ScummVM Graphical Issue on Startup_Un-useable

[Morgia]

Hi Guys,

I have recently tried to install ScummVM 2.8.1 and after going through the installer and attempt startup I am greated with the following:

Scummvm_giant cursor.PNG (110.68 KiB) Viewed 190 times

It is the same when I tried the individual 32/64 applications.

Effectively I can't see the mouse but it is tracking as I can click on options etc. However as you can see granphically its not right.

My laptop setup is as follow:

Windows 7 - Service pack 1
Intel i7-3612QM CPU @ 2.10 GHz
8gb ram
64-bit operating system
GeForce GT 640M - Driver 425.31
DirectX version 11

Has anyone come across this issue before and know a fix? I did some googling and could not find any other issue similar to this one.

Cheers!!

[Praetorian]

Have you tried launching ScummVM with a clean configuration file?

You'll need to close ScummVM (if running), backup your existing scummvm.ini file and then remove the file (or rename it) so that ScummVM creates a new one upon launch.

https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/adva ... _file.html

[Morgia]

I tried that and the same graphical issue is still present upon re-start of scummvm with a clean ini file.

Here is the image upon re-start:

Scummvm_restart with new ini.PNG (73.91 KiB) Viewed 150 times

Same issue with being unable to see the mouse but it is tracking just invisible.

[Praetorian]

I tried that and the same graphical issue is still present upon re-start of scummvm with a clean ini file.

Could you run ScummVM from command line with at debug level 5 and post the output here? (eg. via a link to pastebin)

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scummvm.exe -d 5

[Morgia]

I ran a level 5 debug through the command line.

Results can be found here: https://pastebin.com/yAuxECqb

[Praetorian]

I ran a level 5 debug through the command line.

Results can be found here: https://pastebin.com/yAuxECqb

To me that log output looks mostly ok. But I am not very familiar with the scaling code. Maybe another developer could make more sense out of it.

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Something that seems odd is that your log output is missing a couple of lines that I get on mine.
Something like:

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CPU extensions:
SSE2(enabled) AVX2(not supported) NEON(not supported)

and also a line later on:

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req: 1920 x 1137  cur: 1920 x 1137, scale: 1.000000

The CPU extensions output does not seem to be guarded by any conditions so it's more odd that it's missing.
The "req... " log output is guarded by a condition on the SDL version that ScummVM was built with. Which should be greater than 2.0.0.

Anyway, maybe it's a copy-paste issue and you missed those lines, so this could be irrelevant.

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On another note, a potential workaround to try would be to run ScummVM in SDL Surface graphics renderer:

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scummvm.exe --gfx-mode=surfacesdl

[Morgia]

I had another look through the log output and the CPU extensions is there and matches what you posted (I just missed it as your said).

I am missing the line: "req: 1920 x 1137 cur: 1920 x 1137, scale: 1.000000". I could not find that at all.

I tried the work around and it worked!

Is there anyway to force ScummVM to load in this way?

[Praetorian]

I am missing the line: "req: 1920 x 1137 cur: 1920 x 1137, scale: 1.000000". I could not find that at all.

Your values in this line will probably be different. But it should start with the "req: " string.

Is there anyway to force ScummVM to load in this way?

Yes, but it your case, since you are forcing the gfx mode from command line, I don't think you can then set it from the launcher GUI (because ScummVM still thinks this is a command line (ie. non-permanent configuration).

You will have to find you scummvm.ini file and edit it.
The likely location for it should be detailed here: https://docs.scummvm.org/en/latest/adva ... _file.html
First make sure ScummVM is not running.
Then edit the scummvm.ini configuration file with a text editor app.
Under the [scummvm] section modify the line starting with "gfx_mode=" to read

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gfx_mode=surfacesdl

If no line starts with this string add a new one exactly as shown above.
Save the scummvm.ini file, and then launch ScummVM (without command line parameters).