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    World Of Warcraft , Water issues.

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by ihazaliens85, Apr 2, 2011.

  1. ihazaliens85

    ihazaliens85 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I have a Alienware 11mx. When i play wow the water graphics is kinda weird.
    When im under water everything is fine, but when i am above water the water is gone its just empty space lol. The water is not being shown if i am above
    water.

    Anyone else experienced this issue ????
    and i have the latest drivers.

    thanks !
     
    ihazaliens85, Apr 2, 2011
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  2. AlienTroll

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    I don't have WoW and never plan to because I hate it. But do a complete reinstall of the game, because it doesn't seem like the M11X's fault. Also do you have the R1 or R2? Also what driver version are you using? Is it a beta driver or WHQL?
     
    AlienTroll, Apr 2, 2011
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  3. Augusta

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    It's a known glitch. Try turning down your water effects.

    Blizzard will tell you to be sure you're running off the 335 and update your driver's if you haven't done so.

    Might want to check their tech support boards, there are a few threads up about this issue.
     
    Augusta, Apr 2, 2011
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  4. DeeVu

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    This is an issue that hasnt bee fixed yet. The max you will be able to run the water in is "fair" anything higher and this problem will occur. It seems like the latest BETA drive 270.51 is close to fixing it. I can play in ultra settings but the issue with it is that the game crashes after being on for 2min. So right now its not "fixed" but should be within the next driver update or two. Stick to fair right now.
     
    DeeVu, Apr 2, 2011
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    I play with water set to Ultra and don't have any issues...only time I have seen this happen is when alt tabbing back and forth alot, but its also occurred on my desktop system as well.
     
    squeeb, Apr 2, 2011
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    Did you download the driver that came out a few weeks ago? Im running water on ultra with no problems.. before the driver update I could only run water on fair with no options for ultra setting.
     
    Scottyballs, Apr 2, 2011
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    I also had the problem with higher than fair. Took some time to find out..
     
    Phantom3D, Apr 2, 2011
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    do u mean the nvidia driver? I've got the latest one (267.76) and still the water refuses to show unless its at fair :confused:
     
    laz91, Apr 2, 2011
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    What driver version are you using?
     
    okdoki, Apr 3, 2011
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  10. Scottyballs

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    263.08 this is the recent driver update for the R1.
     
    Scottyballs, Apr 3, 2011
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  11. laz91

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    The R1 shouldn't have the water issue as far as I know - Im fairly sure the issue is specific for the R2
     
    laz91, Apr 3, 2011
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  12. DeeVu

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    Correct. It doesnt happen on my R1.
     
    DeeVu, Apr 3, 2011
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