Washed-out Ships

shouldn't be..

Did you fiddle with the graphics under the options menu and forget to change it back to default?

I did enable anti-aliasing since I remembered that the auto-detection for it is broken. However, turning it on or off doesn't seem to have an effect.

Some images of the problem, one of the main map and one of the star port:

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Specs for my PC:

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Processor: AMD Duron(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~750MHz
Physical Memory: 512MB RAM

Display Info
Display device 1:
Device Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Card Name: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Key Device: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0110&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_B2
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution:
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6693
Driver Date: 10/29/2004 16:50:00

cool ghost ships

or are you already ascended

Is that the latest graphics card driver version?

Beyond that I hope some one else can help you.

Yeah, I updated the drivers recently. I'm not sure what's up.

It's strange that it's limited to the ships... what's the difference in rendering between the ships and the rest of the map's objects?

Yes, your ships are white because there are no textures for them right now. There should at the very least however be a little bit of blue striping maybe, perhaps some red dots on occassion.

Even if there's no textures it should definatly be showing the player's colors (grey and blue).  Could you find another race in the galaxy and see if their ships are colored?

My understanding is the lighting in this game is done with shaders, correct? I have heard of problems where GeForce 2 MX drivers falsely report hardware shader support, and often have problems when games actually try to use the shaders. The ships look to me like they are just being rendered as white with no lighting calculations done, or with no material data.

Even if there's no textures it should definatly be showing the player's colors (grey and blue). Could you find another race in the galaxy and see if their ships are colored?

I should have specified: every ship in the game, regardless of owner, has this problem.

I downloaded the latest nvidia drivers as Solitair suggested and now the ships are fine.

This is good to know.