Invisible Buff Icons after patching

[Strikest]

My buff bar icons have been invisible since I patched to 1.28.1. Anyone else have the same issue or know how to fix it?

Screenshots of what I mean:

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Same issue here. I have been trying to fix an invisible icon for almost 2 days now before realizing that this applies to ALL bufficons and I can not see even a single one in EVERY game.

 

[Strikest]

@StoPCampinGn00b can you add this to the list of bugs Blizzard needs to fix? I don't think Blizzard is aware of this issue.

 

[Kaijyuu]

I personally don't have this issue. Anything unusual about ya'll's setups? Might be tied to OS or graphical settings or something.

 

[Strikest]

Not a setup issue. I also have 1.27b installed and the icons show fine when I play that version. Blizzard messed something up with the 1.28.1 patch, and it was not fixed in 1.28.2.

 

[Kaijyuu]

You misunderstand; of course it started with the patch, but it's not happening for everyone. Which means it's something to do with setup or settings.

The "fault" lies with the patch, but to fix it Blizz needs to know what is causing it.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Do these buffs use custom BLP files? If so then the files are damaged/corrupt. If they used to work but do not anymore it is because WC3 is more strict with loading BLP files than it used to be and most converter tools were written using a wrong BLP specification.

 

[Strikest]

It applies to all icons, including default Warcraft 3 icons.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

There is another problem: since 1.28, the lighting on the WC3 main screen is fucked up for me:



... maybe this only happens in the german localization?

 

[Kaijyuu]

Very possible; the localized versions were done in an incredibly dumb way back in the day, making separate forks for each.

 

[Dr Super Good]

There is another problem: since 1.28, the lighting on the WC3 main screen is fucked up for me:

What hardware are you using? It can easily be a graphic driver bug. Especially possible if you use Intel integrated graphics.

Otherwise try reinstalling. Could be a corrupted installation with many data files missing.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

What hardware are you using? It can easily be a graphic driver bug. Especially possible if you use Intel integrated graphics.

Geforce GTX 970. I highly doubt its my graphics driver, though. Also it seems that this only goes for the menu background. The rest of the game looks normal.

Otherwise try reinstalling. Could be a corrupted installation with many data files missing.

Tried, doesn't help. I assume this is a localization issue. Wouldn't be the first. Maybe other germans here can confirm?

 

[Tasyen]

the Main menu is fine.


Has to be another problem.

 

[Kaijyuu]

Does running the game with opengl work? (add "-opengl" without quotes to the shortcut)

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Nope, doesn't work. Dunno what it is, really. I'll try it on a different machine once I have the time.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Try installing the English version of WC3. If main menu appears fine then it must be a bug with the German localization.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

What about the icon issue? Tbh I don't care about the main screen. I just want buff icons to display. Anyone else having these issues?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Tried restarting your computer (not shutdown + start, a restart)? It seems WC3 is prone to missing assets such as buffs and special effects if the graphic driver enters some kind of buggy state. Since graphic drivers are only loaded at startup (not when resuming from hybrid sleep, the default Windows 8 and 10 shutdown mode) the buggy state can persist for a long time. What causes the buggy state is not clear, however it is generally correlated with the driver having a long life time.

 

[Strikest]

Restarting does not help, considering that I've had this problem for months + it persisted through another patch being applied.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

It's not a driver issue. This was introduced with one of the patches.

 

[Kaijyuu]

Of course the patch caused the issue, but it still might be associated with drivers. Or operating systems. Or localizations. Or what have you. If we can find a setup where the bug happens and where the bug doesn't, we can triangulate where the issue is arising from, so a later patch can fix it.

 

[Strikest]

Don't think blizzard acknowledges that this bug even exists, but for what it's worth I use the US localization on windows 10. A very generic setup for Warcraft 3, so no idea why I have this issue.

@brad_c6 can we get a response from Blizzard on this please? This is a pretty important ingame functionality being lost and it hasn't been fixed or even acknowledged after 4 patches. I'd also like to emphasize that this is not only an issue in custom games, but all maps, including the campaign and melee maps.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

I found the reason for this bug. Icons disappear as soon as I enable local files in the game registry (or via WEX/Newgen).

If I uncheck local file support in the editor, everything is back to normal.


However, this issue has been introduced in 1.28. Before that, having local files enabled was never a problem. Please fix this, blizzard! Local file support is important for distributing external resources with your map.