It only seems to happen with Radeons Hett. I think the first example I saw was with a 1600 and I'm getting it with a 4870.

I'm running a 3870 and my game works just fine.

ATI Radeon HD 3870

Here's my dxdiag.

------------------System Information------------------Time of this report: 11/26/2008, 03:44:30	   Machine name: SUISESEKI   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612)		   Language: English (Regional Setting: English)System Manufacturer: BIOSTAR Group	   System Model: TPower N750			   BIOS: Default System BIOS		  Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz			 Memory: 4094MB RAM		  Page File: 2306MB used, 6114MB available		Windows Dir: C:\Windows	DirectX Version: DirectX 10DX Setup Parameters: Not found	 DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 32bit Unicode------------DxDiag Notes------------	  Display Tab 1: No problems found.		Sound Tab 1: No problems found.		Sound Tab 2: No problems found.		Sound Tab 3: No problems found.		Sound Tab 4: No problems found.		  Input Tab: No problems found.--------------------DirectX Debug Levels--------------------Direct3D:	0/4 (retail)DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)---------------Display Devices---------------		Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3870	 Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.		Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9501)		 DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)	   Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9501&SUBSYS_E620174B&REV_00   Display Memory: 2298 MB Dedicated Memory: 507 MB	Shared Memory: 1791 MB	 Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (59Hz)		  Monitor: HP w2207 Wide LCD Monitor	  Driver Name: atiumdag,atiumdva,atiumd64.dll,atiumd6a.dat,atitmm64.dll   Driver Version: 7.14.0010.0555 (English)	  DDI Version: 10Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 12/20/2007 21:48:28, 3031040 bytes	  WHQL Logo'd: Yes  WHQL Date Stamp: Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D641-11CF-D076-2AC6A1C2CA35}		Vendor ID: 0x1002		Device ID: 0x9501		SubSys ID: 0xE620174B	  Revision ID: 0x0000	  Revision ID: 0x0000	  Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C  Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive 				   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch 				   {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY 				   {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive 				   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch 				   {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY 				   {3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive 				   {552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive 				   {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive 				   {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch 				   {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY 	 DDraw Status: Enabled	   D3D Status: Enabled	   AGP Status: Enabled-------------Sound Devices-------------			Description: Speakers (ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device) Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: Yes			Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_13F6&DEV_8788&SUBSYS_82751043&REV_00		Manufacturer ID: 1			 Product ID: 100				   Type: WDM			Driver Name: cmudaxp.sys		 Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0008 (English)	  Driver Attributes: Final Retail			WHQL Logo'd: n/a		  Date and Size: 1/18/2008 03:58:46, 1197568 bytes			Other Files: 		Driver Provider: ASUSTeK		 HW Accel Level: Basic			  Cap Flags: 0xF1F	Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0			  HW Memory: 0	   Voice Management: No EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No   I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, NoSensaura™ ZoomFX™: No			Description: Digital Output (NVIDIA HDMI Audio) Default Sound Playback: No Default Voice Playback: No			Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10DE&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_10DE0101&REV_1000		Manufacturer ID: 1			 Product ID: 100				   Type: WDM			Driver Name: nvhda64v.sys		 Driver Version: 1.00.0000.0016 (English)	  Driver Attributes: Final Retail			WHQL Logo'd: Yes		  Date and Size: 12/11/2007 14:30:06, 45088 bytes			Other Files: 		Driver Provider: NVIDIA Corporation		 HW Accel Level: Basic			  Cap Flags: 0xF1F	Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0			  HW Memory: 0	   Voice Management: No EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No   I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, NoSensaura™ ZoomFX™: No			Description: Digital Output Device (HDMI) (High Definition Audio Device) Default Sound Playback: No Default Voice Playback: No			Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1002&DEV_AA01&SUBSYS_00AA0100&REV_1000		Manufacturer ID: 1			 Product ID: 100				   Type: WDM			Driver Name: HdAudio.sys		 Driver Version: 6.00.5840.16387 (English)	  Driver Attributes: Final Retail			WHQL Logo'd: Yes		  Date and Size: 11/2/2006 00:28:10, 273920 bytes			Other Files: 		Driver Provider: Microsoft		 HW Accel Level: Basic			  Cap Flags: 0xF1F	Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0			  HW Memory: 0	   Voice Management: No EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No   I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, NoSensaura™ ZoomFX™: No			Description: Digital Output (ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device) Default Sound Playback: No Default Voice Playback: No			Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_13F6&DEV_8788&SUBSYS_82751043&REV_00		Manufacturer ID: 1			 Product ID: 100				   Type: WDM			Driver Name: cmudaxp.sys		 Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0008 (English)	  Driver Attributes: Final Retail			WHQL Logo'd: n/a		  Date and Size: 1/18/2008 03:58:46, 1197568 bytes			Other Files: 		Driver Provider: ASUSTeK		 HW Accel Level: Basic			  Cap Flags: 0xF1F	Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0			  HW Memory: 0	   Voice Management: No EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No   I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, NoSensaura™ ZoomFX™: No---------------------Sound Capture Devices---------------------			Description: Line In (ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device)  