Platform: Xbox Series S Game version: v1.3.0.8 DLC: Forgotten Gods
Description
I am experiencing a reproducible graphical glitch in Grim Dawn on Xbox Series S.
The issue occurs in specific areas of two locations:
Malmouth
Maw of Enaht (Forgotten Gods DLC)
The glitch is location-dependent, not random or intermittent.
When entering certain specific areas, the screen becomes covered in bright green, with black graphical artifacts appearing. When leaving the affected area, the graphics return to normal.
I deliberately recorded myself entering and leaving the affected areas to demonstrate that the glitch is tied to specific locations on the map and can be reproduced.
Expected result
The game should render the environment correctly when entering and leaving these areas, without green screen effects or graphical corruption.
Actual result
Entering specific areas triggers the graphical glitch. Leaving those areas restores normal graphics.
Additional information
The same type of graphical issue occurs in both Malmouth and Maw of Enaht.
A similar issue has previously been reported by other Xbox players in Maw of Enaht. However, I can also reproduce it in Malmouth.
I have attached a video demonstrating the issue and how it appears and disappears when entering and leaving the affected areas.
I hope this video helps the developers identify and reproduce the problem.
I also have Grim Dawn on Series S even though I must admit I didn’t play much in the last two months or so (I did a fresh start just after Fangs was released on PC and the XBOX version was updated to 1.3, basically levelled all the way to 100 and shard 30 on ultimate).
Unfortunately, the Maw of Enaht is an old issue that cannot be solved in a patch as lead dev Zantai said earlier this year here I for example on my Series S I have had the visual disco glitch (for the lack of a better name) every time I entered the Maw in the past (by the way that also happened on Series X but I sold my console in the spring and only have Series S now). However, I do not remember to have had any graphical glitch in Malmouth tbh. I’m curious where exactly you saw the graphical glitch happen in Malmouth? A specific zone maybe? Cause I would like to start my Series S and see if I see if there is a graphical glitch in Malmouth that can be reproduced in v1308 on my end at least.
Took me a while to figure out what this Swollen/Swelling Depths zone was. Had to look into grim tools to identify the dungeon because well I almost never venture into that area I mean I entered the dungeon back when the game was new and I just bought the game on PC like 7-8 years ago but I’m pretty sure I have never visited the area on my XBOX until today. That’s why I have never encountered the graphical glitch because I always skipped the dungeon.
I can now confirm there is a graphical glitch in that area even though is not that annoying as the Maw (no green hue as Leonid said). I entered the zone in 3 sessions and each time the glitch appeared. As a matter of fact, there are two distinct small areas where the glitch appears if you want to further pinpoint the zone and I imagine Leonid can confirm that:
Another interesting thing worth noting is that towards the end of all levels in the Maw, the visual disco glitch stops.
Leonid said in his OP that once you leave the area, the graphics return to normal. That is actually true but the Maw glitch affects all headings exc the lore notes (armor/weapon titles, components, augments titles), basically there are artefacts remaining in the headings that make them unreadable. The artefacts remain after you leave the area, as a matter of fact, even if you quit the session and start a new one, the artefacts are still there. The only way to get rid of the problem is to actually terminate as in quit the game from the XBOX main menu. Even the main menu is affected after you visited the Maw (the start button basically remains unreadable unless you terminate the program).
This happens in English lang at least. Leonid can you confirm the unreadable heading glitch on your end?
Worth noting the Swelling Depths does not affect the headings.
Thanks for testing both locations and for the detailed information!
I have also experienced graphical flickering in Malmouth, not just in the Swelling Depths. The video I shared shows one example of this issue.
Regarding the Maw of Enaht, I don’t experience the additional issue with corrupted item headings or the main menu that you described. I’m playing with the Russian language setting, and everything returns to normal after leaving the affected area.
Thanks again for taking the time to investigate these issues on your Series S!
I mean I entered the dungeon back when the game was new and I just bought the game on PC like 7-8 years ago but I’m pretty sure I have never visited the area on my XBOX until today. That’s why I have never encountered the graphical glitch because I always skipped the dungeon.
