Obscured unit alpha problem

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Obscured unit alpha problem

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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.

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Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

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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.
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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.
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Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ?
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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
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Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

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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.
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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.
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Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

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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.
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Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

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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.
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Re: Obscured unit alpha problem

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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.
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Transparent Units not working

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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?
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Can u make a screenshot of ur graphic settings?
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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
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i have a nvidia quadro k4000
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These are my settings @blackout
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Re: Transparent Units not working

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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^^
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Re: Transparent Units not working

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Scroogie wrote:These are my settings @blackout
With these settings, do you find the graphics to be superior to your TAD ones?
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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
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Re: Transparent Units not working

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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
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