Game Unplayable due to Heavy Flickering

scottyboy · Post by **scottyboy** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:43 am

When i launch the game the screen starts to flicker rapidly and it is impossible to play. I have installed to the default locations and am using windows 7 64 bit.

Also on the loading screen, the Register, Cancel buttons are inside the launcher window but the ok Button is outside of it.

I am using a Radeon 5870 graphics card

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:24 am

Sorry you are having problems. Can you post your full system specs.

scottyboy · Post by **scottyboy** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:21 pm

Hi

my system is

I7 860 2.8GHz Processor

8 Gigs of Mem

Windows 7 64 bit Home

Radeon 5870 Graphics Card

Soundblaster Titanium Sound Card

EricS · Post by **EricS** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 10:19 am

Unfortunately we don't have an identical system to test on right now.

When you say it flickers, is it flickering between black and the correct display, or some other kind of flickering?

Do you know whether any other games or applications you use are OpenGL?

Also, what is your screen resolution?

Thanks

scottyboy · Post by **scottyboy** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:21 pm

The flckering is a fast flicker of the whole screen, very very headache inducing, It is impossible to watch screen for more than a few seconds.

Screen res is 1680 X 1050

Dont think i have anything running in OpenGl.

JayRaider · Post by **JayRaider** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:24 pm

Have you updated your Ati Radeon drivers lately?
Give that a try.

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:46 pm

Updating your drivers is always the first thing to try if anything odd occurs.

Though funnily sometimes new drivers break things so it could be that you have to rollback to an earlier versions that worked....

shadowhawk00 · Post by **shadowhawk00** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:24 pm

I have a 4950 and have the same problem. I upgraded the drivers to 9.12. Still flickers.
The way I was able to fix this was to use the HDMI port instead of using DVI out.
Luckily I have an HDMI capable monitor.

shadowhawk00 · Post by **shadowhawk00** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 7:21 pm

Note: I am using extend screen on the same monitor; one through the HDMI and one through the DVI. The HDMI screen doesn't flicker. If I just use the HDMI output, the screen will still flicker.
I haven't tried rolling the drivers back or not using DirectX 11.

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:36 am

I had to load the game on my wifes machine due to a virus on my own and I get the heavy flickering thing going on this machine too. Best way to describe it is the screen is cut into various large squares that flicker independently of each other, fading in and out across the whole screen.

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:42 am

Can you guys check to see whether you have any control panel settings which might be causing issues. Examples are anti-aliasing being forced on etc. OpenGL settings that is. Sometimes these over-rides can cause issues.

Cheers

Pip

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:21 am

sorry for being a tech neanderthal but my wifes machine and I have a hate hate relationship, my machine is newer faster and I find it easier to get around, don't have the slightest idea where any of those settings could be found on this thing. tried going through control panel didn't see any mention of any opengl settings but I know I have found them on my own machine before. Mine will be back tomorrow and then I can get along flicker free again.

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:51 pm

Right click on the desktop, select Properties, then Settings, then the Advanced button. There is usually a tab specifically for the video card and in there you would look for OpenGL settings.

Sometimes you might also see an ATI app in the system tray (bottom right) or on the menu when you right click on the desktop. Sadly there is no consistent approach!

Cheers

Pip

EricS · Post by **EricS** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:47 am

scottyboy,

Firstly, if you haven't already, can you get the latest ATI Catalyst drivers from:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
(At the time of writing, 9.12 was the latest 64-bit Windows 7 driver.)

Once you have that installed, if it still flickers, can I suggest changing your "Wait for Vertical Refresh" setting (also known as vsync).

Please open up the Catalyst Control Center (as Pip says, how this is done can vary.)

Then click the "+" next to "3D", then click "All Settings", then scroll down to "Wait for Vertical Refresh". If "Wait for Vertical Refresh" is on, try turning it off. If it's off, try turning it on.

(If changing this setting doesn't help, then please just put it back to whatever it was before.)

scottyboy · Post by **scottyboy** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:28 pm

Hi Eric

Downloaded latest drivers etc and tried all settings with the vsync.

Sadly the screen is still flickering madly.

Not sure what to do next, can only bare to look at screen for a second or two before flickering goes for me lol

Toby42 · Post by **Toby42** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 7:39 pm

scottyboy wrote:Hi Eric

Downloaded latest drivers etc and tried all settings with the vsync.

Sadly the screen is still flickering madly.

Not sure what to do next, can only bare to look at screen for a second or two before flickering goes for me lol

Have you changed the refresh rate on your monitor?

keithmartinsmith · Post by **keithmartinsmith** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:29 pm

For any with an issue can you try the following command.

1) Load the game to the main menu
2) Press the ` key to the left of the 1 on the keyboard.
3) A window appears for a command line.
4) enter show-fps 1 as a command (show-fps 0 to turn off after this test)
5) At any point you get flicker report back to us the page you are looking at and the typical 3 values that probably keep changing to the top left of the screen.
6) Can you please report your screen model as well as your video card and ideally the screen resolution you have your monitor on and the refresh rate you have the monitor set at.

These values may help us to detect the problem.
Thanks
Keith

panda22 · Post by **panda22** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:03 pm

I'm having the flicker problem as well. I have upgraded to two Ati 5870 cards.
Field of Glory ran fine on my previous NVIDIA 280 card. I have tested the new card on about 15 other games,and this is the only one that gets the shakes. I've tryed all the fixes suggested,no help! This seems to be related to the new video card. I hope you find a fix as I love the game! Thank you.

tcharliel · Post by **tcharliel** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:08 am

I'm also having the same problem with my ATI radeon 5750 card.

danimaning2 · Post by **danimaning2** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:12 pm

Ati Raedon 4800 and the same problem wit windows 7, in xp no problem.

Please, we need a solution.