A3: No beams

Author	Topic: A3: No beams
Fractal Warrior Member # 8872	written Monday, April 7 2008 08:42 Profile #0 A strange problem cropped up a while ago in Avernum 3. No beams (meaning the ray that goes from the caster to the targets) for spells (like for Lightning Spray, Fireblast, etc.) appear. They used to appear, but now none appear. Not even that beam for the spell in the beginning of the opening cutscene are shown. I don't really care too much about this problem, but it would be nice to fix. I doubt reinstalling will fix the problem, because I recently did that. -------------------- Slarty: "Why don't we all just get along?" The Mystic: "Vista is a funky and finicky OS to begin with." Posts: 197 | Registered: Saturday, June 2 2007 07:00
The Mystic Infiltrator Member # 7488	written Monday, April 7 2008 08:52 Profile #1 On the main menu, click "Settings" (or if you're playing, press Esc and click "Preferences"), and make sure the box next to "Play Special Effects" is lit up. If it is, then the beams should show. -------------------- Either I'm crazy, or everybody else is nuts. And I know I'm not crazy because the little man who lives on my shoulder told me so. If people don't think there's something wrong with you, there's something wrong with you. Oh well. Another day, another dementia. Posts: 558 | Registered: Friday, September 15 2006 07:00
Fractal Warrior Member # 8872	written Monday, April 7 2008 09:02 Profile #2 It is turned on, but the beams still don't show. Edit: FYI, I'm running 10.4.11 Mac OSX on a G5 iMac. Avernum 3 v1.1.4. Any help is appreciated, but I don't have to fix the problem. [ Thursday, April 10, 2008 05:08: Message edited by: Fractal ] -------------------- Slarty: "Why don't we all just get along?" The Mystic: "Vista is a funky and finicky OS to begin with." Posts: 197 | Registered: Saturday, June 2 2007 07:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Friday, April 11 2008 18:24 Profile Homepage #3 You haven't set the game speed to the fastest setting, have you? I know that turns some animations off, although I didn't think beams were one of them. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Randomizer Law Bringer Member # 6785	written Friday, April 11 2008 23:43 Profile #4 You may just have a corrupt game file. Uninstall and reinstall might be the answer. You can skip the uninstall part by creating a new folder for a newly downloaded version to test this solution. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00
Fractal Warrior Member # 8872	written Thursday, April 17 2008 09:06 Profile #5 Thanks for the help! It's all fixed now. -------------------- Slarty: "Why don't we all just get along?" The Mystic: "Vista is a funky and finicky OS to begin with." Posts: 197 | Registered: Saturday, June 2 2007 07:00