Invisible Animal Resources

[Roibeárd]

Hi All,

First time poster, long time lurker.

Here is a strange bug I have not seen in this forum, and I was wondering if anyone else has experienced it.

None of the "animal" bonus resources show up. This includes cow, horse, pig, sheep, elephant, deer, and fur. I can see their shadows (which even move around), but the animals themselves are invisible. All of the other resources seem to be normal. Screenshot is attached.

It dosen't effect playability. I can just hover the mouse over the tile to see what's there, but it is very annoying.

I'm running Civ4 on a ThinkPad T41 with the ATI Radeon Mobility 7500. On my first install, I had to update the video drivers to fix the "Dark Terrain" and "Eyes and Teeth" leaderhead problems reported elsewhere in this forum Thanks CivFanatics

I've re-installed Civ4 from scratch and tried the various levels of graphics rendering in the Options.

I peeked at the XML and I have a hunch this has something to do with the .NIF and .KFM files. I've tried manually unpacking the .FPK files with PakBuild and placing them into Assets\Art\Terrain to no avail.

Anyway, I've enjoyed lurking around CFC and look forward to participating!

 

[hawkmoon1954]

I have the same problem with Compaq NX9100 2ghz, 448Mb RAM, ATI IGP-340M 64Mb with Omega drivers.
I am thinking its just the low end video card in the notebook, I have tried different video settings but can't get them to show up.

 

[aslindy]

I also have the same problem with my husband's laptop. I have been toggling on the 'show resources' button, otherwise you miss some things. Whales, for example, don't have shadows and so become invisible with this problem.
I haven't found any fix for this yet.
Amy

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

I have the same problem but in addition I can't see the interface menus or turn counter either!!

 

[Roibeárd]

Hmm... I can see whales, clams and fish. I can't see horses, pigs, sheep, fur, cows, elephants or deer.

 

[A Silly Goose]

I used to have this problem, back when I was running the game with my little 64MB Radeon 7000 that apparently lacks TnL support. I could run the game with high graphical settings alright (albeit no anti-alias), but those invisible animals were annoying.

The problem fixed itself when I upgraded to my 256MB Radeon 9600, so I'm willing to bet that the problem is either some TnL-related thinger or simply a lack of video memory.

As for a solution that's actually plausible for a laptop, I seem to recall being able to see the animals by turning off their animations through one of the graphic options toggles.

 

[Roibeárd]

Thanks Goose,

Checking "Freeze Animations" in the Options made those animals appear. It's no big deal that they don't move around.