Since the 4800 series, ATI is really worth it more than nvidia.

PS Any solution coming for the bug?

Same here

Intel i7 860 Quadcore
8 Gigs DDR3
Ati Radeon 5770 HD
1tb HDD
Win7 64-bit

thought maybe the just did a **** job then saw your thread. good to know im not the only i was thinkin it was an ati problem but maybe 64 bit error????

I really don't think reinstall could help, I have it too.
I got steam version , verify nothing wrong =)

already tried even redid the whole machine...dident do anything to fix the issue. save your time.

Can we please have some information that this is a KNOWN issue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep, we've seen the thread and passed on the info. Thanks everyone for posting in the one thread and making this a big and easily identifiable thread

thank you. hope ya figure out...well whatever it your gunna figure out to make the ground not be black. Great game btw. my only issue. thnks

Any idea when the patch for this will be implemented? Love ya Crytek for addressing it, but want to enjoy the beauty of this game in multiplayer too

hi guys,I'm in the same situation,but the dark textures appear only the second time i play the map,and it's on downtown and liberty too.help us crytek please!!!

Is this going to be addressed in the next patch or later? Its funny because every youtube video showing some awesome gameplay with a crazy KD ratio online thats being played on PC has the black grass glitch. Its so widespread.

I think its more apparent and irritating to those with artistic sides to them. Crysis 2 is such a graphical beauty, but to have this blemish on it really is irritating.

On a side note the lighting in this game is just beautiful. Its so close to real life its scary. I look at concrete outside as Im walking to work and see a tree shadow swaying and think of Crysis 2. Its the only game that does light this good. Cant wait to see whats enhanced with DX11

Is this going to be addressed in the next patch or later? Its funny because every youtube video showing some awesome gameplay with a crazy KD ratio online thats being played on PC has the black grass glitch. Its so widespread.

I think its more apparent and irritating to those with artistic sides to them. Crysis 2 is such a graphical beauty, but to have this blemish on it really is irritating.

On a side note the lighting in this game is just beautiful. Its so close to real life its scary. I look at concrete outside as Im walking to work and see a tree shadow swaying and think of Crysis 2. Its the only game that does light this good. Cant wait to see whats enhanced with DX11

I would agree with this. As I've said before in this thread and others I think it affects pretty much every pc player with a graphics card made within the last year or so, ATI or nVidia. Either a lot of people just don't care about it because it doesn't impact game play or they just haven't noticed. Which is almost as funny as Crytek allowing this huge amazingly noticeable graphical flaw pass through QA.

Its so widespread with graphics cards too. My brother has a 8800 GTX, my friend a GTX 285, and I have a 480 and we all experience it

Really want this fixed. I do love the gameplay, but Crysis is one of those games where you can be vain and want to play for the graphics.

Will this be fixed in the next patch or later?

Who knows, nothing was mentioned in the patch notes about fixing any graphical inconsistencies/problems.

yo guys,i don't know for you,but i'm still waiting for a fix for this **** black texture,the game was released 2 month ago and i can't play it in multiplayer because of this fuking dark texture...thanks a lot.

I have an AMD Athlon II X4 640 and a GeForce GT 240. I'm getting these dark textures everywhere as well.

yo guys,i don't know for you,but i'm still waiting for a fix for this **** black texture,the game was released 2 month ago and i can't play it in multiplayer because of this fuking dark texture...thanks a lot.
hahaha Wow! u cant play multiplayer just because its dark brown texture instead of grassy green... and in fact real ground looks just like that so do u mean that u cant go outside because theres dark brown ground everywhere???

WHo wants to play a game where the graphics are messed up? THe ground is NOT supposed to be completely black, its normal on the first map you play but after that its bugged.

It breaks the immersion, and the art style. Both of those Crysis 2 takes pride in so its a big deal.

We get a map pack announced before this is fixed?! Come on Crytek when is this going to be fixed already?!

seriously bump come on when is this getting fixed?

I am just curious, did all people who have problems with textures in game use newest drivers for their cards? Every single time when i see people posting about "graphic" problems, they always say "i have newest drivers", but never "i did check XX ver. of drivers for my card and there is no difference i still have problem with graphic, etc.".
As far as i remember most of graphic issues is caused by drivers, even my Radeon HD5870 is not able run Crysis 2 properly with newest drivers :X

We have all tried newest drivers, beta drivers, everything. From AMD to Nvidia this problem exists.

This used to happen in Cry-engine 2 maps when a shader on a texture was corrupt. In this case its with the grass texture in multiplayer

Same problem here !

Still not fixed??? X weeks after release??? I cant believe...

yes i get this dark textures on the ground in light house map also as well as other maps. using vista 32, 5870 crossfire. please fix crytek!

same problem this is ridiculous

Yes its very sad we get a map pack we have to pay for (showing all resources at Crytek are not going towards fixing the bug), and a game with bugs and glitches galore that still exist 2 months after launch. I Love Crysis 2 and Crytek but this bug (along with all others) is really getting annoying.

It shows up on the new maps too! Same problem, after the FIRST map is done, all maps afterward using the grass/dirt texture appear black on the ground.

I have the LATEST nvidia driver (after driver sweeper safe mode uninstall of course), GTX 480, I7 950, Windows 7 64 bit, 4 gigs DDR3 1333, etc etc etc. Should not be happening.

I know they said they are aware of it but come on man this freaking needs to be fixed! I started out a raving fanboy for this game, and am really losing my hope for it. The campaign was great when it freaking worked, online had potential if not for the parade of problems/bugs

Please Crytek just maybe give a list on a sticky of "upcoming fixes" for the game so we know everything will really be addressed at LEAST.

I will only buy the extra maps when this is fixed.

is that one day the CryEngine 3 will be used as it should, DX11, pom realistic texture HD, or is this done on purpose so the game runs easily without being too greedy in resource, it can be a strategy marketing.
can you tell if the crytek working on right now ?????
because on mycryengine are talking about the graphics engine and the new, WHICH ARE NOT IN CRYSIS 2 why ??????

Look on heaven benchmark in dx9 it looks so bad, for example the like stairs thingie, it looks like total flat and with tesselation it is amazing realistic.

While u can make such stairs in Dx9 too never seen such flat things in any dx9 game.

What i think is that with Crysis 2 is the same stuff, they didn't optimise it for pc players so they can upgrade it huge with dx11 ( tesselation on quite frankly almost everything.)

That way dx11 is promoted, crysis 2 is best benchmark ever, nvidia wins cause dx11 = amazing = buy dx11 cards from nvidia etc etc

Clearly you don't get why the steps are done like that. It's to show the tessellation and nothing more. The developer makes the flat low detail mesh and the tessellation makes it looks like steps, meaning less work.

i think that it just happened that way and they didnt notice