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Very hazy and unclear text

Postby Fatman_737 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:36 pm

Hello,

As you can see in the screenshot(please click on the thumbnail) the text is very botched up and unclear,

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System Specs:-
AMD Athlon 3000+
VIA/S3G Unichrome Pro IGP(With latest drivers)
1GB RAM
Windows XP Pro SP3
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Postby bert_the_turtle » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:54 pm

The GPU type looks like one where the smallfont mod may help. Look here for instructions:
http://forums.introversion.co.uk/defcon ... 9754#49754
If you need further instructions installing the thing (it's a regular mod, so installs like one), just ask.
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Postby Fatman_737 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:58 am

@ bert,

I downloaded the patch but could not find any "libs" directory as I use Windwos XP,

I just extracted it to C:\Program Files\Defcon (Defcon does not have any subfolders),

Please see the thumbnail if this is how the mods option should appear,

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And still after applying them the text is very unclear :cry: , I applied them individually and simultaneously but still the problem persists.
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Postby bert_the_turtle » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:48 am

Yeah, looks like you installed them correctly. I searched around the internet a bit and it seems like your GPU is problematic in other areas as well; so I'd say you either have to just accept the bad text rendering (there's not much to read anyway unless you're playing true team games or Diplomacy) or get a dedicated graphics card (I bet in-game performance is not so great, either, so that may be a good idea anyway). For this game, a moderately cheap one would be enough.
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Postby Fatman_737 » Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:21 pm

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Problem solved! Just disabled Smooth Lines Option.



And another thing, the color of the world is blue, can it be made green like in this picture?
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Postby bert_the_turtle » Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:50 pm

Ah, should have known that. Smooth lines enables antialiasing, apparently globally, and that doesn't work properly on S3s.

You can customize all colours in the menu Tools->Style Editor. There's some presets, among them a green one; hit 'Load', then green.txt.

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