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Here, just from starting the game.

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Originally Posted by Graal 4 Console

Scanning folder structure of C:/Program Files/Graal/...
Done.
Created DirectDraw object
Initialized Direct3D7
Initialized DirectDraw
Graphic Capabilities:
Drawing of alpha blended textures: true
Textures with non-power-of-2 size: true
3D Textures with non-power-of-2 size: true
2D during 3D scene: true
Use 32 bit alpha: true
Initialized Direct3D7
Problem locking DirectX surface for writing
Problem locking DirectX surface for writing
Problem locking DirectX surface for writing
Problem locking DirectX surface for writing
Graal has been activated!
Loading tile definitions for server Login
Connecting to the game server...
Done.
Problem locking DirectX surface for writing
Problem locking DirectX surface for writing
Problem locking DirectX surface for writing
Problem locking DirectX surface for writing

I just bought the Vista Home Premium upgrade... is it worth installing it even though Graal has some bugs? I'm really excited to have it, but I want to actually be able to play Graal with it.

Yeah I have Home Premium also and I love it. But I've talked to someone who has the same Vista and Graal Online runs fine for him. I don't get it. :(

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Originally Posted by TalonShriner (Post 1287307)

I just bought the Vista Home Premium upgrade... is it worth installing it even though Graal has some bugs? I'm really excited to have it, but I want to actually be able to play Graal with it.

Can't gurantee Graal would run at all.

Well I installed it... god or allah or the jewish god has granted me mercy. My Graal and RC work perfectly fine. The only bug is with any of the movable or animated tiles (bushes, rocks, signs, flowers etc.) As for the random closing of Graal, that only happened once so far.

Problems with GUI graphics on Vista and XP:

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Originally Posted by XP - Installer - graal4console.log

Scanning folder structure of C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/Desktop/...
Done.
Created DirectDraw object
Initialized Direct3D7
Initialized DirectDraw
Graphic Capabilities:
Drawing of alpha blended textures: true
Textures with non-power-of-2 size: false
3D Textures with non-power-of-2 size: false
2D during 3D scene: true
Use 32 bit alpha: true
Initialized Direct3D7
Deleted DirectDraw Surfaces
Initialized Direct3D7
Resized DirectDraw to 400,260
Error creating alpha blended texture, not all graphics might show

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Originally Posted by XP - Graal installed to C:\Graal\ - graal4console.log

Scanning folder structure of C:/Graal/...
Done.
Created DirectDraw object
Initialized Direct3D7
Initialized DirectDraw
Graphic Capabilities:
Drawing of alpha blended textures: true
Textures with non-power-of-2 size: false
3D Textures with non-power-of-2 size: false
2D during 3D scene: true
Use 32 bit alpha: true
Initialized Direct3D7
Error creating alpha blended texture, not all graphics might show

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Originally Posted by Vista - Graal installed to C:\Program Files\Graal\ - graal4console.log

Concerning XP: This happened on a fresh OS install, so there were literally no other programs installed. Tried deleting the Graal folder and reinstalling to no avail.

The screenshots below are from XP and vista. XP screen shots have clouds around the program, and vista is the blackened boxes on the login screen.

Well I've managed to get Graalonline to run on Vista. It runs just fine in Windowed Mode. I still have animation problems with flowers and such.

Screenshot 1

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9...tch1ad2.th.jpg

Screenshot 2

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9...tch2dz3.th.jpg

The flower problem should be possible to fix, need to check if it's happening to me too. On what gfx card does that happen?

Houdini: the screenshots you have made on XP are bugged because there is no gfx card driver installed, so Direct3D is running in software mode.

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Originally Posted by Stefan (Post 1288302)

The flower problem should be possible to fix, need to check if it's happening to me too. On what gfx card does that happen?

It happens on my ATi Radeon 9800 Pro. The use of OpenGL mode fixes it and it doesn't crash as often.

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Originally Posted by Stefan (Post 1288302)

Houdini: the screenshots you have made on XP are bugged because there is no gfx card driver installed, so Direct3D is running in software mode.

The XP shots are running on Virtual PC 2007 and you're right the D3D is disabled, however my vista screenshot is running D3D fine.

Perhaps they're two separate issues, but similar symptoms, but either way vista has issues drawing too

with Vista out, howcome Windows XP still costs as much or even more than Vista??

ROFL What country do you live in? It's cheap as hell here.

Cheap? Vista prices start with 89 euro for OEM / Systembuilder. XP prices have not been reduced by Microsoft though.

over 200 € here o.O

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Originally Posted by Stefan (Post 1288869)

Cheap? Vista prices start with 89 euro for OEM / Systembuilder. XP prices have not been reduced by Microsoft though.

Don't question why I said cheap.. it's a fact I can pick up XP for cheap as chips here Stefan.