Text Corrupted

[paulopanz]

Hi there, I noted this text issue in ALL games of the serie I have installed:
- uncommon valor
- war in the pacific
- admiral edition
- war plan orange
it sorts out after some bases or other windows where opened (not at start)

Some times ago (when I last played one of these) all was fine.

My PC:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40Ghz
8 GB RAM
Windows 7 Ultimate
GeForce GTX 580 (347.88 driver)

Please Help.

Paul

[wdolson]

The video memory is getting corrupted, it's an old bug in the engine. I have it happen on one of my computers, but not on the other.

It clears when I click and select an empty hex (a hex with no base or units), then change to another window and come back. I run in windowed mode. I recall it happening with the WitP family games back before I discovered windowed mode and rebooting the computer would reset the video memory if nothing else worked.

Bill

[Oberst_Klink]

Paul,

try the following switch:

"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -fd -px1680 -py1050 -archive -altFont -deepColor -skipVideo -SingleCpuOrders

Adjust the screen resolution accordingly, drop the singlecpuorders; You can replace it with the multiple CPU switch, which
is described in the what's new pdf.

Klink, Oberst

[Yaab]

I get this bug quite often when I run WITP:AE in windowed mode and switch between the game and Windows. Also, if you ALT+TAB during the loading of the game itself or a saved game, the bug will appear once the turn is loaded.

[paulopanz]

I tried all your suggestions Guys.

The windowed mode is the only real solution ....

Very bad to run these games that way. The big maps filled a charm my wide-screen monitor.

No way to solve with a pach for all these great (and still in store) games?

Please.

[Oberst_Klink]

Paul,

what about the other specs, e.g. monitor, resolution you are using, etc. Make sure your DPI is set to the default, 96. I run WITP AE on even a netbook (slow though) and no graphics issues. Use the additional switch –dd_sw, too.

Klink, Oberst

[paulopanz]

Thanks Klink! You're my .... Oberst[&o]

After some experiments this solves "E:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -f -px1280 -py720 -cpu4 -skipVideo -altFont -deepColor -dd_sw

..... but this doesn't work with previous game of the serie UV, WITP, WPO. Any hints?

PS: my monitor is a SAMSUNG 1920 x 1080 max resolution.

[stepdeer]

Hi just to let you know I had the same problem and fixed it by adding command line switch -dd_sw. This ensures direct draw commands are handled by software.[;)]

[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: paulopanz

Thanks Klink! You're my .... Oberst[&o]

After some experiments this solves "E:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -f -px1280 -py720 -cpu4 -skipVideo -altFont -deepColor -dd_sw

..... but this doesn't work with previous game of the serie UV, WITP, WPO. Any hints?

PS: my monitor is a SAMSUNG 1920 x 1080 max resolution.

It doesn't work because the capability was not put into those older games.

This thread details the command line switches which are possible for classical WITP.

tm.asp?m=1667347

The options are very limited.

Alfred