Patchwork Terrain Glitch?

[Specialist290]

Here's what I'm seeing when I look at the map in terrain mode:

Basically, the terrain looks very strange and unnatural all-around. In particular, it looks like there's some sort of weird grid pattern that makes it look a lot like the map was built out of little patchwork squares, much like an old quilt.

My current graphics settings, including the contents of my Settings file in the CK2 folder in My Documents:

gui=
{
language=l_english
has_set_language=yes
}
graphics=
{
size=
{
x=1366
y=768
}

refreshRate=60
fullScreen=yes
borderless=no
shadows=no
shadowSize=2048
multi_sampling=0
anisotropic_filtering=0
gamma=50.000000
}
sound_fx_volume=100.000000
music_volume=100.000000
scroll_speed=50.000000
camera_rotation_speed=50.000000
zoom_speed=50.000000
mouse_speed=50.000000
master_volume=100.000000
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=no
}
camera_speed=50.000000
camera_tilt=100.000000
centered_zoom_in=yes
lastplayer=""
lasthost=""
serveradress="diplomacy.valkyrienet.com"
autosave="HALFYEAR"
difficulty="NORMAL"
outliner=
{
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 13 }
outliner_open=yes
windowmovetime=0.200000
disable_wikipedia_links=yes
nudge_allowed=no
dont_track_data=yes
has_made_data_tracking_choice=yes
has_disabled_welcome_screen=no
hints=no
ironman=no
mp_max_day_lead=7
compress_autosaves=no
autosaves_to_keep=0
last_dlcs=
{
dlc/dlc030.dlc dlc/dlc051.dlc dlc/dlc035.dlc dlc/dlc025.dlc dlc/dlc003.dlc dlc/dlc017.dlc dlc/dlc004.dlc dlc/dlc023.dlc dlc/dlc009.dlc dlc/dlc006.dlc dlc/dlc019.dlc dlc/dlc001.dlc dlc/dlc010.dlc dlc/dlc029.dlc dlc/dlc048.dlc dlc/dlc047.dlc dlc/dlc046.dlc dlc/dlc018.dlc }
last_mods=
{
mod/ElderKings 2.mod mod/A Game of Thrones.mod mod/sengoku mod/flat water.mod mod/AGameOfThrones.mod }
low_res_textures=no
force_pow2_textures=yes
custom_mapmodes=
{
1 16 3 4 20 }
last_used_id=""

I'm running AGOT 0.9.6 (no submods) on the most recent version. I've had this issue for a while, but I've only really been bothered enough to report it recently. Any suggestions on how to fix it, or anything else I need to give y'all otherwise?

 

[Niander]

Have you tried the fix that is posted and stickied ? it should be the fifth thread from the top, and called Map Graphics Fix.

 

[Specialist290]

Wasn't aware that it would still work with this version, but I'll try it out anyway, just to see if that's the case.

 

[Niander]

Wasn't aware that it would still work with this version, but I'll try it out anyway, just to see if that's the case.

I'll be perfectly honest, i have no idea if its up to date, or even how its working in general as i never had the graphical glitch.

 

[D Toccs]

I can't see any reason why the fix would be incompatible with the latest version of the mod. That said, while it worked for most people, it didn't work for everybody.

OP from the settings picture you posted, you can tell that there is something majorly wrong with your world_normal_height file. In my experience this issue at least can be fixed by opening up world_normal_height.bmp in the map folder and resizing it to 4096 - 2560 pixels.

 

[Specialist290]

Thanks for the help. I'll try that out later tonight.

EDIT: So after downloading and applying the map fix and tweaking world_normal_height.bmp as suggested, here's what I've got:

The patchwork effect is barely noticeable in most cases now, but it's still there. I seem to have screwed the height map tweak up somehow, though, as the "terrain height" effects are still not quite right; it's somewhat noticeable in the above screenshots, but really obvious in this one:

 

[D Toccs]

Yeah that height file way off, Ive never actually seen it that bad before. It's been a while since I've done map editing, I may have forgotten something. I'll have a look when I'm next at my computer and see what can be done.