Technical Issue

[Spartan-117]

I have windows XP and I cannot get for anything text to properly display on Blades of Exile

 

There will be...simply nothing there...

 

Can someone help here?

[Ishad Nha]

Do you know about the Compatibility Wizard? Just right click on the program when in Windows Explorer and look at the Compatibility tab.

[Spartan-117]

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Originally written by Ishad Nha:
Do you know about the Compatibility Wizard? Just right click on the program when in Windows Explorer and look at the Compatibility tab.

No I haven't heard of it

Don't you mean in the control panel?

[The Almighty Doer of Stuff]

No. Right-click on BLADEXIL.EXE (should be in C:\Program Files\BLADEXIL\ unless you put the program somewhere else), then click Properties, then click the Compatibility tab, and check "Run this program in compatibility mode for" and select Windows 95 from the dropdown menu.

 

Hope that helps.

[Spartan-117]

Ohhhhh

 

Now I know what your talking about

 

Thanks!

 

Dunno if itll work right now, gotta go to school

[Spartan-117]

Alright another question

 

How do I convert scenarios to PC?

 

i.e mac-->pc

[Ishad Nha]

If you only want to play someone else's scenario there should be a Windows version around the place somewhere.

 

If you can't find a Windows translation or if you want to write your own scenario:

 

My understanding is that the Mac "exs" files should just be opened in a Windows BoE Editor and then saved.

 

As for any Meg graphics, I don't know. When BoE was big time, before BoA, Spiderweb software converted graphics before a scenario was released.

[Celtic Minstrel]

Quote:

Originally written by Ishad Nha:

My understanding is that the Mac "exs" files should just be opened in a Windows BoE Editor and then saved.

I'm pretty sure this is unnecessary, which is a good thing since it's not possible in password-protected scenarios.

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Originally written by Ishad Nha:
As for any Meg graphics, I don't know. When BoE was big time, before BoA, Spiderweb software converted graphics before a scenario was released.

I think the only way to deal with the graphics is to get someone who has a Mac to convert them. Although on FAT drives they are usually stored in an invisible folder (RESOURCE.FRK or something like that), I don't think the file format is openable on Windows.

Ideally a Mac user creating a scenario should provide graphics for Windows. Preferably in BMP, but any standard graphics format would work.

[The Almighty Doer of Stuff]

Actually, BoE only takes BMP on Windows, and if you use JPG you risk filling the image with compression artifacts, resulting in whitish patches where there should be transparent space in the game.

 

As for the EXS files, they are completely cross-platform.

[Celtic Minstrel]

Quote:

Originally written by The Almighty Doer of Stuff:
Actually, BoE only takes BMP on Windows, and if you use JPG you risk filling the image with compression artifacts, resulting in whitish patches where there should be transparent space in the game.

I know it only takes BMP, but it's pretty easy for a Windows user to convert a GIF or PNG to BMP format. It may be harder for some Mac users to do this.

[Kelandon]

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Originally written by Celtic Minstrel:
It may be harder for some Mac users to do this.

Preview will do it, and all reasonably current Macs have Preview.

[Celtic Minstrel]

I was thinking of Mac Classic. There's probably still people who haven't yet upgraded from that. But yes, as I said, BMP is ideal.

[*Milu*]

When I use my old Mac Classic, I use QuickTime to open BMPs.

[Celtic Minstrel]

Open them, yes, but not create them... right?