A number of problems

[cwassall]

Hello,

I've just reinstalled my OS after having various unrelated issues... but now the intro video does not play and I have no sound at all (openal is installed).

I also find that characters, especially archers, don't render most of the time. All I can see is bow and quiver floating around unless I get really close (like standing on top of them).

Any help would be appreciated

Thank you!

[Mattdoesrock]

I can't help with anything else - but the intro video got taken out along time ago.

[cwassall]

Not the NGD one, the little blue man...

EDIT: I get a black screen where the video should be, hitting ESC takes me to the loading screen and the char select screen.

[von1958]

the intro with the ngd guy is nothing more than a ogg vid you should be able to open a file manager and view it with movie player if that don't work then that might explain the rest of your problems corrupt files

[cwassall]

Works fine in a file manager and video player, but in-game its a black screen with no picture or sound. The game itself is fine (except the invisible archers), although still without sound.

[Anpu]

If I remember right, when using 16 bit and/or safemode, intro does not appear. I cannot guarantee you 100% though.

[cwassall]

Thanks for the suggestions.

After fiddling around all night, I've got the video and sound working. It must have been an issue with PulseAudio, which is strange because that's what I was using before the reinstall with no issues at all.

Anyway, I now have sound and the intro video working again, although there's still the issue with archers. I notice it a lot more frequently with guards (actually, its all of the archer guards all of the time), although this might have something to do with everyone running around in costumes :P

I've tried reinstalling the game, but it hasn't helped at all. Again, I can see them when I get really, really close, but I don't understand why it's just archers. Anyone got any ideas?

[Znurre]

Originally Posted by cwassall

Thanks for the suggestions.

After fiddling around all night, I've got the video and sound working. It must have been an issue with PulseAudio, which is strange because that's what I was using before the reinstall with no issues at all.

Anyway, I now have sound and the intro video working again, although there's still the issue with archers. I notice it a lot more frequently with guards (actually, its all of the archer guards all of the time), although this might have something to do with everyone running around in costumes :P

I've tried reinstalling the game, but it hasn't helped at all. Again, I can see them when I get really, really close, but I don't understand why it's just archers. Anyone got any ideas?

This is most likely some issue with the LOD system introduced with the new characters.
Try adjusting your "character details" settings.

[Linuxmage]

I have the same problem with archers. Its actually an in game bug, acknowledged by NGD. It seems to happen on fixed pipeline and shader 2.0.

[cwassall]

Thanks

Putting character detail up to max helps... but still doesn't fix it. I can now be a little further away, but they're still invisible until I get fairly close (30-35 mtrs, at a guess?)...

EDIT: It happens in all shaders, haven't tested fixed pipeline... I've tried shaders 1, 2 and 3.