planet texture flickering at low altitudes

[2epicpanda]

Hi 

I havent played since 1.7 or whatever so i started a new game. Loving the new graphics for KSP on 1.9.1 however i got a problem. At low altitudes when the textures are higher res, the planets surface flicker, its quite distracting and i never had this problem before i cant really find any other posts describing the same issue. Same PC. Help please? really annoying. 

[VoidSquid]

You mean this maybe?

If yes, quicksave-quickload helps.

[2epicpanda]

no not like that, its more in the distance. It doesn't happen close to your ship or Kerbal. It kind of looks like a shadow glitch but there isnt any shadow its the actual planets texture thats flickering.  

[VoidSquid]

Hmm... doesn't sound familiar then. Checked / tried out different graphics settings?

[OHara]

There was a similar bug report recently (link) which links to video example (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bcHLJe198k) but no-one has suggested a solution yet.

 

[2epicpanda]

6 hours ago, OHara said:

There was a similar bug report recently (link) which links to video example (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bcHLJe198k) but no-one has suggested a solution yet.

 

Yes its quite similar to that but it doesnt look as severe and it only occurr for example when im looking at distant terrain. When im doing eva the ground near me doesnt do it. 

Id record it but i dunno how easy it would be to see. 

actually im pretty sure its the same issue, mine doesnt flicker as bad as that but its the same effect. Is it quite a uncommon issue? Was this in 1.9 before 1.9.1

[jimmymcgoochie]

I tried out v1.9 shortly after it came out with maximum terrain graphics on, there was a noticeable ripple across the ground where the graphics seemed to be switching to the highest definition as I flew a plane across Kerbin. It's possibly the game trying to improve performance by only loading the best textures when you're close and making do with lower quality textures further away. Maybe it was fixed in 1.9.1, but I haven't tried that yet due to a long list of currently incompatible mods.

[JPLRepo]

From the video posted above. That is a known issue with Unity Shadows. Usually happens when the sun is at zenith in the sky. We are investigating solutions, but no promises.