Default Sound Capture: Yes  Default Voice Capture: Yes			Driver Name: cmudaxp.sys		 Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0008 (English)	  Driver Attributes: Final Retail		  Date and Size: 1/18/2008 03:58:46, 1197568 bytes			  Cap Flags: 0x1		   Format Flags: 0xFFFFF			Description: Microphone (ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device)  Default Sound Capture: No  Default Voice Capture: No			Driver Name: cmudaxp.sys		 Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0008 (English)	  Driver Attributes: Final Retail		  Date and Size: 1/18/2008 03:58:46, 1197568 bytes			  Cap Flags: 0x1		   Format Flags: 0xFFFFF			Description: Realtek Digital Input (Realtek High Definition Audio)  Default Sound Capture: No  Default Voice Capture: No			Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys		 Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5532 (English)	  Driver Attributes: Final Retail		  Date and Size: 12/20/2007 18:02:06, 1324696 bytes			  Cap Flags: 0x1		   Format Flags: 0xFFFFF			Description: Stereo Mix (ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device)  Default Sound Capture: No  Default Voice Capture: No			Driver Name: cmudaxp.sys		 Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0008 (English)	  Driver Attributes: Final Retail		  Date and Size: 1/18/2008 03:58:46, 1197568 bytes			  Cap Flags: 0x1		   Format Flags: 0xFFFFF			Description: Wave (ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device)  Default Sound Capture: No  Default Voice Capture: No			Driver Name: cmudaxp.sys		 Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0008 (English)	  Driver Attributes: Final Retail		  Date and Size: 1/18/2008 03:58:46, 1197568 bytes			  Cap Flags: 0x1		   Format Flags: 0xFFFFF			Description: Aux (ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device)  Default Sound Capture: No  Default Voice Capture: No			Driver Name: cmudaxp.sys		 Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0008 (English)	  Driver Attributes: Final Retail		  Date and Size: 1/18/2008 03:58:46, 1197568 bytes			  Cap Flags: 0x1		   Format Flags: 0xFFFFF-------------------DirectInput Devices-------------------	  Device Name: Mouse		 Attached: 1	Controller ID: n/aVendor/Product ID: n/a		FF Driver: n/a	  Device Name: Keyboard		 Attached: 1	Controller ID: n/aVendor/Product ID: n/a		FF Driver: n/a	  Device Name: Natural? Ergonomic Keyboard 4000		 Attached: 1	Controller ID: 0x0Vendor/Product ID: 0x045E, 0x00DB		FF Driver: n/aPoll w/ Interrupt: No-----------USB Devices-----------+ USB Root Hub| Vendor/Product ID: 0x10DE, 0x077D| Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub| Service: usbhub----------------Gameport Devices----------------------------PS/2 Devices------------+ Microsoft USB Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (IntelliType Pro)| Vendor/Product ID: 0x045E, 0x00DB| Matching Device ID: hid\vid_045e&pid_00db&mi_00| Service: kbdhid| + Terminal Server Keyboard Driver| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_kbd| Upper Filters: kbdclass| Service: TermDD| + HID-compliant mouse| Vendor/Product ID: 0x046D, 0xC044| Matching Device ID: hid_device_system_mouse| Service: mouhid| + Terminal Server Mouse Driver| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_mou| Upper Filters: mouclass| Service: TermDD------------------------Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives------------------------	  Drive: C: Free Space: 36.0 GBTotal Space: 76.3 GBFile System: NTFS	  Model: WDC WD800BB-00JHC0 ATA Device	  Drive: D: Free Space: 433.1 GBTotal Space: 610.5 GBFile System: NTFS	  Model: WDC WD6400AAKS-65A7B0 ATA Device	  Drive: E:	  Model: ASUS DRW-2014L1T ATA Device	 Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6001.18000 (English), , 0 bytes	  Drive: F:	  Model: NCVCH 16FW52N4T6N SCSI CdRom Device	 Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6001.18000 (English), , 0 bytes--------------System Devices--------------	 Name: ASUS Xonar DX Audio DeviceDevice ID: PCI\VEN_13F6&DEV_8788&SUBSYS_82751043&REV_00\5&2B483149&0&200098   Driver: n/a	 Name: Realtek RTL8168C/8111C Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)Device ID: PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_23071565&REV_02\4&2A7E4EBB&0&00A0   Driver: n/a	 Name: Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0AD0&SUBSYS_54091565&REV_A2\3&267A616A&0&48   Driver: n/a	 Name: Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_077E&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&21   Driver: n/a	 Name: Standard OpenHCD USB Host ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_077D&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&20   Driver: n/a	 Name: Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_077C&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&11   Driver: n/a	 Name: Standard OpenHCD USB Host ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_077B&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&10   Driver: n/a	 Name: PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridgeDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_077A&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&A0   Driver: n/a	 Name: PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridgeDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_077A&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&98   Driver: n/a	 Name: PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridgeDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0778&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&80   Driver: n/a	 Name: High Definition Audio ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0774&SUBSYS_82131565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&38   Driver: n/a	 Name: PCI standard ISA bridgeDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_075D&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A2\3&267A616A&0&08   Driver: n/a	 Name: PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridgeDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_075B&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&90   Driver: n/a	 Name: PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridgeDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_075A&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&40   