latest update = shadows flickering like crazy!

Ged

hey Ive just installed the latest cryengine 3 sdk 3.4.6666 and its got this crazy shadow stuff going on. Ive found people on the forums suggesting fixes such as turning player shadows off with cl_fpBody = 0 and adjusting the e_SunClipPlaneRange but nothing helps really. Is there any solution or are we screwed until crytek fix it?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok60QYeqiNI"]CryEngine 3 Free SDK 3.4.5 r6666 shadow flickering bug - YouTube[/ame]

Ark

Are you using an ATI card?

Ged

no a geforce gtx 260 which unfortunately only supports dx10 so udk and cryengine only work in Dx9 mode I think. Ive just discovered there's a whole lot of people with talking about this issue on the cryengine forums but no real solution, the common denominator seems to be the dx9 video cards.

Ark

Ah was gonna say ATI always had this issue with flickering shadows, mainly in crossfire.

Ged

so has anyone got a workaround? cause this sucks now

Revel

Yeah exactly what happened with my dx9 card as well, mine is GTX 275. Cus I tested on my friend's PC with dx11 using the same build of Cryengine and it all looks fine, no shadow glitching.

Brygelsmack

Start a thread on CryDev if you haven't already.

Ged

there is already a thread on crydev about this since 3.4.5 and the thread goes on for 3 or 4 pages and theres no real solution, just the workarounds Ive mentioned. I will put one up there anyway but Ive found that disabling player shadows and not having any animals with shadows seems to totally hide the problem.

Ive started a new thread anyway :P

Ged

so I made a thread and they told me that its a known issue with non directx 11 cards and then locked my thread and told me off for making a thread about it well Im not going on those forums again if I dont have to!

repete

Try this:

This problem caused by boids. Delete them all and problem is gone.

Ged

repete wrote: »

Try this:

what are boids and how do u delete them? sorry Im not very experienced with cryengine

repete

boids are entitys like birds, bugs and frogs

http://freesdk.crydev.net/display/SDKDOC2/Boids+Entities

It might not solve the issue but it has worked for some people. You can remove them just like removing any other entity.

repete

PS are you getting these shadow problems in the editor ?

Ged

no strangely enough its only when I hit play, thanks for the help, I dont think I will ever add entities like that to my environment so its all gonna be ok

Ark

Not reverted back to an older version of the SDK or is there a feature that's needed from the newer builds?

Ged

its a bug thats been in there for 3 builds now and I dont really want to go looking for an old build. Anyway it should be fine if I work around it for now.

MightyT

Ged wrote: »

so I made a thread and they told me that its a known issue with non directx 11 cards and then locked my thread and told me off for making a thread about it well Im not going on those forums again if I dont have to!

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