KSP OpenGl Crashing on accessing settings.

[SmashBrown]

When i try to access the settings from the main menu in my opengl ksp game, it just hangs, task manager doesn't say it has crashed, but all i see is the loading icon in the corner of the screen, i have waited and waited but nothing seems to happen. Thanks.

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I also have to tab out and back in to get rid of screen flicker on the in game menu when changing graphics settings. And the bottom left corner of the loading screen picture looks like it has been cut out, just a black square is there.

[Master Tao]

Are you also using the -popupwindow option? Starting with 0.90, they seem to work better together. That said, OpenGL support is a Unity feature, so you'd have to ask for support for it on those forums.

[SmashBrown]

Are you also using the -popupwindow option? Starting with 0.90, they seem to work better together. That said, OpenGL support is a Unity feature, so you'd have to ask for support for it on those forums.

Okey dokey thanks. Where is the pop up window option?

[Master Tao]

It's a launch option, same as -force-opengl.

[SmashBrown]

Doesn't seem to make much of a difference.... but its running... very close to the limit.

[SmashBrown]

Anyone know how to get rid of the fuzzy writing in game, doesn't seem to be as well defined as when running it without openGL.

[BudgetHedgehog]

OpenGL removes in-game anti aliasing which means you need to force it from your graphics card option ('override application settings' is the term my AMD uses).

[SmashBrown]

I have the AA on override, but the textures still look a little... soft, fuzzy, i don't know how to describe it. Other than that it is running great, and it's not hugely noticeable, but it's bugging me, ive been messing about with my nvidia control panel trying to see if any of the options in there change it, but no luck yet.

Well not all the textures, Just the writing an UI in game.

Edited January 11, 2015 by SmashBrown

[BudgetHedgehog]

Hmm... what texture quality are your settings at? If anything other than Full Res, the text (most noticeably the toolbar buttons) will be fuzzy...

[SmashBrown]

It says it's on full rez, like i say it all looks great, just the writing in my toolbars and ui looks not quite as sharp and defined as it does when not using OpenGL.

[SmashBrown]

Okay the only way to get rid of it and make it work properly in openGL is to add the full line " -force-opengl-poupwindow", but then it does not reduce my memory footprint anywhere near as much as it was doing without "-popupwindow" on the end, and it just crashes, stupid RAM limit...

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Going to try running ATM on the Astronomers Pack that should hopefully let me play.

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ATM doesn't help. dangit.

[SmashBrown]

Bumping this to see if i can get a solution from anyone. On the loading screen when using opengl, the bottom left corner is just black, then when i get to the main menu i have to tab out and back in as i get horrid screen flicker, i cannot access the settings from the main menu, and no matter what i do with Nvidia control panel, it does not do anything for me.

[SmashBrown]

Fixed it by re-installing drivers. Woohooooooo!!!

[daver4470]

Fixed it by re-installing drivers. Woohooooooo!!!

Nvidia? Which driver? Also, did it fix it without having to run -popupwindow? Inquiring minds want to know...

[funkcanna]

Bump - I need a solution to this too! OpenGL works perfectly for reducing RAM usage (32GB of RAM and can't use it for Kerbal Sucks) but when I try to enter settings it hangs.

[SmashBrown]

You need to run it in full screen windowed by the way folks

[IrresponsibleCaptNathan]

I found a solution.

I also had this problem when using OpenGL mode or Direct3D11 mode, using popupwindow worked as a fix, but as Smashbrown says it doesn't decrease memory usage nearly as much as full screen mode. Changing my video card drivers (I have a Geforce 760) did not seem to have any effect.

What seems to fix this problem of 'fuzzy' or 'soft focus' graphics is to disable all anti-alaising settings in the nvidia control panel.

[Kerbas_ad_astra]

I ran into this issue on my own installs. The issue seems to be caused by OpenGL fullscreen and ModuleManager alt-tabbing away from the game. Disabling fullscreen and using -popupwindow instead fixes it, EDIT: as does toggling full-screen mode with Alt-Enter.

Edited September 10, 2015 by Kerbas_ad_astra