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Posted January 18, 2013
Hi to everybody.

Playing enda and harvey: the breakout I cam across the following problem. There is some distortion in animations both in cutscenes and within the game. The distortion appears in the form of sprites body cut in the middle and the upper left part appearing under the lower half of the body. It is something like what we observed in the past in our tv sets when the signal was not good, and the screen shifted down up.
The problem does nor prevent from playing the game, since it appers in certain screens, mainly when there is too much animation on screen, or whn Edna moves near the front of the screen and becomes significant large. However, it ruins much of the games fun, as things appear distoreted.
Has anybody observed something like that? And if yes did he find any solution.
This question / problem has been solved by ipriggimage
Posted January 18, 2013
I attached some in-game images to show exactly what exactly is the problem I face.
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Post edited January 18, 2013 by iprigg
Posted January 18, 2013
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iprigg: I attached some in-game images to show exactly what exactly is the problem I face.
This may be a long shot, so please bear with me if this doesn't get resolved initially :D.

Would you be so kind as to tell me what version of Java are you currently using? If I recall correctly, Edna & Harvey The Break Out require the Java Runtime to be installed and I just got a notice from the automatic Java updater about Java 7 Update 11 being ready for download.

Also, what kind of video card are you using and have you updated your drivers for it? Are you by any chance using any beta drivers?
Posted January 18, 2013
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iprigg: I attached some in-game images to show exactly what exactly is the problem I face.
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JudasIscariot: This may be a long shot, so please bear with me if this doesn't get resolved initially :D.

Would you be so kind as to tell me what version of Java are you currently using? If I recall correctly, Edna & Harvey The Break Out require the Java Runtime to be installed and I just got a notice from the automatic Java updater about Java 7 Update 11 being ready for download.

Also, what kind of video card are you using and have you updated your drivers for it? Are you by any chance using any beta drivers?
I have the latest version java7_u11 installed (though I do not think it requires it since the game is out since version 6 of java), and the latest drivers for my card as well. I use the official drivers downloaded from HP's site (released in 2009 if I remember correct. I don't think that something new has been released, I have searched and not found something newer for my card). My laptop is an HP nw8440 (quite old indeed, but can I don't change it because nowadays you do not find easily laptops supporting 1920x1200 screen resolutions, in reasonable prices), and it has ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 card with 256 ram.
Post edited January 18, 2013 by iprigg
Posted January 18, 2013
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JudasIscariot: This may be a long shot, so please bear with me if this doesn't get resolved initially :D.

Would you be so kind as to tell me what version of Java are you currently using? If I recall correctly, Edna & Harvey The Break Out require the Java Runtime to be installed and I just got a notice from the automatic Java updater about Java 7 Update 11 being ready for download.

Also, what kind of video card are you using and have you updated your drivers for it? Are you by any chance using any beta drivers?
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iprigg: I have the latest version java7_u11 installed, and the latest drivers for my card as well. I use the official drivers downloaded from HP's site (released in 2009 if I remember correct. I don't think that something new has been released, I have searched and not found something). My laptop is an HP nw8440 (quite old indeed, but can I don't change it because nowadays you do not find easily laptops supporting 1920x1200 screen resolutions, in reasonable prices), and it has ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 card with 256 ram.
Ignore the statement below if you have already gone to ATI and tried to find drivers for your card :D.

I would recommend going to ATI's site directly instead of relying on your laptop's manufacturer as I have noticed, in my own limited and personal experience with such, that the drivers found on the laptop manufacturer's site tend to be outdated.

Do you have the latest Direct X runtimes for Windows XP?

If none of the above help you, please send a message to our Support department with those screenshots and your DxDiag attached and we'll see what can be done :D.
Posted January 18, 2013
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iprigg: I have the latest version java7_u11 installed, and the latest drivers for my card as well. I use the official drivers downloaded from HP's site (released in 2009 if I remember correct. I don't think that something new has been released, I have searched and not found something). My laptop is an HP nw8440 (quite old indeed, but can I don't change it because nowadays you do not find easily laptops supporting 1920x1200 screen resolutions, in reasonable prices), and it has ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 card with 256 ram.
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JudasIscariot: Ignore the statement below if you have already gone to ATI and tried to find drivers for your card :D.

I would recommend going to ATI's site directly instead of relying on your laptop's manufacturer as I have noticed, in my own limited and personal experience with such, that the drivers found on the laptop manufacturer's site tend to be outdated.

Do you have the latest Direct X runtimes for Windows XP?

If none of the above help you, please send a message to our Support department with those screenshots and your DxDiag attached and we'll see what can be done :D.
Even amd's site refers to the notebook manufacturer site, as you can see in the following link



Anyway, I downloaded and installed the drivers again just in case, but with no success.
My DirectX is also updated.

I had contacted GOG's support in the past for this problem and provided both the dxdiag file and screenshots from the game (referenced ticket number is HH41EPQM), but after 3 weeks they came up with some very general solutions, from which none worked!
I do not know, perhaps it is some kind of incompatibility with my card. The next Enda and Harvey game (New Eyes) seems to work properly though!
Post edited January 19, 2013 by iprigg
Posted January 18, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Ignore the statement below if you have already gone to ATI and tried to find drivers for your card :D.

I would recommend going to ATI's site directly instead of relying on your laptop's manufacturer as I have noticed, in my own limited and personal experience with such, that the drivers found on the laptop manufacturer's site tend to be outdated.

Do you have the latest Direct X runtimes for Windows XP?

