Resolved - Santos Pink and Black Sky / Lag

[Gardner2]

Name: K. Gardner

Rank: GySgt

Type of issue: (Software, Hardware, Steam, Not sure) Steam?

Brief Description of Issue:

So I randomly get lag on random maps at random times, usually lasts 10 to 30 seconds then clears up.

On Santos, I get the pink and black checkerboard instead of the sky, and I have started to lag even more on this map then others possibly due to the sky issue?

Operating System and steam are all fresh installs as of 1 month ago, I still have 250gb free on my hard drive. I have not installed any skinds/scripts/etc.

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Current Status: (Researching, Pending Reply, Resolved, Unresolved)

Main Technician:

Supporting Technician:

[Magoo]

According to the Steam forums the problem is due to either not having HDR mode selected in the advanced video settings or because you are missing the texture. The skybox for the map could have been pulled from either HL2 or TF2 and if you have never installed those games you would be missing the texture.

[Gardner2]

According to the Steam forums the problem is due to either not having HDR mode selected in the advanced video settings or because you are missing the texture. The skybox for the map could have been pulled from either HL2 or TF2 and if you have never installed those games you would be missing the texture.

Have not reinstalled either of those games, will download tonight and update if it still persists.

[Magoo]

I would start with enabling HDR first.

[M. Johnson 1st MRB]

Also try deleting the map, and manually downloading it again.

[Gardner2]

HDR is enabled I checked that the other night during team practice as well.

Will try a fresh map download as well.

[Candy 1st MRB]

Quoting Mullaney on the 1st MRB vs. FSSF thread:

"Candy and I were comparing video settings since I could see the sky and his was purple and black.

He changed "High Dynamic Range" under advanced video settings to "None" and now he can see the sky. I dont know if this is the be all end all of solutions for this but you guys should try it! "

This worked for me, it might solve some issues.

[Balian 1st MRB]

Well I can confirm that setting HDR to none or bloom both work fine for me. (Though I don't even know what bloom is.)

When I try to load the map with HDR on, I get the following errors in console:

Requesting texture value from var "$basetexture" which is not a texture value (material: skybox/sky_day01_08rt)

Requesting texture value from var "$basetexture" which is not a texture value (material: skybox/sky_day01_08bk)

Requesting texture value from var "$basetexture" which is not a texture value (material: skybox/sky_day01_08lf)

Requesting texture value from var "$basetexture" which is not a texture value (material: skybox/sky_day01_08ft)

Requesting texture value from var "$basetexture" which is not a texture value (material: skybox/sky_day01_08up)

Requesting texture value from var "$basetexture" which is not a texture value (material: skybox/sky_day01_08dn)

I'm fine with just disabling the HDR. But if anybody figures out how to restore those textures (short of installing HL2), I'd be interested.

[T. Brown 1st MRB]

Confirmed here as well; disabling HDR fixes this sky issue.

Candy and I were comparing video settings since I could see the sky and his was purple and black.

He changed "High Dynamic Range" under advanced video settings to "None" and now he can see the sky. I dont know if this is the be all end all of solutions for this but you guys should try it! - Pvt. K. Mullaney

[Gardner2]

Will try disabling and confirm if this works for me or not. Still getting the lag spikes randomly can not see anything specific causing them.

I downloaded the map fresh and installed HL2/TF for the textures and did not fix it as of the last time I played on it this morning when we did Santos as a custom on the pub.

[Gardner2]

HDR off fixed sky issue, lag still present.

[T. Brown 1st MRB]

HDR off fixed sky issue, lag still present.

Only on that map? If so, what errors are you getting in console, if any?

Or in general on pub (or private?)? In which case, open up a new ticket pleaaseee and we'll work through it.