New Baldur's Gate!!! - Page 2

DireBadger · *Last edited by DireBadger; 11-29-2012 at 10:10.*

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Originally Posted by ibitato

anyone got it running already ????
it still says preladed on my side

It did say that for me but then for some reason wiped itself so it has to download all over again. Only problem is, for hours it's been sating connecting.

*Edit* Just been on the beamdog forums and a lot of people are either unable to play/download/install the game. And no sign of any tech support. Not looking good at all.

ibitato · **Memory**: 4x2GB@1080 5.5.5.15 5:6

lots of issues with Intel HD Chipsets due to poor OpenGL support
and nVidia users having to manually set High performance nvidia adapter to
run properly

On my old Intel945 lappy I got it to run more or less (some lag) ,
waiting for them to fix stuff

hopefully they'll change path to DirectX

funny thing I can run BG2,PS_T,IceWDale and amny others no prob

gamerk2 · 11-29-2012, 14:28 | posts: 2,063 | Location: Medford, NY

From what I've seen on my 570: You have to make sure Adaptive Vsync is disabled (text overlays flicker between background and foreground), and FXAA must be disabled (blurred text).

So yeah, expect a game profile in the next driver release.

ibitato · **Memory**: 4x2GB@1080 5.5.5.15 5:6

tons of issues with Intel chips / Nvidia lappys
forum is blooming with problems

dsbig · *Last edited by dsbig; 11-29-2012 at 17:00.*

Holly seizures batman!!!!!!

my eyes hurt now from that fact everything was flashing like that............

disabling vsync fixed it. but then I get tearing when scrolling

Mr.Bigtime · 11-29-2012, 18:33 | posts: 16,704 | Location: Turkey

the game download speed is too low

from Beamdog i mean

Carfax · 11-30-2012, 03:22 | posts: 314 | Location: U.S

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Originally Posted by Mr.Bigtime

the game download speed is too low

from Beamdog i mean

QFT. I'm downloading it right now and it averaging 250-350 kb/s.

They really should have opened the game up to other digital providers like Steam and Origin..

As annoying as this is though, the nostalgia alone is worth the try. This was the first game I ever played on a computer, so I'm eager for a return to the Sword Coast

I hope the game is as challenging as I remember..

Olorin · 11-30-2012, 11:02 | posts: 850 | Location: South Africa

So.. ? Any impressions yet? Yay/Nay?

dsbig · *Last edited by dsbig; 11-30-2012 at 12:14.*

lack of graphic options make me sad.....

first time I started the game. the video audio was buzzing

Olorin · 11-30-2012, 12:42 | posts: 850 | Location: South Africa

What graphic options are you looking for? Tessilation? God-rays ...?

; )

Carfax · 11-30-2012, 12:42 | posts: 314 | Location: U.S

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Originally Posted by Olorin

So.. ? Any impressions yet? Yay/Nay?

I've only played for just a few minutes since I have to go to work, but my first impressions are mixed.

Like dsbig said, there aren't any graphic options, which kind of surprised me. I'm sure they will be patched in later though. And the updated interface is way too big. You can tell they did it like that for touchscreen devices, but why they didn't make a more high resolution one for desktops/laptops is confusing to say the least, since the game will be installed mostly on those kind of machines.

Also, I keep getting weird audio distortions, especially in areas with lots of ambient sounds and voices.

On the positive side, the graphics look more polished and serviceable than I thought it would be..

Olorin · *Last edited by Olorin; 11-30-2012 at 12:52.*

And the audio quality itself? Is it the same as the vanilla version, but higher quality?

As far as graphic options, are you referring to the resolution? Otherwise I'm not sure what graphic options would be included.

It's still the same engine as far as I know and the vanilla version never had any graphical options that I can remember. Could be wrong.

Carfax · 11-30-2012, 12:57 | posts: 314 | Location: U.S

Aside from the distortions, audio quality seemed to be pretty good..

And yeah, I was referring to resolution. When I first booted up, the UI looked so big, I was sure I wasn't running native (2560x1440).

I think this game needs an older version of Visual C++. I usually only run the latest versions of that software, but I think I will have to install a 2008 version..

Olorin · 11-30-2012, 14:05 | posts: 850 | Location: South Africa

That's crazy. So they did not include any way of adjusting the resolution? Considering it's enhanced and all that, that should have been the first thing they included. So the only resolution is what, like 640 x 480?

ibitato · **Memory**: 4x2GB@1080 5.5.5.15 5:6

if you run it in window mode, the game will resize just fine
there is a ini file on users/documents where you can tweak stuff
most graphical issues can be fixed by disabling FXAA (nvidia), vsync testing
and disabling triple buffer for opengl
there are lag problems with intel gpus, need to run the program to win95 compat mode
to reduce the lag a bit, but not a solution
the forum is blooming with info and stuff, check there ppl for your inquiries
the default res on full screen is 1024x768

Olorin · 12-02-2012, 12:46 | posts: 850 | Location: South Africa

I'm getting the error OpenAl32 not found. I tried going to the Creative connect website but it's down. If anyone could help a member out and send me the file it would be appreciated.

drewho · 12-02-2012, 12:54 | posts: 206 | Location: UK

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Originally Posted by Olorin

That's crazy. So they did not include any way of adjusting the resolution? Considering it's enhanced and all that, that should have been the first thing they included. So the only resolution is what, like 640 x 480?

resolution uses my desktop res, its scales the graphics though.
i found it best to run it in a window, you can drag it around to any size you like

Olorin · 12-02-2012, 12:57 | posts: 850 | Location: South Africa

If anyone could host the Open AL32 drivers it would be appreciated.

hallryu · 12-02-2012, 13:09 | posts: 10,840 | Location: England

Umm, not downloading having seen all the issues.

Olorin · 12-02-2012, 13:20 | posts: 850 | Location: South Africa

What issues?

ibitato · **Memory**: 4x2GB@1080 5.5.5.15 5:6

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Originally Posted by Olorin

If anyone could host the Open AL32 drivers it would be appreciated.

Use beamdog client it will detect and installmfor you openal

ibitato · **Memory**: 4x2GB@1080 5.5.5.15 5:6

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Originally Posted by Olorin

What issues?

lots of issues with Intel HD GPU chipsets, also with laptops having both intel/nviuda chips

in my main rig runs fine, but in my old 945GM Express lappy I had to do all
short of workarounds, and still is choppy
devs are looking into it

yelsewshane · 12-03-2012, 04:12 | posts: 1,468

Works great on my systems don't know why some of you have issues. It as I expected it to be a baldurs gate with better graphics and sound simple as that.

Cyrosis · 12-03-2012, 06:17 | posts: 1,560 | Location: US

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Originally Posted by yelsewshane

Works great on my systems don't know why some of you have issues. It as I expected it to be a baldurs gate with better graphics and sound simple as that.

What do you mean better graphics and sound? I haven't read a single thing about either being changed, unless you are comparing to Baldur's Gate without the resolution mod.

Olorin · 12-03-2012, 08:49 | posts: 850 | Location: South Africa

So I tried Baldurs Gate. Haven't installed the OpenAl32 drivers used so I had no sound, incredibly slow opening cut scenes, but the game really does look great. Very detailed once zoomed out to the full.

The problem is that the UI is very, very low resolution. It's like 800 x 600 or whatever the widescreen resolution equivalent is. How can you have, for eg 1920 x 1080 resolution graphics for the game with a heavily pixelated UI? What were they thinking?

I just hope they can fix this in a patch. As well as all the other gameplay issues I've been hearing on the Baldurs Gate forum.