Visible white lines around

caiusmisus · 09-01-20, 21:28

Hi,

my first post here

. Finally got to playing the old Tomb Raider games and I'm currently deep into 2 (Temple of Xian).

All good except for one minor graphical issue. Whenever I am in a very bright area or pull out a flare, some objects have visible white lines separating polygons. 99% of the time, it is visible only on Lara's hair. It is only mildly distracting but would prefer fixing it if possible.

Is this a known issue? I tried playing with the setup but nothing seemed to fix it. Anyone has the same problem? I stumbled upon these forums and it seems like the best place to ask.

Thanks.

Kirishima · 09-01-20, 22:10

White lines around poly's are usually caused by something like anti-aliasing and or mipmapping in my experience. Mipmapping is generally not used in this game, so that's likely not the issue. If you don't have anti-aliasing forced in any way, try disabling the bilinear filter to see if that could be causing the issue (I forgot which F# key that was). Otherwise, try using something like DGVoodoo2.

caiusmisus · 09-01-20, 22:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirishima

White lines around poly's are usually caused by something like anti-aliasing and or mipmapping in my experience. Mipmapping is generally not used in this game, so that's likely not the issue. If you don't have anti-aliasing forced in any way, try disabling the bilinear filter to see if that could be causing the issue (I forgot which F# key that was). Otherwise, try using something like DGVoodoo2.

Wow. Why did I not think about trying DGVoodoo?

Of course it solved the issue completely and made some other things better than before (like transitions between cutscenes etc.). Thanks for reminding me.

I am playing the version from GOG and they usually use some custom solution for games which conflicts with other stuff. But not in this case.

Problem solved! Thanks

New Dwight · 10-01-20, 06:42

these white lines appear within settings MLAA or SGSSAA
SSAA generates none for classic tr's

caiusmisus · 10-01-20, 14:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by New Dwight

these white lines appear within settings MLAA or SGSSAA
SSAA generates none for classic tr's

I wasn't using any anti-aliasing. At least not that I'm aware of. Just playing on 1920x1440 with pretty much the default settings in the setup.

As I said, it was visible only in bright areas or with a flare, almost exclusively on shades of brown (Lara's hair, boots and some other minor stuff) and ONLY from certain angles and distances. Unfortunately, the basic camera position was among those angles/positions combos.

09-01-20, 21:28	#1
caiusmisus Hobbyist Join Date: Jan 2020 Posts: 10	Visible white lines around polygon edges Hi, my first post here . Finally got to playing the old Tomb Raider games and I'm currently deep into 2 (Temple of Xian). All good except for one minor graphical issue. Whenever I am in a very bright area or pull out a flare, some objects have visible white lines separating polygons. 99% of the time, it is visible only on Lara's hair. It is only mildly distracting but would prefer fixing it if possible. Is this a known issue? I tried playing with the setup but nothing seemed to fix it. Anyone has the same problem? I stumbled upon these forums and it seems like the best place to ask. Thanks. Last edited by caiusmisus; 09-01-20 at 21:38. Reason: So many typos you wouldn't believe it.

09-01-20, 22:10	#2
Kirishima Explorer Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 551	White lines around poly's are usually caused by something like anti-aliasing and or mipmapping in my experience. Mipmapping is generally not used in this game, so that's likely not the issue. If you don't have anti-aliasing forced in any way, try disabling the bilinear filter to see if that could be causing the issue (I forgot which F# key that was). Otherwise, try using something like DGVoodoo2.

10-01-20, 06:42	#4
New Dwight Inactive Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 3,888	these white lines appear within settings MLAA or SGSSAA SSAA generates none for classic tr's