New bug with 3.10 (no battle graphics)

[lougarou]

Hello,

Since I switched to 3.10, my battle graphics are weird:
- units are displayed, as well as the grid, but not erased
- no background is visible

The rest looks fine, but without the battles, the game is more difficult...

I use a Nvidia card with proprietary driver under linux, amd64 version (debian). I can provide more info if necessary.

Of course, I use a legal copy with the legal code.

[llamabeast]

Hit the 'w' key.

[lougarou]

It looks like it works. Well, no nice backgrounds, but at least, I can see my units. However, I cannot get info about them any more. Is it something known?

[llamabeast]

If it was the 'w' key that helped, then it has nothing to do with the patch, but just means that you must have hit the 'w' key at some point before by accident.

Try downloading the list of shortcut keys (I think you have to click Games on the left, then Dominions 3, then downloads), and try all the ones pertinent to battlefield view. If you still have weirdness going on let us know.

[lougarou]

llamabeast said:
If it was the 'w' key that helped, then it has nothing to do with the patch, but just means that you must have hit the 'w' key at some point before by accident.

Try downloading the list of shortcut keys (I think you have to click Games on the left, then Dominions 3, then downloads), and try all the ones pertinent to battlefield view. If you still have weirdness going on let us know.

What I mean, is that if I press 'w' the background disappears and the bug also. But, for instance, I cannot click any more on the units to see the current stats, and if I re-press 'w' I get the same bug again. Also, the units disappear every turn (I have to move to make them reappear, it does a refresh to the screen). I even deleted my dom3config so that any "stale" options would be removed...

I included a capture of the screen without the "w" press. With it, I get units battling on a grey background (but, again, no info available on the units). An the downloadable file with the hotkeys is the same as my manual, page 294...

[llamabeast]

Oh dear, that is pretty crazy. Make me feel a bit dizzy to look at it in fact.

Okay, sorry that my previous advice was not helpful. I think I misunderstood the issue.

Um... but I don't have any helpful advice I'm afraid. Anyone else? You could always try reinstalling I suppose...

[thejeff]

I've had a similar problem awhile back. It shouldn't be related to 3.10, though.

An upgrade to libglu1-mesa broke the battle replays causing the same symptoms.
I fixed it by downgrading to libglu1-mesa_7.0.1-1.

There's a bug report for the library (it broke something else) claiming it's fixed in the next version.

[lch]

That screenshot looks like, wow. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Trippy!

[thejeff]

You should see it motion, with lots of troops on the field.

[jutetrea]

Dominions 3DDDDddd....