psyDelic Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 If I leave my game minimized for too long then the picScreen goes blank. I can still click the chat, buttons, and the admin panel even works but warping does nothing, the picScreen will not come back…..Why is this happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyDelic Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 It may be related to something else using DirectX, I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harris6310 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 It could be to do with your system. I have never experienced this problem and I don't think others have either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyDelic Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 I would have accepted your answer had this not happened on my desktop also. I discovered it there after I started EO then opened another game.But on my laptop I don't have any other games so I can't figured out what caused it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harris6310 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Okay, what sort of time are you leaving it for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Janes Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 It should do the same thing if your screen saver gets turned on and you return, it should go black as well. It's a DirectX Surface issue, not Eclipse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyDelic Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Thanks Rob, it happened when I closed my laptop lid.Is there a way for the client to detect when this happens & log the player off or label them as not connected or something? How do other DX games deal with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSnow Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 @psyDelic:> Thanks Rob, it happened when I closed my laptop lid.> > Is there a way for the client to detect when this happens & log the player off or label them as not connected or something? How do other DX games deal with this?Oh your still connected but it's just that DirectDraw doesn't handle it well, giving you the black screen.DirectX8 Doesn't do this but that's beyond the point of this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 It's just a case of re-initialising DX7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyDelic Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 You're right. ReInitDD fixes the problem. How would you go about using this to remedy the issue? All I can think of is giving the player an button to re-initialise DX7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I have no idea. I thought we had a system in place that bypassed this problem, actually. I know I have one in Crystalshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyDelic Posted November 3, 2011 Author Share Posted November 3, 2011 I guess I will find a way to check whether or not the graphics are rendering, let you know if I figure anything out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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