Mesmer shatters a checkered square
Happens to me too. Enemy or Friendly mesmer. From today’s patch.
Oblyth, Mes ~ Nadeshiko Naito, War ~ Hwertu, Gua
Evenree, Necro (M) ~ Ran Still Died, Thief
I’m also witnessing this on my mesmer. My wvw graphic settings are at ‘high’.
Ditto, had some Mesmer shatter on a guard in WvWs & saw the chequered flag.
wondered wtk was going on.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Top-right-GO-away/first#post2096524
Rocking Wizard Wars until this mess of a game is fixed…
Actually, I also saw that effect sometimes even before the last patch. I can only tell it showed this effect sometimes on enemy/friendly mesmers.
No idea if it showed when playing the mesmer myself because I don’t have one.
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Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like everyone is having this problem, so it may be something caused by graphics settings or hardware. If you are having this problem, please provide a screenshot of your graphics settings and a DxDiag report so that we can try and find out what the common cause might be.
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It was happening to me as well. I just restarted the game and it went away. Probably to do with the graphics cards dealing with the new culling settings. Hope it all goes away for everyone else.
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From the Northern Shiver Peaks
Thanks for adding the screenshot!
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like everyone is having this problem, so it may be something caused by graphics settings or hardware. If you are having this problem, please provide a screenshot of your graphics settings and a DxDiag report so that we can try and find out what the common cause might be.
Fixed your double-negative for you. Anyway…
I definitely am getting this issue, but I can live with it. Lots of people I’ve talked to have it, too, and some even say they like it because it looks cool. It is definitely not a one-off or rare thing.
We are getting it on both of your PC’s, both running ATI graphic cards.
Mighty Hyperion-Warrior ~ Koweta-Ranger ~ Leephor-Necro ~ Mighty Mental-Mesmer
I’ve been having this problem in WvW and in PvE. I play with my graphics settings on max. Lowering them doesn’t seem to impact this issue, though.
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I can confirm this (GTX 670), not seen that issue in the 400 hours of playing mesmer before the latest update, no changes except yesterday’s patch, no new driver. Changing settings doesn’t help. Must be a bug.
Thanks for adding the screenshot!
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like everyone is having this problem, so it may be something caused by graphics settings or hardware. If you are having this problem, please provide a screenshot of your graphics settings and a DxDiag report so that we can try and find out what the common cause might be.
Thank you so much for responding. Much appreciated. I love the mesmer and this bug really destroys the immersion. If you can fix it that would be amazing. As others on this thread have stated, I’ve played hundreds of hours since launch with the exact same computer on the exact same settings and never seen this problem ever. After the most recent patch the checker board of death appeared out of nowhere. Thanks for giving this a look. Maybe it’s not happening to everyone, but clearly it’s enough of the player base that it’s an issue.
Processor is 2.2 GHz, 4 cores, 4gb of memory Intel Core i7
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6750M (ATI)
I’ve also included my graphics settings below:
I saw this last night and three others from my guild reported it as well. Definitely something to do with the 3/26 patch.
Thanks for adding the screenshot!
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like everyone is having this problem, so it may be something caused by graphics settings or hardware. If you are having this problem, please provide a screenshot of your graphics settings and a DxDiag report so that we can try and find out what the common cause might be.
Here you go !
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Ah! I thought it was a new graphic lol. It was happening to my clones all night yesterday when someone would kill them, it was really weird. The screenshots clearly indicate its a bug though.
If I remember I’ll attach my own DxDiag when I get home, but for reference I’m sporting a 560 TI, i2500k, with 16GB of RAM on Windows 7. With Nvidia and Windows drivers all up to date.
edit: Also, this was noticed by everyone I was grouped with last night as well. So at least 10 different people confirmed and commented on it, and we all have pretty different systems.
Sorrow’s Furnace – Commander/Officer
Kabal of the Righteous [Seed]
Thanks for adding the screenshot!
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like everyone is having this problem, so it may be something caused by graphics settings or hardware. If you are having this problem, please provide a screenshot of your graphics settings and a DxDiag report so that we can try and find out what the common cause might be.
