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Posted September 21, 2015
I have re-downloaded the program twice and both times I install it and then run it and I can't read the screen. The screen just has blocks that represent letters on the screen. Has anybody else experienced this issue? More importantly...does anybody have a fix for this?

Running Fedora Linux 22 64-bit.

Thanks.
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Posted September 21, 2015
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jbergmann: I have re-downloaded the program twice and both times I install it and then run it and I can't read the screen. The screen just has blocks that represent letters on the screen. Has anybody else experienced this issue? More importantly...does anybody have a fix for this?

Running Fedora Linux 22 64-bit.

Thanks.
I don't remember seeing anything similar, and I've had a couple of issues with the game so far, but in any case it sounds like a graphics driver issue. What graphics card are you using?

It would also help if you could share a screenshot of what you are seeing.
Post edited September 21, 2015 by WinterSnowfall
Posted September 22, 2015
Graphics

Model: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 Series]
Driver Module:
radeon 1589248 8
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 122880 1 radeon
ttm 94208 1 radeon
drm 331776 11 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
Tests: direct rendering: Yes
Display:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 16384 x 16384
LVDS connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm
1366x768 60.00*+
1280x720 59.86
1152x768 59.78
1024x768 60.04 60.00 59.92
960x720 60.00
928x696 60.05
896x672 60.01
800x600 60.00 60.32 59.86 56.25
848x480 59.66
700x525 59.98
720x480 59.71
640x512 60.02
640x480 60.00 59.94 59.38
512x384 60.00
400x300 60.32 56.34
320x240 60.05
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
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Posted September 22, 2015
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jbergmann: Model: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 Series]
Yeah, the graphics driver is at fault for that horrible screen garble.

Noticed you're using the open source drivers. Have you tried installing the proprietary ones (fglrx)?

Unfortunately, open source driver support for some (newer) AMD chipsets is still very shabby.
Post edited September 22, 2015 by WinterSnowfall
Posted September 23, 2015
I have tried the proprietary ones.... unfortunately they were ALOT more work.... Is that my only option? :(
Posted September 23, 2015
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jbergmann: I have tried the proprietary ones.... unfortunately they were ALOT more work.... Is that my only option? :(
That or wait for fixes to the open source drivers (but that may take a while).

You could also take this up with the developers on the official game forum, or you can try PM-ing Firgof here on GoG (he's one of the developers).
Post edited September 23, 2015 by WinterSnowfall
Posted September 23, 2015
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jbergmann: I have tried the proprietary ones.... unfortunately they were ALOT more work.... Is that my only option? :(
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WinterSnowfall: That or wait for fixes to the open source drivers (but that may take a while).

You could also take this up with the developers on the official game forum, or you can try PM-ing Firgof here on GoG (he's one of the developers).
I sent a message to the dev. Thanks for the help.
Posted November 04, 2015
If this is the same issue I had, you need to somehow update the game to 1.02 (via ingame updater). After that it works fine. You are using radeon (opensource) driver right? I updated it on my other PC where I have nvidia and then copied over. You could also try usb stick or installing fglrx temporarily (though those are a bit hard to remove later XD)
Posted November 06, 2015
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Neikius: If this is the same issue I had, you need to somehow update the game to 1.02 (via ingame updater). After that it works fine. You are using radeon (opensource) driver right? I updated it on my other PC where I have nvidia and then copied over. You could also try usb stick or installing fglrx temporarily (though those are a bit hard to remove later XD)
I will try that! Thanks.
Posted November 06, 2015
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Neikius: If this is the same issue I had, you need to somehow update the game to 1.02 (via ingame updater). After that it works fine. You are using radeon (opensource) driver right? I updated it on my other PC where I have nvidia and then copied over. You could also try usb stick or installing fglrx temporarily (though those are a bit hard to remove later XD)
Holy COW!!! It worked. If you are having the same problem....start the program and it is the 5th "blob" down on the left side... "Check for Updates".

Thanks for the help :D
Posted November 08, 2015
Had the same problem myself :) Glad it worked!
Posted November 10, 2015
Worked for me too, thanks!

I've sent GOG a suggestion to include the patch in their installer.
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