Buttons too bright to read

[Kitsune]

I am currently having some issues with FFXI in which at the startup screen, the buttons for character select, delete, and the bottom one are so bright and highlighted that I cannot see them, same goes for in-game buttons like status, friend list, etc.

Only the character create button was the normal dark blue/purple in color. Settings on my monitor are fine... this is just odd. Any ideas?

[Raydeus]

Re: Buttons too bright to read

Have you tried performing a file check? That could be a good start.

[Effedup]

Re: Buttons too bright to read

Have you recently changed video cards? I read somewhere a while back that certain video cards produced exactly these types of errors. Try updating your vid card drivers and see if that helps...

If that doesn't help, you can try a re-install...but from what I remember reading this was an unresolved issue with that certain type of card and there wasn't a whole lot that could be done. It may have been fixed however...

What are your system specs?

[Kitsune]

Re: Buttons too bright to read

System specs are:
Silverstone Olympia 1KW PSU
ASUS P5N32-E SLI /w 0902 BIOS
C2D E6600 @ 3.4GHz OC /w WC
eVGA 8800 GTX (1/2) SLI
eVGA 8800 GTX (2/2) SLI
Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum
2GB Ballistix RAM

[eticket109]

Re: Buttons too bright to read

looking at those specs, I think it has to be the vid card(s).

all of that is a bit beyond my scope though.

[Kitsune]

Re: Buttons too bright to read

I'm going to do a file check first and then try tweaking my cards a bit. I'll post if I figure it out.

[Slip]

Re: Buttons too bright to read

It's definitely the cards. If you scan the nVidia forums there's a thread on FFXI where it's a known bug (there's another thread on Dreams here that mentions it too).

I have an 8800GTS card that has/had the same issue. There is a workaround for it that involves overwriting the .dat file with one that uses a different color scheme. The buttons look a little different afterwards but are quite readable.

Buddalove on this thread: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?s...ic=21265&st=80 was able to help me out. He was still looking into it and may have found more / a better answer since I emailed him.

[Feba]

Re: Buttons too bright to read

Just FYI, check guru3d. New drivers from there should fix this. This problem was caused by old 8800GTX drivers, and it's about time they fixed it.