Bug Daves are a background?

[Kelesith]

I've been having a odd issue with seeing my Character in third person and seeing other peoples characters.

It doesn't matter where it is, if I am in a ship with my pals on our server I can't see them, and I can't see myself if I go third person, if I am outside the ship, and I look at it in third person I am not only appearing to be as big as the ship (or bigger) I also appear to be behind it even when I am in front of it. this goes for stations and planets too. I honestly seem to be a part of the background. See below and you will find an example.

My head is under the ship when it shouldn't be, and my friend is in the open airlock, completely invisible to me.

anyone know how to fix this?

 

[Criss]

That is the funniest bug.

 

[aceface]

I've been having a odd issue with seeing my Character in third person and seeing other peoples characters.

It doesn't matter where it is, if I am in a ship with my pals on our server I can't see them, and I can't see myself if I go third person, if I am outside the ship, and I look at it in third person I am not only appearing to be as big as the ship (or bigger) I also appear to be behind it even when I am in front of it. this goes for stations and planets too. I honestly seem to be a part of the background. See below and you will find an example.

My head is under the ship when it shouldn't be, and my friend is in the open airlock, completely invisible to me.

anyone know how to fix this?

this happened with me yesterday on the sunworld server!

 

[Mariux]

I've been having a odd issue with seeing my Character in third person and seeing other peoples characters.

It doesn't matter where it is, if I am in a ship with my pals on our server I can't see them, and I can't see myself if I go third person, if I am outside the ship, and I look at it in third person I am not only appearing to be as big as the ship (or bigger) I also appear to be behind it even when I am in front of it. this goes for stations and planets too. I honestly seem to be a part of the background. See below and you will find an example.

My head is under the ship when it shouldn't be, and my friend is in the open airlock, completely invisible to me.

anyone know how to fix this?

Not a bug, just Dave high on Yhole.

 

[ToyotaSupra]

Ahaha, you should make a video of this, these types of bugs (where textures get mixed up places) is quite common in alpha game but it's always VERY funny.

 

[MossyStone48]

Can I get you to tell me what version of SM you are running, what hardware you are using including the CPU and GPU plus the version/edition of windows you're using.

You can get most if not all that info from Dxdiag. In the start menu type RUN when the box pops up type DXDIAG and let it run. The info you are looking for is mostly on the first tab and the display tab.

StarMade will tell you what version you have in the launcher window.

 

[aceface]

Can I get you to tell me what version of SM you are running, what hardware you are using including the CPU and GPU plus the version/edition of windows you're using.

You can get most if not all that info from Dxdiag. In the start menu type RUN when the box pops up type DXDIAG and let it run. The info you are looking for is mostly on the first tab and the display tab.

StarMade will tell you what version you have in the launcher window.

for me it happened only on a specific server (sunworld)

 

[Kelesith]

Can I get you to tell me what version of SM you are running, what hardware you are using including the CPU and GPU plus the version/edition of windows you're using.
StarMade will tell you what version you have in the launcher window.

I run on a Windows 7 home premium 64-bit OS
my system model is a Aspire X1430G
my processor is a AMC E-450 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (2 CPU's) 1.6GHZ
My graphics is a AMD Radeon HD 6320 Graphics

And I currently run Starmade on version V0.1867

 

[CyberTao]

Spoiler: Off Topic

Not gonna lie, when I first saw this thread I thought it was a bug where in Dave's skin got swapped with the background somehow, creating a space with his skin stretched across the horizon o - o

 

[MossyStone48]

That would be freaky as all get out.

 

[AndyP]

looks a bit like anti-aliasing enabled on 4x with outdated drivers.
Some of them still mess it up with the white background, but in those cases its caused by badly outdated drivers.

- Andy

 

[Kelesith]

looks a bit like anti-aliasing enabled on 4x with outdated drivers.
Some of them still mess it up with the white background, but in those cases its caused by badly outdated drivers.

- Andy

Andy, The white background is because I turned off the dynamic backgrounds in general. that ain't a bug, I don't know why the blank black void turns white in screenshots with the backgrounds off.
I also have anti-aliasing off as well. and my drivers are more or less up to date as far as my archaic rig is concerned.
I also did a fresh install of Starmade, that didn't help.

 

[MossyStone48]

I'd highly recommend Raptr to anyone with AMD based GPUs or (and especially) APUs. It acts like Geforce Experience with slightly more stability in that it informs you of updates and helps optimize games for your specific hardware. I've even used Raptr on purely Intel machines with a degree of success. But it is only a tool after all. It's by no means a cure all or a replacement for knowing the right driver to grab.

