craglorn and cyridell flickering/artifacting assets--- old bug --- needs forum mod attention

thelawnranger79 · January 2019

Just saw a giant, orangish pyramid in cyro today looking towards brk from sej. Ps4 NA.

Waynerx8 · January 2019

Just entered Craglorn and have the same flickering issue, even got a bit of lag too which I don't get very often.

santialonso · February 2019

The latest patch (4.2.13) doesn't fix this issue yet. When?

irswat · February 2019

I just noticed trees flickering in and out of existence near belkarth only after seeing this thread.

Mithrazielle · February 2019

LartenCrepsley wrote: »

many of the eso community have been having an issue where the assets in craglorn, and for some cyridell are flickering where it looks like artifacting from a failing graphics card, but it is the game.... i found a bug report thread on this in july in which i commented and sense then the issue still happens.... i will post the original bug report thread as well as the video the op of the thread posted with the issue below.... i would really like this bug fixed if posible... it is distracting, and worrisome that this bug has remained in game so long after being reported.

heres a video of the issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZRJ-U38_mI

heres the original bug report thread i replied to back in july and the issue still hasnt been fixed https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/423244/<iframe width=#reply-anchor

please fix this asap.

I've reported this twice myself.... yes, people, please keep this bumped up.

santialonso · February 2019

I was testing the PTS and the issue still present. It's a shame. Our last hope, when the new chapter releases. If not, this will be a issue for always in this game.

Rikkadir · February 2019

I had the flickering in Bangkorai today for the first time.

I'm on PS4.

santialonso · February 2019

Wrathstone DLC released yesterday and this issue still not fixed. /clap

Vandellia · February 2019

Honestly it flickers enough to make me physically sick to my stomach. The amount of artifacting/flickering I see is dependant on weather and time of day so the combination of the two can make worse or marginally better. What i believe is happening is that there is an error in craglorn layer rendering and what im actually seeing is bleed thru but thats only a possibility

Waynerx8 · March 2019

Is this really still a thing

Broc · March 2019

Waynerx8 wrote: »

Is this really still a thing

Ooooh yeah. Gives me a headache just to visit Craglorn, adding it to the list of "we've already got your money, never going to be fixed, just suck it down" bugs.

Shawn_PT · March 2019

Ever since I remember, Craglorn's graphics have been glitching for me. I have no idea why. I have changed PCs, had a completely new one built up, and this still goes on. Interestingly enough, it does not happen in Belkarth. Only in the wild, and mostly up in northern Craglorn. I'm really glad I'm not the only one who has this issue but there's really not much on the forums about this. How come?

Sorry for the poor video quality, I didn't bother setting it up properly just for a little demo. Cross platform issue, definitely doesn't seem to be something on the player's side. Is it just poor optimization or what's going on? Do we have to start a bunch of threads for it to get looked at?

TerraDewBerry · March 2019

I've had this happen to me just recently in Craglorn.. and I didn't know it was a known issue. I did think it was a failing video card. I'm just happy I didn't go and order a new card. ZOS, any idea when this will be fixed?

Holycannoli · March 2019

I've been getting this in Cyrodiil too in spots. Very annoying but I'm happy it's not necessarily my card failing.

santialonso · March 2019

The latest patch (4.3.6) doesn't fix this issue yet. When?

Rowantree · March 2019

This is happening to me as well, only in Craglorn. It did freak me out because I thought it was my video card (I've been through THAT before, not fun). Also asking ZOS for a fix.

santialonso · March 2019

The latest patch (4.3.7) doesn't fix this issue yet. When?

Monsieur · March 2019

I’ve had this flickering intermittently since Summerset launch on PS4, it’s got noticeably worse as of late - I assumed my PS4 was dying until I read this thread.

I’ve also noticed it’s worse in Craglorn, but seems to be happening in most zones.

I’ve also had times where assets are invisible, move a few meters and everything returns, and also bugs where you can see through walls.

Esutick · March 2019

Update 21 is here, and still!

BlueViolet · March 2019

This is happening to me too, I thought my card was dying on me.

Aeslief · March 2019

I put in a bug report for Craglorn last week. I was trying to pick up a trial group, but unless I just stand still and stare at the ground, the flickering is so bad it makes me nauseous. Did Aetherian Archive last night, same issue. Have to stare at the ground between pulls to avoid strobe headache. GTX 1080

Rikkadir · March 2019

It's unacceptable that ZOS don't even have the decency to post one comment on this problem.
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rpa · March 2019

(PC/EU) Seems that the flickering is slowly getting worse everywhere with each update. Still far from being as bad as in Craglorn / Cryodiil but feels going to get there eventually.

Something is clearly wrong. How about assigning some dev at it before your game melts?

Celeste411 · March 2019

Xbox na. What started in only craglorn has now spread to coldharbour and occasionally other zones. Will someone please look into this.

Korinth · April 2019

DRTE wrote: »

Well i'm glad someone else is addressing this i thought it was my gpu crapping out lol.

Same here....and I just bought a new PC with a 2070 graphics card. Was having minor heart issues thinking my card was overheating/dying.

Korinth · April 2019

Note: Been seeing this in Cyrodil and some trials (probably the craglorn ones).

DDemon · April 2019

Having the same issue, previous PC had it, my new one also.

Other newer and more graphicly heavy games have been running with no issues or glitches.

Running a 1080 TI with an asus 144Hz gaming monitor running freesync if that helps.

Rikkadir · April 2019

DDemon wrote: »

Having the same issue, previous PC had it, my new one also.

Other newer and more graphicly heavy games have been running with no issues or glitches.

Running a 1080 TI with an asus 144Hz gaming monitor running freesync if that helps.

No need to worry about your PC's harware. It's the same issue on ALL consoles. PS4, XBox One, as well.

zyk · April 2019

Like many issues, ZOS is well aware of it. They also know how to mitigate it, but won't.

This, and many other client issues, is being caused by the continuous influx of new art assets via crafting/outfit styles, mounts, vanity pets, accessories, etc..

This is also why other bugs aren't addressed. Their engineers are constantly focused on increasing the number of items the game can handle. They do improve the client, but whatever gains are made are quickly erased by again adding more content than the client can comfortably handle.

Basically, they are sacrificing performance and stability so they can sell us more things.

MJallday · April 2019

I literally came on here to repot this

Platform Xbox EU
Seems to mainly happen in Craglorn and it’s particularly present whilst fishing but basically whole bits of the world flash black for a second

I’ve seen it briefly in greenshade too but it’s mainly Craglorn

Looking at the forum and my previous report about a quest being bugged which was fixed in 2016 I wonder if they’ve got a version issue of their software release