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[Submitted 70532] Blue sparkles appear on the screen when receiving blue markers from a quest

Discussion in 'Quests, Conversations & NPCs' started by Anpu, Jan 7, 2020.

  1. Anpu

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    Title: Blue sparkles appear on the screen when receiving blue markers from a quest
    Reproduction Rate: 100%
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    Details: When receiving a quest task and a marker is placed on the compass, the players screen will have these blue sparkles on the screen:

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    I believe this is related to the markers that are placed on the map (even if there isn't a map) as well as the marker in the compass. When you close the map, these sparkles go away. Bring map back up, the sparkles return. I don't know if this is only effect NVIDIA cards. Would need someone with a different brand to confirm.

    Steps to Reproduce: Use a character quest re-set. Go to Crooked Shank. Note the players screen has no blue sparkles on the screen. Speak to Erno and click help to get his quest task and markers. Move around the screen toward the Mayor. Note the now present blue sparkles on the players screen. Close the map. Observe the blue sparkles are now gone. Open map. Observe the blue sparkles are back. This is 100% repeatable (for me).
    User Specs:
    OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
    CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz (8) System RAM: 16303
    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU RAM: 8079
    SotA.QA.Win.64.919.Date.01.04.20
    Area: Novia_R8_Hills01_Road
    Area Display Name: Crooked Shank
    Loc: (127.2, 75.9, -141.2)
    Debug: Tm92aWFfUjhfSGlsbHMwMV9Sb2FkfHwoMTI3LjIxNywgNzUuOTE2LCAtMTQxLjE2Mil8KDAsIC0wLjIyMSwgMCwgMC45NzUpfDM5MC4wMzM1fDYwLjgzNzI0fDguMjQ0MzQz
     
    Anpu, Jan 7, 2020
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    Some quests do sparkly 'footprints' usually ones that involve tracking, following, or finding something nearby. Was this a specific quest or happens with every quest?
     
    runicpaine, Jan 7, 2020
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    It happens in any scene with any quests. It’s extremely noticeable in the 3 outskirts areas.

    I still don’t know if this is just me or not. Or just Nvidia related.
     
    Anpu, Jan 7, 2020
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    Thanks for the report! Issue #70532
     
    Sannio, May 30, 2022
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