In Progress graphics exploding into kalaidascope

Edit -- More investigation.

Using a concurrently running instance of EQ, I looked around where surrounding objects might have similar textures and this character had the same texture atlas (below).

I have one character who just sees this. I have another character (the post above) that sees this AND the big boxy thing moving with Czerina's idle movements. And I have another character that sees nothing wrong right now.

To me (a non-coder) it seems like object variables have a chance of being incorrectly stored (in RAM?) thereby changing their size and what textures they reference.

This is the non-broken view of the character around which I can see the texture atlas right now:

I had never seen this effect until today. Currently running the most recent hotfix.

3/31/2024 Latest Nvidia driver 551.86

Use imgur google it. After you upload your image, chose Copy Image Address


Then on these forums when you reply, chose this icon


Then you can paste in the URL for your image and then click Insert.

Yep, still happens.

This has gotten worse for me in the past couple of days.

Logging out and validating assets removed the graphics artifacts and reset Plane of Knowledge to a normal state

I posted last week about my issues in the guild lobby and Pok. Just wanted to add that I am now experiencing the issue in the guild hall as well to a lesser extent.

15 players in the guild lobby, so it's not a problem there.

I thought I fixed it but nope, it's back.

What server is this picture from?

Firiona Vie

This is also still happening on Bristlebane every day. Confirmed by multiple people I play with, and myself, who all have entirely different computers and setups. Guild Lobby and POK especially.

We think it's fixed on the Test server as of April 9th. Live servers will be updated on April 17th.

I did notice that when it happens in the lobby that it is just in the center. If you walk the corridor between the bankers and the lobby then it does show. Unless a little bled over from someone standing to close to the wall inside the center.

• Fixed kaleidoscopic rendering artifacts and related crashes.

I'm afraid there's more work to do here. This is exploding off my Enchanter's pet. I'm pretty sure its coming from the Mage summoned swords it's equipped with.

Did you run Launchpad and patch your client today?
What does your Logs\dbg.txt file say for EQGraphics library version? For example:

[Wed Apr 17 12:48:01 2024]00005:Graphics DLL Version 3.00.240412

Yes I patched with the Launcher today. Here is the snip from my dbg.txt file ...

[Wed Apr 17 16:19:07 2024]00004:Graphics DLL Configuration Type: GraphicsDLL
[Wed Apr 17 16:19:07 2024]00005:Graphics DLL Version 3.00.240412

Another person I play with has confirmed he still has the issue as well.