[Bug 1.1 beta] Screen Shots using [Alt + P] are pink or green? - RESOLVED
by JesseL · in Torque 3D Professional · 02/11/2010 (1:13 pm) · 10 replies
Hey guys I just tried to go into the burg mission and when I hit my Alt + P all I get are pink and green 1024 x 768 images:(
Is anyone else having this issue?
Is anyone else having this issue?
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#4
08/21/2010 (4:42 am)
This one was logged previously as TQA-455 and is fixed in 1.1 Beta 2. 
#5
On freshly updated system and virgin checkout of the beta I actually get these green (and sometimes pink screenshots) on an older comp (a laptop) of mine. Only happening on the one machine so I expect it has something to do with the video hardware -- a nVidia 7150m -- which totally suxxors for Torque3D anyway.
08/21/2010 (7:52 am)
Quote:Wanna bet?
fixed in 1.1 Beta 2.
On freshly updated system and virgin checkout of the beta I actually get these green (and sometimes pink screenshots) on an older comp (a laptop) of mine. Only happening on the one machine so I expect it has something to do with the video hardware -- a nVidia 7150m -- which totally suxxors for Torque3D anyway.
#7
08/26/2010 (10:56 pm)
This problem seems to randomly occur for me from build to build. Some builds I can take screenshots... others I get a pink or green snapshot -- but still only occurs on the one machine when it happens.
#8
08/27/2010 (3:52 pm)
The only way we were able to reproduce while testing the previous release was by using an outdated DX SDK or video driver. Can you send me a dxdiag report of the computer it's happening on? Also, was this against the repo or the packaged release?
#9
The laptop in question was recently updated to use the Jun2010 DirectX SDK, and I've used both the nVidia and HP supplied (nearly 3 years old) display drivers, but the issue still only appears on random builds. It's actually more accurate to say that with random builds I can take a screenshot.
This machine has always had this problem even when using TGE + MK awhile back. It currently has an old project that is up-to-date with the Repo and a project testing bed using the Beta 2 release - both give me the pastel screen shots. It's my low-end testing machine so wasn't really concerned but did want to show that some machines can still exhibit this problem.
08/27/2010 (9:00 pm)
Here you go -- linked to a Google Doc given the length. The laptop in question was recently updated to use the Jun2010 DirectX SDK, and I've used both the nVidia and HP supplied (nearly 3 years old) display drivers, but the issue still only appears on random builds. It's actually more accurate to say that with random builds I can take a screenshot.
This machine has always had this problem even when using TGE + MK awhile back. It currently has an old project that is up-to-date with the Repo and a project testing bed using the Beta 2 release - both give me the pastel screen shots. It's my low-end testing machine so wasn't really concerned but did want to show that some machines can still exhibit this problem.
#10
10/12/2010 (4:47 am)
A bit of a follow up. Apparently setting usage of DirectX runtime to debug is what triggers the random green/pink screenshots. Problem does not occur after toggling back to Retail mode on this computer. Still strange that it only affected random builds on this one particular hardware setup -- but problem solvable. 
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Try Alt+H to hide the HUD and then LeftCTRL+P, see if there's any difference.