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  • karmatic
    Rookie
    • Jan 2010
    • 4
    #1

    Problem Starting New Game

    Whenever I open Angband and click "New" to start a new game I get nothing more than a small square... here is a screenshot:

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    • karmatic
      Rookie
      • Jan 2010
      • 4
      #2
      Fixed it by switching the font from default to one of the other options.

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        • d_m
          Angband Devteam member
          • Aug 2008
          • 1516
          #3
          Man these Windows font problems are just killing us. Ugh!
          linux->xterm->screen->pmacs

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            • takkaria
              Veteran
              • Apr 2007
              • 1895
              #4
              Originally posted by d_m
              Man these Windows font problems are just killing us. Ugh!
              I vote to switch to the SDL port, I think...
              takkaria whispers something about options. -more-

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                • Magnate
                  Angband Devteam member
                  • May 2007
                  • 4916
                  #5
                  Originally posted by takkaria
                  I vote to switch to the SDL port, I think...
                  Sorry to ask a stupid question, but does Windows support SDL natively, or do you have to install something extra? If it has native support (in XP / Vista / 7), then I vote for removing the Windows port.
                  "Been away so long I hardly knew the place, gee it's good to be back home" - The Beatles

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                    • takkaria
                      Veteran
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 1895
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Magnate
                      Sorry to ask a stupid question, but does Windows support SDL natively, or do you have to install something extra? If it has native support (in XP / Vista / 7), then I vote for removing the Windows port.
                      You just ship the game with the relevant DLLs and it works, more-or-less.
                      takkaria whispers something about options. -more-

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                        • Magnate
                          Angband Devteam member
                          • May 2007
                          • 4916
                          #7
                          Originally posted by takkaria
                          You just ship the game with the relevant DLLs and it works, more-or-less.
                          Hmmm. IMO that's almost as much hassle as maintaining the Windows port - someone, somewhere will complain that the shipped DLLs break something. Remember all the hassle with VB runtime DLLs back in Win98?
                          "Been away so long I hardly knew the place, gee it's good to be back home" - The Beatles

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                            • Derakon
                              Prophet
                              • Dec 2009
                              • 8820
                              #8
                              The DLLs don't get installed in any central location. They just exist near the executable file, which can then refer to them using a relative path.

                              At least, that's what I remember from my (very limited) Windows app development work.

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                                • Nick
                                  Vanilla maintainer
                                  • Apr 2007
                                  • 9356
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by d_m
                                  Man these Windows font problems are just killing us. Ugh!
                                  Simple solution is to change the default font to a size where windows doesn't try to use one of its own - I use 8x12 for FA. IIRC this works (although starting up new V in Win7 for me it works anyway, so make of that what you will).
                                  One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
                                  In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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                                    • karmatic
                                      Rookie
                                      • Jan 2010
                                      • 4
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Nick
                                      Simple solution is to change the default font to a size where windows doesn't try to use one of its own - I use 8x12 for FA. IIRC this works (although starting up new V in Win7 for me it works anyway, so make of that what you will).
                                      This. Works perfect on two Win7 machines that I've tested it on once I switch the font size

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