do you have an ATI/AMD graphics card and the griff_normalmapped oxp installed? i remember a few posts a few weeks or so ago about oxp ships appearing completely black and untextured due to a shader bug in that and other oxp's and ATI's newer drivers.
Can you tell us which ATI card, and more importantly, which Catalyst version?
This can be found in the ATI control panel (Catalyst Control Center) information center, on the Graphics Software tab.
Someone else will tell you how to sort out OXPs... I can't explain that too clearly at the moment (I've had a couple of drinks, tonight).
Oh, and welcome.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
Yeah, I know about having wisdom teeth removed… I’ve had all four out over the years.
Right, your ATI graphics card is an onboard type for a notebook, I think, and quite old. It may well struggle with some of Oolite, but if you can at least play the game, then great. It may be the problem… I am not an expert on on-board graphics (I know more about component cards), but another member may well be.
This is a very friendly and helpful forum, and any question you have, no matter how basic… don’t be afraid to ask.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
Just a very quick one, a thought i just had and you have been
chosen to suffer °grins°
Why would i create an imageformat whoms (?) ABBR.
looks just the same as if it would mean Damage?
(in a cutely insane, electronic, stuttering female voice)
Are you Afraid? What is it you Fear?
The End of your Trivial Existence? Ha!
When the History of my Glory is written,
your Species shall only be a Footnote
to my Magnificence.
I am SHODAN.
Are you sure you don't have any OXPs installed? The only invisible Thargoid known to man is from Second Wave.oxp. And I can't think of a reason why in the vanilla game single Thargoids (or all Thargoids) should be invisible, while all other ships are visible.