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Grandest Fleet 2 (GFleet) and VESA problem

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First post, by gsjmia

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Hi, just downloaded the latest ver of VDMSound and got Gfleet working at a good speed and with full sound!

But, some of the fonts are garbled. I remember when this game was new I had the same problem when I got a new video card--- seems back then that certain video cards wouldn't work and QQP tech support told me something about VESA, I can't remember what. I think it had to do with something like UNI-VESA being or not being compatible, VESA 101 or something?

Any suggestions on a fix? Thanks in advance.

I have an ATI 9200 128mg card on Win XP Pro (all SP's) with AMD 3000 barton and 1GB of Corsair LL RAM.

Reply 1 of 2, by eL_PuSHeR

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You should try running NOLFB.COM before the game. NOLFB is a little application than fools some VESA programs in believing there are no Linear FrameBuffer VESA modes available, just the standard banked ones. In short, it forces VESA programs to use a more slower but compatible access mode.

P.S: Best way of doing this is creating a batch file (.BAT) with two lines; one for nolfb and the other one for the loader.

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