EVE General Discussion

I've seen it in many different systems - some times, and some times not - so for me it does not seem to be system dependent. I do indeed dual box, and I noticed someone mention that as a potential cause. I'm almost certain the issue is related to sun flare...here's my example.

When warping acorss a system, sometimes the screen becomes very light blue - you can see through this mind you, like something casting a blue light on the system. This brightens as you rotate the camera towards the sun, and lessens if you face opposite the sun. If you actually VIEW the sun, the flare ceases and usually won't return (rarely it does).

The main problem I listed probably has to do with the sun occluded option - I don't mind the sun appearing and disappearing because of this, but I do mind it causing the incredible white flash on my screen which I assume is an insta-flare from the sun suddenly 'appearing' from behind objects rapidly.

The problem is most apparent at Jump Gates and/or sites - I honestly can't say I've seen it while at stations. I see it most frequently during missions, but I also see it in roid belts when my corp gang mines. It's not the roids blocking the sun either and often, according to the solar map, there are no stations, planets, or other sites between us and the sun - which implies it's not an object affecting it.

I wish I could give more information - or better yet pictures. I may try and video it happening if I can. At this point I just turn the camera away when it happens, but that's very problematic in missions if what I need to fly towards (for looting, fighting, w/e) is the same direction as the sun. It really breaks the enjoyment of the game - not like you can't play EVE from strictly the overview.

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I'm not the only one, staring at the sun...

Twin nvidia 8600 GT's on 2 monitors.

No prob here in windowed mode running up to 4 accounts.

i am actually an epileptic and this makes it a very serious bug for me

running an amd card and yes its viewing angle dependant i will try and fraps it

I should try that...

if it can help, I do NOT have this problem, running on Nvidia Geforce GTX560m notebook.

my other Nvidia cards on my desktops also do not have this problem.

This is happening to me in nearly every system. Currently using an HP Touchpad notebook. (AMD Turion dual-core, ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics) I've seen it with both the factory default video drivers and the newest generic ATI drivers. The client is running on an external monitor in Fixed Window mode with 1680x1050 resolution, with medium shaders, high LOD and texture detail, and everything else as low as it can go.

It is not system-specific. It happens in nearly all systems, no matter where I go.

It is viewing-angle dependent. It happens only when the sun's location is visible, and seems to occur whenever objects/brackets occlude it. Turning the camera away from the sun makes the flashing stop.

It is not dual-boxing specific. I get the flashing screen when running a single client. I am, however, extending the desktop over both the external monitor and the notebook's own screen.

Unchecking "Sun is Occluded by Objects" in the options seems to fix the problem.

[*] The flashing started on TQ when Crucible was released. It didn't occur in the Crucible test builds on Sisi, but I don't know if it happens on Sisi now. I might have a look later if I remember.

I do not have this issue.

MacBookPro, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, low graphics settings, objects block sun ON.

I have this problem too, have had it for months.. well before crucible.. I think it started with Incarna..

It's REALLY annoying, and yea gives me a real headache if i don't rotate the sun out of the frame which does often put me in a poor tactical position to observe the combat)