[TheDragonLiner]

Hello folks, been ages.

So I used to play using GDX 1.16. I tried upgrading to 1.18 in hopes it may fix a broken Secret Door in Death Wish Ep2. And the problem I'm facing is this, I'm playing using both an Upscale Pack and a Voxel Pack. The Voxel Pack works fine in this new version, however the Upscale pack causes trouble with this version.

Basically, when the game tries to load a level (testing with the main game, not DW) it gets irremediably stuck on "Preload Sprite Tiles" and I have no other choice than to mash the Windows Key to get out of the block.
Note, music still plays so I guess the game isn't frozen per say ...


When I was using 1.16, this was the part that took the longest time but it still took like 2 seconds roughly, it never got stuck. Also, now that I've attempted this, guess what ? >> If I try to revert to 1.16, neither the Upscale nor the Voxel packs work anymore.
I also tried using the Regular GDX version (without JRE) but it comes without an exe file somehow so ....


I'm at a loss as to what to do. Can anyone help ?


Update : I've tested with Shadow Warrior and Redneck Rampage, the other 2 games for which I use an Upscale Pack, and it's the same thing. It gets stuck on "Preload Things" or "Preload Sprite Tiles".
Except for Route 66's intro level, the Travel Agency building. That one loads fine I guess because there's very little sprite to load ...

Lastly, PowerSlave doesn't seem to load my Upscale Pack and the music aren't in the same order now.

[Phredreeke]

After testing with 1.18 it crashes for me as well. If you revert to the old version you have to turn on True color textures on in the video settings menu.

I can't really help you any further than that. I had even missed that 1.18 had come out (and the GDX version of the upscale pack was never as thoroughly tested as the NBlood version)

[TheDragonLiner]

Phredreeke, on 29 May 2025 - 06:48 AM, said:

After testing with 1.18 it crashes for me as well. If you revert to the old version you have to turn on True color textures on in the video settings menu.

I can't really help you any further than that. I had even missed that 1.18 had come out (and the GDX version of the upscale pack was never as thoroughly tested as the NBlood version)

Oh

What does "True Color Textures" do actually ? I don't see any difference O_o

I'm gonna try using 1.17 just in case.

EDIT : An interesting thing (still 1.18), if I turn off True Color Textures, quit the game, put my Upscale Pack in and launch a level, it loads properly but without the Upscale. If I turn on True Colors while in game, it actually loads in the Upscale, although it lags as it tries to load every sprite individually as they appear ....

Though it still freezes if you try to load another level, or even reload the current one ...