Every mesmer I ran with in WvW tonight had this problem so it is not isolated. Also, ran with a new mesmer level 12 afterwards and he had the same problem as well.
I could see it and it really looked odd. I do not believe it is related to any one’s graphic setup at all, since everyone I spoke with had different settings and graphic cards too.
Myself and 3 of my guildmates also noticed the wierd ‘checkered squares’ pattern when Mesmer illusions vanish.
As I recall I saw this behaviour even before the patch during The Shatterer; but I dismissed it as a slight anomaly due to the sheer number of players. Yet now I constantly see it whenever illusions vanish (after the death of a mob).
Fojja – Vyxxi – Nymmra – Mymmra – Champion of Dwayna .. and more
Highly Over Powered Explorers [HOPE] – Desolation EU
Getting it with AMD Radeon HD 6670
Intel Core i7 CPU
Windows XP 32 Bit @ 3.5 GB RAM cap (don’t laugh)
Graphics settings all on low.
Oblyth, Mes ~ Nadeshiko Naito, War ~ Hwertu, Gua
Evenree, Necro (M) ~ Ran Still Died, Thief
also confirmed
i5-3570
8GB DDR3 2400
GTX460
Samsung 830 SSD
Most likely a missing texture or effect and the fall back is the checkered board flat texture. Notice how the location and orientation of the texture is lined up with the shatter.
This was an issue back in beta with certain art assets being missing, they would replace them w/ weird colored checkered boxes or checkered textures.
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Also having the same issue.
Mist Angels [Mist] – Piken Square
I’m playing on a cereal box so I thought it’s just me having this issue. I can live with it but I’m not sure if my computer’s self esteem can carry on with this! I tried to tell him that it’s o-kay to see squares instead but ever since the patch he has been a bit depressed..
Confirmed for myself and several guildmates, also exclusively since the 3/26 patch.
OS: Win 7 Professional 64-bit
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T, 2.8 GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR3
So it’s looking pretty clear it’s not a specific graphics card/system issue as it’s pretty wide spread. I would imagine since this patch messed with model/texture loading that maybe there’s an issue with the speed of loading that specific model/texture or maybe that file was corrupted with the patch. Either way, it seems to be a programming issue.
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From the Northern Shiver Peaks
Thank you for the information, everyone! We believe we’ve found the issue and are looking to implement a fix in an upcoming update.
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Thank you for the information, everyone! We believe we’ve found the issue and are looking to implement a fix in an upcoming update.
Woot! Go Anet!
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From the Northern Shiver Peaks
Having this issue but not just in WvW, seen it with mesmers in the world.
Glad to hear it’s being addressed!
For the toast!
Thank you for the information, everyone! We believe we’ve found the issue and are looking to implement a fix in an upcoming update.
Amazing! You guys rock! Thank you so much for addressing this.
I also have the problem AFTER the patch. Besides breaking the whole thief class, this is the next thing I noticed, so “Unfortunately” get to work :-L
I’ve seen this (usually only in fights with more than a few players around) since the February patch. Seems to happen most often during dragon or other meta events, and in wvw.
Glad to know the issue has been found.
Seer Of The Divine | Sarina Starlight | Tireasa | Caedyra
Thank you for the information, everyone! We believe we’ve found the issue and are looking to implement a fix in an upcoming update.
Thanks Anet! A small bug like this can’t be at the top of your to-do list but its great to see you looking after the little things!
Cookies in the mail!
[NOX] & [Coma] – Gunnar’s Hold.
always present for me :x
Thank you for the information, everyone! We believe we’ve found the issue and are looking to implement a fix in an upcoming update.
Noticed comment was 27 days ago. We’ve had a server update since then but I still see this problem.
It appears whatever “fix” you implemented did not work. Attached is a screen shot of my mesmer shatter checkered square graphics.
Please revisit this “fix” because it did not work.
Yak’s Bend server:
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Jason, please check on this. I still see those squares whenever my shatters occur.
Yes, this issue is still happening and it only seemed to recently start occurring once I tried WvW today. It’s rather obnoxious to see and I would appreciate a fix to this.
I believe the ’upcoming update’’ he mentioned was the 30th one. Most of the bugfixes they mention they’re working on come with the monthly content update.