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[Jarno Mikkola]

'That random guy', on 11 December 2010 - 11:39 AM, said:

Now just curious this works for iwd series to right? yes it does right? its stated at the beginning of this thread if I remember correctly I like to ask anyway to clarify that.

Well, if you don't have the IwD1 'addition pack' called 'Hearth of Winter', then yes... but if you have the Hearth of Winter, I advice that you to install the latest patch that doubles as the addition-addition pack called 'Tales of the Loremaster'(&v1.42 patch), link from where it can learn more and download it; and that shouldn't have the black boxes problem, just that you should set the Sprite Mirroring on.

By the way, the bard is the worst class to start in BG1... as it has no spells, low hitpoints, really low thac0, no hide, no disarm trap, no lock picking...
It does get a little better but not much at higher levels when you can cast spells but still you'll be restricted in armor there as you cannot wear them if you wish to cast the spells.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 11 December 2010 - 02:19 AM.

[Jarno Mikkola]

'Luckmann', on 18 February 2011 - 05:41 PM, said:

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Did you install the nvidia_fix from the first post ? Of course you have to know how to avoid the Windows 7's common problems.
If that doesn't cover everything... The fog of war bug should be fixed if you start the Config.exe in the game folder and go to Graphics and in the Game options there's "Sprite Mirroring", so enable or disable it.

'Fablesamurai', on 29 January 2011 - 06:36 PM, said:

I have a problem with the installation of the fix. When I run it it says
installing [fix nvidia graphical glitches]
copying ad patching 1 file...
copying 1 file...
ERROR: error loading [nvidia_fix/nvddf.dll]
Am I doing something wrong?

Well no, it seems to be a failure at the file used to install the fix... you of course have to have extracted the files correctly to the game folder.

'Tef', on 22 January 2011 - 11:25 PM, said:

I've got a problem with BG2; if I have both DirectX's hardware acceleration and BG2's hardware acceleration on or off, the fog of war is jagged, but renders incorrectly if I go into a menu and exit. Having BG2's HA on and DirectX's HA off and vice verca will cause the screen to flicker like crazy.

What do I do?

You really should only need to use the games own configuration program to deal with the problems in BG2, so read the first post...

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 18 February 2011 - 11:16 AM.

[Jarno Mikkola]

'Luckmann', on 18 February 2011 - 11:24 PM, said:

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I has a sad.

Start the Config.exe in the game directory, select the "Graphics" tab, and use the Windows "Snipping Tool" to take a picture of it(saved as a .jpg), go here and upload the picture, and then post the link to the picture in a post...

[Jarno Mikkola]

'Luckmann', on 19 February 2011 - 02:18 AM, said:

I hope a .png is alright, when I saved it I had completely forgotten you said .jpg

Doesn't matter, the .jpg is smaller and usually easier to upload.

'Luckmann', on 19 February 2011 - 02:18 AM, said:

Also, here's my icewind2.ini

Hmm, don't know why the fog of war doesn't like what you have... but the game play might lag because these settings:

'icewind2.ini' said:

Maximum Frame Rate=45
...
Keyboard Scroll Speed=72
...
Environmental Audio=1

Switch them to:

'icewind2.ini' said:

Maximum Frame Rate=30
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Keyboard Scroll Speed=36
...
Environmental Audio=0

And see if it corrects the speed some what...

[Elsok]

Hello I hope ... I am posting in the correct place.... I am trying to perform a full install of PS:T..... the directions say I need to edit the torment.ini file in my Torment game directory using Notepad,but i do not see it there.... i have looked and looked but don't see it at all... Will someone here help find this file?

[Jarno Mikkola]

'Elsok', on 30 March 2011 - 08:32 PM, said:

Hello I hope ... I am posting in the correct place.... I am trying to perform a full install of PS:T..... the directions say I need to edit the torment.ini file in my Torment game directory using Notepad,but i do not see it there.... i have looked and looked but don't see it at all... Will someone here help find this file?

You might have to play the game for it to be there, start the game with the .exe, start a new game and after the talk with the skull exit the game, and the .ini file will be in the game directory.

And if it's still not there because your OS, do the usual thing in regards of the latest Windows OS'es and IE games...

'Luckmann', on 19 February 2011 - 08:15 AM, said:

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Darn... so the help here made the difference.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 30 March 2011 - 11:15 PM.

[raythelightning]

Ok so, I'm having problem with the mouse leaving traces in PST. I have the GoG version and I installed all the fixes for it, but it's still there. I'm using compatibility administrator to force emulating Ddraw. I have also tried the other fixes such as D3D, but that doesn't let me go full screen, and kinda ruins the immersion for me. I also used Shift Window to try and fix it, but it would only resize my window, and if I chose to go full screen, I either have the start menu appearing on the bottom, so it covers my interface, or if I use windowed mode I sometimes get graphical glitches, such as 1px lines going through the whole window. Is there any other option to fix this, because I really want to play it in full screen without the mouse glitching?

[Elsok]

[quote name='Jarno Mikkola' date='31 March 2011 - 03:02 AM' timestamp='1301554968' post='511995']
[/quote] You might have to play the game for it to be there, start the game with the .exe, start a new game and after the talk with the skull exit the game, and the .ini file will be in the game directory.

And if it's still not there because your OS, do the [url="http://www.shsforums...ry504045"]usual thing[/url] in regards of the latest Windows OS'es and IE games...[/quote]

Well.... LOL it was there all the time just under a diferent name. it just reads "Torment" and out to the side it has a description "Configuration settings"...........

Now I have a couple more questions.....

1) Should I install the fixpack,tweek mod,and unfinished Buisness before The Biggs's Widescreen mod?

2 I also have a question about installing the Widescreen mod..... During the instalation it asks for the x and y resolution twice ..... I have a 24 inch widescreen monitor and I want to play the game in 1920x1200 rez ..... Should i enter 1920x1200 both times or should the lowest rez for the game be entered first and then !920x1200 or vise a versa???

thanks as always for your help!!!

Edited by Elsok, 31 March 2011 - 01:12 PM.

[Jarno Mikkola]

'Elsok', on 01 April 2011 - 12:10 AM, said:

1) Should I install the fixpack,tweek mod,and unfinished Buisness before The Biggs's Widescreen mod?

2) I also have a question about installing the Widescreen mod..... During the instalation it asks for the x and y resolution twice ..... I have a 24 inch widescreen monitor and I want to play the game in 1920x1200 rez .

1) The FAQ for the general install order is here, I would... that's talked here, put the Widescreen mod second to last, just before the GUI mod, but you do what you like.
2) Do as you like, but I prefer the max resolution, other don't, what you probably want to do is enter the game resolution you wish to use in the first question, and then put the larger numbers to the second question, should you desire such in your saves, so they can be reconfigured to use the larger resolution. So essencially if you wish to have 1920x1200 everywhere, you put 1920 and 1200 to both times.

Edited by Jarno Mikkola, 31 March 2011 - 11:01 PM.