Issues, Workarounds & Localization

The bug is still present in all window modes, with multiple clients using XP. I too had about 25 to 30 minutes of relief from this bug after todays patch then it hit me again. After it came back i tried dumping the cache again with no results, i tried going back to different window modes and different graphics settings. the problem persists.

Recode the UI it is broken. My client freezes for 30 seconds every now and then before all the UI windows vanish and then it unfreezes and redraws all the UI windows. This is getting really annoying.

Edit: Yes I cleared my cache and settings.

Bug still here. Bugreport 121815.
Not confirmed, but maybe time of unbugged playing depends on total ui windows opened in all clients. More windows = faster bugs appearance

Is there anybody who have the problem and its not with SP3 on his XP ? Mabye something in the SP3 is the big problem 8-)

I am still on this, and have been the last few days. Yes, we can still get it, but at a decreased rate from before. I can only seem to force it during a dock/undock. And that's after a manic alt-tabbing.
Our main problem, is that our logs *ahem* show nothing of use. We're currently connecting some debugging tools to find out exactly what happens in detail.

Just from my experience of this, when I change from Fullscreen to windowed when I have the problem, the UI gets redrawn and appears fine. Or if I have it in windowed, I go fullscreen, or resize the client window. So if you get affected, I would advise you try those first.

Really sorry, I have no clue why it is only affecting the WinXP base, but we are desperately working on a fix.

Ok I'm going to publish what 'seems' ( 15 mins screen swapping in dock) to have worked for me.

Now the issue rermained after the patch and I was loath to do a reinstall (couldn't see the point unless it was a patching issue in the first place) but CCP's GM did put me onto the hidden cache folder that is installed on my windows.

Also note I am now running multiple instances of one client as this might be important.

So the Patch 'activation' method goes something like --

Clear your cache ( should you have trouble doing this because of lack of UI I would suggets 'EVE launcher' a free download that when provided with your client path will give you an out of game 'clear cache' option')

Open My Computer

Locate and check the radio button 'Tools- Folder options- view - advanced settings - show hidden files and folders'

then Navigate to

C:/Documents and Settings/*Your Username*/Local Settings/Application Data/CCP

Delete this whole folder ( don't worry EVE client will repopulate on restart)

Feel free to start your client and I hope you have some succsess, as I say this 'activation' method has had only limited testing so far but I'm usually able to recreate the bug fairly quickly and haven't been able to since clearing the 'hiddden' cache.

Good luck and feel free to let me know how you get on


/ Edit

Conformed for 10 minutes already (i could reproduce bug in 15 seconds before) - manual cache cleaning helps. Testing further.
UPD: Further testing reveals bug still here.

Fail. Got lost windows again, with new look in one of clients - windows i could recover getting textures leaked.

UPD: Looks like if i'm unloading one of clients - second one goes ok. Somehow they messing up wit eachones textures or video memory blocks

Not going to write that again - my post is here...
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=476223#post476223

Issue continues to persist on both Windows XP Sp3 machine and Windows 7 as mentioned in my post on page one of this thread.

Ran one client, tabbed out to answer a message in MSN and tabbed back to find all windows partially rendered and attempted to tab out and back in again to see if it fixed itself only to completely blank my screen with the exception of the hangar and my ship in spin mode. Must ctrl alt del to close program since you cannot even see the esc menu. And as mentioned in my last update on this issue, only when EvE is open and the graphical glitch is present does it act like there is a movement restriction being imposed upon my cursor as it is bound in the lower left side of the screen and unable to move outside of a 2"x2" area of the corner, limiting me to keyboard navigation until I open the task manager and exit the ctrl alt del menu on XP pro.



At this point, I'm on the verge of cancelling my accounts since i can barely maintain graphics long enough to add a skill to queue before the UI glitches. Three(3) accounts which I cannot play. Atleast 2 of which I have set to 3 month recurring and one set to monthly recurring. Can't mission, can't pvp and I'm forced to waste my time on SiSi as that is the only stable client I can play on. (Strangely SiSi has been unaffected by crucibles myriad UI issues. Though I never adjusted the UI scaling on SiSi. it has remained at 100% while TQ had been adjusted to 90% and then shortly thereafter these graphical issues arose. Even reverting TQ to 100% did nothing to resolve or even slow the propagation of the glitches.)


I will agree it appears there's some sort of resource leak if this is affecting the performance of the machine even outside of the game client with another window activated prior to opening the CTRL ALT DEL menu. Especially since it affects cursor boundaries. Almost as though the entire User Interface was shifted down and to the left of my screen beyond a displayable point.