Missing textures? Pink/purple stuff everywhere! D:

Snowstrider · May 2014

Since the update my game crashes more and now from time to time,Well. Almost every 15 minutes most of the stuff i see looks like they are missing textures,Just pink glowing stuff everywhere.

enemies,Players,Npcs,Objects. So much stuff. I have to relog to fix it but it wont go away,it comes up again as soon as i have played more then 15 minutes. And now when i logged out i cant log in again. The update is fine,But it seems like the patch needs a well... Patch.

What to do? Please fix this.

Sihnfahl · May 2014

Looks like there's a texture issue...

Okay, what video card are you using? I've seen other folks comment on the same issue, so maybe it's a particular line of card? (I use a AMD Radeon myself and have no issue)

DrywFiltiarn · May 2014

I take that you didn't have this issue before the patch. Could you try running the game in the windowed full-screen mode (that's what we had before the patch) again, to see if that solves the issue for you.

Seeing that screen looks to me like graphics memory corruption, which can occur due to overheating of the graphics card. I've seen this happen in other games with graphics cards that where dying due to broken cooling fans and such.

The fact that ESO now uses dedicated full-screen, means your graphics card will be stressed much harder (100% load, as opposed to the 50-80% loads depending on the card in the old situation), this results in more heat building up, which may cause this issue. I especially suspect it, because you're seeing this happen after a short period of time (heat builds up), but when you restart the game (your card can cool down) it's okay again, only to get the same issue after another 15 minutes (heat builds...).

Snowstrider · May 2014

well,I changed it to fullscreen windowed mode after playing awhile in fullscreen,in that screenshot i used windowed. But the texture problem occurs on both modes.

Sihnfahl · May 2014

Okay, run it at absolute minimum video settings. Does it still occur?

DrywFiltiarn · May 2014

Then maybe my explanation doesn't cover the cause, though I can't rule it out either at this moment. What video card do you have and maybe you can check what temperature it's operating at while playing the game. Also have you recently updated your graphics drivers?

Byallogee · May 2014

PLease also comment on this post, ZOS has noted it and is supposed to be commenting there when an update is available: http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/comment/882818#Comment_882818

Snowstrider · May 2014

My graphic card is ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series.
And i cant log in to the game anymore,It just loads forever and then it either says login timeout or error code something..

And no,I havent updated my drivers,But this pink texture stuff and lag didnt exist for me before the patch.

FuseMav · May 2014

I'm using an AMD Radeon HD 6670 and I also get this issues sometimes, among others including game crashing and subsequent PC lock-up requiring hard reboot!

Sihnfahl · May 2014

What 2D driver version? Catalyst Control center?

dynamite7673b14_ESO · May 2014

I'm using 2x HD6870s in XFire. I had no problems running the game at the highest settings before the update. Now I get the pink textures right before a crash and also crash frequently. My drivers are current and my temps are very good because of my card separation, using Aerocools, and great cooling/filtering in my case. It seems to be a very common issue since the update so it's more likely in the code than a large group of people having video card issue simultaneously.

Xiubear · May 2014

I am using AMD Radeon HD 6700 also using Aerocools and card separation. It was running fine before the patch. My settings are not at all maxed out but many on minimums. I get the pink toons and some area textures to very much pinks and purples. Also I can't use Map or parts of it while this is happening. If I log out of game the screen goes black and I can't even shut the screen down without restarting the computer. I am on PC using Windows 7. No other game or function does this and this only since the patch. My drivers are up to date. I also tried to repair the game files and still the same problem. Mine plays fine up to about 25 minutes or so without a problem. This is not a heat problem.
Too many people with same issue. Something in the code I think.

Zendien · May 2014

I have the exact same issue, and I think it's related to a memory leak bug that came with the craglorn patch. After a while, npcs suddenly go purple. I found a temporary fix for this by toggling vsync on (and then shutting the damn thing off again). Im assuming that forces the game to reload, and recheck the memory or something. Not a fix, but toggling vsync on/off everytime this happens beats restarting.

NinjaApacHe · March 2016

Thank you OP! Thought was my PC.

ZOS_MollyH · March 2016

Greetings all,

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.