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**Emperor Smeat** · 10-04-2011, 07:19 PM

Problems involving the launch of the PC version of RAGE from id Software involves issues with the mega-texture packs and driver issues related to the Battlefield 3 beta.

In regards to the mega-texture packs for the game, the main complaints revolve around the textures causing screen tearing, graphical pop-ups, and PC's crashing due to how badly the textures were optimized. While searching for the actual cause of the problems, it was discovered the game doesn't have the same amount of drivers for graphic cards with more nVidia drivers found than ATI ones leading to the game being a bit more stable using nVidia.

It was also discovered the Battlefield 3 beta-specific drivers are incompatible with RAGE and have almost a 100% rate of crashing when playing the game. ATI/AMD and nVidia have suggested in rolling-back the drivers to an early update to help solve the problem.

While ATI/AMD has released updated drivers to help fix some of the issues, id Software currently has no plans to quickly release a patch to fix the texture problems and only suggests to update the drivers.

Also not exclusive to the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game have been reported to have the same problems with the texture packs and pop-up problems.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/rage...t-play-well-pc
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/rages-...-updated/3715/

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10-04-2011, 07:19 PM	#3930
Emperor Smeat Former TPWW Royalty Posts: 66,592	Problems involving the launch of the PC version of RAGE from id Software involves issues with the mega-texture packs and driver issues related to the Battlefield 3 beta. In regards to the mega-texture packs for the game, the main complaints revolve around the textures causing screen tearing, graphical pop-ups, and PC's crashing due to how badly the textures were optimized. While searching for the actual cause of the problems, it was discovered the game doesn't have the same amount of drivers for graphic cards with more nVidia drivers found than ATI ones leading to the game being a bit more stable using nVidia. It was also discovered the Battlefield 3 beta-specific drivers are incompatible with RAGE and have almost a 100% rate of crashing when playing the game. ATI/AMD and nVidia have suggested in rolling-back the drivers to an early update to help solve the problem. While ATI/AMD has released updated drivers to help fix some of the issues, id Software currently has no plans to quickly release a patch to fix the texture problems and only suggests to update the drivers. Also not exclusive to the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game have been reported to have the same problems with the texture packs and pop-up problems. http://www.screwattack.com/news/rage...t-play-well-pc http://www.giantbomb.com/news/rages-...-updated/3715/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Quick News Round-Up: 1) The Official Playstation Magazine becomes the lastest to be accused of being bribed for a good score after an early review of Batman: Arkham City was found to only cover the early part of the game and a breif time with the multiplayer. The reviewer backlashed at the people accusing of the score being "bought" but also admits most of the game wasn't played by the time the review was done unlike with a typical normal review process. 2) Latest rumors involving the successor to the Xbox 360 have Rare, Lionhead, and Turn 10 all focusing their next projects on becoming launch titles for the new system. Fable 4 is being rumored of being a launch window title with a late 2013 release date. 3) A sweepstakes started by Sega called "Name that Game" promises the winning entry will end up as a game for the PS3 and potentially the Xbox 360 which involves a classic series from Sega. Based on current information, the Dayton USA series will be returning with the official debut of the next game occuring once the contest ends on October 10.