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Re: game screen all blue

Posted: 03 Jul 2007, 23:43
by Giel
Was all you did for this removing the novideo.rpl file from the *.wz files? Not removing any references to that file as well somewhere (besides the makefiles that is)?

If so, then someone's gotta look at the code that attempts to render the *.rpl files, and novideo.rpl in particular.

Re: game screen all blue

Posted: 04 Jul 2007, 00:33
by JockeTF
Yes, removing the novideo.rpl file was the only thing I did, nothing more.  :)

The same problem seems to appear with the new intel drivers as well.

// JockeTF

Re: game screen all blue

Posted: 04 Jul 2007, 15:17
by DevUrandom
Should this go into 2.0.8?
If so, I think we have to check (and fix) the sideeffects, since I remember that I had removed that file earlier, but had to include it again since that removed the cutscenes entirely. (And caused some crashes or other breakage? I don't remember what exactly it was, but it was bad.)

Re: game screen all blue

Posted: 04 Jul 2007, 17:51
by dcomsa
Hi guys,

Unfortunately this didn't work for me. This is what I have done:

- manually removed novideo.rpl from *.wz file
- removed the game completely and installed the .deb package from JockeTF's page
- deleted the directory .warzone2100 from my home folder
- restarted the machine

I have tried the game after each of the above steps, but the dark blue screen is still there.

@JockeTF: I'm using the normal i810 driver again, because the intel one played some tricks on me when I tried to watch a movie.

Re: game screen all blue

Posted: 04 Jul 2007, 18:54
by JockeTF
dcomsa wrote: Unfortunately this didn't work for me.
@JockeTF: I'm using the normal i810 driver again, because the intel one played some tricks on me when I tried to watch a movie.
Yes, the new intel driver (In the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn repositories) can't (right now) use XV and a compositing manager at the same time.
Too bad that the fix didn't work for you, dcomsa. :(
Which intel GMA are you using? Did see any of those "black screens" while trying to play single player?
DevUrandom wrote: Should this go into 2.0.8?
If so, I think we have to check (and fix) the sideeffects, since I remember that I had removed that file earlier, but had to include it again since that removed the cutscenes entirely. (And caused some crashes or other breakage? I don't remember what exactly it was, but it was bad.)
I think that it might be better to find the real source of the problem (if anyone got the time to do so) which probably is the thing which "plays" the novideo.rpl file instead of just removing the file. But it sure would be better to remove the novideo.rpl with the bug rather than leaving both there, atleast for some of the Intel GMA users out there.

Re: game screen all blue

Posted: 04 Jul 2007, 19:30
by dcomsa
JockeTF wrote: Yes, the new intel driver (In the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn repositories) can't (right now) use XV and a compositing manager at the same time.
I wasn't using any composite manager. My default manager is metacity and I sometimes use compiz fusion. The problem was that if I started to play a video (any player, any file) there was a green band about 100 pixels wide at the top of my screen, which didn't dissapeared after closing the player. After reverting to i810, everything was back to normal.
JockeTF wrote: Which intel GMA are you using?
Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
JockeTF wrote: Did see any of those "black screens" while trying to play single player?
With the normal package, yes, there are some black screen if I start a new campaign, with some subtitles (I think it's the mission briefing). With your modified package it skips the briefing (black screens). Also without the novideo.rpl file removed I get this in the terminal:

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error:      Error reading novideo.rpl: File not found
error:      seq_StartFullScreenVideo: unable to initialise sequence sequences/cam1/c001.rpl
error:      Assert in Warzone: seqdisp.c:489 : seq_StartFullScreenVideo (FALSE)

Re: game screen all blue

Posted: 04 Jul 2007, 23:13
by JockeTF
Alright, looks like the fix doesn't work on the Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04).  :(
Pretty wierd that it works on rev 03 but not rev 04 of the same model. Maybe something else is being sneaky as well...  :-\

Do you know if you're running your X-server on 16 or 24 bit colors?

My friend who uses rev 03 uses 24 bit colors, I'm not sure if that would make any difference though...

// JockeTF

Re: game screen all blue

Posted: 05 Jul 2007, 20:02
by kage
one of the machines i've come across is a laptop with a 915GM, and as far as i found, the i810 was the right driver for that chip... it looks like the i810 at least was an umbrella driver for multiple generations of intel chips, though they may have changed that very recently. i haven't tried it with warzone, but with the i810 driver, it was running some 3d games a lot faster than it should've been able to.

still game screen all blue

Posted: 20 Jul 2007, 12:54
by Ben_Cs
I have an: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
I downloaded the file that JockeTF made, and installed it. deleted .warezone2100 from home directory, and rebooted.
Didn't help. Still have that "night mode" when playing. It's annoying!

Re: game screen all blue

Posted: 20 Aug 2007, 12:10
by flep
I registered to share my experience concerning that specific issue.
Something like a dummy post but maybe it will help another user.

My config:

Ubuntu 7.04 feisty
Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML (driver i810)

After having installed Warzone2100_2.0.7-0_i386.deb and having discovered that "blue screen" problem I red JockeTF's post and installed Warzone2100_2.0.7-3_i386.deb.
That didn't change anything and the screen stayed blue until I changed the Fog option from Mist to Fog of War in the main graphic options.
Since that moment I'm able to play.
Maybe a solution for other persons?

Mist to Fog Of War solution

Posted: 24 Aug 2007, 15:50
by Ben_Cs
Yes. Works for me. Good solution!