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Black Planets

March 26, 2005 11:17:10 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
I've seen this phenomenon before, and now I've got a screenshot and a save.

Occassionally, a planet will be completely black on the map. It may have a bit of atmosphere or ring or whatever showing, but where the terrain should be visible it's simply all black.

Here's a screenshot: Link

This planet is a habitable one (class 13 or so)

I also have a save, though good luck trying to load it

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Kloreep
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Reply #1 March 27, 2005 8:36:57 AM
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Yeah, the difference between the habitable and inhabitable planets is that we actually make a texture 'on-the-fly' that directly relates to the randomly generated surface.

Looks like some people may have problems with that operation.  What are your system specs, if you don't mind me being nosey? 

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Reply #2 March 27, 2005 9:35:15 AM
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I have seen the same think. Sometime a planet that could be seen properly turns black. My system spec's are 3.6GHz Intel CPU, 1 GB memory, nvidea 6800 ultra with 256 MB of memory.
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Reply #3 March 27, 2005 3:48:32 PM
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What are your system specs, if you don't mind me being nosey?


This is a beta test forum, I don't see how that's nosy.

Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
AMD Duron(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~750MHz
512MB RAM
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
64MB VRAM
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Reply #4 March 27, 2005 10:22:39 PM
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I haven't come across that yet. If I do I'll post it here.
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Kloreep
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Reply #5 March 28, 2005 1:50:26 AM
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i've seen it once:

same crappy specs as the framerate page boogie!
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Reply #6 March 28, 2005 3:59:10 AM
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Are you sure that isn't a mini-black hole come to eat your system for lunch
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Reply #7 March 28, 2005 5:17:04 AM
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