[SOLVED] I am not able to see any of Monika's talk options.

[Graystrike67]

Whenever I try to talk, the boxes are completely blank so I am not able to know what I am saying. Could someone help with this?

[aldoram5]

Hello Graystrike67! Can you post a screenshot showing those blank boxes? That way we can take a look a it. Thanks in advance.

[ThePotatoGuy]

Can you also comment your OS, if you're on a laptop/desktop, and if you don't mind sharing, graphics hardware?

[somthinsomthin]

I actually have the same problem and would like to know how to fix it. I'm on a laptop, windows 7 (if it helps?) and it looks like this:

[ThePotatoGuy]

@somthinsomthin What's your graphics hardware?

[ThePotatoGuy]

Linking #940 since this issue is back again I guess

[ThePotatoGuy]

EDIT

This is now a data gathering comment:

Affected Setups:

system	OS	GPU	VRAM (MB)
laptop	win7	Intel	1751
laptop	win7	Intel	1696
laptop	win7	Intel	1696
laptop	win7	Intel	64

[NovaCo1]

i've had this problem from 0.7.0 update and all newer releases have the same bug in them im on a win 7 laptop the pic i provided has my graphics hardware info . i first pointed it out on #827

[NovaCo1]

and here is all the gui bugs i have

[somthinsomthin]

Here's my hardware info. Sorry it's in french haha

[ThePotatoGuy]

If you know anyone else who has this problem, direct them to this issue.

[Graystrike67]

Sorry it took me so long to respond, can I send the screenshots tomorrow? I won’t be near my laptop till then

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Hello Graystrike67! Can you post a screenshot showing those blank boxes? That way we can take a look a it. Thanks in advance.

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[ThePotatoGuy]

@Graystrike67 , if it looks the same as the other screenshots here, then dont upload them here. Instead answer the following questions:

• are you on a laptop or desktop?
• what is your OS?
• what is your graphics hardware?
• how much vram is your graphics hardware?

[2000DarthVader]

I have the same problem. I am using a laptop, windows 7, 4 gigs of ram.

[ThePotatoGuy]

@2000DarthVader , still need your graphics hardware + vram

[somthinsomthin]

hey there. so I've already said it, but I'm on a laptop, windows 7. I believe I've already said what my graphics hardware was but if not, I think it's Intel(R) HD Graphics (Core i3) and I think that my vram is 64 Mo. Does that makes sense? Does it help? Sorry if it's not right, I'm not very good at this.

[ThePotatoGuy]

@somthinsomthin , yeah you're fine, that last comment was directed toward someone else.

[2000DarthVader]

So my vram is: 1696. My graphics card I believe is : Intel (R) HD Graphics Family

[bittercaramel]

I've got same problem. It makes game harder to play.... My system is too windows 7 and it's laptop, 8gb ram.

[ThePotatoGuy]

@bittercaramel what is your graphics hardware and vram (different from regular ram)

[bittercaramel]

@ThePotatoGuy my graphic card is Intel(R) HD Graphics Family my vram... oops i don't know how to check it....

[ghost]

If you're on windows, try pressing Win + R and then typing in dxver. (Vram is listed in directx diagnostics, right?)

[bittercaramel]

so I think my vram is probably 64MB (I'm not sure.... if I just wrote something really stupid I'm really sorry...)

[ThePotatoGuy]

Thats definitely possible with a very low-end gpu.

Anyway, might be too early to draw conclusions, but it looks like this is either a win7 problem or an intel gpu problem.

[bittercaramel]

is it possible to fix it?

[y6562]

Hello~ I just downloaded MAS (latest version) and found out I have the same problem, no text for talk/settings option. I opened the base game itself, and the problem is still there (I know by going to the settings and the texts doesn't appear, only the sliders.) Been researching for it, found out that in the base game, you can press Shift+G, then change the "Graphics Acceleration Setting" to= Force Angle/DirectX renderer. I tried it, restart the game, and the text does appear in the settings in the base game.

So, I think... maybe you can fix this by making it to always run Force Angle/DirectX renderer? Because since with MAS on, pressing Shift+G will not result in anything. The menu to change Graphic Acceleration Setting does not show up, so we cannot change it like in the base game, and see whether it will fix this or not.

