RuneScape's having appearance issues

Rune Beast0 · **Posted:** March 17th, 2011, 12:12 pm

First off: long time no see! Decided to play RuneScape again, after 238 days of not doing so. When I went to the client on the website, I was treated to this loveliness:

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I'm pretty sure my Java's updated (poked around Troubleshooting a little and took care of it) and I know my computer can run RuneScape. When I go to the lobby's options menu and re-run auto setup, nothing changes. I also downloaded the client, to no avail. Just in case it will help, though:

Browser: Firefox
Operating System: Windows XP Media Center Edition
Amount of RAM: 3GB
Pentium (R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz

Adbot · **Posted:** March 17th, 2011, 12:12 pm

Shane · **Posted:** March 17th, 2011, 2:37 pm

Software mode or opengl/directx?

Try the other mode.

Rune Beast0 · **Posted:** March 17th, 2011, 3:38 pm

That was a deceptively easy fix. Lock please, problem solved.

Shane · **Posted:** March 17th, 2011, 4:51 pm

Well no, there could still be a larger issue. Does it come back if you swap to the other mode again?

Also what mode were you using?

Rune Beast0 · **Posted:** March 18th, 2011, 5:34 pm

It was on OpenGL, switched to Software and it was fine. If I go back to OpenGL the problem comes back.

edit: Alrighty, something new I've noticed. For no apparent reason, the game interface goes completely black. It hasn't happened often (maybe twice in a few hours.) The only thing visible is the search bar above the client. I can only get back to the game by refreshing the page and logging in again. May or may not be related to the other issues.

Shane · **Posted:** March 18th, 2011, 8:10 pm

Try updating your graphics drivers maybe? Or what about trying Directx mode?

Adbot · **Posted:** March 18th, 2011, 8:10 pm

YakHunta · Iron member 3/16/11

I actually had the same problem and resolved it the same way as Shane described, switching from OpenGL to DirectX. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the black screen issue

. What were you doing when you got the black screen? Any intensive background processes running? I commonly whitescreen in Chrome when an extension like Chromed Bird pops up over the page. Good luck

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Rune Beast0 · **Posted:** March 19th, 2011, 9:55 am

I don't think it's anything with my graphics drivers, since I can run other resource-intensive games without problems. If I switch to DirectX it works the same as Software. Can't confirm or deny anything about the black screen since it happens so infrequently, I'll edit this post if I see it again. When it's happened before, I was running through non-crowded areas, without anything particularly intensive running in the background.