Pink background on text

[sardpl]

Hello,

I have installed WPO on my computer which runs windows 11 and has a high DPI screen. Unfortunately all the text has a pink background (see screenshot). I have followed the instructions of post 22714 and tried several settings in the program (compatibility etc) and in the shortcut.
BTW there is the same problem in WITP-AE and the trick to solve the issue is the parameter "-dd_sw" in the shortcut. The same has no effect here.
Any help?

Regards.

Stefano

[Nikel]

It happens because the font being used by the game is not installed on your computer.

Not sure what font it is.

In WitP-AE there is an -altFont switch that enables alternate in-game font (Lucida Sans Unicode).

I think the switch is also available for this game.

[sardpl]

Thank you for the quick reply.

Anyway the command "-altFont" does not have effects in the shortcut command and I have the font Lucinda installed on my computer.
Any idea about which font is used?

[Nikel]

Strange. In this thread it is said it works. I have not the game, so cannot check by myself.

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... t#p1462939

[sardpl]

No way. The very same string has no effect on me.

[Nikel]

Are you using the hyphen or the minus? Should be:

-altFont

[sardpl]

The string is correct. I also tried to reinstall the program, just to be sure all setups were run with admin rights, but nothing changed.
In the meanwhile, I installed the game on another PC, running Windows 10 and it works!!
There should be something wrong with Windows 11. However keep in mind that WITP-AE runs correctly.

S

[sardpl]

Addendum.

I have made some further investigation with WITP-AE.

The pink color is related to the flag "-dd_sw" (Direct Draw via software) and not to "-altFont" (alternate in game font - Lucinda Sans Unicode):

• '"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -deepColor -dd_sw -skipVideo' -> works

• '"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -deepColor -altFont -skipVideo ' -> gives a pink background in WITP-AE too.

PS: without "-deepColor " the program doesn't even launch.