Oblivion Grey Screen (Fresh Install)

[AphexDreamer]

I just bought Oblivion on steam after longing for it, downloaded it, installed it and upon starting a new game and watching the intro I am greeted by a grey screen. I can still see all the menus just nothing is rendered?

Googling this brought me results of past issues with Nvidia cards. Why would this happen and how can I fix it?

 

[1nf3rn0x]

Patches, drivers? Do you have the newest? Problems with an Nvidia card..., sys specs say you have a 5870 :S

 

[AphexDreamer]

Patches, drivers? Do you have the newest? Problems with an Nvidia card..., sys specs say you have a 5870 :S

Latest Patch Version 1.2.0416

ATI CCC 10.6 Drivers

Only mentioned Nvidia cause thats all the info I could find when googling for a solution for me.

I noticed my renderer info files says ShaderModel 2.0 I change it to 3 but it changes back. Some sort of conflict here, my card seems to be to new for the game but how do other people manage to play?

 

[1nf3rn0x]

Bad download, install, run driver sweeper? Occurring with any other games?

 

[AphexDreamer]

Bad download, install, run driver sweeper? Occurring with any other games?

I've reinstalled it twice checked file integrity via steam which said all files are good and no, I'm not having any issues with any other game DX9, 10 or 11.

Sorry if I sound rude, I really do appreciate you trying to help. This just has me really frustrated that I have this bad ass card to play this game with, just spent another $25 for it to have it in steam and I can't even play the game.

 

[WhiteLotus]

Check you have bloom disabled... if you can. I know that that caused some problems.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Check you have bloom disabled... if you can. I know that that caused some problems.

It is.

EDIT: Just tried something. Game runs fine with HDR off and AA x8. So question is how do I get oblivion to recognize that my card can do HDR so I can turn HDR on?

 

[AphexDreamer]

So oblivoin thinks my card can't do Shader Model 3.0...

reading tweakguides there is method to force it but its seems a lil lengthy at 6AM with no sleep so I'll save it for when I wake up. Maybe someone will have a simple solution for me then. Night Night.

 

[WhiteLotus]

Have you tried

Turn off int shadow ,slide bar fully to the left

?

Nicked it from another site... no idea if it'll work.

 

[Black Panther]

It is.

EDIT: Just tried something. Game runs fine with HDR off and AA x8. So question is how do I get oblivion to recognize that my card can do HDR so I can turn HDR on?

If I remember correctly with Oblivion it's either AA or HDR -- you can't have both at teh same time

Edit, wait you can but not from ingame:

Finally, you also can't enable HDR and Antialiasing at the same time unless you have an ATI X1000 series card or a GeForce 8 series card or newer, and recent Catalyst or Forceware drivers - in both cases you must first enable HDR in the game, and then force enable Antialiasing in your graphics card's control panel for it to work. See the Advanced Tweaking section for ways in which you can alter the visual parameters of HDR to alter its appearance.

Tweakguides.com

 

[AphexDreamer]

If I remember correctly with Oblivion it's either AA or HDR -- you can't have both at teh same time

Edit, wait you can but not from ingame:



Tweakguides.com

HDR won't work by its self period...

The game works with No HDR but with AA. Game doesn't work with HDR and No AA.

I am at a loss.

 

[Mussels]

It is.

EDIT: Just tried something. Game runs fine with HDR off and AA x8. So question is how do I get oblivion to recognize that my card can do HDR so I can turn HDR on?

the game doesnt support HDR+AA at the same time.

my advice: f#ck HDR, use AA and bloom.

 

[Kreij]

Many people like HDR better than AA+Bloom.
I seem to remember Catalyst AI causing some problems in games. Try shutting that off while forcing AA from CCC.
You should be able to have both AA & HDR on ATI cards. That was fixed back in 2006 or so (unless they messed up and removed it from the latest drivers).

 

[AphexDreamer]

OK Please read...

I never tried to run both HDR and AA I only ran one or the other.

However I really want HDR and know I can enable AA in CCC.

All I need to do is have oblivion recognize my card can do HDR which it thinks it can't. I think I'm gong to call support I've had enough of this.


So called support and he said the game is much older than the card and that HDR isn't possible to just use AA. FML, I wanted HDR, grrrrr.

 

[Kreij]

We understand, AD, it's been a problem since Obilvion came out.
We are trying to help you out with tidbits of info.
Don't give up on the game just because of HDR. It's an excellent game and worth playing even if you have to run it not maxed and without the graphic flash.

 

[AphexDreamer]

We understand, AD, it's been a problem since Obilvion came out.
We are trying to help you out with tidbits of info.
Don't give up on the game just because of HDR. It's an excellent game and worth playing even if you have to run it not maxed and without the graphic flash.

Its just sad to think that my older cards could make oblivion look better than my 5870. With HDR and AA.

Oh well... I think I might have forced it but I can't even tell

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

What driver are you using? Have you tried going back to say 10.6? I've heard good things about 10.6 and not exactly the best of things with the last couple of ATI drivers.

Anyways have you tried the Unofficial Oblivion Patch?

 

[AphexDreamer]

What driver are you using? Have you tried going back to say 10.6? I've heard good things about 10.6 and not exactly the best of things with the last couple of ATI drivers.

Anyways have you tried the Unofficial Oblivion Patch?

I'm on 10.6 thanks and no I haven't tried the Unofficial. I have accepted fate and will not use HDR.

It would be nice if other 5870 Oblivion players told me whether or not they could enable HDR?

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

I'm on 10.6 thanks and no I haven't tried the Unofficial. I have accepted fate and will not use HDR.

It would be nice if other 5870 Oblivion players told me whether or not they could enable HDR?

Do you plan on playing Oblivion without mods?

 

[AphexDreamer]

Do you plan on playing Oblivion without mods?

No already have Hi Res textures for everything in place. Making good use of my 2GB of my card.

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

No already have Hi Res textures for everything in place. Making good use of my 2GB of my card.

QTP3, Bananasplit's Better Cities, Unique Landscapes, RAEVWD, Enhanced Water? No FCOM?

 

[AphexDreamer]

QTP3, Bananasplit's Better Cities, Unique Landscapes, RAEVWD, Enhanced Water? No FCOM?

I have QTP3 thanks for the rest though I'll get those too.

 

[BababooeyHTJ]

I have QTP3 thanks for the rest though I'll get those too.

Watch out with Fcom it can be a bastard to install. OOO+MMM might be the way to go. It's most of the FCOM experience with less than half of the hassle.

 

[Kreij]

So called support and he said the game is much older than the card and that HDR isn't possible to just use AA.

Something amiss with that statement. Oblivion should be able to use HDR on any card that supports FP16

5870 is supposed to have ...

•20 enlarged texture units supporting FP16 and FP32 formats
•80 texture address units and just as many bilinear filtering units that can filter FP16 textures at full speed, trilinear and anisotropic filtering for all texture formats
•32 ROPs supporting antialiasing with programmable sample patterns (over 16 samples per pixel), including FP16 or FP32 formats of the frame buffer. Peak performance is up to 32 samples per cycle (including MSAA 2x/4x and FP16 buffers), 128 samples per cycle in Z only mode

Seems like there should be a way to get it working.

Maybe W1zz can shed a little light on this.

 

[AphexDreamer]

Something amiss with that statement. Oblivion should be able to use HDR on any card that supports FP16

5870 is supposed to have ...


Seems like there should be a way to get it working.

Maybe W1zz can shed a little light on this.

Exactly how I feel about it, there must be a way. If Wizard could that would be fantastic.