Driver: n/a	 Name: Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0759&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&30   Driver: n/a	 Name: PCI standard RAM ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0754&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A2\3&267A616A&0&00   Driver: n/a	 Name: NVIDIA nForce System Management ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0753&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A2\3&267A616A&0&0B   Driver: n/a	 Name: NVIDIA nForce System ManagementDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0752&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&09   Driver: n/a	 Name: PCI standard RAM ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0751&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&0A   Driver: n/a	 Name: PCI standard RAM ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0568&SUBSYS_340B1565&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&0C   Driver: n/a	 Name: PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridgeDevice ID: PCI\VEN_10B5&DEV_8112&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_AA\4&3B65085B&0&0098   Driver: n/a	 Name: AMD Miscellaneous ConfigurationDevice ID: PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_1103&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&267A616A&0&C3   Driver: n/a	 Name: AMD DRAM and HyperTransport™ Trace Mode ConfigurationDevice ID: PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_1102&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&267A616A&0&C2   Driver: n/a	 Name: AMD Address Map ConfigurationDevice ID: PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_1101&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&267A616A&0&C1   Driver: n/a	 Name: AMD HyperTransport™ ConfigurationDevice ID: PCI\VEN_1022&DEV_1100&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&267A616A&0&C0   Driver: n/a	 Name: High Definition Audio ControllerDevice ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_AA18&SUBSYS_AA18174B&REV_00\4&4273945&0&0180   Driver: n/a	 Name: ATI Radeon HD 3870Device ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9501&SUBSYS_E620174B&REV_00\4&4273945&0&0080   Driver: n/a------------------DirectShow Filters------------------DirectShow Filters:QuickTime Audio Decoder Filter,0x00600800,1,1,,WMAudio Decoder DMO,0x00800800,1,1,,WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,WMSpeech Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,MP3 Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,Mpeg4s Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,WMV Screen decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,WMVideo Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,QuickTime Video Decoder Filter,0x00600800,1,1,,Mpeg43 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,Mpeg4 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,Full Screen Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6001.18063ATI MPEG Audio Decoder,0x00200000,1,1,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713ATI Ticker,0x00200000,0,1,Ticker.ax,DV Muxer,0x00400000,0,0,,6.06.6001.18000Color Space Converter,0x00400001,1,1,,6.06.6001.18063ATI EZShare Server,0x00200000,1,0,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713WM ASF Reader,0x00400000,0,0,,11.00.6001.7000Screen Capture filter,0x00200000,0,1,wmpsrcwp.dll,11.00.6001.7000AVI Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18063VGA 16 Color Ditherer,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18063Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder,0x005fffff,2,4,msmpeg2vdec.dll,11.00.6001.7000AC3 Parser Filter,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.6001.18000StreamBufferSink,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.6001.18000MJPEG Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18063DivX for Blizzard Decoder Filter,0x00800000,1,1,blizzard.ax,5.00.0002.0000MPEG-I Stream Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,,6.06.6001.18063SAMI (CC) Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18063ATI EZShare Client,0x00200000,0,1,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.6001.18000ATI Time Shift Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713ATI Time Shift Reader,0x00600000,0,1,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713ATI MPEG File Writer,0x00200000,1,0,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713ATI MPEG Video Decoder,0x005fffff,1,2,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713MPEG-2 Splitter,0x005fffff,1,0,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.6001.18000Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Encoder,0x00200000,2,0,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6001.7000ATI VCR Video Converter,0x00200000,1,1,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713Internal Script Command Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,,6.06.6001.18063MPEG Audio Decoder,0x03680001,1,1,,6.06.6001.18063MMACE ProcAmp,0x00200000,0,2,MMACEFilters.dll,ATI Video Format Converter,0x00200000,1,1,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713DV Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,,6.06.6001.18000Video Mixing Renderer 9,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6001.18063Microsoft MPEG-2 Encoder,0x00200000,2,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6001.7000ATI CC Multiplexer,0x00200000,1,1,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713ATI MPEG Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713ATI VCR Stream Sink,0x00200000,0,0,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713ACM Wrapper,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18063Video Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,,6.06.6001.18063MPEG-2 Video Stream anolyzer,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.6001.18000Line 21 Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6001.18000Video Port Manager,0x00600000,2,1,,6.06.6001.18063Video Renderer,0x00400000,1,0,,6.06.6001.18063ATI MPEG Video Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,atidvcr.dll,9.15.0000.20713DivX Decoder Filter,0xff800000,1,1,divxdec.ax,6.03.0000.0063ATI MPEG 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I've got this as well. Radeon HD 4870/ Vista 64 SP1 Home Premium.

