Can't see shieldbelt effect in internet play

[old.Scum]

I have an annoying problem.

In offline play I can see the golden shieldbelt effect on the bots just fine.

In internet play (and I am guessing LAN play too) I can't see it. Shielded players look exactly like unshielded players. This is not good because shielded players are not soft targets

I've had this problem since the 413 patch I think.

Anyone else had this problem?

 

[old.SENTINANT]

Have you turned off "use dynamic lighting" in your settings
or "translucency" ??

not to worry i get an extra 8 fps if i turn em off

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[old.Scum]

I have translucency enabled.

I just tried turning dynamic lights on and went online, but I didn't see any shieldbelt effect.

I remember going through my .ini files enabling all the visual effects options, but nothing I did seemed to make a difference to internet play.

With my current settings (most visual effects disabled), I can see the shieldbelt in offline play but not internet play.

Dynamic lights make my UT fps suck even harder than it does already (I have to use D3D rendering). I'd hate to have to enable them for internet play.

Nice try though, ta.

 

[old.Kez]

type preferences at the console, and enable high detail actors under the appropriate renderer, restart video thingie & see if this helps (I know how to fix it, I just can't remember at this time of day)

gimme some feedback

 

[old.Scum]

Kez:

Your suggestion fixed the problem. I think that must be the first time EVER that a message board has actually yielded some useful information for me.

Cheers & well done!