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Corrupted Text
Mr. Cryptic:
This screenshot, is the video card i am hopeing that needs updating right?
Wedge:
Torque doesn't support Asian characters. :cookieMonster:
But I can't really tell unless you take a picture of them.
But I've had a problem similar to this before, and I'm pretty sure those aren't Asian characters, there is either something wrong with your drivers or graphics card that is scrambling your text. This happened to me in AoT a lot. Just open up the options menu and change the resolution, and it should be fixed. Although that is just a quick fix, you should update your graphics card or get a new one eventually.
EDIT: If your computer is five years old, it is probably your graphics card. Getting new drivers probably won't help if it doesn't meat the minimum requirements for Blockland. You'll probably need to get a new graphics card.
Space Guy:
http://www.blockland.us/smf/index.php?topic=17230.0 Second Picture
http://www.blockland.us/smf/index.php?topic=16559.0 First Picture
http://www.blockland.us/smf/index.php?topic=15145.0 First Picture
If it's what I think it is, is the problem like the chat in the above topics?
This happens, occasionally, in every Torque game - BL0002, Marble Blast demo, etc. It goes away when you restart the game, usually happening when a "bad" script is executed or when you spawn in a server with brick errors. Sometimes it goes away on its own.
Packer:
Ether you've alt+tab'd some how or your GFX is dyeing a slow and painful death.
TheCannon187:
Those are called "Artifacts", and they are the result of your graphics card's extended lifetime. Get a new one.
As you live in Canada, I can tell you that you can get an ok model for around $190 if you use PCI-E (16x), or for $135 if you use AGP (8x).