FALLOUT Video Problem?!

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Hi, All:

This must be old, this problem I'm suddenly having with Fallout (the
original), but I can't find any reference to it and that's driving me
nuts here!

Especially when considering how things used to work just fine....

Pentium-M @ 1.7GHz w. 1GB System RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 w. 64MB
VRAM -- and DirectX 9c!

Used to work fine under DX8...is 9c the culprit here?

What happens is that the game screen will suddenly "disappear" and then
moving the cursor around "re-paints" in, giant-square-by-giant-square,
the scene! Like wiping away frosting on a wintry window pane to reveal
the world beyond....

Fallout 2 doesn't have any such problems, and, like I said, neither did
this previously! Actually, this video problem starts right from the
installation screen, where specifying the install path makes the screen
"disappear," as I say, into black, and moving the cursor around "wipes
away" the blackness, square-by-square....


PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
NYC XYZ said:
Hi, All:


What happens is that the game screen will suddenly "disappear" and then
moving the cursor around "re-paints" in, giant-square-by-giant-square,
the scene! Like wiping away frosting on a wintry window pane to reveal
the world beyond....
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I have had this problem often, but it only appeared when transitioning
from one section to another. If you are having this at other times I cannot
help you, but I seem to recall that moving the cursor to the extremes edges
so that the view slid up/down or right/left would repaint large areas at
a time. Minor nuisance, really.
..
 
NYC XYZ said:
Hi, All:

This must be old, this problem I'm suddenly having with Fallout (the
original), but I can't find any reference to it and that's driving me
nuts here!

Especially when considering how things used to work just fine....

Pentium-M @ 1.7GHz w. 1GB System RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 w. 64MB
VRAM -- and DirectX 9c!

Used to work fine under DX8...is 9c the culprit here?

What happens is that the game screen will suddenly "disappear" and then
moving the cursor around "re-paints" in, giant-square-by-giant-square,
the scene! Like wiping away frosting on a wintry window pane to reveal
the world beyond....

Fallout 2 doesn't have any such problems, and, like I said, neither did
this previously! Actually, this video problem starts right from the
installation screen, where specifying the install path makes the screen
"disappear," as I say, into black, and moving the cursor around "wipes
away" the blackness, square-by-square....


PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Are you running any programs in the background that might steal the
focus for a second? Like MSN or Yahoo or something?
I think I got it when replaynig Fallout 2 but it was pretty uncommon. I
think if you just hit F1 twice to bring up and get rid of the help
screen it clears it.
 
Gregory said:
I have had this problem often, but it only appeared when transitioning
from one section to another. If you are having this at other times I cannot
help you, but I seem to recall that moving the cursor to the extremes edges
so that the view slid up/down or right/left would repaint large areas at
a time. Minor nuisance, really.
.
Click to expand...


Wow, you must not need anesthesia at the dentist, then, if you think a
blacked-out screen every five seconds is a minor annoyance!

It's true moving the cursor to the edge repaints large areas at a time
-- the whole isometric view, actually...but that all goes, and that
doesn't even include the bottom 20% interface.

Is there anything that could be done?? I'm afraid of reverting to DX8
and setting off problems in other games!
 
Bateau said:
Are you running any programs in the background that might steal the
focus for a second? Like MSN or Yahoo or something?
I think I got it when replaynig Fallout 2 but it was pretty uncommon. I
think if you just hit F1 twice to bring up and get rid of the help
screen it clears it.
Click to expand...


Good idea, but no effect! I disabled my WiFi, exited the McAffe
Anti-Virus...don't know what else to do.

God, but what any annoying problem! And no, as I said, I have no
problems at all playing Fallout 2 with stuff running in the background.

I have 1GB system RAM, on top of everything else!

Hitting F1 does bring up the in-game Quick Reference, but the problem
persists once returned to the game proper. Every three to five seconds
the screen blacks out, repainted only with cursor movements!
 
NYC XYZ said:
Wow, you must not need anesthesia at the dentist, then, if you think a
blacked-out screen every five seconds is a minor annoyance!
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One of the wonderful discoveries I made after going off to college is
that some dentists actually gave you an anesthetic before they started
drilling on your teeth. :-)

Like I said, this only happened to me on transitions from one area
to another (like going from the Casino area in Junktown to the General
Store area, and even then not all the time); you are having a different
problem
(well, probably not really different). I would suggest you find out your
video
card make and check on their and your computer makers forums for an
answer. (You know the first thing you are going to get is "Make sure you
have the latest drivers installed...blah-blah-blah.... like that ever solved
a problem.)
 
Hi,

I am not sure, if it helps, but DirectX 9c (for some strange reason)
does NOT seem to be the problem. Just tried Fallout myself and it seems
to work fine.

Jay Pieace
 
Jay said:
Hi,

I am not sure, if it helps, but DirectX 9c (for some strange reason)
does NOT seem to be the problem. Just tried Fallout myself and it seems
to work fine.

Jay Pieace
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Thanks for the 411!
 
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