If none of the above help you, please send a message to our Support department with those screenshots and your DxDiag attached and we'll see what can be done :D.
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iprigg: Even amd's site refers to the notebook manufacturer site, as you can see in the following link

Anyway, I downloaded and installed the drivers again just in case, but with no success.
My DirectX is also updated.

I had contacted GOG's support in the past for this problem and provided both the dxdiag file and screenshots from the game (referenced ticket number is HH41EPQM), but after 3 weeks they came up with some very general solutions, from which none worked!
I do not know, perhaps it is some kind of incompatibility with my card. The next Enda and Harvey game (New Eyes) seems to work properly though!
Your link didn't come through due to low rep, it's nothing personal just an anti-spam measure. Please PM me the link and I'll see what I can find out :D
Posted January 19, 2013
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iprigg: Even amd's site refers to the notebook manufacturer site, as you can see in the following link

Anyway, I downloaded and installed the drivers again just in case, but with no success.
My DirectX is also updated.

I had contacted GOG's support in the past for this problem and provided both the dxdiag file and screenshots from the game (referenced ticket number is HH41EPQM), but after 3 weeks they came up with some very general solutions, from which none worked!
I do not know, perhaps it is some kind of incompatibility with my card. The next Enda and Harvey game (New Eyes) seems to work properly though!
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JudasIscariot: Your link didn't come through due to low rep, it's nothing personal just an anti-spam measure. Please PM me the link and I'll see what I can find out :D
I tried the PM button but nothing happened, so I am just sending the link again through an attachment
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Post edited January 19, 2013 by iprigg
Posted January 20, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Your link didn't come through due to low rep, it's nothing personal just an anti-spam measure. Please PM me the link and I'll see what I can find out :D
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iprigg: I tried the PM button but nothing happened, so I am just sending the link again through an attachment
Hi,

I did some research into ATI and how they provide drivers to OEMs. I did find drivers from 2009 that were a later version than what was released to HP. Unfortunately, I don't know if they'll work or not due to how ATI handles driver distribution to OEMs.

This link contains the drivers I found.

As I said before I am not sure these drivers will help in any way but I thought I'd try and find something. Before doing anything, please make a restore point and ensure you have an easy way to roll back to your original driver in case something goes pear-shaped.
Posted January 20, 2013
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iprigg: I tried the PM button but nothing happened, so I am just sending the link again through an attachment
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JudasIscariot: Hi,

I did some research into ATI and how they provide drivers to OEMs. I did find drivers from 2009 that were a later version than what was released to HP. Unfortunately, I don't know if they'll work or not due to how ATI handles driver distribution to OEMs.

[url= link contains the drivers I found.[/url]
As I said before I am not sure these drivers will help in any way but I thought I'd try and find something. Before doing anything, please make a restore point and ensure you have an easy way to roll back to your original driver in case something goes pear-shaped.
Well, I download the drivers from the link. However, These drivers were not digitally signed and when installed they didn't seem to fully identify my card. So I didn't got shader 3.0 capabilities as well as resolutions was set to a maximum of 1600x1200, while my laptop supports 1920x1200. In the driver manager my card was recognized as a standard vga card and not an ati one. They were also very slow, probably because they didn't exploit the card's chipset. But the most interesting thing was that the game run perfectly without any distortion!!!! This made me suspicious. So What I did next was to restore the digitally signed drivers but not the latest ones (v8.590.0.0 [13/2/2009]), which I had previous, not even the second latest (8.453.1.2000[27/3/2008]), I restored some very old I had which were dated back to 2/3/2006 (v8.223.4.0). And guess what, now edna plays perfectly without any distortion. I suppose I will keep these drivers until I finished Edna and then go back to the newer again.
So thank you, for your time and dedication, though you didn't indicate the exact solution, your suggestions, provided the trigger for me to "accidentally" solve the problem.
To sum up the correct solution is "Do not install the latest drivers". I do not know why, perhaps because it is an older game!
Thanks again!
Post edited March 21, 2013 by iprigg
Posted January 20, 2013
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JudasIscariot: Hi,

I did some research into ATI and how they provide drivers to OEMs. I did find drivers from 2009 that were a later version than what was released to HP. Unfortunately, I don't know if they'll work or not due to how ATI handles driver distribution to OEMs.

[url= link contains the drivers I found.[/url]
As I said before I am not sure these drivers will help in any way but I thought I'd try and find something. Before doing anything, please make a restore point and ensure you have an easy way to roll back to your original driver in case something goes pear-shaped.
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iprigg: Well, I download the drivers from the link. However, These drivers were not digitally signed and when installed they didn't seem to fully identify my card. So I didn't got shader 3.0 capabilities as well as resolutions was set to a maximum of 1600x1200, while my laptop supports 1920x1200. In the driver manager my card was recognized as a standard vga card and not an ati one. They were also very slow, probably because they didn't exploit the card's chipset. But the most interesting thing was that the game run perfectly without any distortion!!!! This made me suspicious. So What I did next was to restore the digitally signed drivers but not the latest ones (v8.590.0.0 [13/2/2009]), which I had previous, not even the second latest (8.453.1.2000[27/3/2008]), I restored some very old I had which were dated back to 2/3/2006 (v8.223.4.0). And guess what, now enda plays perfectly without any distortion. I suppose I will keep these drivers until I finished Edna and then go back to the newer again.
So thank you, for your time and dedication, though you didn't indicate the exact solution, your suggestions, provided the trigger for me to "accidentally" solve the problem.
To sum up the correct solution is "Do not install the latest drivers". I do not know why, perhaps it is an older game?
Thanks again!
Well, I am glad to hear that we, well mostly you :P, got the issue resolved somehow :D. Sorry if I couldn't be of anymore help and enjoy your game! :D.
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