This link oughta help some. Just remember you're using an E series 450 APU http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
And give Raptr a try. You might find some tweaked settings there for your other games that give you an idea what you can and can't enable in StarMade.

 

[Kelesith]

Again, it is not my computer personally, all my stuff is up to date. this has been happening for a week to me, I only now just stopped being lazy enough to report it. Being a part of a Roleplay server it is kinda hard to take one of your servers main elements into play when you can't even see your counterpart in front of you when you're on the Bridge of a ship. it happens on single player too.

And I do have Raptr, it doesn't seem to do anything for my Starmade, dunno why I guess Raptr is trying to boost the launcher instead of the extended game program out of it? does it to me for some of my other launcher based games too.
=note I don't have Starmade on steam.

 

[MossyStone48]

Raptr does not have StarMade as part of its config DB. Yet. But seeing what other games use in optimal configurations might give you some hints on what to nail down so your SM config behaves better.

 

[der_scheme]

Does playing with shadows settings or occlusion culling have any effect?

 

[Sheinar]

Bump

It seems that turning on shadows fix this problem

 

[Trekkerjoe]

[/SPOILER]I had the same problem, and tried shadows on barebone, and I can confirm that it fixes the problem. Here is a before and after:

Spoiler: Images

Before: After:

I did notice something peculiar when I was testing it though, I'll call it the 'Sepia tone glitch'

Spoiler: Image

Whenever I look in the right directions, everything turns sepia. The majority of the time it's normal. I've effectively traded one problem for another. If it helps, here is my config file :

