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[ghostdog]

Maybe you've made a mistake while editing the ini. My ini file looks like this :

[Alias]
HD0:=c:\games\Torment
CD1:=F:\cd1
CD2:=C:\Games\Torment\TDATA\cd2
CD3:=C:\Games\Torment\TDATA\cd3
CD4:=C:\Games\Torment\TDATA\cd4

F is the CD drive. Whatever you do the game will always look for CD2 in the cd drive. You could also try making an image of your cd2 into your HD and then mount it on a virtual drive. (that's what I have done, although you may have to re-install the game from the virtual drive)

[Qwinn]

Ghostdog:

Just thought I'd point out, the guide's got a really good tip for 4CD users... copy CD2 thru CD4 into a single directory called CDALL or somesuch, then point the Torment.ini CD2 thru CD4 to that. There really is a whole lot of duplication going on, to reduce the need for disk switching, but on a full install that's totally unnecessary. Saved about 500 megs on my hard drive that way.

Qwinn

[ghostdog]

Ghostdog:

Just thought I'd point out, the guide's got a really good tip for 4CD users... copy CD2 thru CD4 into a single directory called CDALL or somesuch, then point the Torment.ini CD2 thru CD4 to that. There really is a whole lot of duplication going on, to reduce the need for disk switching, but on a full install that's totally unnecessary. Saved about 500 megs on my hard drive that way.

Qwinn

hmm, that's good advice, especially if you have multiple installs of pst.

[Qwinn]

hmm, that's good advice, especially if you have multiple installs of pst.

Actually, far as I can tell, if you have multiple installs of pst, there's no reason to duplicate the CD directories. All your various installs should be able to share, and point to, the same CD2 thru CD4 directories. They never get altered - any changes go into the override directory of your specific install. So maybe save even more room that way.

Qwinn

Edited by Qwinn, 14 July 2009 - 10:58 AM.

[Qwinn]

I believe the file it looks for is genmova.bif. In my install (4CD), checking properties, it's size (not size on disk) is 63,750,188 bytes.

Qwinn

[Qwinn]

CD2:=D:\Program Files\Black Isle\PlanescapeTorment\CDALL

That path doesn't look right. In the 4CD version, the path defaults to "Program Files\Black Isle\Torment". I know the 2CD path defaults to something else, but it's not what you quoted there. I think you're missing a space between the words Planescape and Torment. Or possibly a dash? Someone with 2CD version should be able to cite it precisely.

EDIT: Okay, yeah, the default for the 2CD version path is "Planescape - Torment". Space before and after the dash. If you changed the default, I'm guessing you didn't change it in exactly the same way as you changed the INI file.

Qwinn

Edited by Qwinn, 14 July 2009 - 01:18 PM.

[Qwinn]

Are you running this on Linux? The case-sensitivity response seemed like a good thing to check to me.

Personally, I would try reinstalling from scratch (uninstall mods, then uninstall game, then make sure any remaining override directory is emptied, then reinstall game, etc) and not change the default directory. It -shouldn't- matter, you should be able to change it, but obviously whatever problem you're having shouldn't be happening, so.

I do find it very odd that it works before applying the mods but not after. Nothing in my mods that I can think of should cause the game to stop knowing where to look for the files. Very weird.

Let me suggest that, as you go through the reinstall, see if you can start a new game with a clean install (AFTER having created the CDALL directory and pointing your INI to it). Then add widescreen mod. Then start a new game. Then apply ghostdog's UI. Then start a new game. Then my fixpack. Then start a new game. And so on. Main reason we can't help you is because what you're giving us is pretty general stuff. Do this and we can at least find which mod is causing your game to stop working.

Qwinn

EDIT PS: You said you copy and pasted the path into the Torment.ini file. I'd try not doing that, and just typing them in by hand. Who knows, there might've been embedded characters in whatever you copy and pasted from.

Edited by Qwinn, 16 July 2009 - 11:01 AM.

[Qwinn]

There's your problem. It is a bad thing to apply the official patch to the 2CD version, and unnecessary. The 2CD version is already version 1.1. The official patch is only supposed to be applied to the 4CD version 1.0.

Pretty sure that is mentioned in the installation guide and the fixpack readme.

Qwinn

Edited by Qwinn, 17 July 2009 - 01:01 PM.

[Qwinn]

The Fixpack installation will already detect if your Torment.exe is 4CD version 1.0, and fail out warning you that you have to install the official patch before continuing.

Adding the official patch to the 2CD version, though, happens before and outside the installation of my mods, and there's no way I can prevent that. I am surprised that he managed to install my Fixpack after doing that, actually, since the engine fixes install detects which version it's being applied to based on the Torment.exe's size, and I would think applying the official patch to the 2CD version would result in a nonstandard Torment.exe. Weird.

Qwinn

[Jarin Hawkeye]

You might want to include the 1024*768 UI for people who can not use higher resolutions (or don't want to).