Graphics: NPCs glitching to the point of being unrecognisable.

I didn't notice this on build 357 so it may be something introduced with 358. Numerous graphical glitching in Soltown. I haven't had a chance to leave yet to see if it affects other scenes yet.

Details:
21/05/2016 04:22
Title: Graphics: NPCs glitching to the point of being unrecognisable.
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker? Yes/Partial.
Details: In the screenshot the block/blur on the left is the wandering guard in Solton, the one on the right is Chad
Steps to Reproduce: Go to Soltown (With AMD GPU I'm guessing ;-)
User Specs:
OS: Linux 3.16 LinuxMint 17.3 64bit
CPU: AMD FX(tm)-9590 Eight-Core Processor (8)
System RAM: 32073
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
GPU RAM: 1024
SotA.EarlyAccess.Linux.64.358.Date.05.20.16
Area: Novia_R1_City_Soltown
Loc: (-26.3, 26.8, 29.8)

 

Archer: Just a heads up, you need to use a direct link to post images on this forum.

Here is your screenshot :

 

@NRaas, thanks for inserting the screenshot. I thought I'd done something wrong when I didn't see the shot in my post ;-)

 

This also affects the guard Stanley in Soltown, (around 85, 31, 142).

 

Yea this new auto performace stuff is really buggy.

I get really crazy texture scaling on npcs

 

I've rebuilt my computer and still suffer these graphical glitches. I am now using an AMD RX 480 GPU on Linux Mint 18. As for drivers, only the latest released drivers (released last week) will work with this combination, so it isn't a problem with 'older' drivers.

 

it's a problem for everyone running linux. nothing you do on your end will fix it.

 

I added the update because the Known Issues for Release 31 state "13. If your video drivers are out of date, characters may appear as if they are covered in triangles." which is plainly misleading, as it also occurs to Linux users even with the latest possible drivers.

 

this is the triangles bug. something else entirely.

 

Not very descriptive then, because it also describes what I'm seeing. Hardly surprising as that is what GPUs do, draw various kinds of triangles.