Red/Black blob issue

[Y T]

My 2p:
I confirmed the blobsightings a few days later .40 was launched, I saw them a lot & never had problems before (once, ages ago with FF, IIRC)!
A friend gave me a bigger HD & I decided to make a complete reinstall of OS & etc during the silly season. Must say I completely forgot about the blobissue until this thread got to the top again, I thought it was already fixed with one of the patches (I think I missed e-k).
No more blobs for me now, I decided to do the complete reinstall on new bigger partitions, cause I really was running low on diskspace & couldnt find my old version of Partition Magic. & theres nothing about a fresh clean windows install, yadayada.

The blobissue seems to b odd, fixed for me, & surely wasnt about updating old gfx drivers, since I still havent bothered to update mine & run the old one coming with the card. Did no explicit DirectX install from the net, just installed a few not to old games with their support.

Microsoft Windows XP Pro Vers 2002 SP2 running on an Intel Duocore 6400 with an ASUS x1950 Gfx card (Hardware is now 3 yrs old)

 

[Sarisin]

Black partial blob of my Scout very early in my .40m game.

I am using a Huge map, Epic speed. Only Turn 19.

I would bet a bunch of Mithril I get the red blob when I have my Three Stooges.

 

[cabbagemeister]

I find it hard to believe this is a video card / driver issue, as I've played MP games where all players see the same unit blobbed at the same time on different machines, different graphics cards, different OSes, etc.

 

[Ranos]

I got the red and black blob issues just a few turns appart with the same unit.

This is a HN Polar Bear:

I attacked with it and moved it around for twenty turns. I moved it into the same tile as a HN Giant Spider and it turned into a polar bear with a black blob:

The black blob seems to take up the back or lower part of the unit. A few turns after I took that screen shot, I used it to attack. During the attack animation, one (or maybe both of it's back legs) were visible sticking out of the blob.

This is in a .40k game.

 

[Black Attila]

Got a red blob last night. the blob pictured is of a giant spider. It went away on reloading the game. Map was a large map, normal speed, originally 11 civs, basium and hyborem had entered, but several had been eliminated.

 

[Sarisin]

I continue to get blobs, both red and black, in all my games.

In my current game the Stooges and Scouts/Hunters are getting blobbed.

Most of the time it is just a small acceptable blob, but sometimes, especially in the case of the Stooges, it turns into a red blob that obscures the whole unit. It looks like you have a red tar demon in the game.

 

[Wonderblunder]

My wizard became a red-blob whem playing as the Amurites.

 

[ori]

I had a red blopped Hill Giant in the into the desert scenario so I guess its not just in huge games (incidentally I played huge maps in 0.40 already as well without red blops...

 

[ChinaBlue]

fortified giant spider turns into red blob. patch N, standard size map.

Spoiler :

 

[Kjara]

I got a red blob on a standard erabus map, on a sea serpent. Didn't screen cap it(as I hadn't read this post yet), and it wandered off. It happened about 200 turns in at standard speed.

 

[jacomanring]

another one. Patch n

 

[[to_xp]Gekko]

Splintered Court scenario, this polar bear is showing up as a red blob.

 

[Kael]

I have an idea as to what may be causing it. Can someone link me a save game with red or black blobs (patch "n") that I can test it on?

 

[DemonMaster]

Here, but there is a problem with this since reloading usually fixes the problem. Someone in the barbarian city that will appear two tiles west of the Wolfrider that starts this turn (move him two tiles west) is a red blobby thingy.

As I say it didn't appear as a red blob on all the times I tested (a dozen times and 5/12 it was a red blob, and when I originally played this game).

Edit: Please disregard this since I just realized that this save is the latest patch ("o") so sorry.

 

[PanzerWolf]

I have a feeling that this happens when reloading (can't differ between standard load and quick load as I quick load far more often then Ctrl + L) and then the active unit may get one of these. In my current game, I have a black orbed warrior (I mostly get red ones). A few times, the orb has moved to an other unit when reloading and only rarely has it disappeared. Seems like it follows the game for me as even starting the computer when it's cold won't help.

I'm not at home now so can't post any image/ save, but if I'm not too late home tonight, I can. Am not sure which of the patches I have, but think it's m or n.

 

[PanzerWolf]

Picture and save (patch n):

 

[Kael]

Picture and save (patch n):

Thanks, with patch "q" I dont see the issue. I know it sometimes doesnt come back with reloads but thats a good sign that it may be being caused by the an_meso issue.

 

[Sarisin]

Thought I'd mention I just finished a .40q epic speed game and didn't see a single red or black blob. That's the first time in a long time I can say that. More than 800 turns and no Blobs!

 

[pchem]

I saw this recently in 0.40p or q with enemy caravels. Steam/winxp, modern hardware.

 

[Sarisin]

I saw this recently in 0.40p or q with enemy caravels. Steam/winxp, modern hardware.

Probably .40p - I had blobs with that version. Try .40q and see if you get any.