Don't know if it's a bug...

[Sealer]

Hello, I'm not sure where to post it, but when I start the game I'm getting a screen that looks like this:

http://a.imagehost.org/view/0511/TOME_bug

Is there any cure for that? I'm using windows Vista, feel free to ask for other specifications.[/url]

[Yottle]

Try switching fonts or use tiles. The options are on the menu at the top of the window.

[Sealer]

Tiles work, but I think they're a bit ugly. Changing font doesn't work.

I found out that changing the font file name in lib directory fixed the problem.

[Tom1939]

Hi!

I have the same problem. Could you explain what you did? I dont see font file in lib... Thx!

[Shoob]

I am pretty sure it is lib/pref that you change the file.

do you guys think I should put up a download from the ToME site for a font-win.prf that works for vista?

if so should I put it in a package (easily downloadable) or a script (just a copy paste)

I dont know why I didnt think of doing this before :/

[Tom1939]

Thx! It worked!

[TobiasParker]

Post either, or both. It kills me when i download a new version or change computers, i can never quite remember exactly what to do and it takes me like an hour to find it.

[KiTA]

Yeah, posted something about that over here: http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=1153

Basically Vista does not support high ascii characters (characters over ascii code 127) in TOME. Instead, it shows blanks. This includes a lot of the fancy "graphics" TOME and other Roguelikes use. There's probably a fix (somehow changing the codepage, for example) but I've found it's easier to just change to X11's ASCII file instead.

To do this, you just go into the lib/pref folder and rename the font-win file to font-win old, and copy the font-x11 over to font-win.

You'll get something like this:

I remember, back in the day, getting into a downright vicious argument in IRC about the term "high ascii". Tha was before it more or less died, though. =/