Page 1 of 3

Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 15 Oct 2020, 23:54
by Suzerain
Has anyone else experienced similar problems? I have updated my drivers, tried all different settings but I just don't manage to get the obscured unit alpha to work properly. It is almost unplayable due to this.

https://imgur.com/61HkWrO
https://imgur.com/zNfeSkO

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 16 Oct 2020, 02:23
by bobabu
Yes, I have the same problem. Someone on the forum said you have to activate shadows to fix this problem. I activated shadows, but it didn't fix the problem for me. I set the obscured unit alpha to the max in my game. The units flicker sometimes; however, most of the time, they aren't visible.

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 16 Oct 2020, 05:57
by Suzerain
bobabu wrote:Yes, I have the same problem. Someone on the forum said you have to activate shadows to fix this problem. I activated shadows, but it didn't fix the problem for me. I set the obscured unit alpha to the max in my game. The units flicker sometimes; however, most of the time, they aren't visible.
Yeah, the units flicker when I have the camera in certain positions but 99% of the time they aren't visible.

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 16 Oct 2020, 06:26
by j_t_kirk
bobabu wrote:Yes, I have the same problem. Someone on the forum said you have to activate shadows to fix this problem.
Thank you! That fixed it for me :D

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 16 Oct 2020, 12:51
by bobabu
Suzerain wrote:
bobabu wrote:Yes, I have the same problem. Someone on the forum said you have to activate shadows to fix this problem. I activated shadows, but it didn't fix the problem for me. I set the obscured unit alpha to the max in my game. The units flicker sometimes; however, most of the time, they aren't visible.
Yeah, the units flicker when I have the camera in certain positions but 99% of the time they aren't visible.
On the official forum, they are suggesting to update graphics cards driver and other drivers as well. I am gonna do that but it might be a game problem.

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 16 Oct 2020, 12:56
by yoqpasa
For me I need to set shadows and disable again, after that it usually fixes. But yeah, kinda annoying problem and so lame to blame our drivers

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 16 Oct 2020, 13:50
by bobabu
yoqpasa wrote:For me I need to set shadows and disable again, after that it usually fixes. But yeah, kinda annoying problem and so lame to blame our drivers
Yes we need a fix for this. I tried switching on and off but still doesn't change for me.

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 17 Oct 2020, 03:16
by bobabu
I reinstalled all the drivers as ms suggested. However; I didn't do a full reinstallation because I doubt that it will fix the problem. I hope there will be a mod or something because it really is terrible like this.

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 17 Oct 2020, 04:15
by bobabu
Suzerain wrote:Has anyone else experienced similar problems? I have updated my drivers, tried all different settings but I just don't manage to get the obscured unit alpha to work properly. It is almost unplayable due to this.

https://imgur.com/61HkWrO
https://imgur.com/zNfeSkO

Did you explain the bug and upload the images to the age of empires 3 forums? You should do it so that they are aware of it.

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 17 Oct 2020, 04:53
by bobabu
Suzerain wrote:Has anyone else experienced similar problems? I have updated my drivers, tried all different settings but I just don't manage to get the obscured unit alpha to work properly. It is almost unplayable due to this.

https://imgur.com/61HkWrO
https://imgur.com/zNfeSkO
What graphics card are you playing on ?

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 17 Oct 2020, 06:38
by sebnan12
Does obscured mean when the units are behind something. If yes i cant see them. The game is unplayable for me anyways but that makes it way too hard

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 17 Oct 2020, 10:44
by Suzerain
bobabu wrote:
Suzerain wrote:Has anyone else experienced similar problems? I have updated my drivers, tried all different settings but I just don't manage to get the obscured unit alpha to work properly. It is almost unplayable due to this.

https://imgur.com/61HkWrO
https://imgur.com/zNfeSkO
What graphics card are you playing on ?

I am playing on a GTX 660, The game itself runs very smooth on low settings.

