Clouds don't work after upgrading to the 1.3 beta 3...

Do you still have your debug.err file from when you tried 1.3b3?
If so, please post it here.

To fix the clouds for your copy of 1.2, please try reinstalling. That should replace any missing files if your cloud textures are missing or corrupted.

If you still run into trouble, please let us know.

no, I played since... the clouds are in the files, all from cloud 1 to cloud 10... they are just not appering...

1.3 included a new version of the file /gfx/fx/planet.fx. If you still have this version and are using 1.2, you may not be able to see the clouds on the planets.

Please delete your planet.fx file and reinstall. That should make sure you get the correct version of the file.

I fixed the clouds not working in 1.3 beta 3. The fix will be included in our next update.

And when exactly is that update?

where is planet.fx file placed? and when the update will come?

Whats all the talk about clouds and planet lights etc? I haven't seen any, ever! Hopefully its not a really obvious game option that I missed.

what...? are you nuts? clouds and lights are very important! look at what that I did to earth:



yes, it's new clouds, they are very important! and the map is new either!

look how great this is!

That really doesn't help (although it looks nice), seeing as I dont know how when where or why. To get clouds and lights do you need to do something other than just turn on an option?

I think you should turn on the anti ailising (or whatever it called, I never looked into it..)

I set it on 6, so you better try it!

I have all settings completely maxed out everywhere. That includes Anti-Aliasing to 6X and Anisotropic Filtering to 16X. There are NO city lights and possibly a few clouds.

I've never seen a single city light.

that's a shame... try to reinstall the game or "repair" it from the "remove and add" progrems window

The city light started working in 1.3 beta and before that I could not ever see them. I havent seen any clouds in 1.3 betas either.

Well, I noticed I do have clouds, but they seem to be corrupted edges of clouds or something. I'm not entirely sure, there's something there. For the record, here is my debug file copy pasted:

Debug Message: Version v1.3 beta 3X last updated on: Wed Aug 30 19:23:43 2006 Debug Message: GalCiv2 is activated. Debug Message: Checking DX Version. Debug Message: *********DXDiag info follows.********* System Info Time: 9/1/2006, 11:11:40 DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Machine Name: BFAM4C564 Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519) Languages: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: GBT___ System Model: AWRDACPI BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs) Physical Memory: 2032MB RAM Page File: 356MB used, 3568MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS Display Info Display device 1: Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1 Card Name: Radeon X1800 GTO Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc. Chip Type: Radeon X1800 Series (0x710A) DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz) Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_710A&SUBSYS_0B1217AF&REV_00 Display Memory: 256.0 MB Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (70Hz) Monitor Name: ViewSonic VP191b Monitor Max Resolution: 1280,1024 Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6626 Driver Date: 7/19/2006 03:58:29 DirectX Acceleration Enabled: Yes Sound info Sound device 1: Description: Creative SB Extigy Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: Yes Hardware ID: USB\Vid_041e&Pid_3000&Rev_0100&MI_00 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Driver Name: sbext.sys Provider: Creative Technology Ltd. Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0038 Driver Date: 5/31/2002 02:21:32 Type: WDM Other Drivers: Acceleration Level: 3 Cap Flags: 0 Min/Max Sample Rate: 0, 0 Debug Message: *********END dxdiag info.********* Debug Message: Entering WinMain Debug Message: ******* Starting Game Shell ******* Debug Message: Going Fullscreen Debug Message: Preparing to change display settings. Debug Message: Using multilsample setting: D3DMULTISAMPLE_6_SAMPLES Debug Message: Game Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Debug Message: Running fullscreen. Debug Message: HAL (hw vp): Radeon X1800 GTO Debug Message: D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_DEFAULT Debug Message: Refresh rate: 70 Debug Message: Bit Depth: 32 bit. Debug Message: *********Checking D3DDevice Caps*********************** Debug Message: A full-color cursor is supported in hardware at high resolution modes. Debug Message: RGB in format 6:6:6, Masks reported as ff0000:ff00:ff Debug Message: Now Fullscreen Debug Message: Shell initialization complete Debug Message: ***** Initializing Game ***** Debug Message: Timer Frequency is 0 8f0d6620 Debug Message: Initializing sound card. Debug Message: initailizing bink Debug Message: No string tables in E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM/Data/*.str Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Movies\*.bik Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Movies\techs\*.bik Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Gfx\*.png Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Gfx\Race\*.png Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\sfx\*.wav Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Music\*.mp3 Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Event Music\*.mp3 Debug Message: Create setup screens. Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings. Debug Message: Clear influence. Debug Message: Clear up laws. Debug Message: Clear first time events. Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods. Debug Message: Clear sector mapper. Debug Message: Set mouse. Debug Message: Set update timer. Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\*.xml Debug Message: Clear data definitions. Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\Techs\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\ShipDefs\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Gfx\Planets\C0*.png Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\PlanetImprovements\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\TerrainColorSchemes\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\PlanetDescriptions\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\Anomalies\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\Events\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\UPIssues\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\Invasions\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\PoliticalParties\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\StarTypes\*.xml Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\StarbaseModules\*.xml Debug Message: Reading Star Names Debug Message: Reading Star Names... Done Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\CustomMaps\*.gc2map Debug Message: No files found matching mask E:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\Mods\KHSM\Data\Scenarios\*.gc2scenario Debug Message: Creating Galaxy Debug Message: Killing threads. Debug Message: Kiling civs. Debug Message: Killing ships. Debug Message: Killing rallypoints. Debug Message: Killing misc objects. Debug Message: Killing stars. Debug Message: Killing anomalies. Debug Message: Killing space resources. Debug Message: Killing colonies and planets. Debug Message: killing scenario. Debug Message: Clearing Turn Event Log Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings. Debug Message: Clear influence. Debug Message: Clear up laws. Debug Message: Clear first time events. Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods. Debug Message: Clear sector mapper. Debug Message: Galaxy Size Set: 5 x 5 Debug Message: Creating Random Map Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Stars Debug Message: Number of Unplaced Stars: 0. Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Planets Debug Message: *************** Failed To Place Planet *************** Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Anomalies Debug Message: Num Anomalies: 25 Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Resources Debug Message: Creating Random Map... Done Debug Message: Setting Game Options Debug Message: Creating Civs Debug Message: Terran Alliance: Intellence -> 80 Debug Message: Drengin Empire: Intellence -> 65 Debug Message: Arcean Empire: Intellence -> 65 Debug Message: Thalan Empire: Intellence -> 80 Debug Message: Creating Civs... Done Debug Message: Updating ZOC. Debug Message: Updating ZOC. Debug Message: Galaxy Create... Done Debug Message: UIBeginGame called with g_ulLocalPlayerID = 10 Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: New Game Started Debug Message: UIBeginGameHelper: Mods are Enabled Debug Message: WM_CLOSE message received. Debug Message: GameUninitialize start Debug Message: Killing Galaxy Debug Message: Killing threads. Debug Message: Kiling civs. Debug Message: Killing ships. Debug Message: Killing rallypoints. Debug Message: Killing misc objects. Debug Message: Killing stars. Debug Message: Killing anomalies. Debug Message: Killing space resources. Debug Message: Killing colonies and planets. Debug Message: killing scenario. Debug Message: Clearing Turn Event Log Debug Message: Clear galaxy settings. Debug Message: Clear influence. Debug Message: Clear up laws. Debug Message: Clear first time events. Debug Message: Clear wonders and trade goods. Debug Message: Clear sector mapper. Debug Message: Clear data definitions. Debug Message: Killing Galaxy: Completed Debug Message: Shutting down sound system. Debug Message: Clearing sound and music handles. Debug Message: WorkAreaBack.png not cleared 1 counts left. Debug Message: GameUninitialize end Debug Message: Device not cleared. 2 counts left. Debug Message: D3D not cleared. 1 counts left. Debug Message: Destroying Window. Debug Message: Main Shell terminating normally

