Myth font rendering bug - Anyone else having this problem?

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Wismuth
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After alt-tabbing I often get this problem:

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This affects F7 and most importantly the chat. Sometimes the problem fixes itself after a certain time but not always.

I could reproduce this on 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 build270. This is under Windows XP and Direct3D mode (software and OpenGL seem fine). From my myth_log.txt:

Running Direct3D (ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600) at 1280 x 768, 16 bit

Anyone found a workaround?
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Post by carlinho »

I use myth on a pc with xp and a 128mb envidia graphic card and didn't see any problem
Maybe it's a compatible error of the graphic card, do you have the same problems with other games?
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I have had this same problem on every pc I ever played myth on. I think it has to do with the device being lost and the font texture not being reuploaded to the card. I've found that typing characters [into the chat] that haven't been displayed before in that game causes myth to rengenerate the texture and fix the problem. Of course, this only works in multiplayer.
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I've found that sometimes alt tabbing in and out of the game a couple of times sometimes helps
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Post by William Wallet »

You're all wrong. When I have this problem, Cid types the character for 'pi' into his chat, and it miraculously works again. I'm not lying, ask Cid.
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Post by Welly »

I'm on a Mac, and have never had this problem.

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Post by Eddaweaver »

I have this problem too. I find pressing F8 usually restores things.
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Post by Slinx »

Always happens after Alt-Tabbing for me. First two times, pressing F7 or F8 works. After that only time will tell.
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Post by Wismuth »

Thanks for your answers. Melekor has the best comment: to fix the problem you have to somehow make a character appear that never appeared before. Every other trick (typing "pi" or pressing some F-keys) is just a means to that end. Anyway I hope this gets fixed in an upcoming build.
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Post by kickenwing »

To add to this problem, do your in-game graphics turn ugly too? Alt-tabbing makes my text go away and things like trees and bushes, and sometimes units, turn into a big mess of lines similiar to a barcode.
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