Patch 1.49 Font Problem

[Baron Grazic]

Hi All.

I have just installed the patch, and now all text within the game is missing.
Win2000 Computer, All Regional options are set for English (Australia)

Installing the fonts into the C:\Winnt\fonts directory didn't help.
Renaming the SE IV fonts to .old made no difference either.

Any assistance would be appreciated, because if I can't get SE IV working, I'll half to do some work instead...

Baron Grazic

[Atrocities]

I also run a win2k system, but the new patch has NOT effected my game. Perhaps you should uninstall the game, and then reinstall it. Then update with the new patch. Best of luck.

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[Baron Grazic]

Unable to uninstall/reinstall cause the CD is at home.
I think it is related to the new International Fonts that have been added.

Quote from the history.txt file
Version 1.45:
4. Added - A new set of fonts by Andrés Lescano which add international character support to the existing fonts.

Baron Grazic


[This message has been edited by Baron Grazic (edited 26 October 2001).]

[Baron Munchausen]

From one Baron to another, I think your problem is most likely related to the international non-US English character set. Try re-installing a previous patch or from scratch to get the original fonts. Then, save them to a ZIP file before installing the 1.49 patch. After you have 1.49 installed, unzip the old fonts (save the new ones if you want so you don't have to install a patch just to get them... ) If it works with the old fonts, it's some incompatibility between your system and the fonts. Probably some quirk of the non-US English character set. If it still doesn't work with the old fonts that must genuinely be something in the program, though it might well be the non-US English character set in that case, too.

[Aristoi]

It's not really related to your specific problem, Baron, but I have noticed some off font behavior in 1.49, also.

When I was creating a new game, the box that contains the starting tech level was totally empty. Everything else appeared to work, though.

It is worth noting that it did crash when I tried to create a game. Upon restart, it all worked okay.

[Baron Grazic]

Following both Baron Munchausen and Aaron Hall's advice (see Aaron's email below) the problem has been fixed.

-----Original Message-----
From: Malfador Machinations
To: Baron Grazic
Sent: 28/10/01 7:27
Subject: Re: Patch 1.49 Font Problem / Bug

Try this and let us know if it fixes the problem:
1. Uninstall the game completely.
2. Install from the CD.
3. Copy all of the fonts out of the fonts directory to a separate
location.
4. Install the latest patch.
5. Copy the original fonts into the fonts directory overy the ones that
are there.

This should fix your problem!

Aaron