Given some graphics cards are fine, I'm assuming it's a driver issue.

I'm going to complain to ATi. If other people with the problem do likewise we might be able to convince them there's enough people still playing Morrowind to make it worthwhile them addressing this. http://support.ati.com/ics/survey/survey.asp?deptID=894&surveyID=486&type=web


EDIT: Just installed it on my HTPC (onboard HD3200) for a test. Same problem there and that was a clean install - no updates, mods, ini changes, nada.

Good idea. We should keep nagging ATi. If everyone here submitted a thing to them, they will hopefully do it.

Hi comrades! Is there any progress in solving this priblem?

Nope. It's still just the http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?s=&showtopic=891212&view=findpost&p=13044960.

And i made another workaround by makin' sun texture replacement.
http://rapidshare.com/files/181062907/tx_sun_flash_grey_05.DDS.html

Yeah. Best if we all complain to ATi as suggested. I can live without the sun, but the nightsky, ah...

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Hmm the file's clean... site? Dunno but no problem.

The file fixed the "black" sun. Does it change the sun's color or something? I have a feeling it looks different now (Just installed MW, no mods or anything yet, been awhile since i last played (a lot of mods) so it might be just my memory.

Oh and one question, should the textures folder (except _land_default.tga, what's that anyway?) be empty if fresh install? (Vista, non-default install location)

Yes, the graphics folders should be empty, except for that map file, until you use mods that add stuff to them. The original graphics are all in a BSA file, which the computer reads from if it doesn't find the texture in the textures folder.

