Very hazy and unclear text

[Fatman_737]

Hello,

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



System Specs:-
AMD Athlon 3000+
VIA/S3G Unichrome Pro IGP(With latest drivers)
1GB RAM
Windows XP Pro SP3

[bert_the_turtle]

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.

[Fatman_737]

@ 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,



And still after applying them the text is very unclear , I applied them individually and simultaneously but still the problem persists.

[bert_the_turtle]

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.

[Fatman_737]

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?

[bert_the_turtle]

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.