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JohnnyReverb
Profile Joined August 2010
Switzerland132 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-05 20:43:08
August 05 2011 20:42 GMT
#81
well one simple trick here worked for me (w7 x64), and its pretty simple:

1. right click on your desktop
2. select "screen resolution"

done

leave that window open (not minimized) and start bw.

hope it helped
+1
gds
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Iceland1391 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-05 21:52:18
August 05 2011 21:44 GMT
#82
well that dont solve the blank rank issue///
CAPPLE
Profile Joined September 2010
3 Posts
August 06 2011 02:50 GMT
#83
you guys do realize blizzard has released a patch for this, right?
SolvusAnima
Profile Joined July 2010
United States138 Posts
August 06 2011 07:13 GMT
#84
On August 06 2011 11:50 CAPPLE wrote:
you guys do realize blizzard has released a patch for this, right?


Does it solve the blank rank issue?
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
gds
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Iceland1391 Posts
August 06 2011 15:11 GMT
#85
If you're talking about the .reg file blizzard released to fix colors with windows 7 no it's doesnt solve this blank rank issue, i really wonder if there's a way to fix it really, it's very annoying :/
ASTARA.VOJ
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
New Zealand49 Posts
August 07 2011 03:40 GMT
#86
I had the problem too, I found a colour fix for it somewhere but I can't find the link, you might wanna try this though
"When in doubt, run out then press 4, S, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ."
skirmisheR
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden451 Posts
August 07 2011 03:42 GMT
#87
On August 06 2011 05:42 JohnnyReverb wrote:
well one simple trick here worked for me (w7 x64), and its pretty simple:

1. right click on your desktop
2. select "screen resolution"

done

leave that window open (not minimized) and start bw.

hope it helped


This worked for me, can definitely recommend this! But I still got like confetti in the water, have to fix that sometime :S
I can jungle Pudge, can you?
SolvusAnima
Profile Joined July 2010
United States138 Posts
August 07 2011 04:06 GMT
#88
On August 07 2011 12:40 PhilipScrewdriver wrote:
I had the problem too, I found a colour fix for it somewhere but I can't find the link, you might wanna try this though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK2WfSN2OdY&feature=related


Sadly, that method didn't help me in displaying the ranks of the players in a channel :[.
Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
Kagami
Profile Joined November 2009
China5 Posts
August 08 2011 21:32 GMT
#89
why when i use compatibility modes, it works well?
my os is win7 pro
for those who splash gateway on your face, do put factory in their anal
jetpower
Profile Joined July 2007
Poland85 Posts
September 04 2011 19:18 GMT
#90
On October 30 2010 03:05 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 30 2010 01:29 patrick321 wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
On October 03 2010 00:04 diminish wrote:
Can't make new threads, so this goes here.

http://mudlord.info/code/w7ddpatcher.zip

Program fixes broken colors under vista/win7 with games using DirectDraw.

1. Press "Patch"
2. Choose "starcraft.exe" from your game folder
3. Close w7ddpatcher.
4. That is all, no silly scripts killing explorer.exe

How does it work? Author speaking:

<mudlord> it adds some entries to the registry for compatibility
<mudlord> It does not patch the EXE
<mudlord> it intercepts the directdraw ID, etc
<mudlord> source is in there

Haven't tested with other games exhibiting this issue (Fallout, Fallout 2, Diablo, etc), high probability it will work too.






Worked like a charm! I'd forgotten how fast i had my mouse set in bw. Going back to it now was jarring. Thanks a lot for this.

That link is broken.
Here's a working link: http://mudlord.info/res/apps/w7ddpatcher.zip


Again not working link. Uploaded here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?dc445dc3xb353sc
Xiphos
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada7507 Posts
September 04 2011 19:23 GMT
#91
On August 06 2011 11:50 CAPPLE wrote:
you guys do realize blizzard has released a patch for this, right?

Nice first post. And yeah bought a Toshiba laptop w/o XP, having same problem atm.
2014 - ᕙ( •̀ل͜•́) ϡ Raise your bows brood warriors! ᕙ( •̀ل͜•́) ϡ
Falling
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada11378 Posts
September 04 2011 20:01 GMT
#92
On August 06 2011 02:47 gds wrote:
I'm not having any colors problem since i updated my graphic drivers but only one thing remains: i dont see the ranks of users
[image loading]
Do you know how to fix this?
It's hard to ladder without this feature....


