758 palette bug

That's funny... it didn't crash when I grabbed a palette in Large Mode... :shrug:

How it happened to me, was I tried to grab a palette into DoR 2.0 ow - regular
cset 0 . and it happened, so...😕

Sorry... unverified.

OK I have had this happen again in Build:777, and in Build:780. But this time I can not switch to windowed mode at all. So I think this has something to do with compatibility issue, with my computer. Either my video card or monitor.

I have asked about this in a previous thread, if my video card is too, big/powerful, or to high def for it, or some thing?

video card specs:
SLI-ready NVidia GeForce 8800 GTS graphics/video card with 640 MB of dedicated graphics memory.

my monitor:
The HANNSG 19" Widescreen LCD features a super fast response rate of 5ms, 16.2 million colours, 300 cd/m2 of brightness and a 700:1 contrast ratio which will display pictures in the best quality.

So I would love to be able to run ZQ in "normal" fullscreen, Which I have not been able to do since I got this computer!

try this:

zquest-w -fullscreen -small -scale 2

UMM I am not to sure if I was doing that right, but I opened ZCL and when I choose X2 it just flickers and nothing, the only way I can even open zq is in large mode now, and I can not grab palettes in large mode. An X3 does the same, and when in large mode I tried going to options and switching it to small, but it still did not work. :shrug:

Edit: After trying and trying I finally got windowed X2 to work, but still the point is I would love to be able to use normal "not" large mode, but plain full screen!

Do you use ZCL to run ZQuest or a shortcut directly to ZQuest?

No reply = Limbo

sorry I have not been able to get on the net for a few days..But to answer your question,
I have tried both ways. And it still only opens in large mode, and when in large mode I can not rip palettes with out it shutting down and giving me an error message.

the allegro log says unsupported color depth

ZQuest v2.11 Beta (Build 18)
Allocating tunes buffer (12.00k/12.00k)... OK
Allocating map buffer (863.28k/875.28k)... OK
Allocating combo buffer (5.98k/881.26k)... OK
Allocating string buffer (9.75M/10.61M)... OK
Allocating door combo buffer (159.50k/10.77M)... OK
Allocating dmap buffer (234.00k/10.99M)... OK
Allocating combo buffer (1.62M/12.61M)... OK
Allocating color data buffer (314.11k/12.92M)... OK
Allocating tile buffer (511.88k/21.42M)... OK
Allocating tile grab buffer (511.88k/29.92M)... OK
Allocating trash buffer (97.66k/30.01M)... OK
Allocating item buffer (31.00k/30.04M)... OK
Allocating weapon buffer (2.50k/30.04M)... OK
Allocating guy buffer (22.00k/30.07M)... OK
Allocating combo class buffer (29.91k/30.09M)... OK
Allocating combo undo buffer (1.62M/31.71M)... OK
Allocating new undo tile buffer (511.88k/32.21M)... OK
Resetting new tile buffer...OK
Allocating file path buffers (14.00k/32.22M)... OK
Initializing Allegro... OK
Loading data files:
Fonts.Dat...OK
ZQuest.Dat...OK
QST.Dat...OK
SFX.Dat...OK
OK
Initializing sound driver... OK
Unsupported color depth

So what should I change my color depth and my display settings to?

32bit?

32 bit, still does not let me open zq in small mode/full screen. Still only in large mode and the problem with that is. It crashes when trying to grab a palette.

I'd say maybe you should reinstall your video drivers?

I have done that over and over. And I am pretty sure its my monitor because its a 19" X 20" plasma monitor. If I had a different monitor to test this theory out, I would know for sure but I don't so. Or maybe its not my monitor because 211b142 opens in normal full screen no prob, so I don't get why none of these newer builds will :shrug: