butsam
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In DROD, when you are not in a room yet, in Full-Screen, if you Alt-Tab to go to a different program and then return, the screen does not refresh (ie, it's all black until you move the mouse in the vicinity). Depending on how DROD is programmed, the easiest way might be to generate a WM_PAINT message when regaining the focus, but I am just speculating.

This also occurs, to a lesser extent, when in a room. If you alt-tab out and come back in, then only the level and Beethro's face redraw. As cool as it is to see Beethro's face floating in empty space, this bug should be fixed.

Sam

[Edited by butsam on 04-07-2004 at 03:27 AM GMT]

butsam
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Added troubleshooting info:

This occurs in WinXP (100% reproducible in all circumstances as described above), but the bug does not occur in Win98 SE (none of it...title screen, editor, or room...it all functions correctly in Win98 SE).

Sam

[Edited by butsam on 04-07-2004 at 03:26 AM GMT]

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On my pc its not black its corrupted. On win XP pro. I stopped alt tabbing actually and just hit F10 when I need to change programs. Switching to windows mode and back fixes the problem.

mrimer
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butsam wrote:
In DROD, when you are not in a room yet, in Full-Screen, if you Alt-Tab to go to a different program and then return, the screen does not refresh (ie, it's all black until you move the mouse in the vicinity). Depending on how DROD is programmed, the easiest way might be to generate a WM_PAINT message when regaining the focus, but I am just speculating.

I don't have XP and can't reproduce this, but I added a paint call when app focus is restored. Please try this out again when the next patch is released.

[Edited by mrimer on 04-07-2004 at 05:57 PM GMT]

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A small, minor cosmetic thing on the related subject of the Tab button I noticed when trying to reproduce this bug:

In the editor, if you select a tool layer, a square box appears round the picture of the tool because you clicked it. If, however, you press the Tab button, it disappears. Tabbing thrice more will bring the square back, and repeated tabbing will continue this cycle.

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mrimer
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agaricus5 wrote:
A small, minor cosmetic thing on the related subject of the Tab button I noticed when trying to reproduce this bug:

In the editor, if you select a tool layer, a square box appears round the picture of the tool because you clicked it. If, however, you press the Tab button, it disappears. Tabbing thrice more will bring the square back, and repeated tabbing will continue this cycle.

That square indicates keyboard focus. When the tabs have focus, you can use the arrow keys to navigate them. Hitting Tab will move focus to the item menu below, where you can use the arrows to scroll among the objects. Hotkeys will be added to the next version of DROD to make keyboard navigatation of items more convenient.

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Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
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butsam
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mrimer wrote:
I don't have XP and can't reproduce this, but I added a paint call when app focus is restored. Please try this out again when the next patch is released.

[Edited by mrimer on 04-07-2004 at 05:57 PM GMT]

Will-do Thanks mrimer!

Sam