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Windows 7 and TGB 2D graphics problem

by Noah Nelsen · in Hardware Issues · 03/03/2011 (5:24 am) · 6 replies

I recently upgraded to Windows 7. I have Torque 2D 1.7.5 installed on it. But when I open it up there is a weird gray bar underneath the top menu, and it pushes everything underneath it down an extra inch graphics wise. But when I try and click on a button I have to hover where the button would normally be, not where it is being displayed. When I go to full screen its still there and the buttons get even more messed up. But only below the gray line. Even in full screen the top menu works fine and adjusts and everything.

Any help would be great, thanks.

Here is an image to better explain it.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7505/tgberror.png
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Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#1
03/03/2011 (6:42 am)
What is your video card and driver version?

Also, if you change the renderer to Direct3D, does it fix the issue? You can do this by opening defaultPrefs.cs in your C:\Program Files (x86)\Torque\Torque Game Builder 1.7.5 Pro\tgb\common\preferences folder. Then make the following changes:

// [b]Do not[/b] Default to OpenGL
$pref::Video::displayDevice = "D3D"; [b]// original value "OpenGL"[/b]
$pref::Video::preferOpenGL = 0; [b]// original value 1[/b]

Ensure that this is set (it is by default):
$pref::Video::allowD3D = 1;

If you are still seeing the issue, try changing:
// But allow others
$pref::Video::allowOpenGL = 0; [b]// original value 1[/b]
$pref::Video::allowD3D = 1;

Torque 3D Owner Tim "Dog" Dale
#2
03/16/2012 (12:53 am)
Has anyone solved this? I have tried the above steps and even uninstalled and reinstalled my video drivers and it doesn't work still.

Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#3
03/16/2012 (12:27 pm)
Have you made sure that you're running the latest version of DirectX?

Torque Owner Houssen
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#4
03/20/2012 (4:16 am)
I am also having this same problem, but only when I open TGB, maximise it and then open a project.

I tried the above steps (all my drivers + DirectX are up to date) and I still have the same problem, T3D however works perfectly without any problems so maybe it is just a bug with T2D?

Torque 3D Owner Doug Poston
#5
03/23/2012 (12:12 pm)
Which video card are you using Houssen?


Torque Owner Houssen
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#6
03/24/2012 (4:27 am)
Here are my specs:

Radeon HD 6770M
Intel Core i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20 GHz
8 GB Ram
64 Bit Windows 7 Home Premium

I have no problems at all running Torque 3D on advanced lighting, I get no lag and can run a lot of games nearly maxed out or on high. At first I thought it was a problem with TGB 1.7.6 so I downgraded to 1.7.5 and 1.7.4 but I still get this problem.

I am using a laptop if that helps.

Thanks