X4 Foundations 7.50 - skybox and module graphics crashing

[TGMacNee]

Playing version 7.50, no mods, all DLCs and Timelines storyline is completed.

Since updating to 7.50, I've started having an issue with the graphics after playing for two to three hours continuously.

• The skybox graphics will stop loading in, rendering the system that I've flying around essentially a black void. This only occurs when flying through a Jump Gate; the graphics for the current system don't vanish if already loaded.
• The graphics for station modules won't load in; aside from a few panels, stationas are functionally invisible. The collision mesh still works, though.
• The graphics for L and XL ships will load in poorly and warped; for example, the ramp down from a landing bay will be a pair of triangles. Again, the collision mesh still works fine, and it's still possible to dock and get out and walk around.
• On the "Research" tab, the backgrounds for each research item don't show, so it's just white text over the background, and the button to start a specific research item isn't coloured.

Since it takes a while for the issues to begin, I was wondering if it might be a memory leak of some kind.

I am playing it on a rather old laptop computer, I've got 16GB RAM, 6 cores, AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon graphics. No throttling issues due to power; laptop is always plugged in and charging while playing X4 (it drains the power in minutes if I don't).

A link to the save file can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11WiT6A ... drive_link

[CBJ]

The link isn't public so we can't access it, but the savegame probably isn't the issue here. If you supply a DXDiag as requested at the top of the forum we can take a proper look, but from what you've said my guess is that your integrated GPU simply doesn't have enough dedicated memory for the game. This could well be more of an issue with 7.50 than with previous versions, and is something that's quite likely to happen generally on a version update if you try and play the game with a system that doesn't meet the minimum requirements. You may be able to increase the time you can play for, possibly even indefinitely, by reducing some of the more memory-hungry graphics settings, such as AA and volumetric fog.

[TGMacNee]

OK, thank you!