Controls vanish after Alt-Tab (not everytime)

[Black Five]

Sometimes when resoting the game after Alt-Tab or Esc the graphics at the bottom of the screen are all black. The text is still visable but all the control buttons and graphics are black. The only text labels that are visable are things like the name of the unit the ammo count and the terrain the unit is in. If I click where the buttons should be they work as if they were still there. Problem is I cannot see them. This makes playing very difficult. The little options chart that comes up when you hit the space bars only shows the hot keys. None of the graphics or the menu are displayed.

Also if I abort the game and then start a new one everything is fine again.

Thanks for your help.

I have the following

PIII 733

320MB RAM 133MHz

WinFast GeForce2-GTS w/ 64MB RAM, 333MHz

Current Drivers all around

[ 12-21-2001: Message edited by: Black Five ]</p>

[Schrullenhaft]

What Windows OS and what specific driver version are you using ? Are you using an interface mod ? Is there a difference between your desktop resolution and refresh rate and the ones that CM uses ? What version of DirectX do you have loaded ? Do you have FSAA enabled/forced ?

[Joe Shaw]

Black Five, I had the same problem and found that simply doing ANOTHER Alt-Tab and then restoring the game from the task bar cleared it up. Hope that helps.

Joe

[Black Five]

I believe I have the problem fixed. I found a slightly newer driver for my graphics card and found that Alt-Tab seems to be more stable the ESC. Whether or not thi sis the case only time will tell.