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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0000537Dwarf FortressTechnical -- Generalpublic2010-04-05 16:362010-06-09 06:45
ReporterKelsa 
Assigned ToBaughn 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionno change required 
PlatformWindowsOSWindows 7OS VersionPremium
Product Version0.31.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0000537: Will not display in Windowed Mode
DescriptionInstead of the normal graphics windowed mode only displays a solid black box. When I then hit F11 to switch to full screen it does so easily and I can play. However if I switch back to windowed mode it is just a black box again.

I can still access the menus and "play" blindly; but it does not display anything other than solid black.
Steps To ReproduceLaunch in windowed mode, either via init options or the prompt.
Switch to windowed mode after it launches full screen.

Either case the result is the same, a black box with apparently nothing in it.
Additional InformationWhen I was using Windows 7 RC (I upgraded so I could play this without it blue screening on my every two hours) I did not have this problem. It ran in Windowed mode just fine.

I attempted to use some alternate tile sets; and the result was the same.

I adjusted the refresh options; but nothing changed.
TagsWindowed
Relationships
related to 0000764resolved Baughn Minimizing in windowed mode causes entire window to be blacked out 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-05 16:36KelsaNew Issue
2010-04-05 17:15KelsaTag Attached: Windowed
2010-04-05 19:09FootkerchiefNote Added: 0001294
2010-04-07 14:12KelsaNote Added: 0001851
2010-04-07 19:56FootkerchiefRelationship addedrelated to 0000764
2010-04-29 13:10FootkerchiefCategoryGeneral => Technical
2010-05-18 12:08BaughnStatusnew => assigned
2010-05-18 12:08BaughnAssigned To => Baughn
2010-05-26 13:21BaughnStatusassigned => resolved
2010-05-26 13:21BaughnResolutionopen => no change required
2010-06-09 06:45Toady OneStatusresolved => closed
2010-06-29 07:38FootkerchiefCategoryTechnical => Technical -- General

Notes
(0001294)
Footkerchief   
2010-04-05 19:09   
Make sure your graphics drivers are up-to-date. Win 7 drivers were often shaky at launch.
(0001851)
Kelsa   
2010-04-07 14:12   
Perhaps you are correct... as it is now spontaneously working right. I guess it lied to me when it said it was finished updating even though I spent two hours making sure before I started. Stupid 7.