Still no lights on planets with 1.3A

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Is anyone else still missing lights on colonized planets? Unfortunately I have yet to see any, as they haven't appeared under any version so far, including 1.3A. I've adjusted the ambient light and contrast sliders with no luck, zoomed all the way in, etc.

I'm running GCII on laptop using a Mobility Radeon 9000 with 64mb, and the latest Omega drivers (the normal Catalysts don't behave well). Could the power outages my cities seem experiencing be the result of my crappy old video card, or is something else amiss?

Thanks!



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Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Lights showing up fine for me.

DG
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

To see the city lights your video card must support pixel shader 2.0.  Unfortunately, your video card only supports up to version 1.4.  That is why the lights are not showing for you.

 

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ah, that must be my issue as well. Oh well, someday I'll get a better video card.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
To see the city lights your video card must support pixel shader 2.0. Unfortunately, your video card only supports up to version 1.4. That is why the lights are not showing for you.


Wow, thanks for the quick reply!

Looks like I'm stuck waiting for a better video card too. In the meantime, I'll just have to assume that my planets are under mandatory wartime blackouts...

Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
hah nicely said
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Im using a Geforce 6800 (a sm3.0 capable card) with the 91.45 drivers and I too dont have any light's or indeed a darker side to a planet. Could this be related to running the game in windowed mode?
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Turn down the ambient light slider in the options.