Just made another little workaround.
Sun looks more realistic now.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/60/mgescreenshot1il5.jpg
Here's a link to the 7z archive, that should be extracted to "Data files" folder. Overwrite old files, if promted.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IX6I7D4B

Actually, it's less realistic, unless the player's eyes are really cameras instead of eyes.

Tried multiple "sun glare" retexture mods out there, and none of them seem to actually clear this problem up, though the "sun glare" provided in SWG's new Skies v2 mod makes it a little less annoying in my opinion (does not seem to block out as much of the sky, or really make things darker when looking near the sun now...though the sun itself is still black).

Probably will keep looking into this, but I am not sure that there will ever really be an honest resolution. Perhaps I might need to make some INI tweaks along with it...

I'm another victim of the impending black hole of doom. Again on Vista with a Radeon (3870). It was fine to http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3302/morrowind20090207043328io4.jpg and then went http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/5331/35016567sr6.jpg. I'm going to give the fix Aviloff kindly posted a try. I really don't fancy dual booting with XP just for one game.

Edit: That looks http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6998/morrowind20090207204256se8.jpg.

I also have this problem. I'm pretty positive that the later versions of ATI's Catalyst drivers along with one or more of Microsoft's updates to DirectX are to blame for the issue. Running a Radeon HD 4870 here at the moment and I've tested both Catalysts 8.10 and 8.12 and neither will return the sun glare anymore. The sun glare DID work just fine using Catalyst 8.10 in october however so that's why I'm not 100% sure that the Catalysts are the only thing to blame here. To me it seems as if Morrowind is properly finding the correct glare texture but only the alpha channel is rendered while the colour map is not, or is rendered completely in black. The reason the replacement sun textures work is because the new glare texture (Tx_sun_flash_grey_05.dds) doesn't contain an alpha channel and the glare texture is instead added to the sun disc texture which seems to render just fine.

I had no such problems ever with version 7.x Catalysts on my old system using an ATI Radeon X1800XT card.

I've submitted a bug report to ATI as well and suggest that others who have the same issue do the same.

Cheers, UQF

Hmm, well if that one worked out for ya, I might give that most recent one a shot here...really want to clear this up!



Did this a few days ago myself...still working on a manual workaround though...about to try this other glare that seems to work for folks.

And it does in fact work, seemingly due to no alpha channel on it as stated above - woot!

Wait a second, so alpha channel in the texture is what caused the Sun to turn black? Or was it the lack of the alpha channel?

Seems it is Alpha Channel in the texture, though that really doesn't make sense to me since I know the card supports that. But, the second I got a texture not using it, I suddenly got my sun back

Could you (or anyone else) reupload this one? I don't like the newer one that much.

Well that just makes no sense. :unsure:

And to make it worse we can't remove the alpha channel and upload the file somewhere for others because of legal issues. :-/

It probably has more to do with DirectX 8.1 legacy support in later DirectX versions. I know my Morrowind sun looked just fine before (with the very same driver version I am using now) but screwed up later on, possibly after some Microsoft update to the DirectX API or when I installed a new game which updated my DirectX. It might very well be that Microsoft updated some component of DirectX which in turn screwed up Bethesda's method of implementing their sun textures in MW.

Also, AFAIK both the original gamesas glare and sun texture contain full 8-bit transparency and earlier DirectX versions have always been finicky about overlayed textures with 8-bit alpha transparencies. I might be incorrect but for the gamesas devs to get those two textures to show up correctly might have required some amount of rendering engine tweaking and something somewhere along the line probably untweaked their tweak.

Cheers, UQF

Bump. Can anyone please re upload this? I'm about to upgrade my computer and I'm probably gonna get a Radeon 4770.
Which most likely means I'll get a visit from the unfriendly neighborhood black hole.

nvm, i think i found it on a russian forum. (can't be sure until i upgrade though, but i think it's the right file)

Bump-de-bump, can I have that texture? Just in case I ever encounter this problem (curse you, Windows!).