White Background in Map

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Mar 9 2017, 6:29 pm (Edited on Mar 9 2017, 6:45 pm)
(See the best response by Kaiochao.)
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Problem description:

So we've been creating a game for quite some time now and its been smooth but then one day i ran the game on my girlfriend's pc and it had a white background rather than a black one on the map of the game. Now i restored my laptop and I am having the same issue. Any one have an idea what the problem could be?

Also Dream Seeker shuts down after a bit f time whenever running the game? Any diagnosis for that as well?
Mar 10 2017, 1:01 pm
Best response
The background color of the map control can be changed in the skin editor.
Mar 13 2017, 5:01 pm
Yes, and I'm aware. It's currently set to black and im still getting a white background.
Mar 14 2017, 12:30 pm
It could be a graphics problem. If you reinstall BYOND it should update DirectX properly to make that go away.

Regarding DS shutting down, we'd need a lot more info on that. If it's crashing, then crash details from the Windows event viewer are very important.
Mar 14 2017, 12:32 pm
Ok thank you, I will try reinstalling BYOND. & I will also get right on that.
Mar 14 2017, 12:42 pm
I didn't even reinstall BYOND. I turned of the loop_check and now its back to normal. But i noticed im getting double of some things i put in grids for the character creation.
Mar 14 2017, 12:44 pm
Are you clearing your grid correctly?
Mar 14 2017, 12:47 pm
 
 client/var
    list
        Previews = list()

client
    proc
        Display_Previews()
            var/obj/Creation/Previews/Hairs/Hair_1/H1 = new/obj/Creation/Previews/Hairs/Hair_1
            var/obj/Creation/Previews/Hairs/Hair_2/H2 = new/obj/Creation/Previews/Hairs/Hair_2
            var/obj/Creation/Previews/Shirts/Shirt_1/S1 = new/obj/Creation/Previews/Shirts/Shirt_1
            var/obj/Creation/Previews/Base/Base_1/B1 = new/obj/Creation/Previews/Base/Base_1
            var/obj/Creation/Previews/Base/Base_2/B2 = new/obj/Creation/Previews/Base/Base_2
            var/obj/Creation/Previews/Base/Base_3/B3 = new/obj/Creation/Previews/Base/Base_3
            Previews += H1; Previews += H2
            Previews += S1
            Previews += B1;Previews += B2;Previews += B3

            var/items = 0


            for(var/obj/Creation/Previews/Hairs/A in Previews)
                //if(A.stackable) A.name = "[A.name]([A.amount])"
                winset(src, "HairGrid", "current-cell=[++items]")
                src << output(A, "HairGrid")
            winset(src, "HairGrid", "current-cell=[items]")
            Base()
            Shirts()
            return





I also noticed, the loop checks has effected certain procedures. For example my AI(). So does that mean i would have to set........set background = 1? Or whats the more efficient way to run loops for things like AI

Even my jumping systems been affected.
Mar 14 2017, 1:50 pm
Your AI and jumping systems are not properly defined if loop_checks is freaking out over them.

This is not the correct way to fill your grid:

for(var/obj/Creation/Previews/Hairs/A in Previews)
    //if(A.stackable) A.name = "[A.name]([A.amount])"
    winset(src, "HairGrid", "current-cell=[++items]")
    src << output(A, "HairGrid")
winset(src, "HairGrid", "current-cell=[items]")

That last winset is only changing the current cell, not trimming off excess cells.

The winset in the loop is unnecessary, because you can set the cell in output():

for(var/obj/Creation/Previews/Hairs/A in Previews)
    //if(A.stackable) A.name = "[A.name]([A.amount])"
    src << output(A, "HairGrid:[++items]")
winset(src, "HairGrid", "cells=[items]")
Mar 14 2017, 1:53 pm
Great. & I will make a test project including the jumping and AI and see what you think.