Image display problems?

[Tigairius]

PHP Code:

    showimg(200, "ol_q-menu.png", this.pos[0], this.pos[1]);
    changeimgvis(200, 4); 


People have complained (rarely) that the Ol' West Q Menu doesn't display properly, although on most home computers it works fine. Whenever I log on at school, I noticed that my Q menu is invisible... I'm not sure why, does anyone have any suggestions?

[Skyld]

Is there anything unusual in the graal4console.log (or F2 window) when this happens?

It might also be useful to know a bit about the computer that is not working. (Is it running Windows Vista, for example?)

[Tigairius]

It says the file has been downloaded, it just doesn't show... The computer is running Windows XP. I can't access device manager, so I'm not sure what video card is being used. Uhh, I think it's a problem with the graphics/video card because I can't view most of the BlueGui stuff or light/partical effects either...

[Admins]

What does F2 say (full log) ?

[middo]

Originally Posted by Tigairius

It says the file has been downloaded, it just doesn't show... The computer is running Windows XP. I can't access device manager, so I'm not sure what video card is being used. Uhh, I think it's a problem with the graphics/video card because I can't view most of the BlueGui stuff or light/partical effects either...

You dont need to access device manager.
Press Windows Key + R and type in dxdiag. If they have the command prompt blocked, go to C:/windows/system32/ and open command.exe and type dxdiag and press enter

It will open the Direct X Diagnostic tool, go to display tab and you can get a small overview of your graphics controllers

[Tigairius]

Originally Posted by Stefan

What does F2 say (full log) ?

It says it downloaded the Q Menu file, it just doesn't display.

Originally Posted by middo

You dont need to access device manager.
Press Windows Key + R and type in dxdiag. If they have the command prompt blocked, go to C:/windows/system32/ and open command.exe and type dxdiag and press enter

It will open the Direct X Diagnostic tool, go to display tab and you can get a small overview of your graphics controllers

It still doesn't tell me what graphics/video card this computer is using though.

[Skyld]

Originally Posted by Tigairius

It says it downloaded the Q Menu file, it just doesn't display.

I think that was a hint for "please paste the F2 log anyway".

[Tigairius]

NPC Code:

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  2D during 3D scene: true

  Use 32 bit alpha: true

Initialized Direct3D7

Error creating alpha blended texture, not all graphics might show

Graal has been activated!

Loading tile definitions for server Login

Connecting to the game server...

Done.

Loading tile definitions for server Playerworld36

Connecting to the game server...

Done.

PM: received from (npcserver):Ol' West (Server)

File download: -.gif not found

File download: zh_ol_cloak.png (size: 597) done

File download: *.gif not found

File download: @none not found

File download: @none.png not found

File download: @none.mng not found

File download: @none.jng not found

File download: @none.gif not found

File download: @none.jpg not found

File download: @none.jpeg not found

File download: @none.jp2 not found

File download: @none.dds not found

File download: @none.bmp not found

File download: @none.tga not found

File download: tiledefsplayerworld36.txt not found

File download: ol_q-menu.png (size: 23830) done

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I'm guessing it has something to do with:
Error creating alpha blended texture, not all graphics might show

[middo]

Originally Posted by Tigairius

It still doesn't tell me what graphics/video card this computer is using though.

Yes it does.

[Admins]

Originally Posted by Tigairius

Error creating alpha blended texture, not all graphics might show

Yes, that usually shows that you don't have an accelerated graphics card driver installed. In the next version we plan to display a window giving a warning about that.

[Tigairius]

I see... okay, so there is no way to fix this unless I replace the graphics card?

[Skyld]

Originally Posted by Tigairius

I see... okay, so there is no way to fix this unless I replace the graphics card?

Or install the correct drivers for the card which will provide hardware acceleration, but you will need administrator access for that.