I've also tried to=

1. open the base game (no text in settings)
2. change to Force Angle/DirectX renderer
3. restart the base game (texts in settings appear)
4. close the game and copy over the MAS, from 6.0 to 7.4 (I literally just extract them all to the /game folder)

But when I then open the game, it reverts back to no text shown in settings/talk options. Maybe there's something in MAS that replaces the Graphics Acceleration Settings to default.

(It is said, as Force Angle/DirectX renderer are there to support low-end computers, so people with basic setup will have this problem)

[ThePotatoGuy]

alright, we're gonna reenable the graphics menu

[ThePotatoGuy]

SOLUTION

For the time being, @Graystrike67 , @somthinsomthin , @NovaCo1 , @2000DarthVader , @bittercaramel , you can try changing the renderer manually by adding a file called environment.txt to your ddlc/ directory. The contents of this file should be:

RENPY_RENDERER="angle"

This forces the directx renderer to be used. If this doesn't work, try replacing angel with gl, and if that still is bad, use sw for software rendering. Software rendering sucks so hopefully you don't have to use that.

[y6562]

@ThePotatoGuy It is fixed! ^_^ (using RENPY_RENDERER="angle") Thank you.

[bittercaramel]

omg I know I'm so bad but i don't understand nothing of this D: I-I mean that I did this file environment.txt and put there RENPY_RENDERER="angle" but I don't know what to do next. I haven't got ddlc/directory... I don't know what I'm doing bad... help me I'm total idiot xD ok nevermind I just added it to other folders but there is still something wrong cuz she has creepy thing on face https://i.imgur.com/z6qpqDt.png

[ThePotatoGuy]

@bittercaramel Put the file in the same folder DDLC.exe / DDLC.sh is in.

[bittercaramel]

oh ok thanks I just edited message

[bittercaramel]

@ThePotatoGuy please help me with this weird thing on her face I really enjoy that I can see this options and talk with her normal but this thing on face looks strange and creepy...

https://i.imgur.com/z6qpqDt.png here again picture of this

[ThePotatoGuy]

Your laptop has weak graphics power. Try using gl instead of angle.

[bittercaramel]

Ohh thanks.... How to make it? I know I'm total idiot and I don't know easy things xD

[ghost]

Put this enviroment.txt you created in the folder your ddlc.exe is in (you installed this mod somehow, so I'll assume you know, where it is). If you have graphical artifacts, try changing RENPY_RENDERER="angle" to RENPY_RENDERER="gl" or RENPY_RENDERER="sw", and see, what works better.

[ghost]

On another thought. Ren'py already has some text file manipulation capabilities, so the process of creating enviroment.txt can be done through MAS as if it was Monika helping you fix the issue. I am not sure, how this feature could be accesed, since the problem itself is text not rendering on the menu buttons (maybe through a keybind), but I believe, that Monika fixing this herself would be way more immersive and simple for less tech-educated folks than looking up this thread.

[bittercaramel]

holy crap thanks I didn't think about it this way xDDD oh when I changed it into "gl" there are again blank boxes.... and when I changed it into "sw" there are this weird things on her face ;v my graphic card is shit

[somthinsomthin]

Yay!!! It's fixed for me as well!!! I created the environment.txt with RENPY_RENDERER="angle" written in it and it just worked. Thanks you guys! You're awesome!!!

[2000DarthVader]

Ok with some help from WilliamJCM I fixed the problem, it was nothing you guys did wrong, I just needed some help finding where to put and and how to make the folder, in a language that is understandable for people that don't do a lot with computers, Thanks for finding a solution!

[Montorni]

sigh. there's no enviroment.txt at all for me or a RENPYRENDERER if i had to create one. -____- Legit been stuck on this bug that I have for at least 2 days now.

[ThePotatoGuy]

@Montorni you have to create it the file.

[Rai99]

Closing as resolved

[MadokaMagicas]

@Montorni you have to create it the file.

How do I create the file? I already created a file named environment.txt but I don’t know how to add the content in it. Do I have to download any file? I’m sorry the case has been closed since but I really wanna play Monika After Story and this bug is annoying me.

[MadokaMagicas]

Ok with some help from WilliamJCM I fixed the problem, it was nothing you guys did wrong, I just needed some help finding where to put and and how to make the folder, in a language that is understandable for people that don't do a lot with computers, Thanks for finding a solution!

Could you please consider telling me how to create the folder and add the right content too? I’m sorry I can’t understand specific things about computers!! But I appreciate it if you could help. !