Stars error
Wuss - Harshlands
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ok so items with stars show stars when in my inventory but when on the ground the stars show as boxes.
clan names with stars show as boxes unless i click that char and then read it on there nameplate where it shows the stars
character names are the same...
can somone tell me how to make the stuff show stars instead of boxes???
clan names with stars show as boxes unless i click that char and then read it on there nameplate where it shows the stars
character names are the same...
can somone tell me how to make the stuff show stars instead of boxes???
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Wuss - Harshlands wrote: »ok so items with stars show stars when in my inventory but when on the ground the stars show as boxes.
clan names with stars show as boxes unless i click that char and then read it on there nameplate where it shows the stars
character names are the same...
can somone tell me how to make the stuff show stars instead of boxes???
It's a text glitch in-game. Certain shapes/names will show up as those boxes on certain items.
Example: I see any name that ends with Kitty or Kitteh on any crafted item as Kit[][] or Kitt[][]Some people risk to employ me
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Xarathox - Dreamweaver wrote: »It's a text glitch in-game. Certain shapes/names will show up as those boxes on certain items.
Example: I see any name that ends with Kitty or Kitteh on any crafted item as Kit[][] or Kitt[][]
there has to be a way to fix it cause my old computer didnt do it and my buddies doesnt do it0 -
I wouldn't know. Mine was introduced during a patch update eons ago, and I never bothered to bring it up.
Some people risk to employ me
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Xarathox - Dreamweaver wrote: »It's a text glitch in-game. Certain shapes/names will show up as those boxes on certain items.
Example: I see any name that ends with Kitty or Kitteh on any crafted item as Kit[][] or Kitt[][]
Thats a different bug then what the OP is describing.
The OPs error is coming from the Text font used for ground items doesnt have a star symbol like the font in your inventory window does. Some people with different language settings will end up with a different font for the display of that world text, and then they can see the stars properly.
Xarathox, your error comes from the fact that 'Made By' names can only hold 10 characters, even tho peoples names can be 11 or 12. When a Name is 11 or 12, it actually stores the proper length of the name, but it doesnt store any part of the name beyond 10. So when 1st made, you see it properly, till the 1st time it has to reload the item into memory, then the characters beyond 10 are random memory fragments which happen to lie in memory just beyond the 10 characters for the name, ussually not displayed properly as they are out of bounds with the character font (but randomly sometimes they can be something other then a [] displayed).0 -
Darksylph - Heavens Tear wrote: »Thats a different bug then what the OP is describing.
The OPs error is coming from the Text font used for ground items doesnt have a star symbol like the font in your inventory window does. Some people with different language settings will end up with a different font for the display of that world text, and then they can see the stars properly.
Xarathox, your error comes from the fact that 'Made By' names can only hold 10 characters, even tho peoples names can be 11 or 12. When a Name is 11 or 12, it actually stores the proper length of the name, but it doesnt store any part of the name beyond 10. So when 1st made, you see it properly, till the 1st time it has to reload the item into memory, then the characters beyond 10 are random memory fragments which happen to lie in memory just beyond the 10 characters for the name, ussually not displayed properly as they are out of bounds with the character font (but randomly sometimes they can be something other then a [] displayed).
All the fonts the game uses are inside of element, has nothing to do with system fonts at all.0 -
Deora - Lost City wrote: »All the fonts the game uses are inside of element, has nothing to do with system fonts at all.
Yes & No. The fonts may be in there, but which font it uses is based on your system.
When i installed it without Asian Languages support, it choses a standard 1byte character font for world labels. This doesnt show stars and other symbols. Once you install asian languages support, the world font switches to a 2byte wide character format, which looks similar to PW-MY and then you start to see the stars on the world graphics labelling. However whats rather odd is that it always uses a 2byte wide character format for your popup & chatbox, i guess because those are UI overlays & the game handles those differently.0 -
Darksylph - Heavens Tear wrote: »Yes & No. The fonts may be in there, but which font it uses is based on your system.
