NPC transparency wrong/black feet/splotches etc

[nilbog]

Ropethunder has fixed several texture issues (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87281), but I noticed more today.

If anyone sees these type of problems when playing.. report them please.
One day we might have them all fixed and/or know the scope of the problems :P


http://i55.tinypic.com/5a10t1.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/2gx06t5.jpg

http://i56.tinypic.com/kf15hf.jpg

[nilbog]

Couple more. I'm sure no one cares, but I do :P

Trakanon's wings should have transparent holes in them.

http://i42.tinypic.com/104f6tz.jpg


The skyfire orb shouldn't look like a cat with pear helmet.
http://i44.tinypic.com/2u5gk1t.jpg

[Cast]

...mmmm pear helmet

[Autotune]

lol I thought the skyfire orb wasn't supposed to look like that, but I wasn't sure.

[nilbog]

bump. just because.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nledKxDmzpc/SYWeuhk7Y8I/AAAAAAAAAvU/UdAFYvaxfng/s400/cat+in+pear+helmet.jpg

[colleekitty]

Male and Female Barbarians seem to have this problem.

Male Barbarian with GEBs. My female barbarian with banded mail boots sports black footies too.

http://i45.tinypic.com/11wgcis.jpg

[Xanthias]

Any chance dragons could be the correct size?
Trakanon is probably half the size he was on live during this time.

[nilbog]

Any chance dragons could be the correct size?
Trakanon is probably half the size he was on live during this time.

Trakanon should be a different size than the other dragon models.

http://www.forguild.org/trakanon3.jpg

Lowrider Trakanon from 2000 :P

The only issue with his model/size that I know of is that his hit box should be extraordinarily larger than it is now. Needs to be hardcoded by race.

i.e.
http://i51.tinypic.com/5js9lj.jpg


Red square is a pet tanking from this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK-x0rzc4Kw) video. Trakanon shouldn't run around as much as he does. He should simply turn and eat people from a distance due to gigantic hit box.

[nilbog]

Male and Female Barbarians seem to have this problem.

Male Barbarian with GEBs. My female barbarian with banded mail boots sports black footies too.

http://i45.tinypic.com/11wgcis.jpg

This is one of the fixes included in Ropethunder's patch.

No more frostbite!

http://i47.tinypic.com/i6mrtl.jpg

[nilbog]

All issues from above have been corrected aside from Ton Firepride model (Qeynos Citizen male).

Here are some more I have noticed over the past few months.

http://i47.tinypic.com/23t4gu9.jpg

I'm not positive on the gypsy feet, but it certainly looks wrong. Could be proven either way with a classic screenshot of Qeynos Citizen female (race 71) feet.

These are now fixable. If you know of any of these issues, please report them so they can be corrected.

The relevant patcher and .bat file are being rebuilt to be distributed. You should see a release for it soon.

[maximum]

Have you seen the white caterpillar eyebrows on dark elf faces? A bit screwy looking. Have some black splotches.

[nilbog]

Newp. Took a minute to find that one. ^

http://i48.tinypic.com/2ezo6sx.jpg

[nilbog]

Druushk

http://i48.tinypic.com/2vxrlzo.jpg

[nilbog]

snow orcs

http://i46.tinypic.com/2whqjdh.jpg

[nilbog]

fungus men

http://i45.tinypic.com/2vam9vm.jpg

[nilbog]

Everything in this thread is now fixed, aside from the Barbarian horns.

Anyone know of more? I would like to get as many fixes in as possible before release.

[nilbog]

http://i47.tinypic.com/sxovn6.jpg

[Dantes]

Is this related to the plate armor display bug? I believe most plate still has black spots, I'm certain at least DE plate still has it.

[nilbog]

Is this related to the plate armor display bug? I believe most plate still has black spots, I'm certain at least DE plate still has it.

Could you take a screenshot and show me what's wrong? I think it's already fixed.

