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Installed WITPAE on new Lenovo gaming computer. In menus, messages at bottom on screen, combat summaries, etc. the letters are white or light yellow on a pink backgrounds. (see attached screenshot) I did a standard unadjusted install of the new Beta. How can this be fixed?

Less important I also need advice on how I should set up switches for the launch (e.g., for full screen). That's always been a painful process for me on new installations and my memories have faded on how to do it, but I've never before had crazy coloration of messages. It's virtually unreadable.

The switches are likely your answer to the pink problem, most likely the -deepColor switch. You can download Seabee Alpha from this forum and you can select your switches without having to know the exact format of the switch or where it goes in the Shortcut properties. I think Seabee also creates a shortcut for you that points to the game executable file rather than the Autorun.exe (a menu program) that the base game still installs on your desktop.

If you really want to understand switches you can read the thread on slow performance in this Forum. It has many posts about switches and lots of screenshots with the explanations.

Thanks. I'll give it a shot.

Thanks. I'll give it a shot.

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Thank you BBfanboy for this -deepColor hint.
It works.

I recently downloaded WitP-AE again and got this same pink background problem.
Tried the solutions mentioned.

What worked for me was adding the -dd_sw switch.
Just adding that one item by itself was enough to get rid of the pink background.

I experimented with just adding the -deepColor and -altFont switches, both by themselves and together, they do make things look better they didn't effect the pink background.

In the end I left all three in place and everything seems to be working fine.
What I ended up with is: -f -px2560 -py1440 -dd_sw -altFont -deepColor