SAngband Error

[camlost]

Also, I posted the config.txt file I use on the site as well. It's for 1280x1024, but you may be able to get it to work. If it doesn't work out of the box, try replacing 1280 with 1900 and 1024 with 1200, and see if that works.

[Prismatic]

Thanks for your time!

Unfortunately none of them (including resizing my resolution) work. It does still run on the old computer, though. No matter what I do on this computer I get an unresponsive (full-screen) black screen that I can alt-tab out of, but not back into.

I think, thus, I may have not installed something. Does it require something that I may have forgotten? I don't think it's Java-based, although I updated that, but is there anything else I should try downloading? This is Windows XP Professional, should be up to date, using a Intel Duo CPU.

I did put all the dlls in the proper directory. (I had them there originally, but I downloaded new versions of all of them).

-Prism

[Rizwan]

Originally Posted by Prismatic

Thanks for your time!

Unfortunately none of them (including resizing my resolution) work. It does still run on the old computer, though. No matter what I do on this computer I get an unresponsive (full-screen) black screen that I can alt-tab out of, but not back into.

I think, thus, I may have not installed something. Does it require something that I may have forgotten? I don't think it's Java-based, although I updated that, but is there anything else I should try downloading? This is Windows XP Professional, should be up to date, using a Intel Duo CPU.

I am running a screen resolution of 1208x1024 using XP professional and intel core2 duo
I downloaded sangband Version 1.0.0 (with music) from http://runegold.org/sangband/downloads.htm unzipped it and it ran right out of the box. This is what I get. It seems to be running fine. I did not have to download anything else. I just thought to try it as we seem to have pretty similar systems. So if there is any other way I can help please ask.

[Prismatic]

It used to work on the old computer, that's the confusing part.

I think it may be something related to the full-screen display. What is the option that needs to be toggled in the config file to get it back to the 'old' Angband visuals - the multiple detached windows rather than fullscreen? I can run Angband and EyAngband and Hengband (the ones I also play) all like that, so I'm pretty sure it should work that way.

[Fuma]

AFAIK there is no way to turn it back to the detached windows mode without changing the source and recompiling.
I think this may as well be a font-related problem. Have you tried clicking the window and pressing keys in order to maybe get to the town view?
Or maybe right-clicking and selecting compatibility options?

[Prismatic]

Pushing buttons to get to town doesn't work; it freezes as soon as I open the program (comes up as unresponsive in task manager, can't be tabbed back into)

Compatibility doesn't seem to be working either. I've pretty much given up at this point; I can't think of anything else to try.

-Prismatic

[Fede]

Do you have this problem with all variants or only with Sangband?

[Prismatic]

Only with Sangband of the ones I play (vanilla although that was an older version, EyAngband, Hengband). That's why I think it's the fullscreen code.

-Prism

[Fuma]

Sometime ago on the r.g.r.a. someone posted a SDL-disabled version. I can't remember if it's one of these:
http://middendorfproject.googlepages.com/sangband
Or it's just a specific version with a link only findable through the newsgroups.

If anyone remembers something about this, please explain. In the mean time you could just try out the versions posted on the linked page.

[Prismatic]

I do think it's an SDL thing. I'm currently looking for a way to install SDL onto my computer as not having it might be what the issue is. Will be back later.

In the meantime, none of the versions linked there worked, but I did find the non-SDL port of a slightly earlier version and that /did/.