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Little white dots...

Postby zygoth » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:45 pm

Whenever there are a lot of actors on the screen at the same time, these little white dots start popping up all over the screen. This wouldn't bother me so much except that whenever i touch them my ship takes damage. Is this just because my computer has a slow processor or is there some way I can fix it? It really interferes with playing the game and I want to be able to put lots of actors on the screen.
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby pyrometal » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:20 am

Wow, I never heard of this bug before... That's really wierd, sorry I can't help you, I don't know why GE would do that.
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby Caaz Games » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:04 am

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ooo i think i know, what ever actor hurts your ship must have something wrong with the animation, check that
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby DST » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:10 am

u should post a snapshot of the white dots....
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby zygoth » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:19 pm

They wouldn't show up on a screenshot--they are only one pixel big. I can check the shot animations, but I don't think they have anything to do with it, because the dots only show up when there are a lot of actors. When there is a lot of, say, lasers, the dots do as much damage as hitting a laser would. I think the problem is that I have too many complicated animations on the screen at one time. I really don't want to have to reduce the number of shots, so I want to fix it some other way
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby Caaz Games » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:25 pm

post a zip with the GED in it so me or someone else can see it, that might help... this is confusing
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby zygoth » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:55 am

Well...I started cleaning up junk so i could get the file small enough to post, and then the dots went away. But the dots were still in other files. I think it has to do with my computer just being bad in general...because I changed one of the actors that there are many of to a one picture animation and the dots went away. Oddly enough, the dots will sometimes only appear when the background is a certain color. I'm kind of rambling here, but if anybody else gets this glitch my suggestion would be to try to make your animations simpler--but most of all, just keep trying random stuff.
On an unrelated note, what is a good free upload/download site? I want to show you guys my game but it is too big to post on the forums and my computer doesn't like to post on GE anyway. I just need a site where I can click a button, upload my game, and I can give you the address or whatever and you can download it. I tried to find one myself but...it didn't work like I wanted it to.

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Re: Little white dots...

Postby DilloDude » Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:11 am

I use SaveFile, which works well for me.
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby Troodon » Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:45 am

Zygoth, are you sure this isn't problem with your video card for example? I've seen the white dot question in computer hardware forums too.
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby zygoth » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:24 pm

Probably, i'm sure you know more about it than me. I found a good upload site... and the dots are banished for now, so it's ok now.
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby Troodon » Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:17 pm

If they appear again, you can check if it happens in certain card temperature.
For example SpeedFan (free) can detect many hardware sensors but not for example my video card temp. :)
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby warezIbanez » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:59 pm

yeah, I haven't had that problem before, but make sure you check your image files and watch your color codes to make sure nothing else messes up.
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Re: Little white dots...

Postby DST » Thu Apr 24, 2008 5:26 am

Well one thing that can help with many video cards are the OMEGA DRIVERS. http://www.omegadrivers.net/
They are hacked drivers for most ATI/NVIDIA/3DFX cards....

They have always helped me a lot with game compatability, and fixed lots of crashing errors for me, as all my computers have cheap ATI cards in them. They worked perfectly for me on these cards:
Radeon 9250 fx
Radeon 1050x
Radeon 1150 mobility

I've never used Nvidia or 3dfx cards....

You have to uninstall your current drivers first, so I take no responsibility for anything that happens. Make sure they support your card model before trying to use them. The installer guides you step by step and is very helpful.

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