Buggy Light Effects
 

I have these terrible light effect problems:
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Card info:
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9498)
Display Memory: 512.0 MB
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.7028 (English)

No no, that's the new lens flare effect.

I used to get the same problem on my Linux OS. If I had a fresh install of my operating system it wouldn't happen but after around 2 - 3 weeks it would randomly occur.

This has been going on since I got this computer(and graphics card).

This went on all the time with my old computer. If I used 32-bit graphics setting (as opposed to 16-bit), the light effects would be fine, but I wouldn't be able to see the GUIs.

The buggy lighting, as I've experienced it, only happens with certain light effect images. It definitely happens with the default (light.png or w/e). I'm not sure, but I think the smoother gradient light effect images don't produce the red lines.

I think it has something to do with:
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Which I'm also having a problem with.

I get the red rings around lights too....although, I just noticed it this very moment...

Now its annoying the hell out of me.

This happens to me as well. It only started after I logged on testbed.

Are you guys using ATI or Nvidia cards? I've logged on testbed and stuff but this never happens to me. :<

Of death !pissed!

nVidia

Straaange.

I'm guessing "this" means zooming. I think you're right. I usually only notice the red lines when the lights have the 'shimmering' effect or w/e (zooming in and out).

Using Win7 64-bit. Card info, if it's useful for anybody:
full dxdiag display info attached.

Wow I got this exact same problem now, how the hell ?
I bought my last computer in October and never changed any component as of yet :/

Glad to hear a lot of people are having this problem! Maybe it will get some attention.

I've noticed it even on the Mac client (fixed in v6 though).

I don't think the problem is initially a hardware issue because many people are having the same problems with multiple hardware and software platforms and operating systems so it's probably just an error with drawing the light effects and certainly isn't caused by faulty hardware.

played kingdoms for years, never once seen this problem, or even heard of it

nvidia

Updating my graphics driver(I already thought I did before), only seems to have made it worse somehow.

Try OpenGL mode? Try older drivers?

Doesn't make a difference.

http://i43.tinypic.com/f51va1.png