Has anyone solved the graphical flashing yet?

[TickleMeRifle]

Started up this game on release and saw tons of graphical flashing . I decided to wait almost a year later for the developers or nvidia to fix it yet just loaded up the game again and there are still moments where the land/scenary flashes like a strobe light.

I even decided to install the game on a new PC even and same thing: constant flashing of the occasional texture. annoying as hell.

old pc specs:
i7 3960x
32GB DDR3 2133 ram
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
x3 GTX 980 SLI (not OC)
Samsung 850 Pro

new pc specs:
i7 5960x
128GB DDR4 2800 ram
Windows 10 Pro 64bit
x3 GTX 980Ti SLI (not OC)
Intel 750 PCIe SSD

both pcs suffer the same thing.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

what driver version are you using ? the flashing texture bug was part of an Ubisoft update Version 1.9.0 and was corrected in 1.10 .0

(some fixed it by enabling 16 X anisotropic under global settings in Nvidia control panel)

also with Nvidia gameworks settings they are broken for many .. this is a driver issiue
try the game without useing the Nvidia gameworks settings

like soft shadows .. set that to Ultra
do not use HBAO+ and Nvidia god rays together change god rays to volumetric fog
(SMAA was removed for muti GPU with patch 1.10.0 in April 2015 )

Far Cry 4 PC version 1.10.0 patch notes
- Multi-GPU performance improvements
- Fixed bug with grapple lose functionality on keyboard and mouse
- SMAA option is disabled for Multi-GPU
- Fixed bug with water has now fog occlusion
- Fixed crash in credits
- Added full Overrun game mode support to session browser
- Various UI fixes

thanks to Miisty @ ubisoft


more info on the problem with the Nvidia gameworks features can be found here
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/799274/geforce-drivers/nvlddmkm-keep-crashing-in-far-cry-4/

[TickleMeRifle]

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:

what driver version are you using ? the flashing texture bug was part of an Ubisoft update Version 1.9.0 and was corrected in 1.10 .0

also with Nvidia gameworks settings they are broken for many .. this is a driver issiue
try the game without useing the Nvidia gameworks settings

like soft shadows .. set that to Ultra
do not use HBAO+ and Nvidia god rays together change god rays to volumetric fog

more info on the problem with the Nvidia gameworks features can be found here
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/799274/geforce-drivers/nvlddmkm-keep-crashing-in-far-cry-4/

using latest nvidia drivers. will try turning off those settings mentioned above to see if it works...

[-=SOF=-WID99]

also with Windows 10 you may have better luck with older drivers .. this is a problem if you have a 980 Ti card ..as your card is not supported at all by the older drivers

Windows 10 itself has many issiues with multi GPU currently that should be addressed when Microsoft releases Windows 10 threshold (the next big update for windows 10 ) in november
http://www.neowin.net/news/release-notes-for-windows-10-build-10540-leaked

till then your kinda stuck with what ever Nvidia can do in thier drivers

and i would not expect any patches from ubisoft for windows 10 support until threshold is released

[TickleMeRifle]

cheers thanks for your help. the settings you mentioned above did help! :D

[-=SOF=-WID99]

i use a single card and have even seen many issiues in games with the current Nvidia windows 10 driver sets ( i have win 10 Pro 64 bit installed as a clean install )

so far i have tested

347.52 < these are win 8 64 bit but work under win 10 but do not have DX 12 support
seemed the best for Far Cry 4 on my system with a single Asus Strix GTX 960

353.62 < windows 10 driver seemed stable but added a new version of the 3d portion of the driver set that scales bad on my display in windows , games worked fine
355.60 < unstable frame rates + blurry text on windows 10 desktop due to the 3d portion of the drivers
355 .82 < seemed ok if i did not install Geforce Exp or the 3d portion of the driver set
355.98 < driver i am currently using , again installed just the driver + HDMI audio no geforce exp or 3d vision as a custom install

there is a developer driver 356.04 out that is supposed to have better SLI support ..but i dont think it is WHQL certified yet so i stayed away from it since i do not use SLI
you can find that here https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworks-vr-driver-support

we can only HOPE Nvidia will release better drivers in the future once windows 10 threshold is finalized and see more as far as driver improvements in performance

as there are many complaints on the current driver set on the Nvidia Forums

[TickleMeRifle]

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:

i use a single card and have even seen many issiues in games with the current Nvidia windows 10 driver sets ( i have win 10 Pro 64 bit installed as a clean install )

so far i have tested

347.52 < these are win 8 64 bit but work under win 10 but do not have DX 12 support
seemed the best for Far Cry 4 on my system with a single Asus Strix GTX 960

353.62 < windows 10 driver seemed stable but added a new version of the 3d portion of the driver set that scales bad on my display in windows , games worked fine
355.60 < unstable frame rates + blurry text on windows 10 desktop due to the 3d portion of the drivers
355 .82 < seemed ok if i did not install Geforce Exp or the 3d portion of the driver set
355.98 < driver i am currently using , again installed just the driver + HDMI audio no geforce exp or 3d vision as a custom install

there is a developer driver 356.04 out that is supposed to have better SLI support ..but i dont think it is WHQL certified yet so i stayed away from it since i do not use SLI
you can find that here https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworks-vr-driver-support

we can only HOPE Nvidia will release better drivers in the future once windows 10 threshold is finalized and see more as far as driver improvements in performance

as there are many complaints on the current driver set on the Nvidia Forums

ive noticed the same myself. performance and optimisation for windows 10 just sucks in general at the moment. my old pc outperforms my new one in some games. and that graphical flashing isnt only isolated to FC4 either.