So, I´ve been enjoying DA:I so far. However, now that I´ve left the inital area and the Inquisition has formed the landscape is filled with graphical glitches. Grass is nearly black, strange square textures all over the place, overall bad quality.Here´s a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/p6sGu8i.jpgOther screenshots of texture squares that are literally everywhere: http://imgur.com/a/FMkBBBlack grass, overall bad quality on Ultra: http://imgur.com/FfRcKsVI have a Nvidia Geforce 770 GTX with 4GB, latest driver 344.75, fully patched Windows 8.1 x64 with 16 GB RAM, game is running from a SSD.Thats more than enough to run current games on very high but somehow DA:I doesnt like it.I´ve tried different settings, initially Ultra then step by step down to Low however that doesnt change anything.Nvidia control center is set to "Let the 3D application decide" but even when setting it to manual quality settings it doesnt change anything ingame.Is there a known problem that causes this?

So i had this problem also... tried all the wild guesses in the few forum possts that exist, which really makes me wonder that so few have the problem.I had reinstalled Win 8.1 just a couple of days ago, because i installed a new GFX (Geforce 970) without installing the driver first, and it **bleep** up Win 8.1... never though that would happen.Okay, fresh Win 8.1 with just a few software installation. One by accident because i attached one USB Cable to much:DisplayLink Core SoftwareWhile i think this one was the culprit for, because it is really unstable even if no adapter is attached i uninstalled 2 more on the same reboot:VMWare vSphere ManagerVirtual Clone DriveI really don´t think those two were responsible, but both tap into Hardware somehow.Nevertheless, grass is green, DA looks strange now, having played way too long with dark black grass and screwed ground textures.But the point is - check your software and features for software you don´t really need (atm) and that might tamper with your hardware - reboot, try, hope to be green. 🙂

@crazyaskari wrote: download FC4 patch v1.6.0 from megagames and black grass issue is fixed. like and subscribe my channel engine 65 Are you sure you're talking about the same game? Is FC4 short for FarCry 4 in this case? This is the Dragon Age forum.

I installed it through Origin, bought it digitally. Installed it two times by now. Also tried the repair option.However, I found a solution to my problems but it sounds stupid. I am a software developer so I know how important it is not to change multiple things at the same time to see if it brings better results.I´ve spent hours, changing setting by setting, each time restarting the whole game to see if it has any effect. No success, always the black grass and rest of the glitches. I then uninstalled all drivers for peripharals I dont need, as someone suggested that it helped disconnecting them.Again, one by one, each time restarting the game.When I uninstalled the driver for the XBox controller the glitches were no more. Again, it sounds stupid but the game now looks beautiful. Just to test this I installed them again and boom, glitches again, uninstalled: glorious.Strange how other people are able to play the game with controllers.

That´s why i pointed out to remove any software you don´t need.Still it´s an absolutely no go for Bioware or EA to have such a release. Whoever is responsible for having only developers test that game which is always a bad idea.Let normal people test - they tend to find out the real problems. 🙂But back on topic, again, since somebody just uninstalled an XBox controller (who the hell uses controllers, they suck :P )driver and grass went green - check and double check for software you can live without.Maybe even Fingerprint readers can be the cause because they tend to use some form of "overlay".The DisplayLink driver i have experience with both in private and at work and they seem to become used widely (even by HP in Port replicators). yet they run unstable especially with Intel CPU graphic drivers along.I wish i could have identified the cause - looks like the few of us wo have/had the problem have to research it ourselves.

Just wanted to say I'm having the same problem with the black grass, I've been looking all morning for answers and it's driving me crazy! Wish I knew what causes it, hopefully someone finds a fix soon. ☹️

Square glitchy textures, black grass, graphical glitches.

34 Replies

Anonymous
11 years ago
Just wanted to say I'm having the same problem with the black grass, I've been looking all morning for answers and it's driving me crazy! Wish I knew what causes it, hopefully someone finds a fix soon. ☹️
GonepowderMonke
11 years ago
This is a screenshot of the black grass and general quality. This is on everything Ultra and looks nothing like even the Pre-Alpha screenshots that have been published for this game: http://imgur.com/nsEffiV
Anonymous
11 years ago
Yup, looks just like mine, mix of High and Ultra settings with HBAO on: http://i.imgur.com/6WnNm3L.jpg
GonepowderMonke
11 years ago
So.. I switched from 1920*1080 at 144 Hz to same resolution on 60 Hz. Result? http://imgur.com/ma4xWze You can see it is still Full HD by the crisp sharp character portraits but everything else has gone to **bleep**. This was the only change I did, these are still the Ultra settings. I guess this game needs a lot of work in regards to fixing these glitches. :-( Im sad.
Anonymous
11 years ago
Good lord. Since we seem to be the only two people on the internet having this problem right now (I have searched everywhere!), we should compare.
We both have:
-Win 8.1 x64
-Nvidia GTX series cards
-Latest graphics drivers
Which lots of other people have, yet apparently no one else is having this problem, or at least they're not posting about it.
I'm running DA:I off my HDD, but Origin is installed to my SSD, along with my OS. Is your game installed on the same drive as Origin and your OS? I doubt it's the cause of the problem, but I've had issues running games on a drive that's seperate from my OS before, so who knows?
At this point I think I'm just going to re-install the game and see if that magically fixes the problem, since I'm all out of ideas. ☹️
GonepowderMonke
11 years ago
Game is installed on a seperate drive.
Far Cry 4 is looking absolutely stunning so I doubt it´s the driver itself.
Nothing more to compare here, really. :-(
Im now disabling Cloud Storage and delete my delete/backup my saves and config and let the game create that again without restoring it out of the cloud. let´s see if that changes anything.
Anonymous
11 years ago
Well I tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no luck...still black grass!
GonepowderMonke
11 years ago
Completely new save didnt help either. Made some new screenshot though: http://imgur.com/a/FMkBB These squares are literally everywhere.
GonepowderMonke
11 years ago
Here is my DxDiag. Maybe a developer can make sense why these glitches are happening and preventing DA:I from being amazing.
http://pastebin.com/nT6S1UiB
Anonymous
11 years ago
I tried a new save as well and found more black grass during the prologue that I didn't notice my first time through, so I guess it's not specific to the Hinterlands area: http://imgur.com/pCs5UbF,Ltaeec5#0
Good idea on the DxDiag, I'll post mine as well: http://pastebin.com/RYwQ3Vk3
Hopefully we get a solution soon!