Workaround for nVidia Buggy Driver Version 71.89

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Workaround for nVidia Buggy Driver Version 71.89

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Unfortunately the (currently) latest public nVidia Driver, version 71.89, causes a very severe graphics glitch in some systems with GeForce video cards running Supreme Ruler 2010.

This graphics glitch shows up as flashing/disappearing text and graphics throughout the program (menus and in-game). The cause of this issue is a driver bug within the 71.89 driver itself, and not an issue with SR2010.

These are the work-arounds for this issue:

1) Use a different nVidia driver version; earlier driver versions work fine, and more recent beta drivers also seem to work; when nVidia release its next public driver version, we expect the issue to be fixed.

2) Update 2 of SR2010 (both Retail and Demo versions) include a registry key that will turn on an 'nVidia workaround' in the game. Note that this workaround will reduce graphics performance and framerates, and should only be turned on if necessary.

How to engage the SR2010 'nVidia workaround':

- In the options menu, Graphics, there is a new option. "Nvidia Driver Optional Settings". Third checkbox from the top. When selected, it fixes all graphical errors we've been able to reproduce.

- If your graphic corruption is so bad you cannot even access the options menu, drop an email to support@bgforums.com and we'll send you a registry key import file to turn on this flag.
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Post by George Geczy »

AS OF UPDATE 3 :

This workaround is now installed automatically by the game when it is first run on a system with an nVidia card, so nVidia users should no longer encounter this issue on fresh install/updates to the latest version.

However, to have the workaround installed automatically, you MUST update to the latest version of Supreme Ruler 2010 (currently Update 3, version 4.3.1) BEFORE you run the game for the first time.

If you run the game before you update, then the workarounds listed above still apply.
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