(GZDoom)(Solved) Enemy, weapon, and pickup sprites invisible

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Re: (GZDoom) Enemy, weapon, and pickup sprites invisible

Post by Graf Zahl »

The bug is probably with your graphics driver. Invisible sprites are a known issue with certain old ATI drivers. So the first thing you should try is update it.
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Re: (GZDoom) Enemy, weapon, and pickup sprites invisible

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Graf Zahl wrote:The bug is probably with your graphics driver. Invisible sprites are a known issue with certain old ATI drivers. So the first thing you should try is update it.
I already did, it didn't fix the issue. Thanks for the response, though.
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Re: (GZDoom) Enemy, weapon, and pickup sprites invisible

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Update:
My laptop has switchable graphics. Using the graphics control panel, I switched from the high-power GPU (Radeon 6770M) to the low power one (Intel Graphics). I then deleted the gzdoom-(username).ini file. When I ran the game, my issue seemed to be fixed, but when I set it to fullscreen mode and restarted the game, it gets stuck while loading. Is there really no fix for ATI graphics on 2.2.0 and 3.1.0?
And yes, I did update the drivers.
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Re: (GZDoom) Enemy, weapon, and pickup sprites invisible

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The latest drivers for this hardware should work. Can you post a GZDoom startup log?
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Re: (GZDoom) Enemy, weapon, and pickup sprites invisible

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Graf Zahl wrote:The latest drivers for this hardware should work. Can you post a GZDoom startup log?
Thanks for the response, here you go:
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Re: (GZDoom) Enemy, weapon, and pickup sprites invisible

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I moved this to tech issues.

Your laptop's manufacturer is going to hate me for this, but have you tried drivers from AMD's site? It sounds like your laptop may be slow in updating them.
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Rachael wrote:I moved this to tech issues.

Your laptop's manufacturer is going to hate me for this, but have you tried drivers from AMD's site? It sounds like your laptop may be slow in updating them.
Thanks for moving this to the appropriate area. Yes, I've tried getting them directly from the AMD site. It installs the same version as the one from the manufacturer's site.
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Re: (GZDoom) Enemy, weapon, and pickup sprites invisible

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Update 2:
I tried using QZDoom. As expected, when using the OpenGL renderer, I encountered the same issue.
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Re: (GZDoom) Enemy, weapon, and pickup sprites invisible

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Update 3:
I have just solved the issue! Apparently, it is a common issue for my specific graphics card to have broken OpenGL drivers. I was able to find the working drivers from a beta version of the graphics driver, and after copying them into my System32 folder, the game runs great! I will attach the files if I am allowed to.
Thanks to the users who tried helping me with the issue, and thanks to Graf Zahl for his work on GZDoom!
Edit: If an admin sees this, please add (Solved) to the title of this thread.
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Glad you sorted it! You can actually edit the thread title by editing your first post.

8-)
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Caligari87 wrote:Glad you sorted it! You can actually edit the thread title by editing your first post.

8-)
Thanks for the tip, done.
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Re: (GZDoom)(Solved) Enemy, weapon, and pickup sprites invis

Post by Mr.Enchanter »

So where exactly are these drivers? It'd be useful to know how to actually fix this rather than, "Ope fixed it, close topic pls."
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