Team Fortress 2 text error

[♥ Ari ♥]

Only happens briefly. VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mOgePPEQs0

[Tramon Kamble]

You have the problem when text is just randomly blanked? (like at 2:25 of your video in the chat box?)

I have that as well. Glad to see I'm not the only one. If anyone needs info on system or steam config, I'll happily provide it.

[♥ Ari ♥]

My system info:

Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 3067 Mhz
4 logical processors
3 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.5.0-18-generic
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11300000

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GT 220/PCIe/SSE2

Driver Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.48
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0xa20
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1360 x 768
Desktop Resolution: 1360 x 768
Primary Display Size: 27.83" x 15.63" (31.89" diag)
70.7cm x 39.7cm (81.0cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x

Sound card:
Audio device: VIA VT1708S

Memory:
RAM: 7912 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 117361 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 91162 Mb

Installed software:

[ElectricKetchup]

yeah I've seen problems where text is blank and/or scrambled

[Ben]

I am also experiencing this problem in TF2 consistently, though not always the same text breaks.

Processor Information:
    Vendor:  GenuineIntel
    Speed: 2940 Mhz
    2 logical processors
    2 physical processors
    HyperThreading:  Unsupported
    FCMOV:  Supported
    SSE2:  Supported
    SSE3:  Supported
    SSSE3:  Supported
    SSE4a:  Unsupported
    SSE41:  Unsupported
    SSE42:  Unsupported
    
Network Information:
    Network Speed:  
    
Operating System Version:
    Linux (64 bit)
    Kernel Name:  Linux
    Kernel Version:  3.6.8-1-ARCH
    X Server vendor:  The X.Org Foundation
    X Server release:  11300000
    
Video Card:
    Driver:  NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

    Driver Version:  4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19
    Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
    Monitor Refresh Rate: 75 Hz
    VendorID:  0x10de
    DeviceID:  0x1200
    Number of Monitors:  2
    Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
    Primary Display Resolution:  1280 x 1024
    Desktop Resolution: 2560 x 1024
    Primary Display Size: 17.05" x 13.66"  (21.81" diag)
                                            43.3cm x 34.7cm  (55.4cm diag)
    Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
    Primary VRAM: 1023 MB
    Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x 
    
Sound card:
    Audio device: Realtek ALC662 rev1
    
Memory:
    RAM:  3957 Mb
    
Miscellaneous:
    UI Language:  English
    LANG:  en_GB.UTF-8
    Microphone:  Not set
    Total Hard Disk Space Available:  84483 Mb
    Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  59649 Mb
    
Installed software:
    
Recent Failure Reports:
    Sat Dec  1 19:46:14 2012 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20121201194611_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-8c991d35-70a5-4423-8b05-9b2152121201
    ''
    

[Sifr Moja]

I have the same problem, too. Will post info of my Linux machine later.

[Tele42]

I've had this happen sometimes in the linux client, and always in the windows client on wine, after a random amount of time, more characters render, but not all. The problem is most likely a regression in nVidia's driver at least since 295.xx

[ЫъГЬ]

It actually could be far worse[itmages.com]. Especially with cyrillic letters.

[Space]

Same problem, glad to see it's not just me.

Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Speed: 3400 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported

Network Information:
Network Speed:

Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (64 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.2.0-35-generic
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11103000

Video Card:
Driver: ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series

Driver Version: 4.2.11978 Compatibility Profile Context
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
VendorID: 0x1002
DeviceID: 0x6739
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Desktop Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Primary Display Size: 18.62" x 11.65" (21.93" diag)
47.3cm x 29.6cm (55.7cm diag)
Primary VRAM Not Detected

Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC887

Memory:
RAM: 5970 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_US.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 106980 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 71513 Mb

Installed software:

Recent Failure Reports:
Fri Dec 7 07:18:05 2012 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20121206231802_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-21cdce0d-9309-49f0-8ba8-4a3092121206''

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558708787940911690/F2A3DDCEE5C6908CFC04FAF1C286CE6D34E8B634/

What's the best way to update my driver? Jockey is broken, so that's a no-go.

[Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

Also affected.

Processor Information:
    Vendor:  GenuineIntel
    Speed: 2300 Mhz
    4 logical processors
    2 physical processors
    HyperThreading:  Supported
    FCMOV:  Supported
    SSE2:  Supported
    SSE3:  Supported
    SSSE3:  Supported
    SSE4a:  Unsupported
    SSE41:  Supported
    SSE42:  Supported
    
Network Information:
    Network Speed:  
    
Operating System Version:
    Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (32 bit)
    Kernel Name:  Linux
    Kernel Version:  3.2.0-34-generic-pae
    X Server vendor:  The X.Org Foundation
    X Server release:  11103000
    
Video Card:
    Driver:  ATI Technologies Inc. AMD Radeon 6600M and 6700M Series

    Driver Version:  4.2.11931 Compatibility Profile Context
    Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
    Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
    VendorID:  0x1002
    DeviceID:  0x6741
    Number of Monitors:  2
    Number of Logical Video Cards:  2
    Primary Display Resolution:  1920 x 1080
    Desktop Resolution: 3286 x 1080
    Primary Display Size: 20.91" x 11.77"  (23.98" diag)
                                            53.1cm x 29.9cm  (60.9cm diag)
    Primary VRAM Not Detected
    
Sound card:
    Audio device: Intel CougarPoint HDMI
    
Memory:
    RAM:  3934 Mb
    
Miscellaneous:
    UI Language:  English
    LANG:  en_US.UTF-8
    Microphone:  Not set
    Total Hard Disk Space Available:  406626 Mb
    Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  78099 Mb
    
Installed software:
    
Recent Failure Reports:
    Fri Dec  7 08:20:50 2012 GMT: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20121207102045_1.dmp'', upload yes: ''CrashID=bp-d24b45d6-2116-4f2e-8fbf-610b42121207
    ''
    

[MoKraD]

Also affected.

[Artemis3]

I use 2 different machines, this bug always occurs in one of them. Both machines are pretty much identical in software: Xubuntu 12.04 64bits, nvidia 310. The main difference is in hardware, the one that works perfect has an i5 2500 and gtx460, the other one where the bug manifests, has a core 2 7200 and 9800 gt.

[Fraghdad]

+1

Processor Information:
    Vendor:  GenuineIntel
    Speed: 3000 Mhz
    2 logical processors
    2 physical processors
    HyperThreading:  Unsupported
    FCMOV:  Supported
    SSE2:  Supported
    SSE3:  Supported
    SSSE3:  Supported
    SSE4a:  Unsupported
    SSE41:  Unsupported
    SSE42:  Unsupported
    
Network Information:
    Network Speed:  
    
Operating System Version:
    Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit)
    Kernel Name:  Linux
    Kernel Version:  3.5.0-18-generic
    X Server vendor:  The X.Org Foundation
    X Server release:  11300000
    
Video Card:
    Driver:  NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 285/PCIe/SSE2

    Driver Version:  3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14
    Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
    Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
    VendorID:  0x10de
    DeviceID:  0x5e3
    Number of Monitors:  1
    Number of Logical Video Cards:  1
    Primary Display Resolution:  2048 x 1152
    Desktop Resolution: 2048 x 1152
    Primary Display Size: 20.08" x 11.30"  (23.03" diag)
                                            51.0cm x 28.7cm  (58.5cm diag)
    Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
    Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
    Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x 16x 
    
Sound card:
    Audio device: 20K1
    
Memory:
    RAM:  3954 Mb
    
Miscellaneous:
    UI Language:  English
    LANG:  en_US.UTF-8
    Microphone:  Not set
    Total Hard Disk Space Available:  136566 Mb
    Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  99994 Mb

[Artemis3]

Ok, nvm, i managed to see it with the 460 as well.

[Blind Lemon Jefferson]

Reporting in as well with this issue on a Nvidia FX570M; 310.19.

[Ben64]

After trying the DX9frames script posted elsewhere to improve performance, this happened to me as well. Had no problems with text before DX9frames.