Black Flags

[Toby42]

Thanks. Your system doesn't have a true 3D card, just an Intel graphics card with a whopping 32Mb dedicated memory

This is not something the game is officially supporting, but since it is just the flag textures which fail to be generated we might be able to provide a solution. Please keep an eye on this thread.

OK, so my "Kid" is ugly! what do these numbers mean? : Display Memory: 1664 MB, Dedicated Memory: 32 MB, Shared Memory: 1632 MB

[Toby42]

Thanks. Your system doesn't have a true 3D card, just an Intel graphics card with a whopping 32Mb dedicated memory

This is not something the game is officially supporting, but since it is just the flag textures which fail to be generated we might be able to provide a solution. Please keep an eye on this thread.

OK, so my "Kid" is ugly! what do these numbers mean? : Display Memory: 1664 MB, Dedicated Memory: 32 MB, Shared Memory: 1632 MB

I installed a GeForce video card. I now have flags (yay), but the scrolling is not smooth. It's jerky! I give up...

[Toby42]

Thanks. Your system doesn't have a true 3D card, just an Intel graphics card with a whopping 32Mb dedicated memory

This is not something the game is officially supporting, but since it is just the flag textures which fail to be generated we might be able to provide a solution. Please keep an eye on this thread.

OK, so my "Kid" is ugly! what do these numbers mean? : Display Memory: 1664 MB, Dedicated Memory: 32 MB, Shared Memory: 1632 MB

I installed a GeForce video card. I now have flags (yay), but the scrolling is not smooth. It's jerky! I give up...

I also installed 2 gig more of ram for 8 total. My mouse pointer is a pulsating box now instead of a pointer? Along with the terribly jerky scrolling and the units moving with a jerky motion, I really give up this time! I liked it better with black flags!

All of my other games run great, including the old SSG games that wouldn't run before I installed the video card. I lose one game and pick-up five more. A good trade I guess....

[Myrddraal]

With a dedicated gfx card, you should be fine.

The pulsating box is the selection mouse isn't it? Seems odd that it would be showing all the time.

I'm sure we can get you up an running. When you installed the gfx card, did you get the latest drivers from NVidia (from the manufacturers website, not from windows update)?

If it's constantly jerky, there might be a hint as to why in your output_log.txt.

[Toby42]

With a dedicated gfx card, you should be fine.

The pulsating box is the selection mouse isn't it? Seems odd that it would be showing all the time.

I'm sure we can get you up an running. When you installed the gfx card, did you get the latest drivers from NVidia (from the manufacturers website, not from windows update)?

If it's constantly jerky, there might be a hint as to why in your output_log.txt.

I went to NVidia website and downloaded the latest driver. That did the trick! Thanks for the help..

[Myrddraal]

Great, glad to hear it. Graphics drivers are notorious, because you can 'get by' on outdated drivers, not really noticing that you've got a problem, until some weird issue comes up in a seemingly unique set of circumstances.

It's well worth periodically checking the manufacturer's updates.

[SSLConf_Yolo911]

Hi,

I just got another gaming PC. It has a NVIDIA GeForce 970 GTX graphics card and now I too have the black flag problem. I have the latest drivers. any ideas on how to get regular flags to display? oh and it is running Windows 10

[Gunja]

Hi,
I just wanted to say, that I also have an issue with black flags. As far as I can tell, this should not be an issue of the graphic card (see below). Is someone still aware of the problem and working on it?

Since I couldn´t upload the dxdiag, here is the upper part of it (btw which attachment formats are actually allowed?):


System Information
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Time of this report: 11/24/2015, 17:04:05
Machine name: LINDA-NTB
Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_ltsb.151014-0600)
Language: Czech (Regional Setting: Czech)
System Manufacturer: Sony Corporation
System Model: SVE1512E1EW
BIOS: R0150D5
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3110M CPU @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4044MB RAM
Page File: 2543MB used, 5596MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.03.9600.17415 64bit Unicode

------------
DxDiag Notes
------------
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

--------------------
DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x6841)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_6841&SUBSYS_90AB104D&REV_00
Display Memory: 2803 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1011 MB
Shared Memory: 1792 MB
Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: CMO15AB
Native Mode: 1366 x 768(p) (60.012Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1247 (English)
Driver Version: 13.251.9001.0
DDI Version: 11
Feature Levels: 11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1


Regards

Gunja

[Myrddraal]

Thanks Gunja.

To upload a file, first zip it. The zip extension is allowed.

[Gunja]

Thank you. Do you still need the dxdiag-file or is the information in my post above enough?

[pichpe]

Hi all,
i have the same issue with black flags. Problem i with flags only, national emblems under units are ok.
I have laptop with AMD Radeon HD 7400M with latest drivers (last driver for this GPU was created at 20.11.2014...).

there is prtscr -->



Zipped dxdiag is attached.

[uran21]

When I enter some scenario to make sure all flags are OK and than go to Options -> Performance -> Render Quality and set render quality from default Good to Low and than exit to Desktop, start the game again I have black flags occurrence.

If the whole process is repeated but now returning render quality to Good and exiting to Desktop, on my return to game flags are normal again. Hope it can help to some of you.

[pichpe]

Oh well, when i change setting of render quality on the "Average" value and restart game, then all flags ok. If i set on th "Low" or "Lowes" value, the all flags black.

Thanks a lot, it is so good WA

[Myrddraal]

That is odd, and interesting. Thanks for the info.

[David105]

Did u solve the issue? I still got that problem....