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Originally Posted by Wdll
If it is in full screen, try to alt tab in and out of the game a few times. Some times I get very funky colours on my Vista installation, but it is usually fixed by alt tabbing or restarting the game.
At least for full screen that I play the game, try windowed mode and/or different resolutions.
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Yes. Game Guide->Tuning Your Machine paragraph beginning "Unlike many full screen DirectX games, ...".
Worst case - exit game, restart the machine and it usually goes away if alt-tabbing or going into a
non-cycling game screen as described there does not work.
Also- if getting psycho mode on alt-tabbing out and back, check any programmes you may have that
animate icons in the windows task-bar. Avast certainly played with the 256 colour palette (probably for its animations?). Turning off it's annoying "spinning globe" animation and also checking its box to
not do pop ups when in full screen DirectX mode (it was not the default behaviour!) stopped problems with the occasional psychedelic mode on my PC. So experiment with the settings of any such programme, if it has any such options.
However there is
bound to be some graphics card out there that does not like you alt-tabbing out from full screen directx ever.
If you have one (and you will soon find out!), then don't alt-tab out of full screen mode to windows and back to the game. Exit the game if you need windows (e.g. to check mail) if you have such a card.
Or simply use windowed mode, set to your desktop resolution or more (CD version only) and it will be a full screen window (with the windows task bar visible). No 256 colour palette problems then, it uses the windows settings. Adjust mouse scroll area settings in game options to allow for the task-bar height and you are set. (Remember
not to use "auto hiding" windows task-bar, and to have it placed in the normal position at the
bottom of the screen too!.). Then you can see the windows clock as you play
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Andy