Issues, Workarounds & Localization

Since the last patch, I have been experiencing several troubling Graphical issues that have rendered the game unplayable after approximately 15 minutes each time I start the game. Initially I thought it was a problem with my own machine, so I re-installed my OS and then installed my drivers again, but that has not solved any of the issues. I will go through them each and list my findings on them.

1. Strange tie die pink desktop environment after starting eve, which goes away after resetting drivers or pressing Ctrl+alt+del.

I found that installing the drivers from the card manufacturers website solved this issue. I had originally used the latest driver pack from my laptop manufacturers site, as recommended by Intel.

2. Graphics card crashes every time Jumping / Docking

Again, this was solved by re-installing the latest drivers for my Intel HD card

3. Random, severe and persistent FPS drops ( from 30 FPS - 0.5 FPS for up to 20 maybe 30 minutes)

This happens very frequently, and in random places including whilst docked with the static background in place. I found that loading up the game, and manually closing the launcher ( because the option in the launcher settings doesn't work, and just crashes the launcher instead of closing it) fixed the frame rate drop. I'm still testing this out, but I'm now also getting Socket closed every 5 minutes, even though my internet connection is fine -_-.

4. Glitching of menu / windows

This has just started happening today, and was produced by manually closing the Launcher, my windows start flashing and text / content is screwed up severely. I am yet to find the source of this problem, but will update if I can figure it out.

- Fixed this happening persistently by returning to Full screen from Fixed window mode, although it still occurs randomly.

Update

Issue number 2 has returned again, my client has decided to begin crashing my Graphics drivers for some benign reason.

After running the game in Safe mode, and closing the launcher as mentioned in issue number 3, the problem has become just as persistent as before.


Notes:

Please don't troll me with " Intel cards aren't meant for gaming, just internet browsing "... I know they are not meant for gaming, but If I can play Skyrim on medium settings, then Eve should run easily enough on lowest settings.

I have maximized the performance of the game, caching is enabled, everything is low, no effects are enabled and I'm running full-screen 1024x768 for testing purposes.

Everything worked fine in my first week or so of playing, so I can no longer believe that it is a client issue. I have also seen several people with similar issues on the forum, so I hope this helps them fix some of their problems.



Note to CCP GM's / Devs
I have submitted a Bug report in-game ( no response ) and on the website. If this is not fixed by the time my subscription runs out then I will have to leave the game, much to my regret.

4 days my support ticket has been opened ... Still no response. when are you going to acknowledge my problems CCP -_-