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Staff Message Dialogue Box - 11/22/2007 5:35:38 AM   
ajcantwell

 

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Joined: 11/22/2007
Status: offline 		Following a troublefree installation, I started a scenario (Gauntlet from the GIUK Battleset) to refresh my memory on the controls. Everything was working normally until the staff message dialogue box popped up. The picture of the staffer appears normal on the left, and there is about a one inch gap between the picture and the text box. Some of the text is missing - off the screen to the right and the box cannot be enlarged. Additional messages were the same, and some of the control features were missing as well. I tried several additional scenarios in the GIUK battleset, and at least one scenario in each of the other battlesets, all with the same result. Tried different screen resolutions which did not correct problem.This renders the game unplayable.

In addition, when the game is paused no further action can be taken until the game is resumed. Maybe it's just my failing memory, but has this always been a feature? In ANW I can pause the game and ready aircraft, edit formations, etc.

Specs:

Dell Inspiron E1505 Laptop
T2400 processor @ 1.83 GHz
1 GB RAM
Windows XP SP2 Media Center Edition
1680X1050 Resolution
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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 11/22/2007 5:43:32 AM   
TonyE


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Joined: 5/23/2006
From: MN, USA
Status: offline 		Well, you certainly have a nice, hight screen resolution, making what you are seeing rather strange.

Did you by any chance run beta versions of HCE?

Anyway, please try the Windows\Reset menu and see if that helps, if it doesn't, hope is not lost...




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Sincerely,
Tony Eischens
Harpoon (HC, HCE, HUCE, Classic) programmer
HarpGamer.com Co-Owner

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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 11/22/2007 9:38:46 AM   
jacm

 

Posts: 8
Joined: 7/16/2006
Status: offline 		Hi Tony

I am having same problem with dialogue boxes and the Windows/Reset didn't work. Any other suggestions?

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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 11/22/2007 10:14:40 AM   
mack2


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Joined: 6/29/2007
Status: offline 		There is probably a registry hack you could do.

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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 11/22/2007 2:36:35 PM   
wombat1417

 

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Joined: 11/22/2007
Status: offline 		This is a corrupt registry problem that has occurred before with earlier versions of Harpoon going back to Harpoon 2002. I wasn't really surprised to have it happen again, but strangely it only occurred on my XP machine and not the Vista.
To fix: 1) From the Start button, select Run and type the word regedit.
         2) Find the HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder and expand it through Software/Matrix Games/HCE/Options.
         3) Delete the Options folder.
         4) Run Harpoon again, which will reset all those erased pointers with fresh ones, and all should be well.

Note: There is also a Matrix Games folder within the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder.  Do not tamper with this folder.  Among other things, it contains the Serial Number pointer, and erasing will cause the program to crash with an invalid serial number message. You then need to uninstall/reinstall, as i discovered.

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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 11/22/2007 2:41:36 PM   
wombat1417

 

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Joined: 11/22/2007
Status: offline 		"Pause" has always brought all proceedings to a dead stop in all versions of Harpoon back to Harpoon DOS.

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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 11/22/2007 6:40:01 PM   
TonyE


Posts: 1551
Joined: 5/23/2006
From: MN, USA
Status: offline 		Wombat has indeed been there, done that...

For those of you who aren't so regedit inclined I threw together a small utility that clears out the HCE game engine and scenario editor settings. Find it at: http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?automodule=downloads&showfile=228

A small technical note, there is no registry corruption, just settings that for one reason or another at one time seemed to make sense for your resolution no longer do. In my case, switching from dual monitors at work to single monitor at home causes me grief, HCE doesn't do proper checks on actual screen resolution, it just works from the previous window positions.



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Sincerely,
Tony Eischens
Harpoon (HC, HCE, HUCE, Classic) programmer
HarpGamer.com Co-Owner

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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 11/23/2007 5:47:12 AM   
ajcantwell

 

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Joined: 11/22/2007
Status: offline 		Thanks Wombat. Worked as advertised.

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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 11/23/2007 5:48:48 AM   
ajcantwell

 

Posts: 3
Joined: 11/22/2007
Status: offline 		Thanks Tony. The reset did not work but Wombat's registry edit fix did.

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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 11/23/2007 7:55:47 AM   
jacm

 

Posts: 8
Joined: 7/16/2006
Status: offline 		Hi Tony

The utility fixed the problem.

Thanks

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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 12/4/2007 5:34:05 PM   
DonG

 

Posts: 7
Joined: 9/15/2007
Status: offline 		Thanks Folks,I had the same problem many years ago and it was the main reason to quit playing Harpoon,and since some time now i have the same problem with the HCE version..now after this post the problem is no more..

thanks for the solution guys,...

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RE: Staff Message Dialogue Box - 12/7/2007 8:52:59 PM   
Nirab

 

Posts: 1
Joined: 12/7/2007
Status: offline 		Thanks man, you saved the game.

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