Weird red terrain blotches, no antialiasing?

[El Caballerion]

Are any of you getting weird bright red spots on some of the tundra terrain? I assume it's supposed to be snow, but instead, it looks like lava. Obviously a bug. Anyone else getting this?

 

[Chris41336]

That is the blood of polar bears.

...no, I haven't had that graphical glitch but I have had others.

 

[BjoernLars]

I was getting that when I was playing the Demo the first time. The next time I loaded up the Demo through Steam it gave me the option to play using DirectX 9.0. I don't think I have seen it since... but maybe it could be that I wasn't traveling to the arctic regions in my last couple of Demo runs.

 

[Ayt]

It is artifacting from the game running absurdly hot.

 

[Venereus]

I see the red blotches too (also the greyed anti-alias options). I've only got the demo so far, but I see them a lot. Only clue I have is that I think they only appeared after I increased the graphic settings. I haven't tried the Dx 9 option.

 

[EmpireOfCats]

I have that too on the demo. Now that I realize that it is the blood of polar bears I think it is fitting and should stay.

 

[NZV]

Same here. DX9 demo version.

 

[RX2000]

I see little red splotches occasionally on all terrain types. Its not really noticeable though. It seems to happen right when my turn starts & only lasts for a couple seconds. Its kind of weird.

 

[Panda_Power]

I see it too now and then and throughout the whole terrain , but as soon as I zoom in or out or move the terrain it disappears again.

 

[DaveShack]

Moderator Action: Merged similar threads on red spots.

 

[Phoenixscar]

I am the second guy to post on the forum at 2k about this issue, and the moderator there said it was "nature" (i.e. intended). At the time I was unable to reproduce the bug outside the tundra (though I was sure I did see it). Having seen this thread, I have bumped the 2K thread, asking him to look into it again, and I linked to this thread as well for sample pictures.

 

[Jimbo30]

On the antialiasing point, it doesn't work in dx9 but its fine with dx10/dx11 cards...so basically unless you have a umm gtx260 or better nVidia card, or a 2000 series or better ATI card you won't be able to get AA. You do of course need to run the game in dx10/dx11 also.

 

[Guardian_PL]

Same problem here, DX10/11, demo, exactly like on Ayt's screenshot, multiple small red blotches on various terrain type. No AA.

 

[haddow64]

Same issue here, def a problem of some sort but from what I can see between all of our DxDiags there is no specific common feature that could be causing this :S.

 

[Phoenixscar]

Same problem here, DX10/11, demo, exactly like on Ayt's screenshot, multiple small red blotches on various terrain type. No AA.

Ayt's screen shot looks like it is a different issue. I have the exact same problem as the OP and St. Valamir.

I have an ATI with fully updated drivers in steam. My problem occurs in the demo version. Will only know about the full version when released.

 

[Xentropy]

Clearly a ghost is painting a target for a nuke. Get your units outta there!

In all seriousness, though, I've had this happen as well. Only a couple of times over a few hours, though, so I'm not too concerned. A patch will probably fix it.

 

[ValugaTheLord]

Its Debug thing i think.. just a simple bug happened to me too

 

[The Swede]

The firaxus board had a moderator respond: http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87681

I dont know if they joking, but he seems to imply it is intended??

My guess is that it's supposed to be bones from some animals or is he refering to the red flowers...?
Strange answer from a mod anyway...

I have had the red dots on desert and tundra tiles...

 

[El Caballerion]

how do I take a screenshot? I'll show you guys later today once I get back from work (stupid work... getting in the way of my CIV addiction...).

 

[ori]

I'll go out on a limb here and state that that moderator over at 2k is mistaken - the red blobs on the OP's screenshots are very reminiscent of artifacts created by rendering problems in Civ4. There *may* be some sort of reddish stuff intended - but I doubt its any of these. The screen of a red something next to the horses is also certainly not intended.

Please keep posting your dxdiag results files - I'll go through them sometime later today to see if there is anything in common. A screenshot of what you see would also be helpful to accompany the dxdiag results file - just to make sure its the same issue.