Hi there,
Thanks for the reply. I did a complete install and that fixed the menu fading problem. (The menus were not restoring fully from a faded state).
An Advisor on the Help channel aided me with the looting. I just didn\'t know how to do it. Whoops.
Ruby Crystals were the non visible bits. So, all fixed for the time being methinks.
Now is a good time to thank all the people who have put this game together; the graphics are great and once I get my head around the gui I know I\'m going to have heaps of fun.

Thanks!