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Why pink?
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Can anyone tell me why when there's a problem with objects in a game they turn hot pink?
As I'm sure you've all heard this has been happening to everything from barrels to horses to people in ESO recently, but I've seen it in other games too, including Sims 2, Guild Wars 2, Dragon Age Origins (only on player modded items) and even an old 2D simulation game called Creatures 3.
My best guess is that there's some sort of convention in the industry to always build in a fail-safe code that turns objects hot pink if they're not working properly, so that it's impossible to miss. But I have no idea if that's actually why it happens.
It just seems like too much of a coincidence for the same effect to occur in such a wide range of games for seemingly unrelated reasons.
As I'm sure you've all heard this has been happening to everything from barrels to horses to people in ESO recently, but I've seen it in other games too, including Sims 2, Guild Wars 2, Dragon Age Origins (only on player modded items) and even an old 2D simulation game called Creatures 3.
My best guess is that there's some sort of convention in the industry to always build in a fail-safe code that turns objects hot pink if they're not working properly, so that it's impossible to miss. But I have no idea if that's actually why it happens.
It just seems like too much of a coincidence for the same effect to occur in such a wide range of games for seemingly unrelated reasons.
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HebrewHatchet✭✭✭I think you nailed it. The default color needs to be super conspicuous so that you can easily spot where your textures are failing.
Edit: But I don't know for sure.Edited by HebrewHatchet on March 9, 2016 7:18PM[PS4 NA]
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✭✭✭Did someone say we have Pink Horses?
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Ruben✭✭✭✭✭It's probably the transparency color for the overlay textures (like fur on dogs). The game might not load the transparency correctly and we see the raw texture over the original object.DK Stamina DPS
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✭✭✭✭✭You have to admit, the color stands out in a place where it is not normally found!
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✭✭✭✭✭Pink is the default color when your graphics card doesn't know which shader to use on an object.signing off0 -
Atreyix✭✭✭Take a look here. Here is my fix..
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/252057/fix-64-bit-client-missing-textures-purple-textures#latest0 -
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We're going to close this thread as we would like to keep the missing/pink texture issue consolidated to allow for easier updates and gathering of information.
If you would like, please feel free to join into the discussion at this active thread that is being monitored and updated.The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited - ZeniMax Online Studios
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