Graphical Error - Gates

**Dare** · November 17, 2006, 02:04 AM

Hi, to begin, let me say that I'm loving the game, most of the main bugs that have been mentioned don't really effect my gameplay. However the problems I'm currently facing is-

When assulting walls, the gates (& rarely the walls also) seem to lose their animation or texture (or something similar) and turn a basic colour (usually blue). This happens when, for example a ram hits the gate, the impact causes the colour to change & afterwoods it changes back to its normal texture, then repeats.

I've tried re-installing, defragmenting, and upgrading video card drivers to no avail. This problem isn't destroying my gameplay experience, its just annoying.

These are some examples of what happens -

Technical side of things, my computer isn't top of the range, and if it is my computer itself causing the problem I wouldn't mind. Just want to know if anyone else is experiencing this.

Cheers for any help.

**DarK_RTW** · November 17, 2006, 02:12 AM

ATI or NVIDIA gfx?

**Dare** · November 17, 2006, 02:29 AM

It's a - Nvidia Geforce4 Ti 4200 128mb

Thanks for the fast reply.

**vikrant** · November 17, 2006, 02:34 AM

it looks too old mate
to really enjoy the game u will need to buy a decent graphic card {6600 and up}

**Dare** · November 17, 2006, 04:41 AM

I play the game fine on low settings, normal size units - and enjoy the game, so I don't think I need to upgrade to

really enjoy the game

Also, sometimes the graphics don't mess up on the second level of gates in a castle, which is confusing, leading me to believe it is more of a bug rather than a problem with my hardware.

**darkghoul** · November 17, 2006, 09:46 AM

im having the same problem, towers and walls become bluish when the animation starts but gets normal when the animation is over, really weird. (I have a NVIDIA Geforce4 Ti4600)

**vikrant** · November 17, 2006, 10:07 AM

4600 thats 4 series gpu now 8 series has been released
so u can imagine how old ur graphic card is ,

**darkghoul** · November 17, 2006, 10:47 AM

I know it's old...but everything else is running just fine, no lag no nothing, it's just that anitmation that's causing problems that's what's weird.

**AlfonsoVIII** · November 17, 2006, 01:24 PM

Those video cards cannot handle the amount of data that the gates need to function properly. The fact that it is only the gates means the gate area is heavily textured and requires a lot more power. You have maxed out the capabilities of the card.

**Terry the Terrible** · September 19, 2007, 07:37 PM

Like Dare, above, I have a Nvidia Geforce4 Ti 4200 w/128mb, which meets all the stated requirements and worked fine until a few months ago. And then the gate graphic problem started happening. I think it was still okay after loading patch 1.2, but I could be mistaken.
I don't think the card is maxed out, I don't get slow down in the frame rate except for very bug, multiple max-sized armies in some battles. So why would I have a problem with gates in sieges that involve only a few hundred men on a side?