New bug with 3.10 (no battle graphics)

lougarou · #1 October 31st, 2007, 09:31 AM

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 · #2 October 31st, 2007, 09:41 AM

Hit the 'w' key.

lougarou · #3 October 31st, 2007, 11:05 AM

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 · #4 October 31st, 2007, 11:08 AM

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 · #5 October 31st, 2007, 11:39 AM

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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 · #6 October 31st, 2007, 11:47 AM

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 · #7 October 31st, 2007, 11:50 AM

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.

Professor_Chaos · #8 October 31st, 2007, 01:46 PM

Looks like they're marching right off the screen - do you have little barbarians swarming all over your desk now???

lougarou · #9 October 31st, 2007, 02:17 PM

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Professor_Chaos said:
Looks like they're marching right off the screen - do you have little barbarians swarming all over your desk now???

Hopefully, they were stopped by the defending armies...

NTJedi · #10 October 31st, 2007, 03:04 PM

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lougarou said:
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.

From what I can see you are the only individual experiencing this issue. If this occurs for all your battles you may want to consider and uninstall and reinstall of the software.