Unit Shadow missing

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Crushroller 4 years ago Win10 1909, AMD RX470 with Adrenalin drivers 20.2.1 Graphic settings in the game at Ultra. Although i have Units + Terrain to cast shadows, only terrain casts shadows. The strange thing is that while i built a structure it's shadow displays correctly. As soon as the structure is complete it's shadow disappears. Same with units. Am i missing a setting somewhere or is it a problem with AMD drivers? (I have Compatibility for ATI set to OFF else water doesn't render correctly, but even if i turn it to ON i am still missing Unit shadows...) +0 / -0
Crushroller 4 years ago Disableng Shiny Units brings shadows back! Is there a way to permanent disable Shiny Units? +1 / -0
RandomX 4 years ago Once a setting is unchecked, it usually stays that way when settings are saved. Does it return to being enabled for you? +0 / -0
GoogleFrog 4 years ago This sounds like a problem with AMD drivers. +0 / -0
Crushroller 4 years ago Yes the option is enabled again when i quit and restart Zero-K! Although ["epic_Settings/Graphics/Unit_Visibility_Shiny_Units"] = false in ZK_data.lua +0 / -0
ivand 4 years ago Can you revert back your settings and share infolog please. Maybe there is something there I can fix. +0 / -0
Crushroller 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago) Infolog here: infolog link +0 / -0
ivand 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago) Were these logs captured while you had no shadows from the complete units? +0 / -0
Crushroller 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago) Yes. It is not a big deal. I use a shortcut (ALT+numpad0) to enable/disable the Shiny Units checkbox so i can get shadows back with just a keystroke. +0 / -0
ivand 4 years ago Can you type something recognizable in the chat before toggling shiny units on/off and collect the infolog once again? In any case you don't need to turn shiny units off, there is a setting that disables custom shadow shader, although afaik it is not exposed to the menu. To enable the workaround you need to put "bug3734wa=1" into your springsettings.cfg, but please do that only after you have collected the infolog as per above. +0 / -0
Crushroller 4 years ago (edited 4 years ago) Sure! Opened Chat, typed HELLO WORLD, started a new Skirmish, turned Shiny Units off and here's the log: LOG Tried bug3734wa=1 and it solves the shadow issue without disabling Shiny Units. One question: every time the game starts it downloads an Interface Tutorial but when i go to Help -> Tutorials i see the message "Error loading missions check that your install dir is writable" The game is installed in G: and i checked the permissions. I even run the game As Admin... still the same message. +0 / -0
ivand 4 years ago Your infolog doesn't have "HELLO WORLD" in it. It's actually a very strange one, it doesn't load the gadgets it's supposed to load in order to break/restore shadows. Something is wrong here. +0 / -0
Crushroller 4 years ago I am using the standalone version from itch.io I'll try the Steam version. +0 / -0

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