Graphic Bug - "Look Through"

[Davisx3m]

I frequently get a VERY annoying graphic bug which makes, first all character screens
look-through.. I for some reason can't take ingame pictures anymore (Thx steam) and
my print screen button doesn't seem to work inside of CK2 either.

With "look-through" I mean that it dissapears, I only see the character portrait and
the text. Everything else is removed and making me being able to see the map through the
character screen.

This later also happens in the court screen, and even in some events.

 

[AndrewT]

f12 is the CK2 key for screenshots.

PC or Mac? If PC, please post a dxdiag.txt (you can delete everything after the "Sound devices" section for brevity). And can you confirm you are on 1.05g GUHH ?

 

[Davisx3m]

PC where do I find the txt file? And yep I use 1.05g GUHH.

 

[Dragnar]

Are you playing the base game or a mod? The see-through windows are the classic clausewitz-reaction to running out of RAM for cached graphics, so lots of graphics-heavy mods cause that problem, especially on 64bit-systems that didn't manually change the .exe to accept more than 2GB of RAM.
It shouldn't happen in vanilla, though.

 

[Davisx3m]

Are you playing the base game or a mod? The see-through windows are the classic clausewitz-reaction to running out of RAM for cached graphics, so lots of graphics-heavy mods cause that problem, especially on 64bit-systems that didn't manually change the .exe to accept more than 2GB of RAM.
It shouldn't happen in vanilla, though.

I have no Graphic mods. :s
So I don't see how the RAM should be any problems.
I have 6 GB of RAM. So :/

 

[Dragnar]

How much RAM you have is unimportant, it's how much RAM the game gets to use that's the issue.
Still, if you're not running a graphics-heavy mod, that shouldn't be the issue. It's most likely your graphics card.
Post the dxdiag.txt AndrewT asked for. You can access that by going to the start menu-> run -> dxdiag (or searching for it; should be in the system32-folder). Save the diagnostic and post the text here.

 

[Davisx3m]

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System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 6/4/2012, 23:01:49
Machine name: DAVID-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.110622-1503)
Language: Swedish (Regional Setting: Swedish)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/05/10 19:13:52 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6126MB RAM
Page File: 3664MB used, 8583MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

------------
DxDiag Notes
------------
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

--------------------
DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68BE)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68BE&SUBSYS_E138174B&REV_00
Display Memory: 3819 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1012 MB
Shared Memory: 2806 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: Acer P226HQL
Monitor Id: ACR0198
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HD15
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1124 (English)
Driver Version: 8.961.0.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/6/2012 04:20:04, 1067520 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2BFE-11CF-9F70-32C1BEC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x68BE
SubSys ID: 0xE138174B
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem22.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_Evergreen:8.961.0.0ci\ven_1002&dev_68be
Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
{3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC1,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC2,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC3,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
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D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

Is this what you need?

 

[AndrewT]

Yes, that's what I wanted, but it looks perfectly fine. When you say "I have no graphics mods" are you saying you are using mods to the game, just not graphic-based ones?

Also, let's see settings.txt, system.log and error.log files (you'll need to rename the .log files to .txt to upload) - these are all under your MyDocuments folder, under the CK2 or CK2/logs/ directories.

 

[Davisx3m]

Yes, that's what I wanted, but it looks perfectly fine. When you say "I have no graphics mods" are you saying you are using mods to the game, just not graphic-based ones?

Also, let's see settings.txt, system.log and error.log files (you'll need to rename the .log files to .txt to upload) - these are all under your MyDocuments folder, under the CK2 or CK2/logs/ directories.

I am using mods, but the problem happens both with mods and without.
It seems to be happening more frequently later in the game.

gui=
{
language=l_english
has_set_language=yes
}
graphics=
{
size=
{
x=1920
y=1080
}

refreshRate=60
fullScreen=yes
shadows=no
shadowSize=2048
multi_sampling=0
anisotropic_filtering=0
gamma=50.000000
}
sound_fx_volume=72.000000
music_volume=0.000000
scroll_speed=50.000000
camera_rotation_speed=50.000000
zoom_speed=50.000000
mouse_speed=50.000000
master_volume=48.000000
ambient_volume=50.000000
mapRenderingOptions=
{
draw_terrain=yes
draw_water=yes
draw_borders=yes
draw_trees=yes
draw_rivers=yes
draw_postfx=yes
draw_sky=yes
draw_bloom=no
draw_tooltips=yes
draw_hires_terrain=no
draw_citysprawl=yes
}
camera_speed=50.000000
camera_tilt=100.000000
centered_zoom_in=yes
lastplayer="Davisx3m"
lasthost="85.24.193.25"
serveradress="diplomacy.valkyrienet.com"
autosave="YEARLY"
difficulty="NORMAL"
outliner=
{
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 13 }
outliner_open=no
windowmovetime=0.200000
disable_wikipedia_links=no
nudge_allowed=no
hints=no
disabled_hints=
{
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 }

