Black boxes ahead in road?

[Guest]

Hello all.

This problem happens in normal GTA:SA and also in MTA:SA.

I have enclosed a screenshot.

If you look, you can see the road ahead is "blacked" out.

I have draw distance set as high as possible... Graphics cars is 7600GT and I'm using the latest drivers. Does any one please know how to fix this?

Thanks.

[chiefwhosm]

This is called the black roads bug (oddly enough ) and it was fixed with the 1.1 patch. Problem is you can't use 1.1 with MTA, so you're stuck with it, you might be able to try older drivers and see if the bug remains.

If you want to play normal SA without the bug, make a duplicate of your SA folder, rename it to something like SA 1.1 , and apply the patch to it. That way your current installation can be kept for MTA with black roads, and your newly modified 1.1 installation can be used for SA without black roads.

[Ravenheart]

I have the same GPU, try ForceWare v92.91, works perfect.

[Guest]

I tried different drivers and it's still happening... Here is another picture. (sorry for the bed editing skills)

Does this happen to anyone else?

[Guest]

Here is another better picture... As soon as I get closer to these "black boxes" they dissapear.

Is there anything in GTA video settings that can actually be changed to prevent this?

Thanks.

[Clerlic]

It happens because engine wants to preserve computing power by putting lower quality textures on farther objects. Nothing to do here (besides the patch).

[Guest]

So there's nothing I can do to fix it?

My computer isn't reall a old one.

[Manej]

Have you been reading the replies? Try Ravenheart's suggestion.

It doesn't have to do with your computer, it's San Andreas.