.com.unity Forums
  The Official e-Store of Shrapnel Games

This Month's Specials

BCT Commander- Save $8.00
winSPWW2- Save $5.00

   







Go Back   .com.unity Forums > The Camo Workshop > WinSPWW2
Notices


Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old April 7th, 2014, 09:03 PM

Tim James Tim James is offline
Private
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 11
Thanks: 0
Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts
Tim James is on a distinguished road
Default New graphics corruption in v7.1

Windows 7 - 64 bit
Windowed mode, 1600x1200, large icons enabled (or disabled, doesn't matter)
Fresh install from CD, v5 patch, v6 patch, then v7.1 patch

Everything looks fine (and just like it did with v6) when I start the game. As soon as I scroll, it looks like it tries to redraw the game in the top half of the window, and the bottom half goes black. If I scroll or press more buttons, it halves itself again.

It doesn't happen if I choose 1280x1024.



Anyone else getting this? At the worst, I guess I can go back to v6. It's fine for me even at 1600x1200.
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Tim James For This Useful Post:
  #2  
Old April 8th, 2014, 08:09 AM
DRG's Avatar

DRG DRG is offline
Shrapnel Fanatic
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: GWN
Posts: 12,227
Thanks: 3,798
Thanked 5,390 Times in 2,687 Posts
DRG will become famous soon enough
Default Re: New graphics corruption in v7.1

It's a complete mystery. Does it do this if you run desktop mode ?

Don
  #3  
Old April 8th, 2014, 08:48 AM
DRG's Avatar

DRG DRG is offline
Shrapnel Fanatic
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: GWN
Posts: 12,227
Thanks: 3,798
Thanked 5,390 Times in 2,687 Posts
DRG will become famous soon enough
Default Re: New graphics corruption in v7.1

OK, I can confirm with both copies of the game I have on my HD that there is a problem with SPWW2 at 1600x1280 that is not happening with MBT. Why remains a mystery but we are looking into it. I can also confirm that the problem exists with that resolution with XP or win8 and since the first report was for win7 this is not a OS issue

If anyone else reads this please try 1600x1280 and let me know if anyone DOESN'T see a problem while running the latest patch at 1600x1280

Last edited by DRG; April 8th, 2014 at 11:16 AM..
  #4  
Old April 8th, 2014, 04:18 PM
scorpio_rocks's Avatar

scorpio_rocks scorpio_rocks is offline
Major
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Yorkshire, UK
Posts: 1,036
Thanks: 337
Thanked 432 Times in 311 Posts
scorpio_rocks is on a distinguished road
Default Re: New graphics corruption in v7.1

Win7, Ver:7.1CD:

1600x1280 (windowed) = Bugged - display bad and gets worse (buttons have no text on quitting the battle)

1600x1280 (fullscreen) = all appears ok
__________________

"Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake - we must not interrupt him too soon."
Horatio Nelson.
SPMBT Roundel Objectives Mod
SPMBT Small ID Flags Mod
WW2 Roundel Objectives Mod
  #5  
Old April 8th, 2014, 05:24 PM
desh44's Avatar

desh44 desh44 is offline
Sergeant
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Maryland
Posts: 213
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
desh44 is on a distinguished road
Default Re: New graphics corruption in v7.1

Am getting same problem tried it in next lower resolution and problem still there. Tried with both and neither works

Thanks Tom D
  #6  
Old April 8th, 2014, 06:52 PM
DRG's Avatar

DRG DRG is offline
Shrapnel Fanatic
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: GWN
Posts: 12,227
Thanks: 3,798
Thanked 5,390 Times in 2,687 Posts
DRG will become famous soon enough
Default Re: New graphics corruption in v7.1

SPECIFY " next lower resolution". We have tried in in every resolution in a win8 box, win7 box and XP box. The problem only shows up at 1600x1280 windowed for us so if you are seeing it in a " lower resolution " I need to know exactly what it was and a screen shot if possible. In our tests the " next lower resolution " is 1280x1040 and it was rock solid. We're also not sure why anyone would run 1600x1280 any longer when desktop is available

Don
  #7  
Old April 8th, 2014, 08:16 PM

Tim James Tim James is offline
Private
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 11
Thanks: 0
Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts
Tim James is on a distinguished road
Default Re: New graphics corruption in v7.1

Quote:
Originally Posted by DRG View Post
We're also not sure why anyone would run 1600x1280 any longer when desktop is available
Umm, err, maybe we forgot that option existed?

