Broken canopy is just a black hole?

DogTailRed2

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I got shot up and my canopy was smashed. Problem is anything within the broken area,
not just the hud but planets, space stations etc did not display.

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a graphics card problem.
I have a GTX 560 Ti on the latest drivers and my rig is Quad Core i7 clocked to 4ghz (btw game runs sweet).
 

BlueThunder

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That is a bug. You shouldn't see anything generated by your ship (orbital lines, targeting etc) but stations, ships etc should be seen. Did you see any stars?
 

DogTailRed2

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All I could see was the stationary back drop of stars. Everything else was missing.
In fact I couldn't even see the canopy was `broken`. No jagged edges, crracks etc. There was just a jagged `missing area` in the middle.
If it wasn't for the oxygen warning I would never have known the difference - apart from the lack of stuff.
 
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Jediben

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That's not a bug that is intended. The HUD is displayed on the canopy. With no canopy you have no hud. I have had a smashed canopy split left/right and the glass that remained shows hud elements. The right side is just the void and stars.
 

DogTailRed2

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Jediben said:
That's not a bug that is intended. The HUD is displayed on the canopy. With no canopy you have no hud. I have had a smashed canopy split left/right and the glass that remained shows hud elements. The right side is just the void and stars.
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Problem is I couldn't see anything through the break. No planets, space staions etc.
Did you see broken edges where the canopy had broken?
 

DDC

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Jediben said:
That's not a bug that is intended. The HUD is displayed on the canopy. With no canopy you have no hud. I have had a smashed canopy split left/right and the glass that remained shows hud elements. The right side is just the void and stars.
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Why don't you take the time to read the OP properly next time.
 

DogTailRed2

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Just to clarify I couldn't see `anything` through the broken canopy (I couldn't even see the break).
I managed to jump to a station to try and save myself, by keeping the target outside the broken area.
But when I came out of super cruise and faced the actual space station I couldn't see it.
This has all the hallmarks of a rendering issue either with the graphics card or a bug in the game IMHO.
 
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Predatar

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Jediben said:
That's not a bug that is intended. The HUD is displayed on the canopy. With no canopy you have no hud. I have had a smashed canopy split left/right and the glass that remained shows hud elements. The right side is just the void and stars.
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How do you figure the HUD is displayed on the canopy/glass? Actually very little of it is visible against the glass. Most of it on the dash, or floating off to the sides. Pretty sure it's intended as a 3D holographic that just floats in the air.

I've seen some people say that parts of the HUD get cut off when the glass is busted out, and I think this is actually a bug, because it didn't used to do that. The HUD would remain floating in the air, because it's a holographic.

To the OP though, I would definitely submit a bug report. I'm going to go in game now and see if I can replicate the same thing.
 

Shylock

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I have only had my canopy breached once, back in beta or gamma, and had the same effect. I thought it was great. made getting to the station very tense, as it should be in that situation. Like you, I made it back just fine, though I sweated buckets on the way. So don't worry about it being a graphics rendering problem, it could be a bug but I believe its working as intended.
 
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