Oblivion Chuck Patch Being Weird!

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

I was going to post this on the Elder Scrolls Forums until I realized that an intelligent answer would not be found amongst the fanboyish 14 year olds over there. AT has some smart people so here goes.

I installed the Chuck Patch for Oblivion, which has allowed me to run HDR+AA. It would run properly and everything.... but spontaneously, it would quit working. I'd go to start up a new game a day or three later, and suddenly the AA wouldn't be working. I open up CCC, it's still enabled there... nothings changed... check the Oblivion settings and AA is disabled there while HDR is enabled... same there too.

I can usually fix it each time by installing the Chuck Patch again. I have to install it several times a week.

Anyone else have this happen?

At one point I used Driver Cleaner Pro to remove all ATI drivers; then installed the Chuck Patch and ATI Tray Tools. I think it worked... but every time I turned on the computer I kept getting "New hardware found" wizards.

What is the proper way to install the Chuck Patch??? Seems like I'm just missing something. I can make it work temporarily, that's it.

 

[nitromullet]

1. Install .net 1.1
2. Install ATI drivers and CCC
3. Install Chuck patch
4. Make sure Catalyst AI is enabled in CCC and AA is not set to application controlled
5. Enable HDR in Oblivion (AA will automatically be disabled in Oblivion)

That should do it.

 

[Munky]

AFAIK, you're supposed to install the patch on top of Ati display drivers, not as a replacement for the drivers.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: nitromullet
1. Install .net 1.1
2. Install ATI drivers and CCC
3. Install Chuck patch
4. Make sure Catalyst AI is enabled in CCC and AA is not set to application controlled
5. Enable HDR in Oblivion (AA will automatically be disabled in Oblivion)

That should do it.

THat's pretty much what I've been doing. When I got my ATI card, I completely removed the display drivers from before and used the ATI-supplied CD which installed CCC, drivers, and (presumably) .net 1.1. Installed Chuck patch next, and fixed settings in CCC. I've tried it with Catalyst AI on both Standard and Advanced, with AA on 4x, and either way it only works for a day or two then quits. It's rather frustrating.

Could it make a difference if I adjust the CCC settings in the course of playing other games, and revert them back to the Oblivion settings when I fire up Oblivion?

 

[nitromullet]

I think the Chuck patch is only meant for Cat 6.3 and above, if the ones on your cd are older they might not work properly. Get the latest Cats from ATI, and try again.

...If you swap different settings a lot, make a profile for Oblivion in the CCC... Just choose the settings you want, go to the profile manager, select all CCC settings, name the profile, and you're done. Then, whenever you want to play a certain game just open the CCC and select the profile. You can even set the profile to launch the game if you want it to. Right now, I have three different profiles: 3DMark: default settings, WoW: everything maxed and AI disabled, and Oblivion: 2xAA/4xHQAF, AI enabled, no AAA...

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

THat's a good possibility. I don't know how old the CD is. I got the card last month but who knows how long it's been packaged.

Is there an easy way to tell which version of Catalyst I have? I am really new to all things ATI; former Nvidia fanboy here.

 

[nitromullet]

Look in the CCC, one of the screens has that info.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

lol of course dont use the ATI supplies CD drivers

XD