Overview
A guide to fixing an issue that causes flickering and missing textures in Red Faction Guerrilla.Note: this issue has been resolved in the Steamworks version of the game.
About the problem
There is an issue where players get flickering and missing textures and random crashes during gameplay, the problem occurs for all Windows 7 (and possibly Vista) users and is caused by a Windows update called KB2670838 that also causes issues with other DX10/11 games and software.
Note: while this issue is different from the coat glitch problem the -nod3d10 command listed below may also solve that.
Solution
There are 2 solutions, either uninstall the update (it’s only needed if you use Internet Explorer 10/11) which will roll Internet Explorer back to 9. Or you can run the game in DX9 mode.
To uninstall the update:
Step 1: Open Control Panel
Step 2: Click uninstall a program
Step 3: Click View installed updates
Step 4: Search the list for the KB2670838 update
Step 5: Right click it and click uninstall
To run the game in DX9 mode:
Step 1: Go to Red Faction Guerrilla in your Steam library
Step 2: Right click it and click properties
Step 3: Click set launch options and add -nod3d10 and click ok
Note: this guide will also work for fully updated non-steam versions of the game by putting the -nod3d10 command in the desktop shortcut properties. You you may need to install IE9 manually after doing the update removal method as it doesn’t always automatically install. Also removing the KB2670838 update may cause issues with other games.