Same problem, in [1.05]!

Tried reinstalling the game, updating display driver, reinstalling directX, restarting the comp and, of course, clearing above mentioned folder, with no avail!

Otherwise, the game does not crash!

Since the interface in the game and in the option screen is garbled, it is quite a challenge to know which options are turned on.

Screenshots are on http://drop.io/nafm2iv

Here is debug.err if it is of any help!

http://pastebin.ca/1925121

Actually, this is for Windows7 system. I installed the game on WinXP system recently, works flawlessly!

I have the same problem, and still bugged in 1.06

debug.err : http://pastebin.ca/1926571

removing the screens folder, both in 1.05 and 10.6, but that didn't help

First go to C:\ProgramData\Stardock\Elemental - War of Magic\screens and clear that out, or C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Stardock if you're on XP.

Then before you start Elemental, go to My Documents\My Games\Elemental and open prefs.ini in notepad or some other text editor.  Try setting MaxTextureAtlasHeight=1024.  Save the file.

Then run Elemental.  It should take a bit longer to startup because it should be re-generating the texture atlases.

You can also try higher heights, but it works best if the texture height > texture width, so leave the texture atlas width at 1024.

I had this problem too. First time I've seen it happen was with 1.06. Emptying the screenshot folder seems to have fixed it (which is bizarre, but it worked).

Specs:

dual quad core 2.67ghz I7 cpu

6 GB ram

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Vista 64 bit

Ah, the UI problem reappears, sometimes!

Game crashes a lot, with a "DX Error: Invalid Call" statement! After the crash, if I start the game again, UI is again without background, but the problem fixes after the reboot, or even after "logoff - login"!

And, also, I know I don't have state of the art video card (ATI 3870), but framerate looks rather poor, even with an 10.8 driver. Compared with an even older video card (NVIDIA 8600GT), it looks more - less the same. I just hope it will improve with some future giant patch!

It kind of, reminds me of many years ago, when I got Civilization 4. At the beginning, the game was full of bugs, glitches! After two large patches, it has become playable! I guess it is common with such large turn - based games. Pity!