[Dantes]

Black spots on shoulders (front and back)
And black spots up the middle (front and back)

http://www.airsoftpacific.com/images/junk/front.jpg
http://www.airsoftpacific.com/images/junk/back.jpg

[nilbog]

Yeah, dark elf plate is fixed.

http://i48.tinypic.com/xcpund.jpg


Yesterday I repaired:
-high elf female plate boots
-erudite male chain boots
-pegasus wings

[Kwetcher]

http://i47.tinypic.com/sxovn6.jpg

As of today 07/12/2012 the SG in Sro still has spider head

[nilbog]

As of today 07/12/2012 the SG in Sro still has spider head

Everything in this thread requires client interaction. It cannot be fixed from our side, so we've done the work for you. The files that exist in your Everquest directory are the ones that need changing, and we can't give you new ones.

Last year, Ropethunder created a file which fixes transparency or black splotch issues. Since that exists, it enables us to fix reported issues.

Within a week or so, I'll upload 2 files. They will be optional to use, and will fix everything in this thread and more. If you discover anything not already mentioned, I'll try to get it in the release.

[maximum]

Nilbog,

Check the feet/legs of "a thunder spirit" in Plane of Sky. They've got some transparency issues around them.

[nilbog]

Nilbog,

Check the feet/legs of "a thunder spirit" in Plane of Sky. They've got some transparency issues around them.

Weird, tried a couple things to fix that to no avail. Looks like some type of visible wire connecting their feet.

[Versus]

Has Trakanon's wings been addressed? I remember someone posted a screenshot of the holes in his wings being transparent, but here on P99, there are just black splotches.

[nilbog]

Has Trakanon's wings been addressed? I remember someone posted a screenshot of the holes in his wings being transparent, but here on P99, there are just black splotches.

Yes, page 1.
http://i46.tinypic.com/4i245v.jpg

Everything from this thread should be fixed aside from Barbarian horn spots and whatever is going on with fairy legs.

[bulbousaur]

Halfling druid with BCP shows the black spots as well (looks like plate).

[falkun]

Pardon my ignorance, use the file in the OP to update relevant textures?

[nilbog]

Pardon my ignorance, use the file in the OP to update relevant textures?



The relevant patcher and .bat file are being rebuilt to be distributed. You should see a release for it soon.

[nilbog]

Fixed felguard visors.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2lj73lv.jpg

[maximum]

Nilbog, if you are also looking for Item Icon transparency issues, check out Necklace of Superiority. Weird transparency dots on the left.

http://wiki.project1999.org/images/Item_1053.png

[doacleric]

Any ETA for release of this?

[Nirgon]

Erudite plate helmets aren't right, looking for these.

Need a better close shot (this would be correct):
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT6W85GrJefUR0QBt1oYCw6-c9DvddMbyC7ayF52Z_gLAL6AWcB&t=1
Current helm looks like a silver hood with really odd yellow ... things.. in it.

Human / half elf visors need the slit cut out too.

[Arrisard]

IIRC, the Erudite helm thing is actually a classicly reproduced "bug" here. Male Erudite helms took on the texture/shade of the glove slot or something for a very long time on Live, not sure when it was fixed.

[Nirgon]

So is this going to be patched in for Velious along the classic time line? lol.

http://web.archive.org/web/20020628234218im_/http://www.ascendingdawn.com/images/screenshots/pics/screenshot235.jpg

jk thought it was amusing, dunno when its fixed.

[nilbog]

Erudite plate helmets aren't right, looking for these.

Current helm looks like a silver hood with really odd yellow ... things.. in it.

Male erudite hoods should take on the color and sometimes texture of the gloves being worn. Was always like this with pre-Luclin erudite model.

Human / half elf visors need the slit cut out too.
This is already fixed.

[nilbog]

Well, eqlive finally fixed some of these. No one should be forced to experience sealed up visors and black feet :P If this thread served as inspiration, great!

Please keep reporting these issues as you encounter them.


