weird texture bug

[josecoco]

all about that: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=106004&p=584431#p584431

[Chindraba]

I'm no expert, but it looks like you will need to change a setting in the graphics section for your machine. You might, possibly, get a useful answer here. I think your post in the forum is likely to get better results, however. I'm sure the devs will want to know more information about the graphic card and other specifications of your machine so they can figure out what the problem is and make sure nobody else has it. They seem to like squashing software bugs as much as some players like squashing biter bugs.

[josecoco]

Originally posted by Chindraba:

I'm no expert, but it looks like you will need to change a setting in the graphics section for your machine. You might, possibly, get a useful answer here. I think your post in the forum is likely to get better results, however. I'm sure the devs will want to know more information about the graphic card and other specifications of your machine so they can figure out what the problem is and make sure nobody else has it. They seem to like squashing software bugs as much as some players like squashing biter bugs.

the problem is that this post has been around for days and no one has responded, so I came here in the steam discussions to see if anyone can give me a tip on what to do.

[Chindraba]

Tips you might find. I don't know what the options are, but the games settings might allow you to experiment with different settings. If you press the ALT+CTRL keys while clicking on "Settings" in the main menu you get another option "The rest" which has a long list of settings at the bottom for graphics. Some of them might be worth investigation. Something related to DirectX, if my memory of WIndows is any good, might be helpful.

As to the forum post, I'd suggest moving it, or deleting and reposting it, in the bug reports thread. Likely to get faster attention from the devs than the help thread. And the devs are the only ones with the real answers, and the ability to address it in any final way.

[josecoco]

repost https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=106030

[ShutEye_DK]

No artifacts in other games?

[SiEgE]

Originally posted by josecoco:

repost https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=106030

I would also like to know this:

Originally posted by ShutEye_DK:

No artifacts in other games?

And, when it comes to PC stuff, having an "alternative" approach can help alot. Does your CPU have an integrated graphics chip? Do you have other GPUs/do you have a friend who can lend you their GPU for a test run? If yes, then trying an alternative graphics card can help determine the core of the issue.

I'd suggest looking towards those possible issues:
1. Overheat. Bad GPU overclock.
2. GPU memory issues. GPU chip issue.

There is a possibility the issue is not as serious, but I guess you should've exhausted all the possible ways to fix them on your own, by that moment.
Sometimes, that behaviour can be a marker of a very weak hardware. I saw your gameplay getting practically slowmo at some point(the spidertron piece), which means that the UPS is below 60.

[josecoco]

Originally posted by SiEgE:

Originally posted by josecoco:

repost https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=106030

I would also like to know this:

Originally posted by ShutEye_DK:

No artifacts in other games?

And, when it comes to PC stuff, having an "alternative" approach can help alot. Does your CPU have an integrated graphics chip? Do you have other GPUs/do you have a friend who can lend you their GPU for a test run? If yes, then trying an alternative graphics card can help determine the core of the issue.

I'd suggest looking towards those possible issues:
1. Overheat. Bad GPU overclock.
2. GPU memory issues. GPU chip issue.

There is a possibility the issue is not as serious, but I guess you should've exhausted all the possible ways to fix them on your own, by that moment.
Sometimes, that behaviour can be a marker of a very weak hardware. I saw your gameplay getting practically slowmo at some point(the spidertron piece), which means that the UPS is below 60.

even if it's a video card problem, how is it possible for this to only happen in factorio and something else, even messing with the settings it still buggy like that? I also think it could be the gpu as I run most games smoothly and do you have this problem?

[Galileus]

Originally posted by josecoco:

even if it's a video card problem, how is it possible for this to only happen in factorio and something else, even messing with the settings it still buggy like that? I also think it could be the gpu as I run most games smoothly and do you have this problem?

Games are not made from the same cloth. It's enough that you do not play other games that use sprite atlases, and hey, maybe that is p0ushing the exact buttons your GPU needs to croak.

It's impossible to tell for sure, but yeah, these kinds of glitches seem very much like what I saw whenever one of my old GPUs was about to burn.

[Chindraba]

Have you tried the different settings they pointed to. Especially the ones about lowering the load on the GPU, and switching the driver to opengl?
--video-memory-usage=medium --force-opengl --graphics-quality=normal
for the steam launcher's properties option

[josecoco]

Originally posted by Chindraba:

Have you tried the different settings they pointed to. Especially the ones about lowering the load on the GPU, and switching the driver to opengl?
--video-memory-usage=medium --force-opengl --graphics-quality=normal
for the steam launcher's properties option

I tried and nothing worked

[josecoco]

I talked more about the problem on the forum, it's something that happens suddenly and then stops, and there are times that the scenes that gave an error returned to normal and some started to give an error. suddenly the game goes to 90% and the glitches start, then it goes back to normal and goes back to 20% without a glitc

[josecoco]

I just stressed my gpu at 100% furmark and no glitch, but only when I play factorio and it stays at 80% the game starts looking like it's going to melt.

[PunCrathod]

I looked at some freeze frames from the video and those glitches look like corrupted VBOs. Since no one else is complaining about similar issues it's most likely not the game. My educated guess is either a broken driver, broken firmware or broken hardware. Broken driver is easy to fix. Just use a driver uninstall tool and install new drivers. Broken firmware is harder but doable if you find a guide for your gpu. And if it's broken hardware the only solution is to buying replacements.

edit: forgot to add that out of the 11 times I have encountered this kind of glitching 1 time was a driver issue that was fixed by reinstalling drivers. 1 was a broken cpu where one of the pci-e lanes didn't work and 9 were broken vram on the gpu.

[josecoco]

solved, thanks everyone is a advanced 3d settings, power energy is adaptive and i'm change to best perfomance and solved!

[Chindraba]

Originally posted by josecoco:

solved, thanks everyone is a advanced 3d settings, power energy is adaptive and i'm change to best perfomance and solved!

Excellent. Happy gaming.