Mac users, please respond if you are seeing blinking/flashing after updating >= 2.17.0.80 (20 July)

[RealMajorHavok 208]

Please read this carefully. I am about to describe a problem. If this is a problem you have, PLEASE REPLY!

 

If you have some other problem, DO NOT REPLY. I am trying to collect a list of people who have THIS EXACT PROBLEM.

 

Do not reply if you are not running 2.17.0.80, released 20 July (or newer). You can see the version in the upper right of the game screen when you are in a battle.

 

I know that lots of people have lots of problems, but I am trying to track down THIS ONE ISSUE.

 

So if you have THIS ONE ISSUE, please, please, please:

 

1) post your machine type in this thread

2) screen shot would also be super-helpful but not required

3) does the problem get better at ULQ?

4) does clearing the cache help?

 

Here is the problem:

 

When Winds of Change was released in April, some of us started having serious problems with weird flashing graphics appearing. The exact nature of the graphics changed, sometimes it was random lines or circles or other simple shapes, other times it was a normal texture like a tree blown up to huge size, filling the screen. All of these objects tended to blink and flash. The problem continues on my machine even after the latest release. They have repeatedly claimed the problem is fixed but I still have it. I want to know if other people still have it.

 

Here is my video of it:

 

 

Here is someone else's video of the same thing:

 

 

And another I made:

 

[PhilFromHell 15]

Hej,

I used to play with an iMac (2020 Model). The specs are pretty good, I use it for work with CAD-Programms, Photoshop etc. and it works pretty fast. I got similar graphic issues since the second last update, and no cache-cleaning has helped. Even playing on ultra-low settings, there are the same issues. I am not able to play  war thunder since some months! I hope there will be a fix in the near future...

[merlote 3]

Hi, Yes I,m having the same problems. After l start the game immediately the game flashes with light cant see the game then I get a lot of strange shapes, I have tried every thing uninstall reinstall nothing I don't even get answers when I do a post I have also attached video replays not sure if you can open

2022.08.10 18.44.42.wrpl

[kevinmeis 5]

RealMajorHavok,

I have been having the same or very similar problems as you describe. Your attached videos and pictures are very familiar. But, I read in one of the forums ( I don't remember where) that if you delete the cache file and the compiled shaders folder before starting a session, you can play with very few or no problems. I have had good luck using this solution, with occasional but infrequent problems. Usually if a problem crops up, I have to quit WT, delete aforementioned files and restart. Attached is my computer info. I play with “minimal” settings. I am playing version 2.17.0.126. I hope this helps

 

Screen Shot 2022-08-14 at 11.36.57 AM.pdf

[TouchStone7 3]

Getting severe flashing graphic artefacts - large radiating triangles,

mostly in land vehicle maps. This is the same as in some of the videos here.

Also, getting Freezes, having to force a restart of the machine.

This has happened on two different MacBook Pros, with different chip

architecture (including a brand new M1 machine), and different releases

of Mac OS, including the latest release and Catalina.

Today, it became totally unplayable.

Edited August 18, 2022 by TouchStone7

[WSChurchill 21]

Whatever they’ve done, today is the worst with freezing I’ve ever seen in the however many months since this started (April? March?).  2018 MacBook 2.6 here that’s been fine prior to all of this.  It freezes in the hangar, when joining a game, and occasionally when starting a battle.  Stop trying to claim the game is Mac compatible, Gaijin. 

[DOCTOR_NO 3]

Yep, huge issue in April, then it got fixed, I had about 2-3 weeks of working and back to graphic issue, exactly as seen above. 

[RealMajorHavok 208]

Ok everyone, I have been playing for four days with zero problems.

 

The fix is that after deleting the cache files, use Get Info to set the folder to Read Only.

 

Presto, no cached files, no problem.

 

With this fix I was also able to increase my graphics settings without any slowdowns. I'm back on medium with ~60 fps.