Curse

Znjk3n · Apr 18, 2007, 12:54 PM // 12:54

Some of my greens got a white box instead of skin... looks really weird.. and the icon for the green is an hourglass... the character is surronded by a big white square while wielding this green. ... This is only on greens..and only some greens not all... What can this be?

Kuldebar Valiturus · Apr 18, 2007, 02:53 PM // 14:53

Force an update of your game:

"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -image

If you haven't done this before, expect it to possibly take a while.

tijo · Apr 18, 2007, 03:33 PM // 15:33

If the update doesn't work, delete your Gw.dat file and reinstall the game. The white cube comes from a corrupted file most of the time.

Kuldebar Valiturus · Apr 18, 2007, 05:55 PM // 17:55

Well, I'd avoid a re-install and another full -image like the plague. Defrag your GW.DAT and if necessary just do a repair attempt:

"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -repair

Also, there's another method that can rebuild your GW.DAT using your existing DAT and online file checking.

This will also "trim" down bloated DAT's

To get a clean Gw.dat do this:
(Make sure you have enough disk space)

1.) Run gw.exe -image to get all files. (If your installation of Guild wars is already up to date, skip this step)

2.) Then copy these folders and files (as indicated) from the GuildWars CD into a NEW folder ("GWINSTALL") on your hard drive:

Setup.exe
\Data
\Data\cdrom.ini
\Data\config.ini
\Data\Gw
\Data\Gw\GwSetup.exe

3.) After the files and folders are copied modify \Data\cdrom.ini to this:

[CDROM]
Program=Guild Wars
Chapter=
Disc=1

4.) Move your Gw.dat file to the "GWINSTALL" \Data\Gw folder

5.) Uninstall Guild Wars from Windows Control Panel

6.) Reinstall Guild Wars from the copied files on your hard drive by running setup.exe

TedTheDead · Apr 18, 2007, 06:07 PM // 18:07

I had the same thing happen with a Gold Jade Sword and a Gold Outcast Shield. -image fixed it for me.