[texturehandler.cpp:169]: Couldn't find texture file: .
[texturehandler.cpp:169]: Couldn't find texture file: .
[texturehandler.cpp:169]: Couldn't find texture file: .
[texturehandler.cpp:169]: Couldn't find texture file: .
[texturehandler.cpp:169]: Couldn't find texture file: .
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[sound.cpp:232]: Sound naval_battle_background not found.
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory
[gfx_dx9.cpp:1984]: GfxCreateTextureFromFile failed with error: Ran out of memory

[systemsettings.cpp:181]: System memory: 0MB
[systemsettings.cpp:183]: CPU speed: 3411MHz
[systemsettings.cpp:190]: Number of processors: 8
[systemsettings.cpp:201]: CPU type: x86
[systemsettings.cpp:233]: OS: Unknown Build: 7600
[gfx_settings.cpp:51]: Graphic Adapters:
[gfx_settings.cpp:56]: 0: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
[gfx_settings.cpp:73]: Checking for multi-sampling support:
[gfx_settings.cpp:84]: 2 samples supported.
[gfx_settings.cpp:84]: 4 samples supported.
[gfx_settings.cpp:84]: 8 samples supported.
[gfx_settings.cpp:99]: Using Adapter [0]:
[gfx_settings.cpp:105]: Succeeded to create a device [D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING].
[gfx_settings.cpp:147]: Graphics device: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
[gfx_settings.cpp:148]: Graphics driver: aticfx32.dll
[gfx_settings.cpp:153]: Driver version: 1124
[gfx_settings.cpp:170]:


Dumping all gfx info:
DeviceIdentifier: {D7B71EE2-2BFE-11CF-9F70-32C1BEC2C535}
VendorId: 4098
DeviceId: 26814
SubSysId: -516417717
Revision: 0
DriverVersion.HighPart: 524305
DriverVersion.LowPart: 656484


[gfx_settings.cpp:220]: Instancing supported.
[gfx_settings.cpp:238]: Video memory amount: 1342MB
[gfx_settings.cpp:241]: Support for T&L found.
[gfx_settings.cpp:244]: MaxSimultaneousTextures: 8
[gfx_settings.cpp:245]: MaxVertexBlendMatrices: 4
[gfx_settings.cpp:246]: MaxVertexBlendMatrixIndex: 8
[gfx_settings.cpp:248]: MaxSimultaneousTextures: 8
[gfx_settings.cpp:249]: MaxTextureBlendStages: 8
[gfx_settings.cpp:250]: Support for Anisotropic filtering found.
[gfx_settings.cpp:253]: Max Anisotropic filtering: 16
[gfx_settings.cpp:254]: Anisotropic filtering set to: 0
[gfx_settings.cpp:258]: Vertex Shader version: 3.0
[gfx_settings.cpp:263]: Pixel Shader version: 3.0
[main.cpp:442]: CK2 Version May 28 2012 : 15:14:45
[internationalizedtext.cpp:1244]: Create table
[internationalizedtext.cpp:1246]: Create text database
[graphicssettings.cpp:624]: Not using multisampling.
[graphics.cpp:163]: Creating device with: HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING
Fullscreen=yes
RefreshRate=60
Resolution=1920x1080
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1024 768 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1024 768 70
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1024 768 75
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1152 864 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1152 864 75
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 768 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 800 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 960 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1280 1024 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1360 768 59
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1360 768 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1360 1024 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1366 768 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1400 1050 59
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1400 1050 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1440 900 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1600 900 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1600 1200 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1680 1050 60
[graphicssettings.cpp:413]: Usable res: 1920 1080 60
[graphics.cpp:204]: Done creating device.

 

[Dragnar]

The log indicates that the game does run out of texture memory, so my first guess seems to be correct.
Although I have no idea why there's a problem even playing the vanilla game, as your system should be able to handle it fine...

Still, my advice would be to follow the instructions in this post, but apply it to ck2.exe, instead of eu3game.exe (the guide is written for fixing the problem in EU3).
As always when changing important files, you may want to backup ck2.exe.

 

[Davisx3m]

That seems to have helped! Thank you alot!