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[CaptEHCJ]

I did a tactical install of BiG World.  I will note that I had a problem on the first attempt, where Sword Coast Stratagems (v30) would not install.  it got an error while actually installing.  And, with all the dependencies on it, the install rather fell apart.  I did an un-install, cleaned up, and started over from scratch, removing Stratagems and all dependencies from the tactical install.  That seemed to work. But, when I ran BGMain.exe, it popped up a DOS box with some text and then nothing happened.  I did this a few times and thought I might have a driver issue, perhaps.  So, since I have an NVidia card, in my laptop, I followed this link:

 

http://www.shsforums...-8-video-cards/

 

and checked the settings therein.  All looked good so I ran the NVidia_fix.zip which threw errors so not sure that did anything.  Then I started to write a post to ask for help here, and when I was well into the post (about this far!) THEN Baulder's Gate actually ran!  Thus, I find that launching Baulder's Gate literally takes 4+ min from when I double-click on the icon until when the starting animations begin.  And this seems weird but not specifically what I'm writing about, necessarily. 

 

The problem I am having (which may be related to the above) is that the game is very laggy.  In Candlekeep it was laggy-ish but playable.  But, just outside, now that I have Imoen in my group, every time I move the 2 toons, the screen freezes, I hear footsteps, then after they are done walking, the screen "catches up."  Needless to say, if the system is that laggy with just 2 toons, when I have 6 toons and am fighting a mess o bad guys, the game is going to be un-playable. 

 

I am playing on an Alienware 18 laptop under Windows 10 Pro.  The system has 16G of RAM, a 750Gb SSD, an i7 processor and dual NVidia GeForce GTX 770M video cards.  It's a beast of a laptop that can handle Witcher at full settings.  It should not have a problem with anything BG throws at it. 

 

So, thanks tons in advance for any suggestions, advice, or even questions that might help get this headed toward running properly. 

 

capte@aol.com

Ernie Clark

 

[Roxanne]

I did a tactical install of BiG World.  I will note that I had a problem on the first attempt, where Sword Coast Stratagems (v30) would not install.  it got an error while actually installing.  And, with all the dependencies on it, the install rather fell apart.  I did an un-install, cleaned up, and started over from scratch, removing Stratagems and all dependencies from the tactical install.  That seemed to work. But, when I ran BGMain.exe, it popped up a DOS box with some text and then nothing happened.  I did this a few times and thought I might have a driver issue, perhaps.  So, since I have an NVidia card, in my laptop, I followed this link:

 

http://www.shsforums...-8-video-cards/

 

and checked the settings therein.  All looked good so I ran the NVidia_fix.zip which threw errors so not sure that did anything.  Then I started to write a post to ask for help here, and when I was well into the post (about this far!) THEN Baulder's Gate actually ran!  Thus, I find that launching Baulder's Gate literally takes 4+ min from when I double-click on the icon until when the starting animations begin.  And this seems weird but not specifically what I'm writing about, necessarily. 

 

The problem I am having (which may be related to the above) is that the game is very laggy.  In Candlekeep it was laggy-ish but playable.  But, just outside, now that I have Imoen in my group, every time I move the 2 toons, the screen freezes, I hear footsteps, then after they are done walking, the screen "catches up."  Needless to say, if the system is that laggy with just 2 toons, when I have 6 toons and am fighting a mess o bad guys, the game is going to be un-playable. 

 

I am playing on an Alienware 18 laptop under Windows 10 Pro.  The system has 16G of RAM, a 750Gb SSD, an i7 processor and dual NVidia GeForce GTX 770M video cards.  It's a beast of a laptop that can handle Witcher at full settings.  It should not have a problem with anything BG throws at it. 

 

So, thanks tons in advance for any suggestions, advice, or even questions that might help get this headed toward running properly. 

 

capte@aol.com

Ernie Clark

 

I did a tactical install of BiG World.  I will note that I had a problem on the first attempt, where Sword Coast Stratagems (v30) would not install.  it got an error while actually installing.  And, with all the dependencies on it, the install rather fell apart.  I did an un-install, cleaned up, and started over from scratch, removing Stratagems and all dependencies from the tactical install.  That seemed to work. But, when I ran BGMain.exe, it popped up a DOS box with some text and then nothing happened.  I did this a few times and thought I might have a driver issue, perhaps.  So, since I have an NVidia card, in my laptop, I followed this link:

 

http://www.shsforums...-8-video-cards/

 

and checked the settings therein.  All looked good so I ran the NVidia_fix.zip which threw errors so not sure that did anything.  Then I started to write a post to ask for help here, and when I was well into the post (about this far!) THEN Baulder's Gate actually ran!  Thus, I find that launching Baulder's Gate literally takes 4+ min from when I double-click on the icon until when the starting animations begin.  And this seems weird but not specifically what I'm writing about, necessarily. 

 

The problem I am having (which may be related to the above) is that the game is very laggy.  In Candlekeep it was laggy-ish but playable.  But, just outside, now that I have Imoen in my group, every time I move the 2 toons, the screen freezes, I hear footsteps, then after they are done walking, the screen "catches up."  Needless to say, if the system is that laggy with just 2 toons, when I have 6 toons and am fighting a mess o bad guys, the game is going to be un-playable. 

 

I am playing on an Alienware 18 laptop under Windows 10 Pro.  The system has 16G of RAM, a 750Gb SSD, an i7 processor and dual NVidia GeForce GTX 770M video cards.  It's a beast of a laptop that can handle Witcher at full settings.  It should not have a problem with anything BG throws at it. 

 

So, thanks tons in advance for any suggestions, advice, or even questions that might help get this headed toward running properly. 

 

capte@aol.com

Ernie Clark

Silly question - did you biff the game?

[CaptEHCJ]

I don't know how to biff the game - so, unless its a standard step under the BwP install script, nope. 

[Lollorian]

Attaching the file called WeiDU.log from your BGII folder would let us know

[Roxanne]

I don't know how to biff the game - so, unless its a standard step under the BwP install script, nope. 

 

I don't know how to biff the game - so, unless its a standard step under the BwP install script, nope. 

24.33 Generalized Biffing v2.2

 

It is an optional step but highly recommended for large installations to avoid this very long loading time you mentioned and the general lag of the game.
 

[CaptEHCJ]

Hate to say it, but I can't figure out how to attach a file - WeiDU.log for example.  I have clicked on every "editing" button above and no go so far.. "My media" seems to come close but no clue how to add items to the "my media" list....

 

Roxanne - that sounds great.. any link to how to implement biffing, perhaps?  I would be glad to give it a shot!

[The Imp]

Hate to say it, but I can't figure out how to attach a file - WeiDU.log for example.

There's no need, you just open the file with Notepad in the game folder and copy paste the text to a post.

Roxanne - that sounds great.. any link to how to implement biffing, perhaps? I would be glad to give it a shot!

You just install this mod.
My pinned FAQ topic has this in the mentioned Lag prevention portion.

Edited by The Imp, 13 October 2015 - 11:22 AM.