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holythunderz

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Having a serious proble, making the game uplayable
« on: February 18, 2012, 11:20:11 AM »
I'm having a really annoying problem, and it's making the game unplayable for me. Please, please help!

Here's a screenshot - http://postimage.org/image/qlwzd7dq3/
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Alex

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Re: Having a serious proble, making the game uplayable
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2012, 11:25:32 AM »
Hi - can you make sure your graphics drivers are up-to-date?

Also, it might help if you let me know your system specs (OS, cpu, graphics card, etc).
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holythunderz

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Re: Having a serious problem, making the game uplayable
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2012, 01:45:02 PM »
Just updated drivers, and java for that matter, and problems the same...

Here are my system specs -

T4200 dual core @ 2.00GHz
4 GB RAM
Intel 4 series express w/ 1.5 GB dedicated

This has happened to me in only 2 other games, and I don't understand why. Maybe a problem with the fonts or something. It's really annoying, I'd live to play this game. I realize my graphics card is really ***, but, if it couldn't handle it, it should lag, not make the fonts weird.
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Re: Having a serious proble, making the game uplayable
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2012, 01:51:17 PM »
Ugh, my apologies. I don't think there's anything I can do about this on my end - the fonts are just loaded as regular graphics, and everything besides the fonts is looking blurry, too. Are there, perhaps, texture quality settings you could adjust in your graphics settings?
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eastbaywilly

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Graphics Error - Everything is Blurred
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2012, 09:40:10 PM »
How can I fix this?


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Operating System Version:
    Windows 7 (64 bit)

Processor Information:
    Vendor:  GenuineIntel
    Speed: 2094 Mhz
    2 logical processors
    2 physical processors
    HyperThreading:  Unsupported
    FCMOV:  Supported
    SSE2:  Supported
    SSE3:  Supported
    SSSE3:  Supported
    SSE4a:  Unsupported
    SSE41:  Unsupported
    SSE42:  Unsupported

Video Card:
    Driver:  Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family

Memory:
    RAM:  3999 Mb
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Re: Having a serious proble, making the game uplayable
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2012, 11:04:42 PM »
This is not the first game I have experienced this issue. Gratuitous Space Battles for example does the exact same thing. Can I safely assume that your game is run entirely in Java? If so, I'm not sure how this could possibly have any effect on my system. I even downloaded Java7 just in case to no avail.
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Re: Having a serious proble, making the game uplayable
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2012, 10:01:03 AM »
Hmm... can you take a look at this, and see if it helps?

http://communities.intel.com/thread/27363
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Re: Having a serious proble, making the game uplayable
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2012, 10:27:59 AM »
I read the thread and it didn't really say much except "3d settings". So I went into that part of my graphics options and turned everything to default high performance. Now it's working fine, but I don't know if it's because my computer needed a reboot, or if it really was those 3d settings.
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Re: Having a serious proble, making the game uplayable
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2012, 10:29:53 AM »
Well, as long as you got it working, I'm happy :)
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Re: Having a serious proble, making the game uplayable
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2012, 11:23:18 AM »
Well, I haven't taken a look into that thread yet, I will now. Just wanted to say that I can run it perfectly fine under wine on ubuntu.
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Re: Having a serious proble, making the game uplayable
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2012, 11:25:43 AM »
Quote from: holythunderz on February 19, 2012, 11:23:18 AM
Well, I haven't taken a look into that thread yet, I will now. Just wanted to say that I can run it perfectly fine under wine on ubuntu.

Oh, cool. You do know there's an actual Linux version, right? :) Of course, whatever works, works.
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holythunderz

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Re: Having a serious proble, making the game uplayable
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2012, 11:27:20 AM »
Actually, I had no idea there was a linux version. Well, I did, but when I logged into ubuntu and went to download it I didn't see one (maybe I just missed it) so I ran it under wine. Thanks anyway, you've been helpful.

PS: Ppl developing this, I just wanted to say that this games has enormous potencial, it's looking great already! The gameplay is amazing, and I think that this could really turn into something outstanding. Just congratulating for this awesome game.
« Last Edit: February 19, 2012, 11:30:38 AM by holythunderz »
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