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Robot Arena => General Support => Topic started by: powerrave on September 15, 2009, 05:17:05 PM

Title: grey screen problem
Post by: powerrave on September 15, 2009, 05:17:05 PM
i dont know if there already is a topic for this, but when i start Robot Arena 2 i get to see the logo's but the menu will stay grey. i do get a cursor and the background audio. i have had this problem since i use windows vista. i have tried setting compatability mode to windows xp but it resulted in the same problem.

please help me out with this. if more information is needed, i am happy to supply you with it.
thanks in advance.
Title: grey screen problem
Post by: roboman2444 on September 15, 2009, 05:17:51 PM
download the ones in infs summer magic.
edit: i had this prob also, a while after my comp crashed(not from ra2) and i decided to boot it w/ linux. after a while i went back to xp and now it works.

make sure u have the latest c++ runtimes and directx 9
an easyer(but only if u can) way is to just reinstall ra2. make sure you copy all ur exported bots into the new ra2 exported bots folder so u have them.
Title: grey screen problem
Post by: Doomkiller on September 15, 2009, 08:10:23 PM
Get the lastest patch of the RA2 website. Mine did the same thing, and
I use vista, then when I got the patch, It was fixed :)
Title: grey screen problem
Post by: powerrave on September 16, 2009, 06:49:51 AM
Quote from: roboman2444;66323
download the ones in infs summer magic.
edit: i had this prob also, a while after my comp crashed(not from ra2) and i decided to boot it w/ linux. after a while i went back to xp and now it works.

make sure u have the latest c++ runtimes and directx 9
an easyer(but only if u can) way is to just reinstall ra2. make sure you copy all ur exported bots into the new ra2 exported bots folder so u have them.

it works on XP because XP isn't as flawed as windows vista. i have the latest C++ and i use directx 10. i reinstalled the game, and then was able to run it. the menu looked very bugged but i was able to do everything. then i applied the 1.3 patch and the grey menu screen problem returned. maybe the patch doesn't work well with vista, i dont know.

oh, and i cant find where i can get that "infs summer magic". i will be looking arround more for it, but just so you know, i cant really find it.
Title: grey screen problem
Post by: trumpetguy on September 16, 2009, 09:00:08 AM
Is it the downloaded game or CD?
Title: grey screen problem
Post by: powerrave on September 16, 2009, 09:15:00 AM
downloaded...
Title: grey screen problem
Post by: trumpetguy on September 16, 2009, 09:21:22 AM
Get the Downloaded Game Fix and I think there is a UI folder in there.
Title: grey screen problem
Post by: powerrave on September 16, 2009, 09:33:01 AM
thanks, that helped. now i can play the game again.
Title: grey screen problem
Post by: trumpetguy on September 16, 2009, 09:35:05 AM
Yaay I helped!