Engine: Rendering graphical glitch about ags HOT 9 OPEN

An English Haunting (I can provide a save game)

Yes please, provide a save. I have asked developers for a game copy a while ago, but I haven't played it through.

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@ivan-mogilko Here's a saved game that puts you right in the cave:

an-english-haunting_cave-glitch-save.zip

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I'm afraid I don't see this glitch either.

I have a nvidia card, but idk if it's related.

Do you know if anybody else with ATI card reported such problem for this game?

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This is why I suspect it is video card-related. I don't know anyone with an ATI card yet, But I will ask around... In any case, hopefully, a minor bug then.

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Could you also tell, does this happen in any display mode or in particular one (fullscreen, exclusive fullscreen, windowed)?

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I just tried all modes and all rendered (d3d9, ogl, software) and it's still there. I tried enabling sdl debug info in the console but nothing unusual other than:

SDL : ERROR: DEBUG: Couldn't open C:\TIMIDITY\TIMIDITY.CFG
SDL : ERROR: DEBUG: Couldn't open timidity.cfg

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I just tried all modes and all rendered (d3d9, ogl, software) and it's still there.

If it happens in the software renderer I don't think it can be related to the video card.

I don't know if you are familiar with RenderDoc, but it can be used to inspect the textures by themselves, it works with the AGS OpenGL driver, you need to run the game from RenderDoc to be able to inspect it.

But anyway, if it happens in the Software Renderer my guess is it isn't that. If you can run the game on a build from the master and see if it reproduces the error it would be useful, also perhaps running it on your mac computer, and seeing if it reproduces there or not.

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Actually, yes, if it happens in software mode, then either this is actually a game bug, engine bug, or something else overlaying the game.

Because in software mode all the game is first drawn on bitmap using software blitting in ram.

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@edmundito can you clarify, do you see this glitch immediately after loading the save that you attached, or do you have to do something to make it appear?

Another thing, there are few test options in the engine. Try running the game with --nospr command, that will disable rendering of characters and objects. See if the glitch persists.

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