Majora's Mask Rendering Issue

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
computer-graphics, game-dev

Research direction

Start by reproducing the disappearing assets in Majora's Mask and the Death Mountain area of Ocarina of Time using Gfx Plugin (auto), including different camera angles and cutscenes. Compare the behavior with Angrylion and review the available core options. Done means the affected floors and buildings no longer disappear or reappear during these scenarios.

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Rendering Issue via Screenshot

So I noticed it also affecting Ocarina of Time in one area alone. (going towards the top of death mountain, the area where you have to bomb rocks to get to the peak. The floor did this there as well. Not only during multiple camera angles, but also during cutscenes like the ending when the camera is farther away.

Both of these are not permanent disappearances though. Other Camera angles seemed to make them reappear. This problem is worse in Majora's Mask though as many assets blink into existence only when you get very close.

In the picture shown, you can see this and a few other areas have this issue. The Area opposite of this picture also has issues. The floor will disappear much like these buildings.

Not sure what to do about this issue, I have tried tinkering with a few settings in the core options but haven't seemed to find a solution. Only thing I know works for sure is switching from Gfx Plugin (auto) to Angrylion which runs too slow for enjoyable gameplay, but doesn't have this disappearing and reappearing textures.

Edit

The only other thing that could maybe be related or help with the issue, is I also noticed that in Majora's Mask when you pause... the background appears black for a few minutes then the game will reappear behind the pause menu.

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