No character shadows with AMD drivers 22.7.1 or higher

[Captain Fabulous]

Probably not something the Homecoming devs can fix, but I figured I'd report it anyway in case others notice the problem.

Adrenaline driver versions 22.7.1 and higher have the new OpenGL optimizations but most character shadows in CoH are missing. Reverting to a driver previous to 22.7.1 resolves the problem. I also reported this to AMD but it's probably unlikely they're gonna put in a fix for a 20 year old game.

[Astralock]

It's not just Homecoming, it's all servers.  Rebirth told its users not to update to the latest AMD graphics driver.  It doesn't seem to just be AMD either.  I've been having graphics issues with City of Heroes since I got my current computer, but the latest Nvidia graphics driver greatly exasperated it to the point that I've been having to play remotely via Shadow PC despite having a relatively new expensive gaming computer.

 

If only we could get the game converted to Vulkan.

[Captain Fabulous]

On 1/29/2023 at 3:00 AM, Astralock said:

It's not just Homecoming, it's all servers.  Rebirth told its users not to update to the latest AMD graphics driver.  It doesn't seem to just be AMD either.  I've been having graphics issues with City of Heroes since I got my current computer, but the latest Nvidia graphics driver greatly exasperated it to the point that I've been having to play remotely via Shadow PC despite having a relatively new expensive gaming computer.

 

If only we could get the game converted to Vulkan.

I don't have any gameplay issues using 22.11.2 (the latest for my card), I'm just missing the shadows. Otherwise the game plays fine for me.