Bug #49
ATI/OpenGL: Menu, startup screen corrupt
Description
This bug is something I've had to deal with ever since my
new card was installed. About 4 months ago I bought a
ATI radeon 7500 64mb DDR AGP card (better than my
crappy ATI 16mb card). When I loaded up doomsday for
Jdoom, it flew. Only problem is, the menu in the game
doesn't display correctly. The letters are all scrambled in
wierd triangle like shapes. The startup screen does it too!
I tried updating my directx to 9.0 and tried to install
updated drivers for my card, but it won't let me. I then
waited for a new version of Jdoom to come out, but the
bug was still persistent. Even now, it doesn't work. I can
play the game and run it smooth at 1024x768x32, but the
menu is always distorted. I can never figure out what
scrambled word is what menu. I even tried to load it up in
Direct3D, but it gave me an error saying that it couldn't
find direct3d 8.1. It won't even let me take a screenshot
of the menu. I really miss my Jdoom days. Please help...
-Chrono
Sonic250j@netscape.net
http://chronosdoomsource.cjb.net
Labels: Graphics
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#1
Updated by skyjake almost 21 years ago
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I have never seen this problem with an Nvidia card, so I
must conclude it's a problem with ATI's OpenGL drivers.
Unfortunately I don't have an ATI card at hand so I can't do
any testing.
Are there many others suffering from this same problem?
#2
Updated by skyjake almost 21 years ago
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I don't know if there are. I find it strange however. I just
installed my new drivers FINALLY yesterday, but there was still
no change. DirectX 8.1 or 9.0 still don't install, so the problem
still persists. I'll see if a couple of friends have the bug. Thanks.
-Chrono
Sonic250j@netscape.net
http://chronosdoomsource.cjb.net
#3
Updated by skyjake almost 21 years ago
(originally posted by anonymous SF.net user)
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Yes, I have the same problem - and I got a screenshot of
the menu.
Ati, radeon 7500. Using OpenGL. I had the same problem
with Direct3d although that won't work anymore - I get an
error in DDraw.dll
I have also tried it in low resolutions to see if it was having
trouble resizing (although in game the text is fine)
Windowed, all graphics options off.
Directx 8.00
#4
Updated by skyjake almost 21 years ago
(originally posted by anonymous SF.net user)
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Hmmm, followup to my previous post - installed directx
9.0a and can now run jdoom with menus. Opengl still
doesn't work. Of course now my sound has disappeared
again.
Selecting mus/cd/external files doesn't change anything -
volume is full, but no music (although every now and then I
can a little bit and it stops again - no idea.
Caspar