Metal Sandbags and more

[freefall]

Since patch 1.12 I have the problem that sandbags aren´t displayed correct anymore. They look like all shiny in silver, like chrome. I had the problem a few times before in vanilla BF2 but not very often. Since the patch 1.12 They always look like that. I got a ATI X800XT PE with Catalyst 5.12 running. With 5.11 it was the same. My settings are all @ high, only dynamic lightning and shadows are medium...
I already tried to delete the cache that the shaders will optimize again but it didn´t help.

And Since Catalyst 5.12 is have problems with the Nightvision as well. There are some bright areas where there shouldn´t be any. They look like bright stripes that go vertical or horizontal through the picture. They don´t look like graphic bugs on first look but there seem the be some lightnings that don´t belong there.
Does anyone else have these problems as well?

[cEL]

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i have a regular X800 and i experience these problems aswell... guess you just have to deal with it

[Figge]

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i got a 6800GT and i got the metal sandbag thing... although only on some maps and not all the time

[|AFF|Soupyblister]

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i got a 6800GT and i got the metal sandbag thing... although only on some maps and not all the time

Same here. It does it very little. Have not seen this now for a couple of months. *Knock on wood*

[freefall]

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I wonder if there´ll be a fix for this day 1 problem in the 1.2 patch. ...probably not

[Talus]

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Started happening to me occasionally since v1.03. Only happens once a week or something.

[Figge]

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last time i saw it was on gulf of oman 16players just outside USMC spawn

[Berrern]

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Same thing happens here, but it's very random. Sometimes they're normal, sometimes they're "glassy".

It's been like this as long as I can remember in BF2.

[pYura]

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i got a 6800GT and i got the metal sandbag thing... although only on some maps and not all the time

just the same...:|:

[AlphaNut]

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I have a 6800 GT and I saw that once when I used outdated drivers.
Never seen it again after updating.

[Berrern]

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Never seen it again after updating.

I've been using 2 different ATI drivers and at least 3 different nVidia drivers in my "BF2 career", and it's always been like this for me..

Had an ATI 9800PRO, am now running 2x 7800GT's in SLI - same problem with both setups.

[AlphaNut]

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Very odd... The problem might not even be caused by the video card

[NoSoup4You]

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Ahh yes the infamous chrome sandbags, lol. I get these once in a while. Its a texture error on the game. Basically you need to re-install your video drivers and clear the cache, that should correct the issue, but I make no promises.

[Punisher18]

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turn off your anti-alysis thing and turn off all dynamic settings, and that should do it. hope it helps :)

[sackynut]

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I have has this problem before, mainly whe in single player, maybe once or twice online. I have a 6800gs, and it ONLY happens to me when I alt+ab while the graphics are loading for a map, and then maximize battlefield again. If i let it go through its things without minimizing its fine.