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[redbull2009]

me too, I need more detailed info

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[Gaspare]

I have found one of the causes of black boxes: Comodo Internet Security!

For those of you who use this antivirus+firewall program and have black boxes issues with BG2 (like i had before finding this), try to shut down it before running the game (shut down the program, not disable AV or FW). It will work smoothly even under windows 7 with no compatibility options enabled and also using an 8xxx Nvidia card!
At least it worked for me, I have windows 7 RTM x64 installed and an Nvidia 8600M GT with 186.03 drivers for notebook on my laptop. Haven't tried with the latest drivers (186.81) yet.
I guess that adding the BG2 executable to the trusted program list of CIS could let play the game also while the program is running, but i am not 100% sure.

Dunno if BG1 works fine as well, i'll try it too, as soon as possible.

Edited by Gaspare, 03 September 2009 - 01:03 AM.

[Istfemer]

I had the same issues (flickering screen in 3d, black boxes in 2d) on GeForce 8600 GTS, but I solved them through disabling something (IIRC, antialiasing) in nvidia control panel. After that, BGII + ToB ran ok in 3d.

Now I have a newer pc with GeForce 9500 GT. And when I first launched ToB, screen was flickering again. Only Antialiasing Mode - "Override Application Settings" helped. However vertex padding remained, even with proper checkbox selected in BGConfig.

I solved the whole thing with RivaTuner:

Driver settings - Customize - OpenGL settings - Compatibility Tab - Set OpenGL hardware acceleration mode to NV1x compatibility.

Help says that opengl driver uses MSAA by default, which obviously creates artifacts in Infinity games on latest nvidia boards.
Nv1x mode uses SSAA, which solves all artifact problems.

(BG:TotSC on old Nvidia 6600 worked fine though )

[TheAdamantArchvile]

Can I have a little help?

Skip to 2:50 to see the problem. The other 2:49 is just me testing out the intro movies on youtube.
I have a Dell XPS 630i with a ATI Radien 3870 graphics card. What am I doing wrong?

[Ungrammatical]

I have tried all the fixes on IWD 2 and they all worked with the exception of one bug. During the screen scrolling the fog of war flickers. I have tried everything in nvidia controls panel and iwd2 settings with no luck. Is there a way to turn the fog of war off ?

Specs: Windows 7 64 professional
GF: 8800gt with 190.62 drivers

PS: Thanks for the mod

Edited by Ungrammatical, 19 September 2009 - 11:27 PM.

[W. Irving]

Hello

I've ran into some weird behavior too, one I think hasn't been mentioned in this thread.

I have PS:T installed with Bigg's Widescreen mod, ghostdog's UI, the nvidia fix and all of Qwinn's mods.

I have transparency turned off altogether and I get no glitches except for sometimes-boxish fog of war, but with that I can live. I've also had the walking sideways/backwards issue but that was fixed by turning software mirroring on, without any noticeable performance loss. Other software rendering options are off.

My problem is that performance drops drastically whenever I highlight any door or container. After starting the game, everything seems normal, but then it gets worse and worse, up to unplayable, each time a container is highlighted. Turning any of the software rendering options on or off doesn't affect this in any way, except for 'resetting' the game so it's normal for a while and then starts to freak out each time I try to open anything.

Otherwise, the performance is great even with software mirroring turned on. But as soon as I touch something, it all goes to hell.

Is there any nVidia or compatibility setting I could try to remedy this? Nothing I've tried so far has worked.

I'm running 64-bit Win7 RC with 9600M graphic card and 186.03 drivers.

Thanks.

edit: it also slows down when dropping bodies. i suppose there's some kind of connection between the dying and container animations?

Edited by W. Irving, 24 September 2009 - 12:09 PM.

[Jarno Mikkola]

Otherwise, the performance is great even with software mirroring turned on. But as soon as I touch something, it all goes to hell.

That sounds like it's not the video card at all, but something else entirely. Like an Ambient sound missing and as the game tries to start the missing sound file again, again and again, with gives you the lag. To fix that, open the torment.ini with Notepad and edit the "Environmental Audio" to zero and save, or use the Config.exe to get rid of the sounds, this will remove also the stepping sounds etc. but that can't be avoided.
Just remember that if you have Vista, the game need to be not in the program files sub-directories for your edits to be effective...

[W. Irving]

Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately, that doesn't fix it. Just in case, I've also tried turning the sounds off altogether, but it doesn't have any effect on performance.

So far, I've experienced slowdowns when:

• hovering the mouse over doors and containers
  
• killing creatures (not fighting, just the dropping dead animation)
  
• auto-scrolling conversations (?) - this one's a bit weird and nowhere near as drastic as the container thing
  
• unfortunately I don't have any spells to test, since my old saves are invalidated by the widescreen mod

Also, the slowdown vanishes when I stop pointing doors, and returns stronger when I do it again. I suppose there's some sort of memory leak, but how? What's so special about a simple change of container's color?