Black or Missing textures

mXENO · 11-25-2008, 06:38 PM

An article for this issue has created at: Left 4 Dead Video Errors.

Thank you forum users for bringing this to our attention.

fakiyo · 11-26-2008, 05:09 AM

Glad there is an solution for this, as I added this to the bug summary thread some time ago.

But I wonder if there will be a "fix" update for this to automate the solution, or will this workaround be always this manual step?

I'll add the link to this thread right behind the issue in the summary thread.

nuckingfut · 11-26-2008, 07:02 AM

yes thank you, thank you. this might help out my cousin with his left 4 dead, so we can play together. yay!

magicalhobo · 11-27-2008, 05:34 AM

Wow thanks for giving me any thanks when I figured this one out awhile ago. Could have at least mentioned my name....

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...Black+textures

bard_42 · 11-27-2008, 08:35 AM

The fix listed by Valve jacked up my textures worse adding lots of dark areas around the edges, and some very bright spots anytime there was a light, like in the house. It was even more weird when I look through the hunting rifle scope. So I'm back down to 178.13 without Riva Tuner until they can find general fix. See details here:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...d.php?t=757885

Specs
Pentium D 930 3.0 GHz
2gb Ram
XP Pro
Nvidia 8600GT 512mb
Current Drivers 178.24 down 178.13

Intey · 11-28-2008, 06:01 AM

Ok so this doesn't fix it for me since I am using nVidia without "Riva Tuner"....I'm new to Windows, fix plz.

FrostbiteX · 11-28-2008, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intey

Ok so this doesn't fix it for me since I am using nVidia without "Riva Tuner"....I'm new to Windows, fix plz.

Riva Tuner is a free application.

You can download it here.

I wouldn't suggest toying around with some of the settings in Riva Tuner, since it can cause a bit of problems (Without the proper technical knowledge.)

But if you simply follow the instructions listed on the support page, you should be 100% fine.

Intey · 11-28-2008, 03:53 PM

Thanks alot sir. Seeing that it's more of an alternate approach to an GUI to my drivers though, I don't think I need it...I'd rather redraw the screen by calling the community feature real quick than fubar my precious system there.

I'm actually more or less demanding a fix for a product which I have bought and make use of my euro customer rights, that being a proper solution to solve it in a reasonable time frame, or "monies back lulz"...

I mean since the casual weekend gamer seems to know what part of our drivers it is related to, it should not be an issue for actaul game developers to let one of their workers fix that...
Yes this is somewhat of a threat )), at the very least an urgent request.

ARKaMAN · 12-04-2008, 11:49 AM

OK, I went to the tutorial page and I did what it said for Riva Tuner. I have a Nivida card. But the thing that they said to check was already checked for me. So im not really sure how to stop these black textures to stop happening.

Intey · 12-04-2008, 01:40 PM

what you can do for now is to press "shift+tab" (or whatever you set the community hotkey to) twice, real quick.
Once to make it pop up, and the second time to make it go away, and focus on the game again. This will redraw the games actual graphics and show everything the way it is supposed to look.
To me this bug alwas just happens once and once I "fix" it it stays fine until I restart l4d.

spiritstalker09 · 12-07-2008, 06:46 AM

Can i ask if my problem will be fixed by this?

On the second level of No Mercy, the subay. When you get a choice to go up stairs to left, or up stairs to right, at the top there are "invisible wall" around the entrance to the stairs (the 3 sides you would not normally walk on)

I assume that there are suposed to be banisters there, or railings of some form, but i cannot see them.

Memphis Belle · 12-09-2008, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mXENO

An article for this issue has created at: Left 4 Dead Video Errors.

Thank you forum users for bringing this to our attention.

I have a strange error that only happens with Valve games.
The game will run perfectly, then it'll instantly decide to freeze for about ten seconds, then go back to normal. At random moments.

IWarriors · 12-11-2008, 06:31 PM

Yeah that does not work.

Please release a patch to fix this.

FocusRyan · 12-22-2008, 09:23 PM

no fix for those of us that don't run riva tuner? this is such an annoying issue, most of the time it crashes my computer!

