Metal gear Solid 2 Substance GFX problem

[Tappits]

Got a bit of a strange graphics problem with the game
The intro movies and the Codec system work ok but in game (when you control the player) there is not much of a display.
It’s a bit hard to explain so hares some pics.

Tried it on two different computers one of which did play the game ok before but now has this problem.
It is not that the computers are under the hardware requirements for the game. (as you will see below)
I just don’t know what can be making it do this.

All help appreciated, would be a shame to see this game in the bin for no resign.


Com 1:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego @ FX55 speeds+ (2640mhx)
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D
G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB)Dual Channel @ 240mhz
Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GT 256MB @ 546/800mhx
SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Series
Enermax Liberty 500W
Windows XP with SP2
All with the latest Drivers

Com 2:
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2450mhz
MSI K7n2 Delta LSR nForce 2
512Mb PC2700 SDRAM
BFG GeForce FX 5700 Plus OC 256MB
SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Series
Windows XP with SP2
All with the latest Drivers

 

[Phil99]

You have to disable something like shadows...basically set all the graphics sliders to minimum and it should be fine, then experiment with each one to find out which one is causing it.

 

[Killerkebab]

Get the patch - I used to have corruption but then I noticed Konami released an ATi graphics patch. You're on NVidia hardware though, but it is always worth a try.

 

[Tappits]

You have to disable something like shadows...basically set all the graphics sliders to minimum and it should be fine, then experiment with each one to find out which one is causing it.

How strange but yep you’re right
Just set the slider for the Model Quality to one above low and it works.
60fps (think thats max) @ 1280x1024x32 not bad (all but the above at high/max)
Thanks

 

[cokecan]

its a shame that the pc version is so buggy

i had no end of probelms gettin it lookin even half decent, the patches did help though.

its wierd but it worked fine on my old 9800XT, hated my 9800pro (essentially the same card) but works fine on my X800pro

 

[Yewen]

I can not get it to run properly on my 7800gt, gave up on it.

Got it for £1 aswell