Cursor information squished together

[Meakkon]

Game Version & Patch (incl. publisher): 1.3A (JLQC)

OS & build/SP: Microsoft XP Home Edition, version 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

Computer, CPU & speed: HP Pavilion zd8000 (laptop), Pentium 4 CPU, 2.8ghz

RAM: 512

Free HDD space: 55.7 gig

Video (brand, model, driver, memory): ATi Mobility Radeon x600, ati2dvag.dll, 128MB

Sound (brand, model, driver): Conexant AMC Audio, camcaud.sys

DirectX Version: 9.0c


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Problem: When I hold my cursor over something on the screen (such as a province), information is displayed. Unfortunately, the information displays in a squished together, unreadable form. Most other information displays normally.

 

[Castellon]

Okay let's try some standard things.
1) Make sure you have the latest patch for the game.
2) Rename the AVI folder to AVI_back
3) Set the color depth to 16BIT
4) Turn off everything in the background like E-mail/ICQ/Messenger, Virus protection and everything in the system tray beside the clock.
5) Update your Windows, update your Video card drivers and audio card drivers. Then repeat steps 1-3.

If none of that helps then:

Please run a DirectX Diagnostic:
Start menu –Run - then type Dxdiag, then select each tab across the top of the window, and run the tests on each tab. Then select “Save All Information” button in the lower right of the window. This will bring up a dialog box to allow you to select a name for the file where the information will be saved. You can save it right on the desktop as this will make it easy to find. Then copy the contents of that file from the start to the heading that says “DirectX components” then paste what you have copied into a post in this thread.

 

[Meakkon]

Thanks, I'll try those and report back.

 

[Castellon]

okay.

 

[Meakkon]

#2 worked. Renaming the Avi folder to AVI_back fixed the problem.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Castellon]

Great!