WITP:AE and Windows 11....pink highlighted text

[tallyman662]

New computer new install on Windows 11 laptop. Game will run however there is a pink and white highlight over the version number on initial page and then when choosing a scenario all those are highlighted pink and white as well. I have not done anything with command line switches yet but wanted to see if there was someone with prior Win 11 experiences like the above.

Thanks

[BBfanboy]

I know some people had issues with bleedthrough because of Windows transparency settings. Once they set those to opaque (or no transparency) those issues went away.
Second thought is that your video processor is having trouble handling the resolution you have set. Have you set your switches in the shortcut? I am wondering if -deepColor will fix it.

[tallyman662]

Haven't done any switches yet. Win 11 automatically chose the right full screen resolution so that was interesting. The ONLY glitch I saw with a new download on a new computer was the pinkish white highlight of the words in both the version number and the scenario list. I will work the switches soon when I get all the other programs set.

FYI - its not the transparency issue from windows bleed through since that was off to start with just so everyone knows.

[Darrell999]

I had that, too.
I saw in another post (https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 3&t=376284) that someone had included this in the target properties of the shortcut:

-f -px1280 -py0800 -deepColor -altFont

I changed it to 1920x1080. For me anyway, that worked (so far), and the pink highlights disappeared. Hope this helps.

[Trugrit]

Might be a clear type problem.

Sometimes I get a pink shadow on my text in the game. I use Windows 10.
It can come and go.

Microsoft has a feature called clear type which works with your monitor resolution:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/cleartype/

With the command line switches we change the resolution the game runs with and
that can screw up the clear type feature since it works with color.

If it is a real problem you can try turning clear type on or off or adjusting it and see if that helps.

Go to settings and in the search box search for clear type and you will get a drop down:

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[tallyman662]

OK, so far clear type changes and command line switches have not worked. Still playing around with command line switches. It happens on another Matrix game as well so trying different combos.

[tallyman662]

Here are my switches "C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\autorun.exe" -px1920 -py1080 -SingleCpuOrders -dd_sw -altFont -deepColor. I used the hyphen not the minus sign. I tried different combos for the px and py but that is not the issue with the pink highlight. From other internet research sometimes missing fonts are the cause of this highlight but can't see that being an issue within this program. Trial and error continues.

[btd64]

Just to make sure, you're not copy and paste your switches are you? I upgraded to windows 11 with no problems....GP

[tallyman662]

No copy and paste. I hand typed them in. Its the stupid pink highlight that is the issue.....suspect it has something to do with the RGB settings but trying different things

[BBfanboy]

You might try specifying the CPU you want the game to run on so it is not competing with Windows. -cpu2 and up should work. I use -cpu3. I doubt this has anything to do with the pink highlight but sometimes things that don't seem related are.

EDIT: I just noticed the big problem - you have a shortcut pointing to autorun.exe, which is a menu program. You need to get the shortcut pointing to "C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" (followed by a space and your switches.

[CommodoreFist]

Just downloaded the game today and wanted to second the pink highlighted text. Additionally, the game has pretty bugged out combat animations.

However, I've noticed that the notifications in the middle of the screen, explaining the phase or what have you, are highlighted black. Maybe there's a way to isolate the colored file for that and somehow pop it the pink highlighted areas.

@Tallyman662 do you have a dedicated GPU on your laptop? My laptop doesn't so I'm also wondering if it's a hardware issue on top of the Windows 11.

Tbh I'm more concerned with the lack of combat animations but I imagine they're related.

Looking forward to my first game.

UPDATE: So still having minor graphical issues but I think I've found a little workaround. Pink highlights are gone and the combat animations are less screwy. I've kept the -deepColor switch as well as running the game in 16-bit color compatibility mode.

[tallyman662]

I have a dedicated GPU. I will work the command line switches and put them in the right spot.

[tallyman662]

Got the pink highlight to go away with switches. The computer wants to keep dropping me to desktop while in the game though so working that one now.

[neilm85uk]

Got the pink highlight to go away with switches. The computer wants to keep dropping me to desktop while in the game though so working that one now.

Did you get anywhere with the dropping to desktop? Mine dies it in Windows 11.

[BBfanboy]

Got the pink highlight to go away with switches. The computer wants to keep dropping me to desktop while in the game though so working that one now.

Sounds like some other program is taking control of your CPU while you are in game. You should use -cpu3 or higher in your game switches to avoid interruptions. Windows uses CPU1 and other background programs like anti-virus could use CPU2. The switch is all lower case and uses the hyphen.