weird demo problem

theenemy · #1 December 8th, 2007, 02:53 PM

Hi, it's me again!
I am trying to get a friend interested in this game and got him to download the demo for Windows. However, when he is running the demo, the objects and colors in the game kinda get weird and the letters are non-readable. What's wrong? He downloaded the demo from Gamershell if that is of some help.

Torin · #2 December 8th, 2007, 03:20 PM

if computer its not strong enough alt+tab could result in weird graphics

Edi · #3 December 8th, 2007, 04:41 PM

Could also be if he doesn't have OpenGL drivers up to snuff for his graphics card.

NTJedi · #4 December 9th, 2007, 01:55 AM

Have him update his video card drivers... I recall Windows Vista had some openGL issues which needed updates.

theenemy · #5 December 9th, 2007, 08:43 AM

well, he is using windows xp and I think that he has updated his video card drivers. But i'm not sure, have to ask him.

vfb · #6 December 9th, 2007, 09:00 AM

A friend of mine used --noglext to get around the problem of having a no-so-good video card, you might want to try that if that option is available on Windows.

theenemy · #7 December 9th, 2007, 12:29 PM

This --noglext thing, what is it? I've read in some threads around here about it, but when my friend tries to run it, he only gets a message that it cannot be found.

theenemy · #8 December 10th, 2007, 11:38 AM

Well, me and my pal played a hotseat game of Dominions 3 and he really liked it!
But the problem is still unsolved and I know that I wouldn't like to pay 50 bucks for something that still won't work.

Torin · #9 December 10th, 2007, 11:47 AM

maybe you should wait till you get a better graphics card.

Gresh · #10 December 10th, 2007, 12:36 PM

I had this problem with the demo-under Windows XP-that an alt-tab would cause the menus and such to become transparent and very hard or impossible to read. I bought the game and installed patch 3.10. I still get the transparency issue for a second or two then it resolves back to normal. There appears to be a fix for this in either the game or the patch, making me a happy camper. Also, playing in the windowed mode makes moving around outside the game without having to alt-tab easy.

If you are getting this outside of alt-tabbing I have no advice beyond updating drivers.