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Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 6:26:15 PM   
landlubber

 

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Status: offline 		Hi,

today I was obliged to carry out some urgent updates for my windows xp system. Now, I have completely blurred windows (see the embedded image).
When starting WITP-AE everything works fine and other processes, too, show no strange behaviour.

Is there any idea where the problem could come from? Unfortunately, there is no way to carry out a roll back in order to achieve the former status of the system. Below ther are some information about my system:

Windows XP Pro, SP 3 Build 2600
RAM 4096 MB
Intel i7 quad core
ATI Radeon HD 4800 (Driver Packaging Version: 8.97.100.7-121116a-152798C-ATI; Catalyst version: 13.1; 2D driver version: 6.14.10.7267)

Any help is appreciated.

Best regards,

Landlubber




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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 6:33:00 PM   
Oberst_Klink

 

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Check the command switches in the desktop shortcut for WitP AE. What resolution you got? The blurry resolution might be fixed with the command switches. I use:

-skipVideo -deepColor -dd_sw -px1440 -py900 -cpu2 -archive -autosave

Just replace my resolution with yours, that should do the trick.

Klink, Oberst

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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 6:41:04 PM   
landlubber

 

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Status: offline 		Grüetzi again,

I did it as you suggested. Below there is my actual command line with my actual screen resolution:

"H:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\autorun.exe" -skipVideo -deepColor -dd_sw -px1920 -py1200 -cpu4 -archive -autosave

However, it didn't fix the problem. Any other idea?

Cheers,

Landlubber

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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 6:46:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		P.S. I also tried it with your screen resolution and failed, too.

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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 7:00:43 PM   
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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 7:11:02 PM   
landlubber

 

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Status: offline 		There was also an update of the

ATI Technologies Inc. - Display - ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series driver.

However, I do not know any further details and the device seems to work properly.

Landlubber

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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 7:39:56 PM   
Jim D Burns


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Status: offline 		Try using 1920 x 1080 instead. Many new HD monitors today use the 16:9 aspect ratio, so perhaps you're trying to stretch things too far with the 1200 setting.

Also another possibility, I use the -f fullscreen switch in front of the resolution switch, so -f -px#### -py####

Jim


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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 7:59:12 PM   
landlubber

 

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Status: offline 		Dear Jim,

thanks for your effort but also the "-f" in front of the screen resolution didn't help.

Cheers,

Andreas

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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 8:05:25 PM   
Oberst_Klink

 

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Status: offline 		Well, roll-back the ATI driver Eidgenosse; can't think of anything else atm... perhaps more beer and I'll come up with a solution. You'd owe me a fondue then ;) Try the -w switch, to see how it looks in windowed mode.

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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 8:44:34 PM   
landlubber

 

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Status: offline 		Also a roll-back of the ATI Radeon HD 4800 driver did not solve the problem; it must be something else. Next I will install WITP-AE from scratch.

Thanks for all your efforts.

Andreas (Landlubber)

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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 9:03:38 PM   
budman999


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Status: offline 		Try this:
I had this issue when I upgraded to a new monitor (20"-->24").
My res is 1920 x 1200.
It was the scaling option in the AMD Catalyst control center.

AMD Vision Engine Control Center -->My Digital Flat Panels --> Scaling Options
I have the check box checked. Or use the sliding scale.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/UnableToSetGPUScaling.aspx

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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 9:45:00 PM   
dorjun driver


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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/1/2013 11:57:34 PM   
Reg


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My money is on Budman's suggestion....

Edit: Though the other graphics on the screen don't appear blurred. Another possible culprit could be Windows Clear Type.


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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/2/2013 7:31:35 AM   
Theages

 

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Status: offline 		Your screenshot looks like 1024x768 resolution.
I think your shortcut is wrong. It has to refer to 'War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe' and NOT 'autorun.exe'
like this:
H:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -multiaudio -deepColor -fd -altFont -skipVideo -cpu4 -px1920 -py1200

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RE: Blurred text in window - 3/2/2013 11:21:51 AM   
landlubber

 

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Status: offline 		Dear Theages,

many thanks for your hint regarding the correct .exe file and not to run "autorun.exe". In addition, I also included in the WITP-AE shortcut -dd_sw (see also: http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/9/2699985C2242484198A784994B37650D.pdf for further details) resulting in unblurred text in the windows. Hence, my problem is finally solved whatever the underlying reason of the windows update was.

Best regards,

Andreas

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