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Nagashias

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Text in Dwarf Fortress (newb edition) have black spaces.
« on: June 29, 2013, 03:10:00 pm »

Hello.
When playing Dwarf Fortress newb edition, I sometimes (alot recently) have Black Spaces various Places in the text. Quite annoying when I can't see what job a dwarf is assigned to for example.

Any simple solutions? I have tried searching, but quite can't find any that resemble my problem :(
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VerdantSF

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Re: Text in Dwarf Fortress (newb edition) have black spaces.
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2013, 03:10:53 pm »

You can toggle text modes with F12.

Nagashias

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Re: Text in Dwarf Fortress (newb edition) have black spaces.
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2013, 03:18:47 pm »

You can toggle text modes with F12.
I read that somewhere. I find the other text type very hard to read though (personal preference). Is it the only solution?
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Re: Text in Dwarf Fortress (newb edition) have black spaces.
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2013, 03:30:04 pm »

do not use a graphics pack. that is really the only way to eliminate the black spaces. although using the scroll wheel to zoom in and out will cause a complete redraw.
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Nagashias

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Re: Text in Dwarf Fortress (newb edition) have black spaces.
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2013, 03:44:16 pm »

do not use a graphics pack. that is really the only way to eliminate the black spaces. although using the scroll wheel to zoom in and out will cause a complete redraw.
Thanks! This fixed it! It was only happening once now and then, but forcing a restart to remove it. With a quick zoom in and out, it fixed it! Thanks alot for your help! (and the one earlier as well for taking his time :))
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Re: Text in Dwarf Fortress (newb edition) have black spaces.
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2013, 05:28:06 am »

Hitting F10 works even better.
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Re: Text in Dwarf Fortress (newb edition) have black spaces.
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2013, 03:52:04 pm »

I play in windowed mode and get the same.  My usual fix is to resize the window ever so slightly, and everything redraws.

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Re: Text in Dwarf Fortress (newb edition) have black spaces.
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2013, 04:06:54 pm »

I also simply resize the window. Also window mode makes using dwarf therapist etc. easier.
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Re: Text in Dwarf Fortress (newb edition) have black spaces.
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2013, 12:38:47 am »

Zooming (mouse wheel) usually will fix this too.
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