Warhammer 40K: Darktideis one of the most technically impressive titles on PC with excellent visuals across the board. It’s also a Fatshark title, which means that the launch had plenty of technical issues that were ironed out over the last few years. Some issues remain, however, and if you’re an AMD user, there’s a chance you’ll witness a visual bug while activating Psyker’s telekine shield that turns into a rainbow instead. Here is how you can fix this visual issue in Darktide, and enjoy Psyker’s shield in all its ethereal glory.
Fix the Darktide Rainbow Shield Visual Bug
The rainbow shield visual bug in Darktide is linked to the AMD Radeon Adrenalin software, and players need to disable the anti-lag feature.
Once you’re done with that, the rainbow effect on the Psyker’s telekine shield will be fixed and it should be the default blue color instead. This visual bug wasdocumentedbyDashHandsomeon the Fatshark forums, and their testing found the culprit and solution as well. The developers have acknowledged the problem in the same thread, but it seems that the issue is still prevalent in the game with more users reporting the same issue onRedditand Steam.
Keep in mind, that this problem isn’t tied to performance and shows up even if you’re on a decent PC. We’re unsure if this issue is caused by the game specifically or the AMD drivers, but the current workaround does the job.
We hope that it’s addressed in a future update either for the game or the AMD driver so players who want to make use of Anti-Lag to reduce latency can have a better experience as well. While Darktide isn’t as competitive as Counter-Strike 2, improved latency is always useful, especially in a first-person title and if you’re using frame generation to improve performance.
Something that was added toDarktide is the ability to finally report players, so make sure you read up on how that works through the in-game options.
Ali Hashmi
Ali has been writing about video games for the past six years and is always on the lookout for the next indie game to obsess over and recommend to everyone in sight. When he isn’t spending an unhealthy amount of time in Slay the Spire, he’s probably trying out yet another retro-shooter or playing Dark Souls for the 50th time.
