I forgot about this problem. I used to play this game when it first came out and had it happen and now coming back to it, I thought something was messed up with my computer but obviously not. Mine turn off usually when I run into an area with a bunch of people and other effects going on, like a town or something. The framerate drops and the game kicks out the shadows to try and compensate for it. It's a good idea but it would be even better if it turned them back on after the framerate returns to normal. Something seriously needs to happen with this issue. The shadows, like in any other game, add a whole new layer of depth. Running around Commonlands and having all the trees casting shadows and stuff makes it all look very good, but with it off everything just looks plain and ugly. I read another post made by a technical support person stating that they couldn't reproduce the issue and therefore they can't fix something that they can't have on their systems. Well most likely they have some super computers that can run this game perfectly smooth on the highest settings. How about you bring in a "normal" computer and guaranteed you will get the issue. I used to have an ATI 9800pro but now I'm using an X1600pro. I know they support Nvidia more then ATI so I would suggest it could possibly be an ATI problem, but I've also seen some posts from people that are using an Nvidia and have the same problem. Anyway, fix the problem SOE. It's things like this that will kill a game.

07-24-2008, 01:45 PM	#12
vochore Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 332	actualy it dosnt realy matter what kind of card you have since most of the graphics is done on cpu and not gpu. i can only imagine what this game would look and run like if they moved most of the graphics to thegraphics card instaed of the cpu,and while they are at it patch duelcore support back into the game. __________________ asus crosshair IV amd 965 be quadcore.stock clocking 3.4 ghz 8 gig mushkin 1333 7-7-7-20 timings 1 300 gig velociraptor 1 150 gig velociraptor creative x-fi xtremegamer fatal1ty pro 5.1 suroundsound speaker setup corsair hx 850 p/s asus dvd player and burner 24 inch asus widescreen monitor windows 7 64 bit evga gtx 570 classified vochore thebeastlord of the seventhammer omegar and druadon

07-28-2008, 01:41 PM	#13
kaboro Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 76	ClawHammr wrote: Bump for a HotFix Shadows are one of the coolest parts of the game. But 4 years later, they still disappear after playing for a little while. Yes, the game looks flat without the shadows. Curious fact though, on my PC the shadows will last longer if i have the internet explorer open (and minimized) when playing the game (playing in full screen btw). I tested this several times, with no explorer running, the shadows are gone in 2-5min., with it open, i can go for hours sometimes, but eventually the shadows will be gone .