FocusRyan · 12-22-2008, 10:00 PM

sweet. downloaded the program and it made the problem even worse! comes up every 30 seconds or so now. THANKS VALVE!!!

11-25-2008, 06:38 PM	#1
mXENO Valve Join Date: Aug 2008 Reputation: 5 Posts: 24	Black or Missing textures An article for this issue has created at: Left 4 Dead Video Errors. Thank you forum users for bringing this to our attention.

11-27-2008, 08:35 AM	#5
bard_42 Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 4	Did not work The fix listed by Valve jacked up my textures worse adding lots of dark areas around the edges, and some very bright spots anytime there was a light, like in the house. It was even more weird when I look through the hunting rifle scope. So I'm back down to 178.13 without Riva Tuner until they can find general fix. See details here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...d.php?t=757885 Specs Pentium D 930 3.0 GHz 2gb Ram XP Pro Nvidia 8600GT 512mb Current Drivers 178.24 down 178.13 Last edited by bard_42 : 11-27-2008 at 08:41 AM.

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11-26-2008, 05:09 AM	#2
fakiyo Join Date: Jan 2008 Reputation: 319 Posts: 4,828	Glad there is an solution for this, as I added this to the bug summary thread some time ago. But I wonder if there will be a "fix" update for this to automate the solution, or will this workaround be always this manual step? I'll add the link to this thread right behind the issue in the summary thread.

11-26-2008, 07:02 AM	#3
nuckingfut Join Date: Jul 2008 Reputation: 2 Posts: 482	yes thank you, thank you. this might help out my cousin with his left 4 dead, so we can play together. yay!

11-27-2008, 05:34 AM	#4
magicalhobo Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Reputation: 2 Posts: 57	Wow thanks for giving me any thanks when I figured this one out awhile ago. Could have at least mentioned my name.... http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...Black+textures

11-28-2008, 06:01 AM	#6
Intey Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 68	Ok so this doesn't fix it for me since I am using nVidia without "Riva Tuner"....I'm new to Windows, fix plz.

11-28-2008, 03:53 PM	#8
Intey Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 68	Thanks alot sir. Seeing that it's more of an alternate approach to an GUI to my drivers though, I don't think I need it...I'd rather redraw the screen by calling the community feature real quick than fubar my precious system there. I'm actually more or less demanding a fix for a product which I have bought and make use of my euro customer rights, that being a proper solution to solve it in a reasonable time frame, or "monies back lulz"... I mean since the casual weekend gamer seems to know what part of our drivers it is related to, it should not be an issue for actaul game developers to let one of their workers fix that... Yes this is somewhat of a threat )), at the very least an urgent request.

12-04-2008, 11:49 AM	#9
ARKaMAN Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 4 Posts: 118	OK, I went to the tutorial page and I did what it said for Riva Tuner. I have a Nivida card. But the thing that they said to check was already checked for me. So im not really sure how to stop these black textures to stop happening.

12-04-2008, 01:40 PM	#10
Intey Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 68	what you can do for now is to press "shift+tab" (or whatever you set the community hotkey to) twice, real quick. Once to make it pop up, and the second time to make it go away, and focus on the game again. This will redraw the games actual graphics and show everything the way it is supposed to look. To me this bug alwas just happens once and once I "fix" it it stays fine until I restart l4d.

12-07-2008, 06:46 AM	#11
spiritstalker09 Join Date: Sep 2007 Reputation: 4 Posts: 169	Can i ask if my problem will be fixed by this? On the second level of No Mercy, the subay. When you get a choice to go up stairs to left, or up stairs to right, at the top there are "invisible wall" around the entrance to the stairs (the 3 sides you would not normally walk on) I assume that there are suposed to be banisters there, or railings of some form, but i cannot see them.

12-11-2008, 06:31 PM	#13
IWarriors Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Reputation: 5 Posts: 238	Yeah that does not work. Please release a patch to fix this.

12-22-2008, 09:23 PM	#14
FocusRyan Join Date: May 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 10	no fix for those of us that don't run riva tuner? this is such an annoying issue, most of the time it crashes my computer!

12-22-2008, 10:00 PM	#15
FocusRyan Join Date: May 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 10	sweet. downloaded the program and it made the problem even worse! comes up every 30 seconds or so now. THANKS VALVE!!!