Solved Sound/Video Settings

[DavyJack]

Build Version: Friday 6 December 2013
Build 14 Beta 3.1 Full

I can't adjust or modify my sound and video settings.
Its funny that I only report this now as I want to mute my sounds as I am playing other tracts from my computer.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

How'd you manage that one?

 

[Levis]

Must be a problem on your side cause I dont have it.
You removed your options file lately right? Could you maybe upload that? I might have an idea what the problem is.

 

[DavyJack]

 

[Levis]

Nope that isn't the problem either. I sugest reinstalling cause it seems to be a problem somewhere in your game.
I think its missing some textures...

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Aren't those stock game textures, though?

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Are you in wondowed mode? Try full screen mode.

Windowed mode messes up everything including the mouse for me.

 

[DavyJack]

Nah..its always in full screen. A lot of weirdness is happening when in windowed mode. As you say it.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Windowed has always been working fine for me. Though, as Hylie found, those video sliders do not do anything in windowed mode.

 

[DavyJack]

I have re-installed my game to the latest and still experiencing the same problem as my first post.
Can I just have the assumed missing textures for those settings?

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Do you have many different games going on?

I had that problem 6-8 months ago and now can not remember the fix.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Check system.log; missing textures should show up in there.

 

[DavyJack]

Do you have many different games going on?

I have many games installed in my laptop. Mostly mini games.
But not that much. Only what my computer can handle. And still have more than 220GB of free space.

Check system.log; missing textures should show up in there.

I get only these ones:

system.log:

Scanning modules\
Loading modules...
Loaded 0
Reset...
Initializing CORE...
Creating atoms space: 128
done
initializing complete
Initializing DirectX 8
ERROR: Techniques: Find duplicate technique name: radeon8500sea
Techniques: 9 shaders compiled.
Techniques: 181 techniques compiled.
Techniques: compiled by 732905509 ticks.
BeginScene
The method call is invalid For example, a method's parameter may have an invalid value
BeginScene
The method call is invalid For example, a method's parameter may have an invalid value
Unloading
System exit and cleanup:
Mem state: User memory: 0  MSSystem: 0  Blocks: 0

compile.log:

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Build 14 Beta 3.1 Full: 6 Dec 2013
Savegame Compatibility: 14.891
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Gauging: StartGauging
Gauging: starting init
Gauging: interface
Gauging: Storylines
Gauging: Profiles
Gauging: starting init
==> BuildSettings: Sets to default
==> BuildSettings: New settings applied
Gauging: load build settings
Gauging: periods
InitNations: NATIONS_QUANTITY=6, bGuest1NationExists=0, bGuest2NationExists=0
Gauging: nations
Gauging: preprocessor
Init encounters complete.
Gauging: enc
Gauging: cann
Gauging: ships
IslandsInit: 22 islands loaded.
Gauging: islands
Init weathers complete. 0 weathers found.
Gauging: weather
InitSounds (English): created 19 entries.
InitMusic: created 85 entries.
Gauging: Aliases
Gauging: sound
Gauging: goods
Main_LogoVideo() 0
PauseAllSounds
ResumeAllSounds
Main_LogoVideo() -1
Gauging: initgame start
Gauging: createlayers
Gauging: stores
Gauging: sound
Gauging: delete sea env
Gauging: towns
Number of locations: 781
Gauging: locations
IslandsInit: 22 islands loaded.
Gauging: islands
Gauging: wdmap
Gauging: dialogs
Gauging: teleport
bool CreateParticleEntity()
Gauging: particles
Items initialization complete. Loaded 998 items.
Gauging: items
Gauging: quests
Gauging: sea ai groups
Gauging: questmapenc
Gauging: landenc
==> BuildSettings: Sets to default
==> BuildSettings: New settings applied
Gauging: load options
Gauging: models - Total number of models: 948
InitSounds (English): created 19 entries.
InitMusic: created 85 entries.
Gauging: Aliases
Gauging: infoshow
Gauging: initgame done
Init character names complete.
SETTING MUSIC: music_main_menu
==> BuildSettings: New settings applied
==> BuildSettings: New settings applied
InitSounds (English): created 19 entries.
InitMusic: created 85 entries.
SETTING MUSIC: music_main_menu
==> BuildSettings: New settings applied
SETTING MUSIC: music_main_menu

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Nope, nothing there.

 

[DavyJack]

Well if those are stock game textures, then I might have a bad one. Does anyone know what and where those are and kindly....

Spoiler: ....

...share it? Hehehe.

I really need those for my settings to work properly.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

We miscommunicated. What I meant is do you have many profiles in your POTC install. If you do, humor me and move most out of the save folder and see what happens.

 

[DavyJack]

We miscommunicated. What I meant is do you have many profiles in your POTC install. If you do, humor me and move most out of the save folder and see what happens.

Nay, I did a fresh install up to the latest version. I've cleared the saves and the "option" file before I installed the MOD 'cause I usually test it first before proceeding.

EDIT: Well, it seems that even in my stock game that I have this problem. No .log files generated.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

I just looked at both my beta 3.1 install and my stock POTC install they are all fine. It appears that your stock POTC install is gutted and you will need to dump it and start over.

I presume you know where to go.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

It can't be stock game missing files, because on the brown interface those should be mod-added textures.
Must be a completely different problem, though I have not the foggiest what it might be.
If you use the Left/Right arrow keys, does anything change? Those might still work.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

I don't want to sound disagreeable but the missing textures are stock textures. Or they sure look like it to me. Here are my beta 3.1 blue and brown screenies and also a stock POTC screenie.


Could this be because of the music pack DaveyJack is using? I just use standard music.