Graphics corruption in various towns (presumably connected to guards)

Title:
Graphics corruption in various towns (presumably connected to guards)

Reproduction Rate:
Happens sometimes. Sometimes it is perfectly ok (maybe 60-70% of the time) sometimes the (25-35%) graphical glitches are moderate (annoying but not making the game completely unplayable), sometimes (5%) they are serious enough to make the game unplayable. Restarting the client may or may not help temporarily.
Blocker? No

Details:
When facing a guard (having one in the field of vision, regardless of distance - it can be on the other side of town) creates a series of black artifacts that often cover the entire screen. Sometimes the problems presents itself as a black horizontal plane that splits the world in two. This is similar to the graphics bug reported earlier in QA.

Steps to Reproduce: Happens sometimes, in towns and cities (Ardoris, Owl's Head, Soltows). I haven't figured out any pattern to predict when or how it might happen, except that it is somehow related to the guards.

Spoiler: Screenshots describing the problem

These ones originate from guard Stanley in Soltown:




Sometimes it's so bad that it makes the game unplayable (esp. in Owl's Head where there are guards pretty much everywhere):

Spoiler: User Specs:

OS: Linux 4.4 Ubuntu 16.04 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4810MQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (8) System RAM: 15967
GPU: GeForce GTX 870M/PCIe/SSE2 GPU RAM: 1024 (/bug reports vram incorrectly)
SotA.EarlyAccess.Linux.64.450.Date.07.28.16

Output of 'glxinfo | grep -i opengl' :
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 870M/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 361.45.18
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 361.45.18
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL extensions:

 

Having the same issue. Specs are similar. Currently using 367.35 driver but also had same results on 361 and 364:
OS: Ubuntu 16.04 64bit
CPU: Intel® Xeon(R) CPU E5440 @ 2.83GHz × 8
GPU: GeForce GTX 960/PCIe/SSE2

glxinfo | grep -i opengl
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 960/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 367.35
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 367.35
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 367.35
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

Spoiler: Image

 

I can't seem to reproduce this one! Are you still finding this issue to be true?

Julyn

 

As of R33, this is no longer an issue for me. Fixed.