Scrambled Graphics in Dialogs

Try "SAFE" for video memory. This usual solves all problems with corrupt graphics.

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CptGreenwood,

I recommend messing around with the graphics options. I was having EXACTLY the same problem as you (scrambled unreadable dialogue boxes), then I chose one of the video modes with 16 million colors instead of 32 million. That fixed everything. The graphics look beautiful!

So far, setting video memory to safe only solves problems for people. I've never had anyone have to switch from safe to auto. Although some don't have to switch at all, like me.

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"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -Jim Elliot

I just wanted to make sure you know that the color depth is not 16 million and 32 million colors, but instead each pixel has 16 or 32 bits of data to define the color. That makes it 2^16 colors = 65,536 colors, or 2^32 colors = 4,294,967,296. There is a pretty significant difference between the number of colors there.

I had the same problem,
Could not figure out what the problem was.
Then I saw Scrambled Graphics in Dialogs,
and put the game's video into SAFE,
now I can play with no problems.
Thank You.

I had this same problem but the safe mode did not fix it for me - I would only get half a screen in safe mode. I had to turn off (set to Application controlled) AntiAliasing - this gave me an extra 20fps which fixed the problem. Changing the color depth and resolution did nothing for me. I'm now running at 1900x1200 32bit with no issues. - Morphh