9/11/12 patch
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5ab-73TFmQUJ:forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m%3Ftopic_id%3D188756%26post_id%3D2836555+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
- Corrected an issue where pre-Luclin human and half elf helmets no longer had transparencies on their visors.
- Corrected an issue where a number of pre-Luclin character models were incorrectly displaying black textures or splotches of black on their otherwise working textures. This was most noticeable on dark elf and halfling breastplates, and on nearly every model's boots.
- Corrected an issue where the Eye of Zomm had been changed from white to black.

[maximum]

Maybe it's my video card, but the textures on some Plane of Hate columns (the flaming faces) seem screwy.

[nilbog]

Patcher uploaded

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=87281 (http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=87281)

[Unfun]

As soon as I installed this, I'm crashing at character select. Any idea for a fix? I tried redownloading the files and reinstalling. Also restarted computer.


edit: Fixed. Apparently this is not compatible with the texture upgrade from the Tech Forum. Now to decide which to keep!

[Frieza_Prexus]

As soon as I installed this, I'm crashing at character select. Any idea for a fix? I tried redownloading the files and reinstalling. Also restarted computer.


edit: Fixed. Apparently this is not compatible with the texture upgrade from the Tech Forum. Now to decide which to keep!

I've got the same problem. I'm using the new textures, but I ran the file. How do I fix this short of a complete reinstall? I'm an idiot, help me out :(

[Telin]

I had to reinstall everything to get it to work. I definitely will just keep the higher resolution zones instead of going back to the out of focus looking textures. I wish they would work together though.

[Frieza_Prexus]

Just reinstalled the High-res graphics, and that stopped the crashing. Is there a way to get both worlds?

[Dentalplan]

I'm able to use the patched textures with the high res textures with no problems, fwiw. The issue might be something else

[maximum]

I'm able to use the patched textures with the high res textures with no problems, fwiw. The issue might be something else

Same here. No problems.

[Enygma]

NM fixed.

[nilbog]

I'm able to use the patched textures with the high res textures with no problems, fwiw. The issue might be something else

Well this is good news. Hopefully both can be used.

[Dantes]

Well this is good news. Hopefully both can be used.

I also have both installed with no problems.

[Frieza_Prexus]

What information should we provide to help figure out what the issue is? I had to reinstall the high-res graphics to stop crashing which eliminated the texture patch for me.

[nilbog]

What information should we provide to help figure out what the issue is? I had to reinstall the high-res graphics to stop crashing which eliminated the texture patch for me.

As this is completely client-side, I'd say as much information as possible to compare with others not having issues.

-operating system
-video card (geforce or radeon?)
-fresh install of titanium from disc/iso?
-any additional changes beyond connecting to the server

I'm of little help because I've never used the texture upgrade.

[Frieza_Prexus]

Alienware M17
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit edition.
Intel Core i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20 ghz (8 CPUs)
Direct X 11
Radeon HD 6970M
All updates and drivers current

Installed titanium from an ISO (Yarrr)
Use velious UI
Client crashes when trying to reach char select
Only mod is the high-res textures downloaded from the link in tech forum and pasted into EQ folder as per the instructions.

[Unfun]

Perhaps I sounded the alarm too soon, figured it was just incompatible but sounds hardware related. Here are my specs:

Windows 7 Professional
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
Nvidia geforce 9800 GTX +


Installed from iso
Using Solaria UI
Client crashing upon loading character select screen or directly after clicking enter world.
Only mod is the high-res textures downloaded from the link in tech forum and pasted into EQ folder as per the instructions.

[nilbog]

Note: This is to explain how these are fixed. Do NOT change anything unless you know what you're doing!

From another thread:

Thanks for the fix, working well on my laptop! Although you may have missed one eye fix:

http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac37/minluan/Evileye.jpg

(Yes, I will do anything to avoid the level 59 grind, including running around the must unpopular zones in Norrath)

Okay here's a good opportunity to explain how to fix these. This is completely client-side now, so I hope someone picks up the project.