I sometimes run older-generation games at 4:3 just to pull the sidebar interface closer to the center. I tried Desktop again and it seems perfectly fine. I will do that instead of going back to version 6. Thanks. Sorry I brought up the bug, hah.

Also, I love you guys, but you're killing me with the 1600x1280. It's 1600x1200! The config file has it right. The launcher has the typo.

FWIW, I do not see this at 1280x1024. I have a 1920x1200 monitor and my Windows taskbar is enabled.
  #8  
Old April 9th, 2014, 09:48 AM
Mobhack's Avatar

Mobhack Mobhack is offline
National Security Advisor
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dundee
Posts: 5,929
Thanks: 440
Thanked 1,853 Times in 1,217 Posts
Mobhack is on a distinguished road
Default Re: New graphics corruption in v7.1

You will only see this bug in a 4:3 resolution that is clipped in the vertical (by the task bar, or it being too deep for a wide-screen). So my XP box with its old 4:3 1280 monitor shows it at 1600, 1280 but not 1152 in windowed modes, but is fine in 1280 full-screen. (1280 needs the pixels for the task bar removed).

The bug seems to have crept in somewhere in the initialisation code - which I don't recollect touching for quite some time. probably since we introduced desktop mode some time back?. As it is not happening in MBT its likely going to be a 1-line typo or missing line difference between the two, and so I'll have to go through the initialisation line by line and find the blooper.

Cheers
Andy
  #9  
Old April 9th, 2014, 12:12 PM
FASTBOAT TOUGH's Avatar

FASTBOAT TOUGH FASTBOAT TOUGH is offline
Lieutenant General
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Kingsland, GA.
Posts: 2,677
Thanks: 702
Thanked 1,235 Times in 923 Posts
FASTBOAT TOUGH is on a distinguished road
Fallout Re: New graphics corruption in v7.1

Tim James thanks for bringing this up. I've been dealing with this since the patch came out and have been trying to work this through with Shrapnel Games Support for almost two weeks now. Didn't post anything here since it looked like a "local" issue and no one seemed to have the same problem in the forum. My issues started as soon as you hit "Play WinSPWW2". My apologies but I didn't want to "pile on" Don and Andy as they were looking into other issues. I'll point the support team to this thread. It appears in desktop the issue has gone away as well as my game was also set to that same resolution as well. Have my emails to and from Shrapnel Games Support if needed. A lot of deletions and reloading for nothing for something so simple. Well thanks for the answer.!! Gotta reply back to Support before I have to get ready for work.

Regards,
Pat
  #10  
Old April 9th, 2014, 02:21 PM
DRG's Avatar

DRG DRG is offline
Shrapnel Fanatic
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: GWN
Posts: 12,227
Thanks: 3,798
Thanked 5,390 Times in 2,687 Posts
DRG will become famous soon enough
Default Re: New graphics corruption in v7.1

Pat.. who do you think "customer support" contacts when they get a problem like this ??

Hmmm ??

I have already informed them that there is an issue with that resolution. "Customer support" is for people who don't or won't, post on the forums !

If we'd know from the start that this was a resolution issue it probably would have been resolved by now we really didn't think ANYONE running the CD version would be running at anything but desktop and all the time were were trying to figure out what was going on running the game at 1600x1200 to test NEVER, EVER OCCURED TO US and we'd still be wondering if it wasn't for Tim James giving us the complete information because " I'm running the game at 1600x1200" is akin to telling us you are still trying to run in DOS

So Tim gets an attaboy. Pat gets . I even suggested to customer support that whoever it was that had the problem post on the forums so more people would see it and maybe get the issue resolved faster

So far this "sabbatical" thing isn't going so well........

Don

Last edited by DRG; April 9th, 2014 at 06:02 PM..
Closed Thread

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:09 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©1999 - 2024, Shrapnel Games, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.