All modifications of the 3.8 release such as Omega, DNA, and Neutral are also affected. Leaked versions and modifications of the Dell 3.8.5 or Asus v6392 drivers are affected.
The newest Catalyst 3.8 and 3.9 Drivers break all 2D/3D transitions within Empires. All versions of the Empires Demo are affected including the Best Buy SP Demo, Electronics Botique MP Demo, and both downloaded SP and MP Demos. This a problem related to the drivers and not related to Empires.
Quoted from Dave Boghdan:
The latest ATI drivers (catalyst version 3.8) cause some problems in
Empires. All 2-D backgrounds will not get drawn correctly. You will
typically see a black screen with "residue" from the previous screen,
although text will still draw correctly. Unless you know where the buttons
are, it makes navigating the menus a bit of a nightmare. ATI is aware of
the issue and working on a fix for their new drivers. In the mean time,
however, do NOT upgrade to the 3.8 drivers. Use the 3.7 version instead.
If you've already installed the 3.8 drivers, don't worry. You can just
install the older 3.7 drivers over them. However, Windows will probably
tell you that you are replacing a newer file with an older one. This is
exactly what you want to do, so click "Yes" to overwrite any files that the
older driver might be installing.
[This message has been edited by AzN (edited 11-05-2003 @ 06:37 PM).]
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