Weird problem

Jetlar · Post by **Jetlar** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 7:30 pm

Ok i'm innocently playing BG2 when suddenly the screen goes...flourescent green. Really. What could be causing this? Is there a patch that would fix it? Please help me from this horrible horrible fate!

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 8:50 pm

Is it only the game? Or if you exit to windows is it still the weird colour?

Obsidian · Post by **Obsidian** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 9:02 pm

I'd try to help you if I knew ANYTHING about computers, but all I have to say is
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
MY O MY that is funny. Its like the underdark just become the crappiest section of vegas

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 9:07 pm

Could you be a bit more specific--

Can you still play after this happens?

Does it happen in only that location, or does it remain that way?

What happens when you leave the game and return to Windows?

What video card are you playing with?

Jetlar · Post by **Jetlar** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 3:35 pm

Ok. I can still play the game but it seems like everything that was black (or close to black) goes green. It remains this way for awhile and then goes back to normal. Unfortunately this waiting period is about 30 minutes. When i go back to windows, everything returns to normal except at the bottom where the bg2 icon in the taskbar is. Everything black there (i think) in the bg2 symbol is green. I'm not sure what video card i'm playing with as i just got this laptop: a dell inspiron 2500

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 3:39 pm

Sounds like a video card problem, Take it in for the warrenty and tell them the card is defective. they should swap out for ya, and most likely it sounds like the card is no longer generating the correct hex values for a color. You night also go into the game options configure graphics and drop down to 16 color or increase to 32 color, and see if its stable. if that fixes the problem, you might have a bad install.

Jetlar · Post by **Jetlar** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 4:16 pm

ok i'm starting to think it's the video card though because it's spread to windows

. I know it's not a virus cause i just scanned my whole hard drive

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 4:23 pm

Yeah, sure sounds like the video card. It may just need a driver update, which you can probably find on the Web. Or, it could be memory related. Try a cold boot, and remove as much from your system tray as you can, before you play again.

Jetlar · Post by **Jetlar** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 4:26 pm

ok this is definitely weird... left it again while talking to you guys and just looked at it again... and it's back to normal. weird as hell