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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0003996Valley 1Graphical BugJan 30, 2012 10:26 am
Reportermrhanman Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version0.500 (First Beta) 
Summary0003996: Dynamic skies scrambled on MacBook Pro
DescriptionDynamic skies are pink and scrambled on my 2011 MacBook Pro 13". It has Intel HD graphics, which I understand supports shader model 4.0. The tooltip for the setting suggests that it would be automatically enabled if shader 3.0 weren't supported on my hardware. It was not turned on initially. I had to manually enable it to get the static skies.
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Internal WeightFix Before Major Release

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tigersfan

Sep 26, 2011 1:51 pm

reporter   ~0013628

This certainly sounds like the game doesn't like something about your card, but I don't have a MAC of my own for comparison.

Chris_McElligottPark

Sep 26, 2011 1:54 pm

administrator   ~0013629

Yeah, the pink sky is definitely meaning that they dynamic skies are simply unable to execute on your card. Maybe there's some other Unisky requirement other than just SM3.0; I'll have to look at it.

Regardless, it's clear you'll have to use Static Skies on that machine either way; I'll just have to figure out a way to get it default to that on your machine.

Interestingly, on my 15" 2010 MacBook Pro, it's drawing the skies just fine. So it may actually be some sort of driver issue in your case, unless there's that much of a difference between our respective laptops.

mrhanman

Sep 26, 2011 2:09 pm

reporter   ~0013632

It has an Intel HD Graphics 3000 video card. I just installed Lion on it this weekend. I don't suppose that could have anything to do with it?

tigersfan

Sep 26, 2011 2:12 pm

reporter   ~0013634

Sometimes new OSes have old versions of drivers. Have you updated yours?

Chris_McElligottPark

Sep 26, 2011 2:13 pm

administrator   ~0013636

It could be a Lion issue, I'm not sure. The latest versions of Unity (the engine that AVWW runs on) improve Lion integration, but they also include some wicked sound bugs that lead to frequent crashes. So for now we're still on Unity 3.3, waiting for them to fix the crash bugs before upgrading to the latest. In that light, it might very well be a Lion thing, anyhow.

mrhanman

Sep 26, 2011 2:15 pm

reporter   ~0013638

I just doubled checked. The update program says there are none. As far as I know, that's the only way to get drivers on a Mac.

I have Windows 7 x64 installed with bootcamp. I'll try it there just to eliminate the OS.

Chris_McElligottPark

Sep 26, 2011 2:16 pm

administrator   ~0013640

Wow, thanks for the extra mile on the testing -- you don't really have to do that, but it's certainly appreciated! I don't yet have Lion.

mrhanman

Sep 26, 2011 2:31 pm

reporter   ~0013646

Dynamic skies work fine in Windows 7 x64 on the same hardware, so the issue must be caused by something else. Lion, possibly.

I'm an IT technician by choice and passion, so troubleshooting is in my blood. I just can't help myself.

The skies are awesome, BTW.

tigersfan

Sep 26, 2011 2:33 pm

reporter   ~0013647

Yep, likely a Lion/Unity issue then.

Glad you like the skies!

tigersfan

Sep 26, 2011 2:34 pm

reporter   ~0013648

Chris, I'll leave this open so it can be looked at when Unity gets their act together.

Chris_McElligottPark

Sep 26, 2011 2:34 pm

administrator   ~0013649

Awesome, thanks for all the sleuthing!

mrhanman

Sep 26, 2011 2:40 pm

reporter   ~0013652

No problem. Glad I can help. Makes me feel like I'm working off the discount. :D

Admiral

Sep 26, 2011 4:30 pm

reporter   ~0013693

You can be the Lion guinea pig. :)

Why did you go to Lion anyway??

mrhanman

Sep 26, 2011 5:42 pm

reporter   ~0013712

I like being the guinea pig. :)

As for Lion, I was just curious about the hype. I'm not really a Mac person. This one was given to me by my workplace to experiment with. Some of our users are Mac people, and I'm required to support them. A few have already made the jump to Lion, so I kinda needed to as well.

Besides, I like being the guinea pig. :)

tigersfan

Jan 26, 2012 2:27 pm

reporter   ~0018188

How about this one? Is this still an issue?

mrhanman

Jan 30, 2012 10:24 am

reporter   ~0018378

It seems to be working well, now. No more pink dynamic skies!

Chris_McElligottPark

Jan 30, 2012 10:26 am

administrator   ~0018380

Well, that's good news to hear! :)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Sep 26, 2011 1:47 pm mrhanman New Issue
Sep 26, 2011 1:51 pm tigersfan Internal Weight => Fix Before Major Release
Sep 26, 2011 1:51 pm tigersfan Note Added: 0013628
Sep 26, 2011 1:52 pm tigersfan Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark
Sep 26, 2011 1:52 pm tigersfan Status new => assigned
Sep 26, 2011 1:54 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0013629
Sep 26, 2011 2:09 pm mrhanman Note Added: 0013632
Sep 26, 2011 2:12 pm tigersfan Note Added: 0013634
Sep 26, 2011 2:13 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0013636
Sep 26, 2011 2:15 pm mrhanman Note Added: 0013638
Sep 26, 2011 2:16 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0013640
Sep 26, 2011 2:31 pm mrhanman Note Added: 0013646
Sep 26, 2011 2:33 pm tigersfan Note Added: 0013647
Sep 26, 2011 2:34 pm tigersfan Note Added: 0013648
Sep 26, 2011 2:34 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0013649
Sep 26, 2011 2:40 pm mrhanman Note Added: 0013652
Sep 26, 2011 4:30 pm Admiral Note Added: 0013693
Sep 26, 2011 5:42 pm mrhanman Note Added: 0013712
Jan 26, 2012 2:27 pm tigersfan Note Added: 0018188
Jan 30, 2012 10:24 am mrhanman Note Added: 0018378
Jan 30, 2012 10:26 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0018380
Jan 30, 2012 10:26 am Chris_McElligottPark Status assigned => resolved
Jan 30, 2012 10:26 am Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => fixed
Apr 14, 2014 9:29 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Bug - Graphical Issue => Graphical Bug