BG:EE for Windows (v1.2 & v1.3 beta): "Black Flash"
dreamrider
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BUG BEHAVIOR: Aperiodically, the screen "blinks" to a black screen and recovers.
EXPECTED BEHAVIOR: Uninterrupted graphics display of the game.
The above was noted during beta testing of 1.3, and subsequently noted by reporter and others in 1.2 as well.
See detailed description copied from the 1.3 beta thread, below.
dreamrider said:
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Single flash of black screen.
First time was early, prologue or maybe even character creation. However, it only occurs at long intervals (1-2 hours?), and I have seen no consistency on when. Does not seem (to me) to be in conjunction with screen loading, nor any particular action. I have had a blink while moving, in a skirmish, and while messing around with inventory in Kagain's storeroom.
I CAN say that it is not a general graphics glitch in the system. It isn't happening when I a browsing, reading e-mail, playing Torchlight, etc.
Sorry. I know that is not much evidence.
I'll try playing the current game file in 1.2 and see if I notice.
OK, just played 1.2 looking for the 'black flash' (or at least had the game up through ~9 hours including family supper, kids homework, ...and about 3 hours of playing off and on.)
I DID note the 'black flash' type flicker in 1.2. Saw it about 4 times while I was actually at the computer. Longest interval between (while I was actually at the computer continuously) was about 90 min interval; shortest interval between was maybe 15-20 mins.
Sometimes I was in an Inventory screen, sometimes party was just walking the map, twice while messing with stuff stored on the shelves in Kagain's store. I return to Kagain's a lot, however, as my preferred cache, so I don't think that is significant.
Characteristics of the effect, again, is just a single flash to black across the entire screen. Play is barely interrupted, and there is no continuing performance hit.
Since this is now demonstrated present in v1.2 as well, I assume that per announcement there will be no fix effort, no further reporting needed except to enter it in Bug Reports, pending the swing around to v1.4 BG:EE work somewhere down the road.
EXPECTED BEHAVIOR: Uninterrupted graphics display of the game.
The above was noted during beta testing of 1.3, and subsequently noted by reporter and others in 1.2 as well.
See detailed description copied from the 1.3 beta thread, below.
dreamrider said:
» show previous quotes
Single flash of black screen.
First time was early, prologue or maybe even character creation. However, it only occurs at long intervals (1-2 hours?), and I have seen no consistency on when. Does not seem (to me) to be in conjunction with screen loading, nor any particular action. I have had a blink while moving, in a skirmish, and while messing around with inventory in Kagain's storeroom.
I CAN say that it is not a general graphics glitch in the system. It isn't happening when I a browsing, reading e-mail, playing Torchlight, etc.
Sorry. I know that is not much evidence.
I'll try playing the current game file in 1.2 and see if I notice.
OK, just played 1.2 looking for the 'black flash' (or at least had the game up through ~9 hours including family supper, kids homework, ...and about 3 hours of playing off and on.)
I DID note the 'black flash' type flicker in 1.2. Saw it about 4 times while I was actually at the computer. Longest interval between (while I was actually at the computer continuously) was about 90 min interval; shortest interval between was maybe 15-20 mins.
Sometimes I was in an Inventory screen, sometimes party was just walking the map, twice while messing with stuff stored on the shelves in Kagain's store. I return to Kagain's a lot, however, as my preferred cache, so I don't think that is significant.
Characteristics of the effect, again, is just a single flash to black across the entire screen. Play is barely interrupted, and there is no continuing performance hit.
Since this is now demonstrated present in v1.2 as well, I assume that per announcement there will be no fix effort, no further reporting needed except to enter it in Bug Reports, pending the swing around to v1.4 BG:EE work somewhere down the road.
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