TonyResta Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Hi, about 1 year ago when i bought the game, i had that very annoying Black Road glitch that many people have also had. Since im somebody who likes to take pictures with fraps, the glitch made it impossible for me to make nice shots. After a couple of months, i had installed the GTA Lost Angelz mod and strangely it FIXED the bug, but it lagged dramatically on my game and had many bugs itself so i had a nice fresh reinstallation of the game, and now THEY ARE BACK!!! Here are some pics: Please help, im sure ive tried all of the solutions posted in other threads, thanks for reading. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_root Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 i used to have this problem when i play san andreas on my laptop. laptop's graphic card is 32 mb. so i didn't try to fix it cause this problem is probably because of the graphic card. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4266111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyResta Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 Im running it on my laptop too but my GFX card is 128MB, here are my sys. specs.: Acer TravelMate 4100 Processor: Intel Pentium M processor 1.6GHz 512 MB RAM GFX: Mobile Intel® 915GM/GMS,910GML Express 128MB 1024x768 (32 bit) (60Hz) Conexant AMC Audio (emulation) Heres a video i made in 10 mins to see better the glitch in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CMYj_PoPA0 Thanks for the help. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4266179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 That's on the horizon. It's nowhere near you. There's no glitch here and there's nothing wrong Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4266328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_root Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 That's on the horizon. It's nowhere near you. There's no glitch here and there's nothing wrong yeah it is not a glitch the problem is your graphic card. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4266349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Is that a problem??? I have been playing San Andreas with those kind of roads since 2 years and I don't find anything wrong with it. They don't look ugly or something. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4267016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAGangsta58 Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Is that a problem??? I have been playing San Andreas with those kind of roads since 2 years and I don't find anything wrong with it. They don't look ugly or something. He's not tlkin bout the marks on the middle of the road, look @ the horizon of the road Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4267019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Is that a problem??? I have been playing San Andreas with those kind of roads since 2 years and I don't find anything wrong with it. They don't look ugly or something. He's not tlkin bout the marks on the middle of the road, look @ the horizon of the road Yeah. Even the horizon is similar and I didn't think of it as a problem. It's not really too much. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4267022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAGangsta58 Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 I was just sayin, but I have never seen that, but If it happened to me, it wouldn't bother me much, unless the WHOLE road was balck Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4267038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyResta Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 I was just sayin, but I have never seen that, but If it happened to me, it wouldn't bother me much, unless the WHOLE road was balck The fact is, most of the roads DO become become black with the increase in speed. And its really annoying to me. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4267314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 The horizon is a fact of physics. And it's "out there." No need to let it frustrate you. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4267992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyResta Posted June 2, 2007 Author Share Posted June 2, 2007 The horizon is a fact of physics. And it's "out there." No need to let it frustrate you. Ive made another video but this time it shows some instances when it is not "Out There": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHy9lKJaBHE And i know for a fact that it is not normal to get these black roads since many people have managed to fix it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4271505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Okay, I hear you. Though in the video, I'm still only seeing out there. If you know others have fixed it, why not do what they did? Have you tried upping the draw distance? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4272202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyResta Posted June 2, 2007 Author Share Posted June 2, 2007 My draw distance is maxed, ive tried varying with the VFX quality but no difference, mim mapping is off becuase i was considered that in one of the topics, and my GFX card dont support anti aliasing. also, ive tried alot of the fixes proposed on other topics but none work. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4272217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 My draw distance is maxed, ive tried varying with the VFX quality but no difference, mim mapping is off becuase i was considered that in one of the topics, and my GFX card dont support anti aliasing. also, ive tried alot of the fixes proposed on other topics but none work. Well then I guess you have to live(play) with it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4274433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyResta Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 (edited) IVE FIXED IT!!!!!!!!! All you have to do is replace the road textures and there you go, omg, someone needs to add this fix to the pinned discussions, i wonder why it works thanks for trying though Edited June 3, 2007 by tony-resta Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4274457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Replaced them with what though? If it's a different texture (say from a mod or something), then that could mean it has to do with the style of compression the original textures are done in. I'm glad you got it sorted, but I hope you'll stick around long enough to explain this so others may benefit. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4274567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyResta Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 Im not sure what it is that makes the black shades appear but it worked by replacing the for example the road textures of the mullholland intersection into something else. The textures ive used are from the GTALostAngelz mod but it mght work with simply any other texture as long as it isnt the original one from Rockstar, i dont know. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4274697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zera Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 There are three known ways to fix the black roads problem: 1- Force 16x Antisotropic Filtering in the game (Recommended) 2- Using a graphics driver modification tool (Like RivaTuner or nHancer), set the LOD bias to -3.000 and make sure negative lod bias setting is allowed in the driver. (I don't recommend this option, it's better to just clamp negative LB) 3- Put the game settings on High or Very High BEFORE STARTING THE GAME. If you start the game on Low or Medium and then switch to High or Very High, the black roads will remain. You do not have to do this every time you want to play the game, just leave it on one of those two settings. (Not recommended if you don't have a high end PC) Hope it helps Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4274723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demarest Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 AF can be a game killer, especially at 16x. Besides, it's integrated video that he said doesn't even support AA. @Mr. Resta: Can you compare the two files in TXD Workshop to see if there's a settings difference? If you can find one, simply exporting the offending texture, recompressing it or whatever to match the corrective texture, and replacing the original with it might be a way that works. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4274777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zera Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Then I'd say the second option is the best one for him. If he really has an integrated graphics card, than those Hi-Res road textures are way worse for his performance than the second option is. Edit: Or your way could work too he he. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/279911-black-roads-again/#findComment-4274803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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