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TAMCE 2000 HPI file
Publié: 27 nov. 2002 03:41

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Hogarth

Re: TAMCE 2000 HPI file
Publié: 27 nov. 2002 03:41

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Are you using TA: Mutation?

In article <slrnatg5tk.1aj.shannon@news.widomaker.com>,
shannon@news.widomaker.com says...
>
> I did a fresh install of Total Annihilation, and installing the TAMEC
> HPI files (2000 and 2000b) causes the game to quit immediately when
> it starts, with an unreadable dialog (colors messed up).
>
> Is this a common problem with this file, or is it possibly an artifact
> caused by something else?
>
> My install order:
>
> TA
> TA:CC
> TA:BT
> TA 3.1c patch (the correct one, not the boneyard patch)
>
> I run TA on a Win 2000 machine, and it works perfectly, though there is
> some screen flicker now and again.
>
> I have used a conflict tester and there are no unit conflicts, which
> makes sense since this is a fresh install.
>
> Any ideas appreciated.
>
>

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Filip Bosmans

Re: TAMCE 2000 HPI file
Publié: 30 nov. 2002 13:35

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I have the same problem too with the flashing of the screen but strangely
enough after some time (after fresh install) it practically disappears and I
only get a couple of flashes in my launchroom. You have the right
installprocedure but dunno about that HPI , I should leave it alone if I
were you
"Charles Shannon Hendrix" <shannon@news.widomaker.com> schreef in bericht
news:slrnatg5tk.1aj.shannon@news.widomaker.com...
>
> I did a fresh install of Total Annihilation, and installing the TAMEC
> HPI files (2000 and 2000b) causes the game to quit immediately when
> it starts, with an unreadable dialog (colors messed up).
>
> Is this a common problem with this file, or is it possibly an artifact
> caused by something else?
>
> My install order:
>
> TA
> TA:CC
> TA:BT
> TA 3.1c patch (the correct one, not the boneyard patch)
>
> I run TA on a Win 2000 machine, and it works perfectly, though there is
> some screen flicker now and again.
>
> I have used a conflict tester and there are no unit conflicts, which
> makes sense since this is a fresh install.
>
> Any ideas appreciated.
>

Charles Shannon Hendrix

Re: TAMCE 2000 HPI file
Publié: 30 nov. 2002 18:47

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In article <MPG.184dfaf7469d0f7d989680@nntp.infoave.net>, Hogarth wrote:
>
>
> In article <slrnatg5tk.1aj.shannon@news.widomaker.com>,
> shannon@news.widomaker.com says...
>>
>> I did a fresh install of Total Annihilation, and installing the TAMEC
>> HPI files (2000 and 2000b) causes the game to quit immediately when
>> it starts, with an unreadable dialog (colors messed up).
>
> Are you using TA: Mutation?

No.

This is what I did:

>> My install order:
>>
>> TA
>> TA:CC
>> TA:BT
>> TA 3.1c patch (the correct one, not the boneyard patch)

I meant that literally. This is a basic install.

I extracted the files with HPIview, and then it seemed OK. I extracted
the files in the 2000b file. But I still get an error about a missing
features which 2000b is supposed to fix (jungle metal 3).

Also, I much rather the files be in the HPI file instead of scattered
in directories.

Charles Shannon Hendrix

Re: TAMCE 2000 HPI file
Publié: 1 déc. 2002 01:01

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Filip Bosmans wrote:

> I have the same problem too with the flashing of the screen but strangely
> enough after some time (after fresh install) it practically disappears
> and I
> only get a couple of flashes in my launchroom. You have the right

Same here. The flickering largely stops after a bit.

> installprocedure but dunno about that HPI , I should leave it alone if I
> were you

Unfortunately, a lot of maps require it.

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Re: TAMCE 2000 HPI file
Publié: 2 déc. 2002 18:34

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Charles Shannon Hendrix

Re: TAMCE 2000 HPI file
Publié: 2 déc. 2002 18:35

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In article <3de9abbe$1_1@news.vic.com>, Shonner wrote:
> Your refresh rate for 640x480 8-bit color is probably set to 60Hz. Lots of
> flicker.

Not likely.

Running TA under new versions of DirectX causes flicker.

If it were just a problem of 60Hz, then the flicker would be constant.
What we are talking about is the screen going blank, not flickering from
a lower refresh.