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 17 Oct 2020, 21:27
by bobabu
sebnan12 wrote:Does obscured mean when the units are behind something. If yes I cant see them. The game is unplayable for me anyways but that makes it way too hard
Yes exactly, I have the same problem. Besides that, the game usually runs smooth.

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 17 Oct 2020, 21:28
by bobabu
Suzerain wrote:
bobabu wrote:
Suzerain wrote:Has anyone else experienced similar problems? I have updated my drivers, tried all different settings but I just don't manage to get the obscured unit alpha to work properly. It is almost unplayable due to this.

https://imgur.com/61HkWrO
https://imgur.com/zNfeSkO
What graphics card are you playing on ?
I have a gtx 760. Maybe it's the age of our graphics card. Still should be fixable. I mean it works in tad.

I am playing on a GTX 660, The game itself runs very smooth on low settings.

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 17 Oct 2020, 21:29
by bobabu
Suzerain wrote:
bobabu wrote:
Suzerain wrote:Has anyone else experienced similar problems? I have updated my drivers, tried all different settings but I just don't manage to get the obscured unit alpha to work properly. It is almost unplayable due to this.

https://imgur.com/61HkWrO
https://imgur.com/zNfeSkO
What graphics card are you playing on ?

I am playing on a GTX 660, The game itself runs very smooth on low settings.

I have a gtx 760. Maybe it's the age of our graphics card. Still should be fixable. I mean it works in tad.

Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

Posted: 20 Oct 2020, 09:47
by bobabu
Suzerain wrote:
bobabu wrote:
Suzerain wrote:Has anyone else experienced similar problems? I have updated my drivers, tried all different settings but I just don't manage to get the obscured unit alpha to work properly. It is almost unplayable due to this.

https://imgur.com/61HkWrO
https://imgur.com/zNfeSkO
What graphics card are you playing on ?
Any news on the topic?


I am playing on a GTX 660, The game itself runs very smooth on low settings.

Transparent Units not working

Posted: 23 Oct 2020, 10:23
by Scroogie
I can never see units behind trees, TCs, etc. which is quite annoying. I have shadows on medium, transparency of obscured units on 100% and Anti-Aliasing off. I switched around some of these settings, but it never worked properly. Any ideas?

Re: Transparent Units not working

Posted: 23 Oct 2020, 10:27
by blackout
Can u make a screenshot of ur graphic settings?

Re: Transparent Units not working

Posted: 23 Oct 2020, 10:29
by knusch
if shadows on medium doesnt work its prob your gpu

gtx 660 or similar seems to have problems regarding this as far as im aware

Re: Transparent Units not working

Posted: 23 Oct 2020, 10:54
by Scroogie
i have a nvidia quadro k4000

Re: Transparent Units not working

Posted: 23 Oct 2020, 10:57
by Scroogie
These are my settings @blackout

Re: Transparent Units not working

Posted: 23 Oct 2020, 11:27
by knusch
Scroogie wrote:i have a nvidia quadro k4000
its an old workstation card, so prob lack of drivers...
the surprising thing is that the game actually runs on it^^

Re: Transparent Units not working

Posted: 23 Oct 2020, 11:38
by toriancarconn
Scroogie wrote:These are my settings @blackout
With these settings, do you find the graphics to be superior to your TAD ones?

Re: Transparent Units not working

Posted: 23 Oct 2020, 11:39
by Scroogie
knusch wrote:
Scroogie wrote:i have a nvidia quadro k4000
its an old workstation card, so prob lack of drivers...
the surprising thing is that the game actually runs on it^^
ok then im gonna be happy it works at all

Re: Transparent Units not working

Posted: 23 Oct 2020, 11:40
by Scroogie
toriancarconn wrote:
Scroogie wrote:These are my settings @blackout
With these settings, do you find the graphics to be superior to your TAD ones?
not really, but i rather have good visibility instead of fancy effects