When i installed it without Asian Languages support, it choses a standard 1byte character font for world labels. This doesnt show stars and other symbols. Once you install asian languages support, the world font switches to a 2byte wide character format, which looks similar to PW-MY and then you start to see the stars on the world graphics labelling. However whats rather odd is that it always uses a 2byte wide character format for your popup & chatbox, i guess because those are UI overlays & the game handles those differently.
what do i need to do to get asian language support and will that correct my problem?0 -
Wuss - Harshlands wrote: »what do i need to do to get asian language support and will that correct my problem?
It should, but as to what to do you'll have to look it up online as it varies alot from operating sytem to operating system and i really dont remember the specifics. Should be able to find a tutorial somewhere.0 -
get win 7 and u dun have that problem....i cant remember correctly how to get that asian language stuffs on XP/vista but it also changes all text fonts including ur name to like in MY-EN fonts0
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PaMpeReD - Heavens Tear wrote: »get win 7 and u dun have that problem....i cant remember correctly how to get that asian language stuffs on XP/vista but it also changes all text fonts including ur name to like in MY-EN fonts
is that so bad?0 -
normally you get an pop up from i-net explorer when you visit an asian website. It's how i did it.0
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Mikatrick - Harshlands wrote: »normally you get an pop up from i-net explorer when you visit an asian website. It's how i did it.
lol how do yu find a asian website? i only know .com0 -
Is it really that difficult to use a search engine?
Had to use it by myself to find out the English names of the panels.
Well, for Windows XP it is:
Start - Control Panel - Date, Time, Language and Regional Options - Regional and Language Options
Choose Languages tab.
Activate "Install files for East Asian languages".
Click OK.
That's it.
But thanks for the tip. I also wondered why it worked on some PCs and did not work on others. Good to know it was because I installed asian language support on one of them.0 -
Neshilia - Dreamweaver wrote: »Is it really that difficult to use a search engine?
Had to use it by myself to find out the English names of the panels.
Well, for Windows XP it is:
Start - Control Panel - Date, Time, Language and Regional Options - Regional and Language Options
Choose Languages tab.
Activate "Install files for East Asian languages".
Click OK.
That's it.
But thanks for the tip. I also wondered why it worked on some PCs and did not work on others. Good to know it was because I installed asian language support on one of them.
this post didnt help... but anyhow
wich of these language packs would work for me? and is this even what im looking for?
http://search.microsoft.com/WorldWide.aspx?mkt=en-US&qsc0=0&q=globaldev+vista+vistahome+mspx&ru=%2fresults.aspx%3fqsc0%3d0%26q%3dglobaldev+vista+vistahome+mspx&FORM=WWME
theres a couple different chinese ones..0 -
Do as I posted and you will not have a need to call a website having Asian language b:chuckle
(I think it is what you are trying to do by changing the microsoft website language, right?)
By the way: It would be much easier to help if you would at least post your operating system.0 -
Neshilia - Dreamweaver wrote: »Do as I posted and you will not have a need to call a website having Asian language b:chuckle
(I think it is what you are trying to do by changing the microsoft website language, right?)
By the way: It would be much easier to help if you would at least post your operating system.
i use vista 32bit and it doesnt give the option of downloading somthing it doesnt already have as you posted in your step by step there is no otions for chinese in my language formats or anywhere in language0 -
A WinXP step-by-step instruction does not necessarily work for other operating systems. Because of that I asked.
But on Vista it works nearly the same. Just have a look HERE (Google: "Vista Asian Language Pack"). As far as I know, there will be no download, but just an additional installation of the language pack.0 -
Neshilia - Dreamweaver wrote: »A WinXP step-by-step instruction does not necessarily work for other operating systems. Because of that I asked.
But on Vista it works nearly the same. Just have a look HERE (Google: "Vista Asian Language Pack"). As far as I know, there will be no download, but just an additional installation of the language pack.
i did all that and there is now a place for me to select languages on my computer task bar but that did nothing to make me see stars....i dont think this is the problem i can go to chinese websites without needing any laguage pack all that did was enable my keyboard to type in chinese...禁城杯馳勞權聖馬皮堂溼溼 see0
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