Fallout collection color issues
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Stealth Cop
First time out of the vault
Yeah, I had the exact same problem. Not sure what you're on though, so you may not have the same options as me, but you right click while on your desktop. Click "Screen Resolution" and just leave that window open while playing. Like I said though, you may not have the screen resolution button.
Prosatanos
It Wandered In From the Wastes
valcik
So Old I'm Losing Radiation Signs
Try High Resolution patch from Mash at first, guys. There are DX 9.0 and DDraw 7 graphics modes in present version which should fix your problem. (Note that you can play in original 640x480px resolution even with HR patch installed.)
Daemonjax
First time out of the vault
Surprised this was never mentioned, but the problem in Windows 7 and XP (don't know or care about Windows 8+) is actually caused by the windows shell: explorer.exe (not to be confused with iexplorer.exe, which is internet explorer). Explorer.exe is both used as the windows shell (desktop icons and everything else) as well as the file browser.
If you kill that process, the problem goes away.
Either kill the explorer.exe process before launching the game (make a batch file that kills it and restarts it after the game's executable ends), or replace it with explorer++ and some 3rd party window manager and never think about it again (what I did years ago -- I still use Emerge on win7x64, and before that I used bblean).
It's not limited to just the older fallout games... same thing with happen with all ddraw games. So if you want to play other ddraw games, you may want to consider just using a windows shell replacement and save yourself some headaches... and they're more useful than the start menu, especially if you're into minimalism. But if you're using some kind of ddraw to dx9 software conversion, then it shouldn't matter either way, but that's not always going to be available or desirable for every title and/or every system.
If you kill that process, the problem goes away.
Either kill the explorer.exe process before launching the game (make a batch file that kills it and restarts it after the game's executable ends), or replace it with explorer++ and some 3rd party window manager and never think about it again (what I did years ago -- I still use Emerge on win7x64, and before that I used bblean).
It's not limited to just the older fallout games... same thing with happen with all ddraw games. So if you want to play other ddraw games, you may want to consider just using a windows shell replacement and save yourself some headaches... and they're more useful than the start menu, especially if you're into minimalism. But if you're using some kind of ddraw to dx9 software conversion, then it shouldn't matter either way, but that's not always going to be available or desirable for every title and/or every system.
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Why not try using DirectDraw Compatibility Tool?