Grey sky

[skep155 10]

Just a hunch but i'm guessing this is a fairly common problem, had a quick search but couldn't find a solution.

Just installed the game and the sky is screwed, the sky is like just grey with no textures anywhere. Anybody else with this issue?

[maddogx 13]

I'm sure I've heard this before, but I don't think it's very common. Can you provide some info on your computer hardware, OS (Windows XP/Vista/7), graphics driver version, Arma2 version (Steam/retail, patch) and in-game settings?

[skep155 10]

Just patched the game. Running it on Windows Vista on low video settings. My graphics card is a Nvidia GeForce 8400, just downloaded a driver for it but hasn't made a difference. I can see the light from the sun in the sky but the sky itself is just a grey textureless colour. Framerate wise its running fine on low settings but planning on getting another stick of RAM so i can crank it up a little bit.

I can remember having a similar problem with the first game once.

Edit: Problem solved. Just needed to turn the Video Memory Settings up to very high and bingo i can see the sky :-]

Edited December 2, 2009 by skep155

[skep155 10]

Except...i have to do the same thing everytime i start the game for some reason.

[dogz 10]

set vid mem to default if you have not tried...

[dmarkwick 261]

I have this problem too. I've got vid mem set to low and I got no sky texture at all. If I set vid mem to high I get periodic "receiving" messages during the game, meaning I'm unable to do anything for 5 or 10 seconds.

I guess I have to either settle for no sky textures or suffer the "receiving" message.

---------- Post added at 09:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:57 PM ----------

I can confirm that setting the vid mem setting to "high" & above returns the sky, and the sky texture remains when I turn the setting back down to low. But, on restarting a new game session, the sky texture is gone again.

[max power 21]

Sounds like a bona fide bug!