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Started by Greg
Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:23
Pixelated maps in XP2
Author: Greg
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:23
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:23
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Anybody know why I get that pixelated screen resolution running SC or SC BW on my XP SP2 computer. The hardware is much better then when I first played the game 5 years ago but I went to plug it in and boom the graphics are all messed up. I've downloaded the latest patch and tried to tweak my graphic settings. Anyone know of a workaround to this problem. G
Re: Pixelated maps in XP2
Author: Zealot The Crazy Lui
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:10
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:10
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On 27 Jul 2006 17:23:49 -0700, "Greg" <grth...@magma.ca> wrote: >Anybody know why I get that pixelated screen resolution running SC or >SC BW on my XP SP2 computer. > >The hardware is much better then when I first played the game 5 years >ago but I went to plug it in and boom the graphics are all messed up. > >I've downloaded the latest patch and tried to tweak my graphic >settings. > >Anyone know of a workaround to this problem. By "pixelated" do you mean freaky colors and shit? I've had that happen, not really sure what causes it. Try reinstalling directx and/or your video drivers. -- "No I'm saying that I'm a cow dung." - Stephen "Suupernuubie" Ung "Eat a bag of hell." - Cyric The Mad "Yes - I need red hot gay loving" - LTP MSN:ktw...@hotmail.com (BUT DON'T SEND E-MAIL!) YIM: ktwilson AIM: YahooKyleW Zealot the Crazy Lui Grand 16-Star General and overall director of AGSC operations for the Pronoun Army(and webmaster) http://pronounarmy.homestead.com/ http://thirty-five-mil.blogspot.com/ re-vamped sig 7D6h.4h.5h
Re: Pixelated maps in XP2
Author: Luc The Perverse
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:14
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:14
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"Zealot The Crazy Lui" <ktwils...@NOSPAM.comcast.net> wrote in message news:ltoic2hks234b5513n0hagtjpeguois3tp@4ax.com... > On 27 Jul 2006 17:23:49 -0700, "Greg" <grth...@magma.ca> wrote: > >>Anybody know why I get that pixelated screen resolution running SC or >>SC BW on my XP SP2 computer. >> >>The hardware is much better then when I first played the game 5 years >>ago but I went to plug it in and boom the graphics are all messed up. >> >>I've downloaded the latest patch and tried to tweak my graphic >>settings. >> >>Anyone know of a workaround to this problem. > > By "pixelated" do you mean freaky colors and shit? I've had that > happen, not really sure what causes it. Try reinstalling directx > and/or your video drivers. No - this is not the solution Usually this happens if the palette changes in the background while you are working. In my experiences this only happens if you have an application in the background running which is changing the desktop picture. Typically you can correct it by Alt-Tabbing out of the application and back in. Switching between mission briefing and gameplay seems to fix it too. -- LTP :)
Re: Pixelated maps in XP2
Author: Frans
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:13
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:13
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"Luc The Perverse" <sll_noSpamli...@cc.usu.edu> wrote in message news:ejmop3x50n.ln2@loki.cmears.id.au... > "Zealot The Crazy Lui" <ktwils...@NOSPAM.comcast.net> wrote in message > news:ltoic2hks234b5513n0hagtjpeguois3tp@4ax.com... >> On 27 Jul 2006 17:23:49 -0700, "Greg" <grth...@magma.ca> wrote: >> >>>Anybody know why I get that pixelated screen resolution running SC or >>>SC BW on my XP SP2 computer. >>> >>>The hardware is much better then when I first played the game 5 years >>>ago but I went to plug it in and boom the graphics are all messed up. >>> >>>I've downloaded the latest patch and tried to tweak my graphic >>>settings. >>> >>>Anyone know of a workaround to this problem. >> >> By "pixelated" do you mean freaky colors and shit? I've had that >> happen, not really sure what causes it. Try reinstalling directx >> and/or your video drivers. > > No - this is not the solution > > Usually this happens if the palette changes in the background while you > are working. > > In my experiences this only happens if you have an application in the > background running which is changing the desktop picture. Typically you > can correct it by Alt-Tabbing out of the application and back in. > Switching between mission briefing and gameplay seems to fix it too. Correct. And it also happens in Diablo AND Diablo 2.
Re: Pixelated maps in XP2
Author: Luc The Perverse
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:39
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:39
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"Frans" <phasysn...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:12cjhp6bhrrgd16@corp.supernews.com... >> In my experiences this only happens if you have an application in the >> background running which is changing the desktop picture. Typically you >> can correct it by Alt-Tabbing out of the application and back in. >> Switching between mission briefing and gameplay seems to fix it too. > > Correct. And it also happens in Diablo AND Diablo 2. YAY! We agree about something -- LTP :)
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