GUI window crashes--Temporary FIX

[Tuxide]

When I am running psclient on my laptop, I've always had a problem where opening up certain windows (for example, Spell Book or Options) would crash psclient.  I've had the problem since 0.3.018 (pretty much since I owned the machine) and I've now found a temporary fix that works for me.  Basically, all I did was remove the background image from the windows I was having problems with, and I did so by removing a certain line from the PAWS XML files that defined these windows.  If anyone else is having a similar problem, feel free to try this out and let me know if it works.  Or if it doesn't.  Furthermore, if anyone finds a more elegant solution to this--and by that I mean one that loads the background images without crashing psclient--please post your solution here.

All files listed are in your PlaneShift install's data/gui/ folder.  Also, make sure you make backups of your files before editing them.

For the Options window, find and remove the following line from configwindow.xml (or comment it out, whatever) Code: [Select] <bgimage resource="Config Background" alpha="128"/> For the List Petitions window, remove the following line from petition.xml Code: [Select] <bgimage resource="Petitions Background" alpha="128" /> For the Quest & Events Notebook window, remove the following line from questnotebook.xml Code: [Select] <bgimage resource="Quests Background" alpha="128" /> For the Merchant (buying and selling) window, remove the following line from merchant.xml Code: [Select] <bgimage resource="Merchant Background" alpha="0" /> For the Spell Book window, remove the following line from spellwindow.xml Code: [Select] <bgimage resource="Spellbook Background" alpha="128" /> For the Glyphs window, remove the following line from glyph.xml Code: [Select] <bgimage resource="Glyphs Background" alpha="128" /> For the Read Book window, remove the following line from readbook.xml Code: [Select] <bgimage resource="ReadBook Background" /> For the Book Writing window, remove the following line from bookwriting.xml Code: [Select] <bgimage resource="ReadBook Background" /> On my laptop, I am running Windows Vista Business with an Intel T2060 Dual Core 1.6 GHz (prescott family) processor with 2 GB of RAM and an ATI Mobility Radeon X1400.  I had the same problem with both the official install and my compiled version of psclient on my laptop, and it didn't matter if I built against the default architecture or with -march=prescott.  I've heard of people with Linux who have had a similar problem to what I had.  Namely with dual core systems. Neko, please please please don't move this thread to Fan Art like you did that other one.

[neko kyouran]

Neko, please please please don't move this thread to Fan Art like you did that other one.

If you're referring to Caarrie's, that was a modification to make it look better.  This is a bug fix.  2 different types.  So this one is perfectly fine right here. 

[ThomPhoenix]

Tuxide, could you please reverse the changes you made to your GUI XMLs and try this instead:
http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=32084.msg368421#msg368421

I think it will fix your issues in a better way. Please try!
Also, regardless of if it works or not, could you post what graphics card you have?

[Tuxide]

ThomPhoenix:  I already did, it's an ATI Mobility Radeon X1400.  I saw your solution earlier and applied your change to my gldrivers.xml, it didn't work for me.  I just tested it too and it still doesn't.

[hosk]

This solution worked for me. I take the background image of whatever window happens to cause my client to crash and I'm good to go. If I get some time I might want to investigate said background images and see if anything is wrong with them.