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HaruSawa
21 Oct 2006, 23:27
Hi. I am trying to run WWP on my new laptop, and the first time it ran just fine. Now I am gettting graphics errors, there is no landscape except for things like mines and barrels, and everything is off colour [A weird crimsonish tone] and the text and flag colours seem to be inverted. How can I fix this?

Specs
Dell Inspiron E1505
Windows XP Media Center Edition with Service Pack 2
Intel Core Duo 2 1.66 ghz
1 gb ram
128 mb Radeon Mobility x1300 with hypermemory

bonz
21 Oct 2006, 23:44
You probably have applications running in the background that have the "always on top" function activated, thus they steal the games focus, which causes the color palette to get messed up.

Examples are instant messenger programs, Winamp,...
Object desktop from Stardock supposedly can also cause this.

HaruSawa
21 Oct 2006, 23:50
Is there a way to find ou what programs are doing this, so I can stop this?

bonz
21 Oct 2006, 23:53
Is there a way to find ou what programs are doing this, so I can stop this?
Turn off the programs one by one and try to start a game each time.
If you've found the program, check its options to deactive the "always on top".

Another thing, pressing the Windows key or Alt +Tab to minimize also messes up the graphics, so don't do that.

HaruSawa
22 Oct 2006, 00:16
Yey, thanks.