billbuckner
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I quit DROD in the middle of a room. Shorty after I came back to it. The main menu buttons were fine, but when I pressed "Continue" I noticed that It didn't tell me what room I was in. I then noticed that EVERY button had no label.

[Edited by billbuckner on 08-26-2003 at 03:31 PM]

Mister
Level: Master Delver
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THAT'S the bug that keeps hunting me, but never been able to reproduce consistently. All data is lost, you are screwed.

Install again and try to reproduce it at all costs!

mrimer
Level: Legendary Smitemaster

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Registered: 02-04-2003
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I second that! This problem has been haunting me too...cause I can't find the source to fix it!

____________________________
Gandalf? Yes... That's what they used to call me.
Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White.
And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.

Mister
Level: Master Delver
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Registered: 02-27-2003
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Ack, this is just too much...

I'm finally on my 3-days vacation, mostly playing multiplayer through Internet, no DROD for a while, lots of downloads to review when bored... And so my vacations came to an end, gotta try some DROD now and... no text! at all! again!

This is it; I'm going to hunt and consistently reproduce this bug onr way or another! Whoever beats me to do it gets a cookie!

mrimer
Level: Legendary Smitemaster

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I've got a quick question here: after what does the text disappear? Does it happen following a crash? Were you just playing the game and then exited as usual? Did you just import some new player or hold data? Maybe with some specific clues we'll be able to puzzle it out.

____________________________
Gandalf? Yes... That's what they used to call me.
Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White.
And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.

Mister
Level: Master Delver
Rank Points: 104
Registered: 02-27-2003
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Nothing in particular, just playing/editing/whatever. With or without crashing. The only thing I think triggers the bug is using lots of big/heavy/bloated programs/games before starting DROD. Yesterday I used many programs and a game that consumes many resources, about 10 hours without rebooting, all this before starting DROD. Could it be something about low system resources? But after the bug, I started MS Office, BitTorrent, and Diablo II; all went smoothly so I'm out of clues

To anyone hunting this bug: make a backup of DROD's dat files everytime you are about to start the game. If the bug manifests, see if you can trigger it again with the backup after a reboot. I'm trying to do this, but always forget about it