HOI 3 - Irritating map texture problem

**xxx360034** · June 13, 2011, 01:15 PM

Hi.
I have spent enormooous lot of time trying to fix this. It started with 1.4 patch and continued further with semper fi and all its patches.
I really love this game and I'm getting very frustrated. It seems that this error is only mine problem because nothing can be find by googling it or on paradox forum. It has also something to do with Windows 7 because in XP it works only on super slow speed.
I have laptop with ati radeon x1600 mobility and have tried thousands of driver version for this crappy x1600; original and modded and still no success.
If anyone have same problem or know something that might help.. Pleeeease help!!!

**TheBromgrev** · June 13, 2011, 04:03 PM

Ouch, that's ugly. I don't think its your hardware, but it could be Windows 7 causing the problem. Here's my suggestion:

1) Find and delete the game folder named "cache". It will be located in the game's map folder.
2) Restart the game and wait for the cache to rebuild itself. This will take a while, possibly 5 minutes or longer. If you think the game is hanging or stuck, it most likely is just fine and is taking its time rebuilding the map cache.
3) Exit the game and restart it to verify that your checksum is IDXF if you're using beta patch 2.04f. I don't know what the checksum is for older patches. Your border issues should be solved though.
4) If not, copy your entire install to any directory that's NOT inside either of the two Program Files folders. No need to reinstall the game, just copy it somewhere else.
5) Repeat steps 1 through 3 and see if that works.

If that doesn't help, then I don't know what the problem is. From your screenshot it looks like there's a problem with your map cache, and Windows 7's Virtual Store (I think that's what its called) possibly won't let you update it, because it overwrites the new files with the original ones. Moving the game out of Program Files will disable that security "feature" and let you change the files without any issues.

**xxx360034** · June 14, 2011, 11:58 AM

Sorry for late response.
Still no luck. Checksum is AJBM. Patch 2.04d
Tried with deleting cache folder and still map is messed up. Also my installation folder isnt in Program Files. I also tried with no fullscreen option, antialiasing on/of, anisotropic_filtering of/2,4,...., all other graphic options and all with the same result.. Same old messed up map.

But it all worked well until patch 1.4 for HOI3!! They must have done something with engine witch in combination with my genius graphic card is making this problem. I'm having same problem with Victoria 2 and in some newer version of EU3 (Napoleons ambition worked well).
I quote from patch 1.04:
Map:
· Map shader precision fix. ATI miscolored provinces bug solved.
· Solved border ati graphics problem.
· Underlying map-code have been rewritten, reducing the memory footprint significantly.
· Making a new map by modders will no longer take hours to compress, but merely minutes.
· The maprendering is now much quicker and should work better with lesser cards.
· Zhele(sp?) is no longer at two places on the map.
· Fixed a few duplicated seazones.

Installing older drivers or relative new drivers does not fix this problem.
I think my case is hopeless.. So long Hearts of Iron.. :-((

**Nyxos** · June 14, 2011, 05:44 AM

whats with all the people instead of squares ?

Also, if you are not using the beta patch, your checksum should be AJBM.

**HissingNewt** · June 14, 2011, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by Nyxos

whats with all the people instead of squares ?

Also, if you are not using the beta patch, your checksum should be AJBM.

Looks like he bought the sprite packs.

**TheBromgrev** · June 14, 2011, 09:10 AM

The game has sprite anyway, even if you don't buy a sprite pack. The problem I have with the sprites is that you have to zoom in really close to see them, and it's hard to view the map. If you change the sprite distance so you don't have to zoom in, it's almost impossible to tell what's what.

**a tw player** · June 14, 2011, 04:58 PM

You tried running the game as administrator? I've been forced to play the game through admin for my own map problems

**xxx360034** · June 15, 2011, 11:03 AM

Tried that also.
It's fascinating that this error occurs only on my laptop. Truly amazing.
I am tempted to buy a new laptop just for HOI3.

**xxx360034** · June 16, 2011, 03:37 PM

Looks like it has something to do with drivers. newly ones. In xp same error occurs with latest driver for x1600 mobile and with older driver everything looks well only veeery slow. I think the border is catalist 7.2 or 3.
It's getting more and more complicated. :-/

**xxx360034** · July 08, 2011, 02:24 PM

I found out on one site that deals with the same problem just on wine on linux. I dont really understand what thay are talking about and how did they fix this error. It seems that it has something to do with half pixel offset. I'm looking for windows solution..

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12717