No graphical text (solved)

[Robiko]

Hi there, recently I installed 1.73.4 on a HP XW8000 (twin zeons, 2GB ram Nvidia N79 graphics) but where the text should be is all blocked graphics, 1.65 works fine, but then I can't use most the oxps...any-one have any ideas? Is there anywhere I can get a lower build, for instance 1.72 etc?

Cheers

Rob

[another_commander]

Hi there, recently I installed 1.73.4 on a HP XW8000 (twin zeons, 2GB ram Nvidia N79 graphics) but where the text should be is all blocked graphics, 1.65 works fine, but then I can't use most the oxps...any-one have any ideas? Is there anywhere I can get a lower build, for instance 1.72 etc?

Cheers

Rob

Edit the game's startup shortcut and add the switch -nosplash at the end, so that the shortcut's target looks something like this:
<PathToOoliteInstallDir>\oolite.app\oolite.exe -nosplash

[Robiko]

Thanks for your reply, tried it but it didn't work, the splash screen is now gone but still no text, for example where it asks you 'Load previous Commander (Y/N)?' is just a filled in graphical block...

[Cody]

Hi Robiko and welcome to the 'friendliest forum this side of Riedquat'.

I'm not an expert... but could it be that you need a GPU driver update?

[another_commander]

Thanks for your reply, tried it but it didn't work, the splash screen is now gone but still no text, for example where it asks you 'Load previous Commander (Y/N)?' is just a filled in graphical block...

In this case, I suspect bad driver installation or gfx card / drivers incapable of supporting Oolite's minimum OpenGL requirements for graphics. Can you please start the game, exit when the rotating Cobra appears and post the Latest.log file, found in <OoliteInstallDir>\oolite.app\Logs?

[Frame]

Nvidia N79

I think that is a mix up. that is supposedly N 79 is a nokia mobile phone.

are you sure its named N79 and not something like NVS X where X is a number.

All I could find was this.. (AGP cards it seems)

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quic ... 06_na.HTML

[Robiko]

Thanks for every-one's replies, updated the graphics drivers (Nvidia Quadro NVS, not N79...information overload methinks ;o) ) and the game works a treat (in fact better than before on my other machines) bringing a new lease of life (and an irate girlfriend... ;o) ).

Thanks again :o)