Blank tile windows on dev 548 initial load

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Downloaded the latest dev 548 version, but all the windows come up black when running the executable file in Windows Vista.

[Ingwe Ingweron]

Downloaded the latest dev 548 version, but all the windows come up black when running the executable file in Windows Vista.

Never mind. Seems it was a GUI problem on my end. Reboot cleared the problem.

[MattB]

Downloaded the latest dev 548 version, but all the windows come up black when running the executable file in Windows Vista.

That happens to me a lot. I've had to delete the file and re-download a couple of times with nightlies. Weird.

[takkaria]

That happens to me a lot. I've had to delete the file and re-download a couple of times with nightlies. Weird.

It's the oldest open bug on Trac. I would pay someone $10 to fix it, because it's the only 6 year old bug left.

[chris]

It's the oldest open bug on Trac. I would pay someone $10 to fix it, because it's the only 6 year old bug left.

I have no idea what the problem might be, but it is probably worthwhile to check the return value from CreateFont in main-win.c:

/* Create the font (using the 'base' of the font file name!) */
td->font_id = CreateFont(hgt, wid, 0, 0, FW_DONTCARE, 0, 0, 0,
                ANSI_CHARSET, OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS,
                CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, DEFAULT_QUALITY,
                FIXED_PITCH | FF_DONTCARE, base);

if (!td->font_id) return 1;

EDIT: And maybe the code should make some noise in init_windows(void) if term_force_font fails.

[takkaria]

I have no idea what the problem might be, but it is probably worthwhile to check the return value from CreateFont in main-win.c:

/* Create the font (using the 'base' of the font file name!) */
td->font_id = CreateFont(hgt, wid, 0, 0, FW_DONTCARE, 0, 0, 0,
                ANSI_CHARSET, OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS,
                CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, DEFAULT_QUALITY,
                FIXED_PITCH | FF_DONTCARE, base);

if (!td->font_id) return 1;

EDIT: And maybe the code should make some noise in init_windows(void) if term_force_font fails.

So I just tried out a fix that I think will work. If people continue to get this kind of problem (having to reboot before seeing anything) please say!