Spoiler: Entire config

C_USE_NEW_PLAYER_MODEL_ = true
CONTROL_HELP = false
C_MOUSE_BUTTOM_SWITCH = false
G_RESOLUTION = 1360 x 768
G_FULLSCREEN = false
G_VSYNCH = false
G_FOV = 85.0
G_MAX_SEGEMENTSDRAWN = 1000
G_DRAW_SURROUNDING_GALAXIES_IN_MAP = false
D_LIFETIME_NORM = 30
G_WINDOWED_BORDERLESS = false
S_SOUND_SYSTEM_ENABLED = true
S_SOUND_ENABLED = true
S_SOUND_VOLUME_GLOBAL = 4
N_TRANSMIT_RAW_DEBUG_POSITIONS = false
C_SELECTED_JOYSTICK = -1
ICON_BAKERY_BLOCKSTYLE_ROTATE_DEG = -90.0
MOUSE_WHEEL_SENSIBILITY = 7.0E-4
BUILD_MODE_SHIFT_SPEED = 25.0
ORBITAL_CAM_SPEED = 0.5
G_DAMAGE_DISPLAY = 600
G_STAR_COUNT = 65536
G_VBO_BULKMODE = true
G_VBO_BULKMODE_SIZE = 4
G_DRAW_FOG = false
G_DRAW_BEAMS = true
G_DRAW_EXHAUST_PLUMS = true
D_INFO_CONTROLMANAGER = false
D_INFO_SHADER = true
T_ENABLE_TEXTURE_BAKER = false
D_INFO_DRAW_TIMES = false
D_INFO_DRAW_SPACE_PARTICLE = false
G_SPACE_PARTICLE = true
G_DRAW_MOUSE_COLLISION = false
G_ATMOSPHERE_SHADER = normal
G_SHADOW_QUALITY = BAREBONE
G_DRAW_SHIELDS = true
G_DRAW_WATER = true
G_DRAW_BACKGOUND = true
G_WATER_USER_MIPMAPS = false
E_NAVIGATION_FILTER = 117
G_DRAW_ENTITIES = true
G_FRUSTUM_CULLTING = true
G_DRAW_EFFECTS = true
G_SHADER_RELOAD = false
G_FRAMRATE_FIXED = -1
G_SHADERS_ACTIVE = true
G_DEBUG_DRAW_GRID = false
G_DEBUG_DRAW_LINES = true
F_FRAME_BUFFER_USE = false
T_TERRAIN_DRAW = true
T_TERRAIN_WIREFRAME_DRAW = false
G_CULLING_ACTIVE = true
G_TEXTURE_ARRAYS = false
G_AUTO_NORMALIZATION = true
G_DRAW_BY_SIDES = true
G_WIREFRAMED = false
G_NORMAL_MAPPING = false
G_TEXTURE_COMPRESSION = false
G_TEXTURE_ARRAY_COMPRESSION = false
G_TEXTURE_ARRAY_MIPMAP = false
G_TEXTURE_MIPMAP = false
G_SHADOWS = true
G_SHADOWS_VSM = false
S_PAUSED = false
S_SETTINGS_SHOW = false
MINIMAP_MODE = SMALL
SECTOR_INDICATION_MODE = INDICATION_ONLY
S_KEY_ALLOW_DUPLICATES = true
G_PROD_BG = false
G_PROD_BG_QUALITY = 1024
G_TEXTURE_PACK = Realistic
GIF_WIDTH = 640
GIF_HEIGHT = 640
GIF_FPS = 15
GIF_GUI = false
G_DEBRIS_THRESHOLD_MS = 4
G_TEXTURE_PACK_RESOLUTION = 64
S_INITIAL_SETTING = Single Player
S_GAME_MODE = Sandbox
G_BONE_ANIMATION = true
P_NT_DEBUG_ACTIVE = false
P_PHYSICS_DEBUG_ACTIVE_OCCLUSION = false
P_PHYSICS_DEBUG_ACTIVE = false
P_PHYSICS_DEBUG_MODE = 0
G_DEUBG_LINE_DRAWING_ACTIVATED = false
G_WINDOW_START_POSITION = center
G_DRAW_GUI_ACTIVE = true
G_DRAW_NO_OVERLAYS = false
G_PARTICLE_SORTING = true
P_PHYSICS_ACTIVATED = true
G_SMOKE_QUALITY = false
G_DRAW_STARS = false
G_DRAW_PASTE_PREVIEW = true
G_USE_SPRITE_VBO = true
S_TUTORIAL = false
G_AUTOSELECT_CONTROLLERS = true
S_INFO_DRAW = SOME_INFO
G_VBO_FLAG = STATIC
N_LAG_COMPENSATION = true
N_IGNORE_SAVED_UPLINK_CREDENTIALS_IN_SINGLEPLAYER = true
N_SERVER_TIME_UPDATE_FREQUENCE = 2000
M_TEXTURE_PACK_CONFIG_TOOL = ./data/textures/block/Default/64/
G_MULTI_SAMPLE = 0
M_MOUSE_SENSITIVITY = 0.5
G_HIT_INDICATION_SIZE = 1.0
F_BLOOM = false
F_BLOOM_INTENSITY = 0.5
S_MOUSE_LOCK = true
G_DRAW_ADV_BUILDMODE_BLOCK_PREVIEW = true
G_DRAW_ALL_CONNECTIONS = false
G_SHOW_PURE_NUMBERS_FOR_SHIELD_AND_POWER = false
S_ZOOM_MOUSEWHEEL = SLOTS
S_MOUSE_SHIP_INVERT = false
S_MOUSE_ALL_INVERT = false
S_USE_REGION_SIGNATURE_TEST = false
G_PREVIEW_TO_BUILD_BLOCK_TEST = true
S_EXIT_ON_ESC = false
G_USE_HIGH_QUALITY_ACKGROUND = false
G_DRAW_POPUPS = true
G_USE_VBO_MAP = false
G_DRAW_JUMP_OVERLAY = true
G_MAG_FILTER_LINEAR_BLOCKS = false
G_MAG_FILTER_LINEAR_GUI = true
G_MAX_BEAMS = 1024
SEGMENT_REQUEST_BATCH = 32
CLIENT_BUFFER_SIZE = 65536
ICON_BAKERY_SINGLE_RESOLUTION = 150
G_RAYTRACE_COUNT = 64
ICON_BAKERY_SINGLE_ICONS = false
G_MUST_CONFIRM_DETACHEMENT_AT_SPEED = 50.0
G_USE_SHADER4 = true
O_OCULUS_RENDERING = false
G_USE_VERTEX_LIGHTING_ONLY = false
CLIENT_TRAFFIC_CLASS = true
G_DRAW_SELECTED_BLOCK_WOBBLE = true
G_USE_TWO_COMPENENT_SHADER = false
A_FORCE_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = -1
MIN_FFA = 2
B_UNDO_REDO_MAX = 30
N_ARTIFICIAL_DELAY = 0
SEGMENT_PIECE_QUEUE_SINGLEPLAYER = 32767
G_MAX_MISSILE_TRAILS = 128
G_USE_OCCLUSION_CULLING = false
C_AUTOASSIGN_WEAPON_SLOTS = true
G_DRAW_NT_STATS_OVERLAY = false
CLIENT_CUSTOM_TEXTURE_PATH = ./customBlockTextures
SECRET = none
USE_OPEN_AL_SOUND = true
LIMIT_FPS_UNFOCUS = true
GUI_USE_DISPLAY_LISTS = false

Any help with this new glitch would be appreciated. I will post this as a separate bug if it turns out that the bugs are not related.

EDIT: Just found out that turning bloom on fixes this issue.