Has anyone else run into this? I can fix the colours couple of the old ways (kill explorer or keep screen resolution window open with a black background). On my laptop, I never had this issue, but since getting my pc, on iCCup, I can't see ranks or people's lag/ping? (The green, yellow, or red bars)
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xboi209
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States1173 Posts
September 05 2011 17:43 GMT
#93
No one figured out how to fix ranks yet? You gotta be kidding me.....
1) Create a shortcut to Starcraft and put it on your desktop
2) Right click on the shortcut and click Properties
3) In the Target box after the last quotation marks, add this: "ddemulate" with the quotation marks
4) Click Apply and close
5) Run Starcraft and enjoy your fix

Your box should look like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\StarCraft\StarCraft.exe" "ddemulate"
With the quotation marks, also change it to wherever your Starcraft directory is in as well
http://www.reddit.com/r/broodwar/
Roflhaxx
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (South)1244 Posts
September 05 2011 20:11 GMT
#94
On September 06 2011 02:43 xboi209 wrote:
No one figured out how to fix ranks yet? You gotta be kidding me.....
1) Create a shortcut to Starcraft and put it on your desktop
2) Right click on the shortcut and click Properties
3) In the Target box after the last quotation marks, add this: "ddemulate" with the quotation marks
4) Click Apply and close
5) Run Starcraft and enjoy your fix

Your box should look like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\StarCraft\StarCraft.exe" "ddemulate"
With the quotation marks, also change it to wherever your Starcraft directory is in as well

what if you want to use stuff like Iccup launcher for obvious reasons?
A game where the first thing you do is scout with a “worker”. Does that make any sense? Who scouts with a “worker”? That’s like sending out the janitor to perform recon, what general would do that? Retarded game.
One and only KrasH
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia5 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-05 21:33:48
September 05 2011 21:26 GMT
#95
*COUGH*
1. Right click on your desktop
2. select "screen resolution, leave this open.
3.'Right click BW and 'Run as Administrator'.


Thankyou. Its really that easy=).
xboi209
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States1173 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-05 21:58:04
September 05 2011 21:56 GMT
#96
@One and only KrasH
You have to leave the Screen Resolution window open AND run sc as admin, I rather do what I said
@Roflhaxx
Go suggest to ICCup that they're launcher should run SC in DirectDraw mode. Alternatively you can do what I said above, open Chaoslauncher(which should include ICCup's antihack) and on the icon tray, right click on chaoslauncher and click "Attach to ICCup 1.16.1"
There you go, the ICCup's antihack is loaded. I've already asked MasterOfChaos to make an edit for Chaoslauncher to make SC use DirectDraw mode however it doesn't seem like he's going to do it(anytime soon)
http://www.reddit.com/r/broodwar/
myrtleturtle
Profile Joined August 2010
Bulgaria14 Posts
April 12 2012 17:25 GMT
#97
Has anyone found a real fix that works for the not being able to see icons on iccup?
Snackysnacks
Profile Joined December 2010
United States411 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-12 18:24:52
April 12 2012 18:24 GMT
#98
+ Show Spoiler +
http://i.imgur.com/Eibj3.jpg[image loading]

Idk works perfectly fine for me, but i suggest you mess around with aero settings and visual settings
Control panel, System and security, System
Click on advanced system settings on the left
Click "settings" button under "performance
Change some of those or mess around.
Thats about all ive done on this clean install of windows 7, and it works fine i guess for me.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
MeSaber
Profile Joined December 2009
Sweden1235 Posts
January 28 2013 18:54 GMT
#99
So time flies by.. Where is the proper fix for iccup so u can see the ranks & screen dont go super white after some time?
-.-
LegendaryDreams
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Canada1350 Posts
January 28 2013 19:08 GMT
#100
On January 29 2013 03:54 MeSaber wrote:
So time flies by.. Where is the proper fix for iccup so u can see the ranks & screen dont go super white after some time?

Yeah I still have the same problem.
call me moxie
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