Mellowtron11 180 Posted October 27, 2017 So my Windows 10 laptop works fine and old computer games like KOTOR2 run pretty well. However, when I started playing on this computer a couple years ago, the Sith Assassins lack the see-thru shimmering effect that's usually seen, instead getting a yellow white sheen around them when they enter stealth mode. Similarly, the watery shimmering edges of the screen are absent during Kreia's telepathic communications and the droids lack their blue or red monochrome first person view filter. However, the force sight effect works fine for me. My computer has a Nvidia Geforce 940M graphics card that gets regular driver updates (current driver version 388.00), an Intel® I7 Core 5500 CPU @2.40GHz, and 7.9 GB RAM. One would think that there's enough power to cover all the graphical effects. Anyone know what might have caused this? I still play the game regardless, but this still made me curious. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Qui-Gon Glenn Posted November 1, 2017 Mods? Something seems to be affecting your CM_baremetal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mellowtron11 180 Posted November 1, 2017 Mods? Something seems to be affecting your CM_baremetal. I did turn up the brightness a little bit. The original lighting for the screenshots was really dark initially. Are you talking about the regular metal textures? I also am using NDreW-25's K1 T3-M4 mod, so that's why T3 is so shiny. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Qui-Gon Glenn Posted November 1, 2017 I am talking about the original textures. A mod may have replaced the default CM_Baremetal texture. It has happened before Otherwise, it is indeed odd. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sithspecter 909 Posted November 1, 2017 I had the same thing. Open up your NVidia control panel and make sure that the default graphics processor is set to the NVidia one and NOT the integrated one. I think you can also change this by right clicking on your game exe, and selecting "Run with graphics processor" and choosing the NVidia one. Should fix it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mellowtron11 180 Posted November 1, 2017 I am talking about the original textures. A mod may have replaced the default CM_Baremetal texture. It has happened before Otherwise, it is indeed odd. Strange, the only mods I have running on TSL are as Follows: TSLRCM 1.8.5 K1 T3-M4 TSL NPC Stat Fixes Mod 1.0 PMHC05 by Darth Moeller I have no graphical overhauls of any kind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mellowtron11 180 Posted November 1, 2017 I had the same thing. Open up your NVidia control panel and make sure that the default graphics processor is set to the NVidia one and NOT the integrated one. I think you can also change this by right clicking on your game exe, and selecting "Run with graphics processor" and choosing the NVidia one. Should fix it. When doing this and going into the program settings of the 'Manage 3D Settings' part of the control panel, I choose to customize the SWKotOR2.exe and then select the Nvidia processor, right? Thanks for the info so far! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sithspecter 909 Posted November 1, 2017 When doing this and going into the program settings of the 'Manage 3D Settings' part of the control panel, I choose to customize the SWKotOR2.exe and then select the Nvidia processor, right? Thanks for the info so far! Yes, that should get it going. I'm not 100% sure on all the details because your system and graphics card is different than mine, but I hope that will restore those graphical features for you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mellowtron11 180 Posted November 1, 2017 Yes, that should get it going. I'm not 100% sure on all the details because your system and graphics card is different than mine, but I hope that will restore those graphical features for you. I just adjusted everything in the control panel and am still getting the same result. Any other ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mutilator57 140 Posted November 1, 2017 Are you guys sure? I always thought those kind of effects were controlled by the frame buffer effects settings. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mellowtron11 180 Posted November 1, 2017 Are you guys sure? I always thought those kind of effects were controlled by the frame buffer effects settings. Should I disable frame buffer effects then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mutilator57 140 Posted November 1, 2017 Should I disable frame buffer effects then? You shouldn't quote me on this, but I remember having the setting on to make all those graphical enhancements appear. However, I also vageuly remember the type of graphics card affecting those settings as well. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mellowtron11 180 Posted November 8, 2017 Mods? Something seems to be affecting your CM_baremetal. I know this is a silly question, but is CM_baremetal referring to the bare metal textures? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malkior 476 Posted November 10, 2017 I know this is a silly question, but is CM_baremetal referring to the bare metal textures?Yes it is. However, this looks like the "stealth field" pattern you see before the character becomes invisible. Have you tried checking your graphical settings in the game menu to see if Frame Buffer Effects is checked? I remember way back when, my computer didn't support them, so I had them unchecked with similar results. I am also lead to believe this since the droid overlay, premonition effect, and stealth effect are Frame Effects, IIRC. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
