I've downloaded the current version multiple times, reinstalled it multiple times. Every time i run it, the background of all the buttons and text except the top menu bar is all black. So i can't see anything. Except if i guess where a button is and click there, in which case some text barely appears.
See attached screenshot.
What am i doing wrong?
black text with black background - can't see anything
black text with black background - can't see anything
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Re: black text with black background - can't see anything
Did this ever display properly, or did the color scheme get changed?
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Re: black text with black background - can't see anything
Hey Metz -
Andrew would obviously know the answer, but it seemed when this happened to me it had something to do with the .ini file getting messed up. I think I deleted it and it was fine afterward.
Cheers and 73 - Jon N7UV
Andrew would obviously know the answer, but it seemed when this happened to me it had something to do with the .ini file getting messed up. I think I deleted it and it was fine afterward.
Cheers and 73 - Jon N7UV
Re: black text with black background - can't see anything
No, it's never displayed properly. If there is a way to change the color scheme, I'd try that. But I haven't found a way.
There are references in the forum to deleting the .ini file and letting it regenerate itself. But that didn't work for me.
There are references in the forum to deleting the .ini file and letting it regenerate itself. But that didn't work for me.
Re: black text with black background - can't see anything
Bizarre solution. I went into the vistumbler_settings.ini file in the Settings folder.
TextColor=0x000000 (black)
BackgroundColor=0xD7E4C2 (olive)
ControlBackgroundColor=0xD7E4C2 (lighter olive)
So the program was ignoring the two background color settings and making them black.
I then set to text color to white, so it would show up. Save the file, and restarted the program.
Now I can see things, though it's still ignoring the settings colors. The text color is black, not white.
Any ideas?
TextColor=0x000000 (black)
BackgroundColor=0xD7E4C2 (olive)
ControlBackgroundColor=0xD7E4C2 (lighter olive)
So the program was ignoring the two background color settings and making them black.
I then set to text color to white, so it would show up. Save the file, and restarted the program.
Now I can see things, though it's still ignoring the settings colors. The text color is black, not white.
Any ideas?
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Re: black text with black background - can't see anything
I know you said you deleted the vistumbler_settings.ini file, but did you delete the one in the %AppData%/Vistumbler folder? (not the one inside the vistumbler\settings folder). Typically that has been caused by a bug i've never been able to track down...
My colors show as in ny vistumbler settings file
TextColor=0x000000
BackgroundColor=0x99B4A1
ControlBackgroundColor=0xD7E4C2
ButtonActiveColor=0xE1F2D0
ButtonInactiveColor=0xF2D0D0
My colors show as in ny vistumbler settings file
TextColor=0x000000
BackgroundColor=0x99B4A1
ControlBackgroundColor=0xD7E4C2
ButtonActiveColor=0xE1F2D0
ButtonInactiveColor=0xF2D0D0