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Troubleshooting / Re: Graphical Issue
« on: December 09, 2013, 01:56:52 pm »
I experienced a permanent palette-shift with OpenXCom during the last months. Switching to window mode helped; and with the newest AMD Catalyst Beta-Drivers the problem is now fixed.
Explanation: It all started with Windows7, which messed up the palette of old Direct2D-Games like Starcraft or MoO2 (but also OpenXCom) on some systems. That was fixed last year with a (optional) D2D-Patch. But this years things got messed up again. MS released together with IE10 a new version of this patch (that may caused graphical errors in Firefox), and AMD released a new Catalyst-driver, which seemed to undo the Win-Patch. Now they have finally fixed this again (offical note is only about Starcraft being fixed, but all the other D2D-Game are now fine too).
So if you experience a palette shift in OpenXCom, try to...
- check if the Windows 7 optional Direct2D-Patch is installed
- if you use a Radeon (5000 or higher) Card, install the Catalyst beta driver v13.11
or simply switch to window mode
- and if none of this helps, spam this forum with angry messages until it is fixed
Explanation: It all started with Windows7, which messed up the palette of old Direct2D-Games like Starcraft or MoO2 (but also OpenXCom) on some systems. That was fixed last year with a (optional) D2D-Patch. But this years things got messed up again. MS released together with IE10 a new version of this patch (that may caused graphical errors in Firefox), and AMD released a new Catalyst-driver, which seemed to undo the Win-Patch. Now they have finally fixed this again (offical note is only about Starcraft being fixed, but all the other D2D-Game are now fine too).
So if you experience a palette shift in OpenXCom, try to...
- check if the Windows 7 optional Direct2D-Patch is installed
- if you use a Radeon (5000 or higher) Card, install the Catalyst beta driver v13.11
or simply switch to window mode
- and if none of this helps, spam this forum with angry messages until it is fixed