Flickering screen

[israelcsm]

Hi, I have a Windows 7 64bits running this game and the screen keeps flickering. Anyone knows how to fix it?

[Tanidar]

Can you try to run the game in Windows XP compatibility mode?

[israelcsm]

I've already tried that. Doesn't change a thing.

[Tanidar]

Maybe you can try to disable Windows Aero? Change your theme to the classic one. Sometimes it can cause problems on old games.

[israelcsm]

Tried also. No help.

[Perpatrator]

Is there a "hardware cursor" setting? Turning that off in bg:e solves a flickering issue...it's a long shot but dammit....it...might...just...work

[Dagger]

im having this issue too, im not sure how to fix it either, and its only an annoyance. nothing game breaking.

[Deep]

Close all background programs. I had this issue and it turned out it was other programs trying to take priority over the screen.

[Dagger]

Originally posted by kitty:

Close all background programs. I had this issue and it turned out it was other programs trying to take priority over the screen.

when i play games, i ONLY run steam....

[SleepyCat]

I used DXwnd to force the game to run windowed, and this solved the flickering problem for me.

[Tanidar]

Originally posted by SleepyCat:

I used DXwnd to force the game to run windowed, and this solved the flickering problem for me.

Thanks, the solution is great! Here is a profile for DXWind for my comp: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43253912/SH-TMOTM.dxw
So, the step-by-step instructions:
1. Download latest DXWind from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/
2. Extract downloaded archive to any folder you want
3. download my profile and put it into this folder
4. Run DXWind
5. Import my profile to the DXWind profiles list
6. right-click to the imported profile, select "Modify" and put YOUR path to the game's executable
7. Press ok and double-click the profile (this will run the game)

[SturmB]

Thanks, Tanidar, that gets me halfway to where I want to be. I still am having trouble with three things:

A) After the Frogwares logo, I am presented with a sort of Main Menu, but all of the interactive elements (cursor, buttons) are using a funky color palette. The background image seems fine, though.
B) The cursor is completely captured. I'd like the ability to move the mouse outside of the game window and do other things while the game is playing, if possible.
C) Your settings turn off my Aero desktop effects, which I would prefer it NOT do. This is a low-priority thing, but it irks me.

Any way to fix these three issues?

[RoseBuster]

I also have the flickering problem. I can't play like this. I tried the DXWind solution, but that made things worse for me. Running that way covers the game in a mosaic of green pixels for me. Like I was seeing the Matrix.

[RoseBuster]

Just wanted to say my problem has been fixed by the developer of DxWnd, generally I had to check the setting "Set 16BPP RGB565 Encoding" on the Video tab to fix the green pixel scramble. Link to the topic: https://sourceforge.net/p/dxwnd/discussion/general/thread/7a89db76/

[Tanidar]

Thanks for your information, Rosey.

I think we can try to contact DXWind developer and ask his permission to include his software to the game distribution on Steam to make the game playable to everyone. I personally like the game and impossibility to play the game on recent machines is making me sad

[RoseBuster]

That would be indeed great, I hope it's possibe!

It wasn't a bad game at all. I had a good time with it. Maybe it didn't feel as much as a detective game as other games in the series that I played so far and Sherlock just gave a long solution to the confused player like me at the very end in a long cutscene that I actually had to watch twice to understand fully. But it was nice, plenty of interesting puzzles!

But if you like this game, I really strongly recommend the game "Scratches", which unfortunately got removed from Steam store for some reason... It has the same mechanics pretty much, allowing you to move from spot to spot with the 360 degree view from each of these spots. It's an adventure game focused on a mysterious mansion where you discover its very intriguing story. The story is extremely good and quickly got me very involved and I couldn't wait to discover what was going on. And it is a little creepy. Even though you seem to be alone there, something always feels wrong and terrifying about the place. I loved it. I hope they put it back on Steam. They had this Director's Cut edition that had a short follow-up game that tied some loose ends. Maybe it's still available outside Steam somewhere.