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Screen whiteout after blowing up ships

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Mobius Snowpaw Infinity
Red Dog Mine
#1 - 2014-06-11 18:25:20 UTC
sometimes when im ratting or mining, when a rat get blown up my entire screen goes white.
is there a workaround to alleviate this problem?
DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#2 - 2014-06-11 18:26:23 UTC
Mobius Snowpaw Infinity wrote:
sometimes when im ratting or mining, when a rat get blown up my entire screen goes white.
is there a workaround to alleviate this problem?


sounds like a driver or video card issue... but it could be a bug, esp if it just started recently (i.e. good before kronos, doing this after.)

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Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#3 - 2014-06-11 18:29:28 UTC
I get exactly that issue when particle effects occur heavily, in deadspace sites and when rats detonate.

Try changing some of the effects settings in options.

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Kijo Rikki
Killboard Padding Services
#4 - 2014-06-11 18:30:49 UTC
My old ATI card this this alot. Not 100% sure but pretty sure I've also experienced it on my NVidia as well. You should be able to turn the camera away in the opposite direction and it should go away and immediately come back when you face it again. The duration is about 15 seconds and it should go away completely.

Not sure what causes it, to me it seems like a gfx driver glitch where it sends bloom into overdrive.

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Hra Neuvosto
Party Cat Enterprises
#5 - 2014-06-11 18:32:03 UTC
Turning off ship explosions helps.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#6 - 2014-06-11 18:45:15 UTC
Hra Neuvosto wrote:
Turning off ship explosions helps.

ShockedThat's not a solution.

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De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2014-06-11 19:01:23 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Hra Neuvosto wrote:
Turning off ship explosions helps.

ShockedThat's not a solution.


That doesn't make it an invalid suggestion. I had the same issue, and turning that setting off did help. Of course, I pretty much have to play on minimal settings anyway because my video card is so crappy.

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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#8 - 2014-06-11 19:10:26 UTC
I seem to recall CCP mentioning a new option to turn-off clouds. Don't know if it made it in.

The cloud effect, seen in clouds and explosions, has a long history (years) of causing trouble on some cards/drivers.
Owen Levanth
Sagittarius Unlimited Exploration
#9 - 2014-06-11 19:20:24 UTC
Mobius Snowpaw Infinity wrote:
sometimes when im ratting or mining, when a rat get blown up my entire screen goes white.
is there a workaround to alleviate this problem?


I had this problem, too. My solution? I upgraded my card and the weird whiteout stopped, finally. So if you're video card is as old as mine was (five years old and pretty mediocre even back in 2009), you should upgrade.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#10 - 2014-06-11 19:29:30 UTC
De'Veldrin wrote:
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Hra Neuvosto wrote:
Turning off ship explosions helps.

ShockedThat's not a solution.


That doesn't make it an invalid suggestion. I had the same issue, and turning that setting off did help. Of course, I pretty much have to play on minimal settings anyway because my video card is so crappy.

I need a new computer. Cry

I know, I hadn't ment to imply that it was.
At least eve isn't the most taxing of games, upgrading with it in mind shouldn't be too much of a problem.

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Gnarmin
SanctityEVEU
#11 - 2014-06-11 19:36:09 UTC
o7

Had this a few days ago whilst killing a few HiSec Mission rats, my HDD at the time was on its way out, (slight click of death), was runnin all on max settings, but just put it down to a personal problem that I was having with the HDD

IMO - check all files, run a Memory Checking program, see everything is in working order, then if so.. report to CCP



Hope it helps
Lido Seahawk
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2014-06-11 20:49:23 UTC
I'll sometimes have half my screen white out, usually the left half. When it happens, it goes away after 30 seconds or so. Doesn't happen very often. Not sure what the deal is. But I blame the New Order!

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Joshua Foiritain
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#13 - 2014-06-11 21:19:43 UTC
DaReaper wrote:
Mobius Snowpaw Infinity wrote:
sometimes when im ratting or mining, when a rat get blown up my entire screen goes white.
is there a workaround to alleviate this problem?


sounds like a driver or video card issue... but it could be a bug, esp if it just started recently (i.e. good before kronos, doing this after.)

Nah its been around for years. I get it with fireworks and missions from time to time.

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Vivec Septim
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2014-06-11 21:25:58 UTC
Happens on mine too; I usually have to spin the camera away from the explosion to get it to work

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Machiavellian Space Bastards
#15 - 2014-06-11 23:19:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Vivec Septim wrote:
Happens on mine too; I usually have to spin the camera away from the explosion to get it to work

^^ This is what I do.

If you're using the DirectX 11 option in the launcher, it may be worth changing to DirectX 9 to see if that makes a difference.

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Raiz Nhell
State War Academy
Caldari State
#16 - 2014-06-11 23:19:45 UTC
I get it.... sometimes all the screen sometimes only half.
Its usually only the background, I can still see objects and windows.


I find spinning the screen or zooming in and out fixes it.

Dunno what causes it, seems to be a bit random... I put it down to having a Mac

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Solecist Project
#17 - 2014-06-12 00:23:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Solecist Project
Try setting shaders to medium, or switching dx11/dx9. ... mac. nevermind.

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Elmonky
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2014-06-13 14:34:36 UTC
*wraps tinfoil around whole head*


I heard it was mind control used by the cartels - white flashes are implanting subliminal messages for you to stop ratting in High sec and move to null.
Felicity Project
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2014-06-13 14:43:15 UTC
Whiteout after blowing.

How surprising!
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#20 - 2014-06-13 19:29:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Ranger 1
I only get that when I pull too many G's... usually right after standing up too quickly after a game session.

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