When I released the patcher here, I also posted on eqemulator with more detailed instructions. http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35929

Step #1 was to isolate which zones contained an evil eye texture. I used this query.

select
npt.id as 'npcid',
npt.name,
npt.race,
npt.gender,
npt.texture,
sp2.zone as 'zone name'
from npc_types npt
left join spawnentry spt on (spt.npcid = npt.id)
left join spawn2 sp2 on (sp2.spawngroupid = spt.spawngroupid)
where npt.race = '21'
and npt.gender = '2'
order by sp2.zone,npt.name This shows that there are evil eye textures in airplane, beholder, eastkarana, fearplane, gukbottom, and runnyeye. These same details could be obtained by having a very good memory I suppose :P

I opened up patch_s3d_textures.bat in notepad++.

On line 209 I added

rem fix evil eye textures in various zones nilbog
set rt_beholder_chr=behhe0002.bmpOn line 447 I added:

echo.
call :PatchS3D "beholder_chr.s3d" "-rt %rt_beholder_chr%"
if %ErrorLevel%==1 exit /bI then verified in game if this worked.
http://i46.tinypic.com/k4jwnp.jpg

Success.

The block of fixes for evil eyes ended up looking like this:

209-215:
rem fix evil eye textures in various zones nilbog
set rt_beholder_chr=behhe0002.bmp
set rt_airplane_chr=%rt_airplane_chr%,behhe0002.bmp
set rt_fearplane_chr=behhe0002.bmp
set rt_eastkarana_chr=%rt_eastkarana_chr%,behhe0002.bm p
set rt_gukbottom_chr=behhe0002.bmp
set rt_runnyeye_chr=behhe0002.bmp453-463:
echo.
call :PatchS3D "beholder_chr.s3d" "-rt %rt_beholder_chr%"
if %ErrorLevel%==1 exit /b

echo.
call :PatchS3D "fearplane_chr.s3d" "-rt %rt_fearplane_chr%"
if %ErrorLevel%==1 exit /b

echo.
call :PatchS3D "gukbottom_chr.s3d" "-rt %rt_gukbottom_chr%"
if %ErrorLevel%==1 exit /bairplane and eastkarana had been called previously for other fixes, so it was unnecessary to call it again.


Anyone noticing issues like this, report the problem, and nearly anyone can fix it. Thanks!

[Enygma]

anyone else seeing through the gnome plate / chain helm? big ass holes in their heads now.

primarily the circlet of fire off ixiblat causing the issues for me.

[nilbog]

sleepers globe repaired.

http://i62.tinypic.com/32zox3a.png

/bump etc.

[maximum]

Bump.

[nilbog]

After watching utenan's video 'Everquest Mysteries (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAyxdS1SSoo)', I saw the frozen goblin king in permafrost had black crown issues:

Fixed.

Add

rem nilbog fix goblin crown in ice cube permafrost_chr
set rt_permafrost_obj=cubegobcrown.bmp
and under call :PatchS3D:

echo.
call :PatchS3D "permafrost_obj.s3d" "-rt %rt_permafrost_obj%"
if %ErrorLevel%==1 exit /b
http://i.imgur.com/qEBhjZa.png

This is completely client side. Anyone that wants to add to, or take over the splotch/transparency project, feel free.

[Jimjam]

OP needs edit to change link to .com instead of org

[nilbog]

OP needs edit to change link to .com instead of org

Updated.


Today I fixed the black spots on the male Barbarian horns.

http://i.imgur.com/rkg7gfy.png

For this fix, add

rem barbarian horns
set rt_global4_chr=%rt_global4_chr%,bamhe0005.bmpbenea th an existing call for rt_global4_chr

[paulgiamatti]

Bump for some changes:

Fixed a couple things with the transparency patcher:

Wrote a process that deletes your current .old backups when you run patch_s3d_textures.bat - this was causing reversion issues in the case that you ran the batch multiple times. Basically, if you ran patch_s3d_textures.bat while .old backup files already existed, it would revert to and then apply the transpfix.exe changes to those instead of applying the changes to your current S3Ds. So now you can run it consecutively without losing your current S3Ds.
The Druushk/Cekenar/Lady Nevedaria wing changes to veeshan_chr.s3d were failing due to some undeclared files in patch_s3d_textures.bat - that's also been fixed.


