Visible triangular meshes

Age of Empires III: DE III - Report a Bug
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:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 30181
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:point_down: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.
Since the last update, units no longer appear smooth and triangular meshes become visible.

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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  • 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here are the steps to reproduce the issue:

The easiest way to reproduce the issue is to use the scenario editor. To make the meshes more visible one can turn the resolution to the highest possible.

Put down a unit (e.g. flail elephant) and observe the units. One can try to place the unit on a hill (which can be also) produced using the scenario editor to make the details more visible.

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

:point_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?

The units should appear somewhat realistic, as shown in this poster

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IIRC, this had not been an issue before the last update. One can also see that the unit in the posters does not suffer from this issue.

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This is what units actually look like in the current version:

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A comparison to the poster and (I think) previous versions

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these weird triangle meshes also appear in some terrain.

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Hi guys, thank you both for pointing this out. We’re currently already aware of this issue :slight_smile:

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In the newest version, this is not fixed for me. I just want to make sure that this is still being tracked and is not an issue with my graphics card.

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I downpatched and compared the current shader and the old shader. Night and day difference! Hopefully this gets fixed soon.
Old, correct version:

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Current, incorrect version:
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As of June 2022, the problem still exists, the sharp edges are visible (e.g. on deer) with 1900x1440 resolution with the highest zoom with the highest zoom level.

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Will this ever be fixed?

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Did they forget to set the elephants butt to shade smooth?

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elephants butt are like that in reality as well