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Menus not Working
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:00 pm
by Grim.Reaper
Reinstalled all my games this morning including Gettysburg, Antietam, Pipe Creek, and CV. Loaded the game and everything worked fine. Exited the game and came back in and all my menu buttons are now just red and black boxes, with no text. Tried loading and unloading, see the same thing. Has made it unplayable. Has anyone seen this before?
Re: Menus not Working
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:42 pm
by ADukes
http://www.norbsoftdev.net/forum/techni ... ics-skewed
It's an issue with the graphic card. Did you restart your PC?
Re: Menus not Working
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:47 am
by Grim.Reaper
Yep, rebooted and no luck. I am using an ATI 6870 card which I have used for a very long time now and never saw it before.
Any other thoughts? I am kind of bummed that I just bought CV and can't even play it now:(
Re: Menus not Working
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:54 am
by Little Powell
Its odd that it worked fine before but after a re-install it broke. This is almost certainly a graphics card problem though. I assume you haven't made any changes to your ATI settings? Maybe try updating the driver for your card.
Re: Menus not Working
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:18 am
by Michael Slaunwhite
I had the exact same problem. Just put SOWgb.exe into Admin mode. For me it worked out fine, no more problems.
Re: Menus not Working
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:22 am
by Grim.Reaper
Its odd that it worked fine before but after a re-install it broke. This is almost certainly a graphics card problem though. I assume you haven't made any changes to your ATI settings? Maybe try updating the driver for your card.
I actually just recently updated my drivers so I think I am good there. However, I have tried one thing and so far has been working out. I put the game in Windows XP compatibility mode and so far has worked again. Not sure if it will stay, but keeping my fingers crossed.
Re: Menus not Working
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:23 am
by Grim.Reaper
I had the exact same problem. Just put SOWgb.exe into Admin mode. For me it worked out fine, no more problems.
I tried that too. Some times it would work, others it wouldn't. So now I have put into XP compatability mode and so far it is working. Hoping it stays that way:)
Re: Menus not Working
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:32 am
by Michael Slaunwhite
I had the exact same problem. Just put SOWgb.exe into Admin mode. For me it worked out fine, no more problems.
I tried that too. Some times it would work, others it wouldn't. So now I have put into XP compatability mode and so far it is working. Hoping it stays that way:)
No kidding. ATI has it's days that's a fact. The Combat Mission series is the absolute worst for image corruption. That's good that you found the solution. Odd that Windows XP comp had to be chosen, but whatever works right?
Re: Menus not Working
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:38 am
by Little Powell
Its odd that it worked fine before but after a re-install it broke. This is almost certainly a graphics card problem though. I assume you haven't made any changes to your ATI settings? Maybe try updating the driver for your card.
I actually just recently updated my drivers so I think I am good there. However, I have tried one thing and so far has been working out. I put the game in Windows XP compatibility mode and so far has worked again. Not sure if it will stay, but keeping my fingers crossed.
Good to hear. And now I hope 14GA sees his thread has been bumped with the solution.