I know the sound card drivers are "old", but I was never able to find a reliable source to get new ones. Also, there are lots of "advanced" settings in the graphics card options, but I'm not sure what may or may not help.

The planet.fx file is located in
C:/program files/stardock/totalgaming/galciv2/gfx/fx

There was a bug in 1.3 betas that caused the clouds to not display properly. That has been fixed for the final 1.3 version which is set for next Thursday. City lights did not work properly in versions prior to 1.3. Also, your hardware must support pixel shader version 2.0 for the lights to display.

I have pixel shader 3 support I think. So I don't have a clue why I have never seen these lights. I saw the option to disable them, it's not ticked. This is annoying!

angryandroid,

Please check your ambient light setting. Turning it down will make the dark side of planets darker, and it will be easier to see the city lights. They also fade out as you zoom out, so you need to zoom in a bit to see them.

The number of lights is based on population as well, so you need at least 1 billion citizens on a planet before lights will appear.

is this line means that I can choose earth's lights and clouds, as especially for him? like I don't get class-27 lights on earth?

/------------------------------------ texture CityLightTexture : Diffuse < string ResourceName = "earth.png"; >; sampler CityLightSampler = sampler_state { texture =

if it does so let me know how can I change it so I will finally get Earth's lights ON Earth

That didn't work either, turned from 25 down to 0. I zoomed right in, on the dark side. And there were just those little bits of clouds flying around. Thats on the starting planet of 5 billion.

Master U,
The clouds and light files specified in the .fx file are only used if the .fx file is loaded into an .fx editing program like Microsoft Effect Edit or RenderMonkey.

The clouds and lights are chosen by the game when you play it. Cloud textures are randomly chosen based on planet class and lights are procedurally created based on the terrain of the planet and the population.


angryandroid,
Can you post a screenshot of what you see, please?

so I can't make a spesific cloud to a plat, and the same with lights... can it be made an option in the next 1.4 beta?

Hmm weird, won't let me edit my post, "access denied".

Well, here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure, or not as the case may be.



Obviously, a normal looking planet. Is this right?



The view from the general map. The dark side of my home planet as the game starts. Notice the irregular cloud type shapes? Bizzar.



It looks extremely low resolution and not even close to some peoples planets. So no lights, no clouds, low resolution (games running at 1280x1024). Is there anything else I can post?

you don't have clouds! do you want to try my cloud maps pack? it's high tesolution clouds, as you already saw, it's amazig..

Hmm, another weird error, this time posting. "Sorry this post has been removed".

Anyway. Master U, do you need a cloud map pack period to see clouds or should I have them anyway? And yes, I'd love to have a chance to run with those nice high-res clouds. Thanks.

What about lights? I want my lights!