New link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14728818/Project%201999/Textures/transparencypatcher.zip

Someone might want to check my work - I'm basically just guessing as to what's supposed to be in the batch utility. When it calls transpfx.exe to patch veeshan_chr.s3d it references mp_veeshan_chr, which was never declared, so I just went back to the rt_veeshan_chr declaration and added mp_veeshan_chr:

call :PatchS3D "veeshan_chr.s3d" "-rt %rt_veeshan_chr% -mp %mp_veeshan_chr%"
if %ErrorLevel%==1 exit /b

rem Fix black splotches for druushk/cekenar/lady_nevedaria wings
set rt_veeshan_chr=%rt_veeshan_chr%,draua0201.bmp,drau a0202.bmp,draua0203.bmp,draua0204.bmp,draua0205.bm p
set mp_veeshan_chr=%mp_veeshan_chr%,draua0201.bmp,drau a0202.bmp,draua0203.bmp,draua0204.bmp,draua0205.bm p

Here's the original declaration:
rem Fix black splotches for druusk/cekenar/lady_nevedaria wings
set rt_veeshan_chr=draua0201.bmp,draua0202.bmp,draua02 03.bmp,draua0204.bmp,draua0205.bmp

So it no longer fails when patching veeshan_chr.s3d, but I'm not 100% sure that those files are supposed to be patched in that manner.

[paulgiamatti]

Seems I can write the previous changes off as legit, as there have been no issues since.

I've also added an -mp entry to patch_s3d_textures.bat for the Ulak weapon, which had its transparency broken similarly to helm visors, etc.

before & after:
http://imgur.com/bQNfFen.png

transparency patcher: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14728818/Project%201999/Textures/transparencypatcher.zip

[paulgiamatti]

New link for the updated transparency patcher: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ozd2bs3fjpdjb8/transparencypatcher.zip

[paulgiamatti]

Added an entry for Charasis brazier grates: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ozd2bs3fjpdjb8/transparencypatcher.zip

What would I need to do to fix the grey blocks on the firepots in howling scar?

http://i.imgur.com/S88iitm.png

I am certain these should be transparent.

Step 1: figure out which texture it is. Looks to be chbrgrate.bmp in charasis_obj.s3d.
http://i.imgur.com/uAGh3Ky.png

Step 2: open up patch_s3d_textures.bat and add lines for it like you the ones you see in there. Need to figure out whether the patch needed is "rt" or "mp"... Try "rt" first.

Probably something like:


set rt_charasis_obj=chbrgrate.bmp

...

echo .
call :PatchS3D "charasis_obj.s3d" "-rt %rt_charasis_obj%"
if %ErrorLevel%==1 exit /b

[paulgiamatti]

Made some minor updates to patch_s3d_textures.bat:


Made the backup purge process check for the existence of backups before purging
Deleted a couple unnecessary duplicate call entries for qey2hh1_chr and qey2hh1_obj
Alphabetized all call entries for easier editing
Cleaned up comment lines a bit for readability


https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ozd2bs3fjpdjb8/transparencypatcher.zip

[paulgiamatti]

It would be amazing if my feet weren't black. Human Scale Armor. https://wiki.project1999.com/Berserker%27s_Boots

Hmm, are you sure those aren't supposed to be black? Can you find a classic image of how they're supposed to look? It's possible this is a Titanium issue along with a bunch of other Velious armored feet, and can't be fixed using the transparency patcher, but if they're supposed to be different I could perhaps recolor them and add them to the patched texture files that I'll link to here (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87281) in a bit.

[maximum]

Bump 2019.