[0.76] & [0.77]gui still goes missing, AND when gui is missing unable to do screen capture

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updated my fe from 0.75 with the patch exe, played a game with my testing sov to turn #92 (computer is my flamer system ie xp pro 32bit 4gb ddr2 1066 GEFORCE 7600gs driver version is 258.85( latest non beta)

getting following line a LOT in the debug.err from the approximate point of the gui going missing

Debug Message:  ERROR: (CD3D9Renderer) Unable to create a depth stencil surface in ::CreateDepthStencilSurface.

played on another five turns (turn 97) trying various things to get the gui to show all unsuccessful, and noticed in the debug.err these lines that could have a clue to the cause

Debug Message:  GFX-THREAD WARNING: Function marked as gfx thread only is being used in a different thread in file: E:\FE-Elemental\Kumquat3D\Source\Renderer\Direct3D9\D3D9Renderer.cpp  line: 861.
Debug Message:  GFX-THREAD WARNING: Function marked as gfx thread only is being used in a different thread in file: E:\FE-Elemental\Kumquat3D\Source\Renderer\Direct3D9\D3D9Renderer.cpp  line: 3576.
Debug Message:  GFX-THREAD WARNING: Function marked as gfx thread only is being used in a different thread in file: E:\FE-Elemental\Kumquat3D\Source\Renderer\Direct3D9\D3D9GFXBuffer.cpp  line: 140.
Debug Message:  GFX-THREAD WARNING: Function marked as gfx thread only is being used in a different thread in file: E:\FE-Elemental\Kumquat3D\Source\Renderer\Direct3D9\D3D9GFXBuffer.cpp  line: 189.
Debug Message:  GFX-THREAD WARNING: Function marked as gfx thread only is being used in a different thread in file: E:\FE-Elemental\Kumquat3D\Source\Renderer\Direct3D9\D3D9Renderer.cpp  line: 961.
Debug Message:  GFX-THREAD WARNING: Function marked as gfx thread only is being used in a different thread in file: E:\FE-Elemental\Kumquat3D\Source\Renderer\Direct3D9\D3D9Renderer.cpp  line: 3576.
Debug Message:  GFX-THREAD WARNING: Function marked as gfx thread only is being used in a different thread in file: E:\FE-Elemental\Kumquat3D\Source\Renderer\Direct3D9\D3D9GFXBuffer.cpp  line: 140.
Debug Message:  GFX-THREAD WARNING: Function marked as gfx thread only is being used in a different thread in file: E:\FE-Elemental\Kumquat3D\Source\Renderer\Direct3D9\D3D9GFXBuffer.cpp  line: 189.


and now some pics (taken with a CAMERA as the screencap function in FE stops working when the gui disappears)

this one I have single-clicked on the town

no gui 76 clicked on town

and after DOUBLE-left clicking on the town

town opened after double-clicking on townand after clicking on the done then single-clicking on my sov's army(sov and ONE hero)

singleclicked on sov

and now the dumpzips found in the dump folder after clearing all of the zips out of the crash folder before running 0.76 fe

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8023186/fe%20crashes/flamer/FallenEnchantress0_76-2012-01-27T11-33-19-453.zip)

and

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8023186/fe%20crashes/flamer/FallenEnchantress0_76-2012-01-27T11-33-22-62.zip)

harpo

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

and another GUI dissappearance in FE.77 debug.err,save & dxdiag (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8023186/fe%20crashes/flamer/fe%200.77no%20gui.rar)

and two pictures taken with a digital camera as the screenprint also does not work

(btw 14mpix pics  so can be slow on slower connections)

.77 gui dissapeared withing 1/2 hour play

 

and a second pic

second screen with no gui have clicked on sov stack, so GUI should be visible

harpo

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

and another no gui stop, but this time with the nvidia 295.51 beta drivers

the screen photo

and again the .77 gui goes missing,

and the crash zips from closing the game as soon as I noticed the gui missing

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8023186/fe%20crashes/flamer/FallenEnchantress0_77-2012-02-04T08-49-09-671.zip)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8023186/fe%20crashes/flamer/FallenEnchantress0_77-2012-02-04T08-49-11-515.zip)

the zips have the save game folder AND the dxdiag

PLEASE find and FIX this issue

harpo

 

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

and ANOTHER gui disappearance, noticed that it is usually after a battle that the gui no longer is available

and here is the latest pic of the problem

another no gui pic

and here is the crash zip with added dxdiag & save games

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8023186/fe%20crashes/flamer/FallenEnchantress0_77-2012-02-04T22-18-51-796.zip)

in the photos in this post I had clicked onto a unit stack to definitely get the gui to show, BUT as you can see the gui does NOT show

harpo