[TESTREQUEST] Graphical Fix (especially for AMD Drivers)

[timon37]

The latest update, 6.20 Beta 6, includes a fix for graphical issues with recent AMD Drivers. This fix involved some fairly fundamental changes within the graphics engine, so we would appreciate feedback from a range of users to ensure that it's working as intended.

• Update your game to the latest beta as per the instructions in the pinned topic.
• If you find any graphical issues that are new to this version, please describe them in as much detail as possible and provide screenshots.
• If you do not find any graphical issues then just post "No issues found". Feedback of this kind is as useful as reports of errors!
• Whether you find issues or not, please include your system information by attaching a DxDiag and Vulkaninfo to your reply.

To keep this as efficient as possible please avoid discussions in this thread. Thank you!

[Irushian]

No issues found (Yet, from a little over an hour playing and hunting SCA/BUC in several systems).

VulcanInfo: https://pastebin.com/VvSWa2e8
DxDiag: https://pastebin.com/YCDC3yq8
Driver version: 23.4.3 (Not the latest version which is 23.7.2)
Build: 6.20 Beta (510529)

[Terre]

No visual problems seen, both in a craft nor station, tried playing with various settings, and nothing.

AMD driver 23.7.2

GPU - AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT - Primary/Discrete
VRAM - 8176 MB - GDDR6 1750 MHz
Driver Version - 23.10.01.45-230626a-393367C-AMD-Software-Adrenalin-Edition
AMD Windows Driver Version - 31.0.21001.45002
Direct3D API Version - 12.1
Vulkan™ API Version - 1.3.250
OpenCL™ API Version - 2.0
OpenGL® API Version - 4.6
Direct3D® Driver Version - 9.14.10.01526
Vulkan™ Driver Version - 2.0.270
OpenCL® Driver Version - 31.0.21001.45002
OpenGL® Driver Version - 23.06.230411_6f40c97
2D Driver Version - 8.1.1.1634
2D Driver File Path - /REGISTRY/MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class/{4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}/0000
UI Version - 2023.0626.1405.1980
AMD Audio Driver Version - 10.0.1.27
Driver Provider - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Windows Edition - Windows 11 Professional (64 bit)
Windows Version - 22H2

[Stu Austin]

Hello all. No problems here.

System Information
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Time of this report: 8/7/2023, 20:08:13
Machine name: DESKTOP-UAG02GC
Machine Id: {00FFE9A4-5AB3-4D1B-889A-7D74FD1A3B1F}
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 19045) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: P1.10 (type: UEFI)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16300MB RAM
Page File: 8878MB used, 17150MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, no HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DirectX Database Version: 1.0.8
DxDiag Version: 10.00.19041.2075 64bit Unicode

[RooksBailey]

I ran the game for over an hour tonight and noting seemed out of the ordinary.

[Stu Austin]

Hello all.
After playing most of the night, I've noticed the graphics are much sharper and clearer.
stu

[Fleabum]

I tested the new beta version yesterday morning (GMT time) and had to revert away from the beta back to the release version.

I don't know if what I have encountered was the caused by the changes, but I noticed whenever I moved in control of a spaceship (saw the line drawn from crosshair to mouse pointer to show direction and speed of movement) the UI text became blurred and it made me feel sick. Soon as I reverted back to release version (without the line drawn from crosshair to mouse pointer) the issue was gone.

nVidia 3090 @ 4k resolution. Driver version 531.79 (DCH). Mouse/Keyboard controls.

If you need me too I can try to find time to reinstall the beta and try to get some screenshots of before and after with the blurry UI issue...

Regards
Flea

[Geek]

Hello,
No issues found.

[Fleabum]

I tested the new beta version yesterday morning (GMT time) and had to revert away from the beta back to the release version.

I don't know if what I have encountered was the caused by the changes, but I noticed whenever I moved in control of a spaceship (saw the line drawn from crosshair to mouse pointer to show direction and speed of movement) the UI text became blurred and it made me feel sick. Soon as I reverted back to release version (without the line drawn from crosshair to mouse pointer) the issue was gone.

nVidia 3090 @ 4k resolution. Driver version 531.79 (DCH). Mouse/Keyboard controls.

If you need me too I can try to find time to reinstall the beta and try to get some screenshots of before and after with the blurry UI issue...

Regards
Flea

Just installed newest beta 6.2 (510529) to get some screenshots of my previous issue... problem seems resolved. So I guess ignore my message for now.

Thanks.

Regards
Flea

[alt3rn1ty]

Ehm, I believe this topic is just for people with AMD/ATI Radeon type graphics cards and drivers, not NVidia.

[CBJ]

No, we want feedback from everyone. The changes fix a problem under the AMD drivers, but they could potentially affect everyone and we want to make sure that we didn't break anything for any hardware.

[alt3rn1ty]

Oh right, in that case :

No issues, over the last two days with 6.20 beta 6 installed (I ran the game for the whole 48 hours).

DXDiag (Please ignore the SecurityHealthService.exe errors, those are a result of a recent windows update to block incompatible drivers which MS has admitted they botched - See this topic)

DxDiag.txt

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VulkanInfo (Please ignore the Galaxy overlay errors, they have been reported to GOG a few times now by myself and other people)

vulkaninfo.txt

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[Entarlas]

Issues: occasional random flashing (screen goes white for a fraction of a second once (rare))
My ship got stuck inside the boron warf so bad I had to roll back a save. (Autopilot epicly failed)

Other than that, seems ok.

System Overview

Computer model: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7D07
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (10.0, Build 19045)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz 8/16
Motherboard: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MPG Z590 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7D07)
RAM: 32 GB
Hard disk1: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB (931.5 GB/Fixed hard disk media)
Hard disk2: WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 (931.5 GB/Fixed hard disk media)
Graphics card1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB)
Graphics card2: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (1 GB)
Monitor: Acer America Corp. XB253Q (1920x1080 / 24.3 Inch)
Sound card1: Razer Inc. Razer Audio Controller - Game
Sound card2: Intel(R) Corporation Intel(R) Display Audio
Sound card3: NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)
Sound card4: Razer Inc. Razer Audio Controller - Chat
Sound card5: THX Spatial - Synapse
Sound card6: Realtek USB Audio
Sound card7: NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Keyboard1: Razer Tartarus Pro
Keyboard2: Razer Huntsman Elite
Mice1: Razer Naga Pro
Mice2: Razer Goliathus Chroma
Audio1: Razer Audio Controller - Game
Audio2: Intel(R) Display Audio
Audio3: NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM)
Audio4: Razer Audio Controller - Chat
Audio5: THX Spatial - Synapse
Audio6: Realtek USB Audio
Audio7: Razer Leviathan Stereo
Audio8: NVIDIA High Definition Audio


Creating the vulcan file for windows doesn't work via the instructions provided for windows. I had to make the file another way.
Getting this msg in cmd. (The system cannot find the path specified.)

DxDiag.txt

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VulcanInfo.txt

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[CBJ]

Issues: occasional random flashing (screen goes white for a fraction of a second once (rare))

Is this new to 6.20 Beta 6 or did it happen sometimes before?

My ship got stuck inside the boron warf so bad I had to roll back a save. (Autopilot epicly failed)

Please stick to graphical issues in this thread.

[metalflow]

No adverse effects! Put in a solid 2-4 hours.

[mmb0505]

no issues (12 hours playing). Using 8k Samsung TV Monitor with RTX4090. good performance and the feeling is better with beta (gut feeling)

dxdiag: https://uploadnow.io/files/bFKcNW6
vulkaninfo: https://uploadnow.io/f/bFKcNW6

Best mmb

[battlestar-galactica]

[Performance]

Better than final build atm.

Without vsync on, fps is greater than final build.

Beta FPS (50-90+)

Final Build (25-60)

[graphics]

No artifacts.

No glitches.

Sharper picture possibly.

[Opinion]

After fiddling and tweaking with X4 for a while, it feels to me that the engine struggles to handle all the calculations. Like trading, ship coordinates etc. Anything that is constantly on the move. With hard working techies behind cleaning up the code, I'm sure it would go a long way. Making the game feel much more fluid. Assuming there's code to clean up. I'm not a programmer.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Keep typing!

[batolemaeus]

Ran for half an hour and did a variety of stuff. Didn't notice anything egregiously broken.

Kernel 6.4.8
Mesa 23.1.5
AMD RX 6700 XT
Using the Steam runtime.

[mosonyuan]

Hello,

For my part, I am playing on the Beta for 2 weeks now, I got no problem but after the AMD drivers update (02/08) I got a window crash when starting the game that i never had before, the error message was indicating a number (6XX dont remember well the full number but it was an "Error on game start") and another message related to vulkan that could not initialize because no driver found and it opened an error web page with solutions from egosoft, and other games wasn't affected.

After following all the solutions on the website (steam Verify game data integrity, reinstalling the game, reinstalling the nvidia drivers, deleting my config file etc...) nothing was working, the only thing that worked was deleteing the folder on "%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Egosoft\X4" then my saves was reuploaded from cloud and the game worked well after that.

My config is :

Steam,
OS : Windows(R) 10,
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070,
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz (8 CPUs),
Memory: 16384MB RAM

[metalflow]

Not sure if this is a new issue... but posting it here since I just noticed it. Trade boxes collide and stack on top of one another when forced into moving by the property owned menu. See attached jpg.