See through Planets

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 My planets are as if they are cloaked, I can see through them.

Latest patch 1.05
Win XP SP2
AMD x2 4000
Sapphire HD 3850 (8.7 CAT)
2 gig Corsair dual channel RAM


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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Fixed

Don't know how but they are no longer see through!
End of quote

I was just about to go look through the old forum posts. (:(

You've ruined all my hopes and dreams!
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Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
I have experienced this as well. Only happens for me when I start the developer exe in fullscreen though.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
My planets are always see-through, but stars are solid. Is there any word on what might cause this? Is it just old video cards?
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
i just got a new video card, or actually a used one, an ATI Radeon 9250 which is an upgrade form my previous integrated one

On my old integrated one the planets were all solid as well as the stars, but now my planets are all transparent
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
I think messing with the planet detail setting might help.

I'm searching the old threads, but having trouble finding the ones I'm looking for.

Edit: The threads I'm seeing mostly refer to old video cards that couldn't handle Sins, or that restarting the game fixed it. I'm going to stick to 'mess with the settings' as my advice.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
I used to have the same problem.

Now I don't.

no clue why.

try changing the video settings.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
I've messed with the settings and they've always been see through. However, I have a Radeon 9200, so it might have something to do with that set of video cards.
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
It's typically an issue with old ATI cards or drivers. I'm not sure how the OP came to get it with new of both, though.
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
hmmm, messing with the sttings hasnt done anything, i'll check to make sure that i have the latest driver, but my card is second hand, and no new drivers are being made, so I might have to deal with it
Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
I had the same problem and fixed it by converting all the DDS files to bitmap and BACK again to DDS...

My mod has the converted files in the textures drawer for the "CL" files, but not for the other too, so my planets are still half-invisible, but the bright side is solid :) :D

Converting the files messes with the alpha-channel/color-0-transparency settings in the files, and on my computer fixes the planets so they are no longer invisible...