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[plek]

Hi,

Thank you for these mods. Higher resolution makes the game look beautiful.

I installed PS:T on my Mac Mini computer (core 2 duo, GMA950). The game starts just fine, so I installed G3 widescreen patch using 1280x720 for using with my 25" (1920x1200) monitor. Still no problems. After that I applied Ghostdog's UI mod. Now if I start a new game, it will crash if I try to start a conversation with Morte or if I attempt to attack a creature. The game does not crash if Morte is the one initiating the dialogue, like in the beginning and after finding the weapon. But as soon as I dialogue click on Morte, the game crashes before the dialogue screen appears. It crashes in the same instant manner when I A-click a creature. Does anyone recognize this issue?

I have tried changing rendering to software in the game options and also disabling direct draw and D3D. I have tried reinstalling the game and the particular resolution mods only. If I uninstall the UI mod the game will once again work as it should.

[Qwinn]

This does seem to bear a resemblance to this report I got here:

http://www.shsforums...&...st&p=454915


Qwinn

[plek]

Thank you for the advise regarding the cursor file! Unfortunately it did not help. I tried installing all other mods found here except for the UI mod and it seems to be a problem with this particular mod.

It seems to be the exact same problem as kayekatarn is experiencing. The game will crash if I manually choose to attack or start a dialogue, not if the game automatically chooses the dialogue cursor upon selecting a creature. I can look at things, pick up items, loot for items, open up character screen and inventory screen - no problems there.

I just made another discovery here. I tried installing the widescreen mod using 1280x1024 resolution, then installing the UI mod 1.0. That helped. Then I changed to UI mod 1.2 using the same resolution and it still works. This points in the directon if this being a problem with the new supported resolution 1280x720.

Edit: I also tried 1280x768 and there are no problems with that resolution. My video card does for some reason not support 1280x800 so I cannot try that.

Edited by plek, 09 July 2009 - 03:50 AM.

[ghostdog]

Plek, could you be a bit more specific about the problem ? You tried installing it with a 1280x720 resolution, or with a 1280x800 the first time? (Since your monitor has a 16:10 aspect ratio) Did you follow the installation instructions to the letter the first time? More importantly , did you start a new game when you installed the widescreen mod? Each time you change the resolution you should start a new game. Save games are fully compatible only with the resolution in which they were saved.

Edited by ghostdog, 09 July 2009 - 11:33 AM.

[plek]

Yes, so far the issue has occurred only when using 1280x720 resolution. 1280x768 and 1280x1024 works fine. So far I have not been able to try 1280x800 because my video card drivers do not support that resolution in Windows XP. But it should be easy to fix, so I'll see if I can try it aswell.
I followed the given installation procedure and had no problems there. For every test, I have started a new game.

[ghostdog]

Hmm, I'd be glad if you could uninstall all mods and do a new installation of the Widescreen mod and my UI in a 1280x720 resolution. So far I haven't encountered any of the crashes you mention and I haven't had any other reports about similar problems.

[ghostdog]

and have tried installing the widescreen mods at every resolution and a few times have not even gotten the game to start got an error that said

assertation failed in D:\torment\source\chitin\chvideo.ccp line 4322 or some such things.

I think these crashes you have, are related to the fact that you're using vista64 and not to my UI. PST is known to have problems in vista. This thread might help you : http://www.bootstrik...ment_vista.html

[Horta]

I too ran into this issue in 1280x720, which was the first config I tried. I could pick up a scalpel and even talk to a zombie, but after manually changing the cursor in order to attack one, it crashed the moment i clicked the foul thing.

I tried it again (with disabled soundeffects), this time clicking the floor, and it crashed once more. I then uninstalled the UI mod, but kept the widescreen mod (still at 1280x720), and it didn't crash anymore. I then re-installed the widescreen mod to 1280x1024, and installed your mod again, and it didn't crash then either.

The error itself was an unhandled exception, something with torment.exe 2224 (which was the number I googled on the second crash), it's just that I am pretty sure the number from the first crash started with a 7, which would make the number variable. The only other mods i have are the big three by Qwinn, and the widescreen mod of course (thanks all!). I got a 7600GS GPU, a Benq E2400HD LCD, and WinXP SP3.

(By the way, the "D:\torment\source\chitin\chvideo.ccp" error is caused by trying to run the game in a resolution not supported by the monitor. I know because I ran into this when trying 1280x800.)

Anyway, thank you very much for this mod! I didn't realize all these mods existed when I installed PS:T, so I expected to play at a much lower resolution. I'd like to play in 1920x1080, but the very same issues which your mod fixes would end up breaking the immersion for me, so I'll be playing 1280x1024. Thanks again.

[ghostdog]

I can't reproduce these crashes. The x720 UI works fine with me. Horta, are you using the 2CD or the 4CD version of PST ?

As for the 1280x800 resolution, you can probably add it as a viable resolution in your cards control center. Check the readme for details about the NVIDIA panel.

[plek]

No discoveries from my side. I have reinstalled the game several times (2 CD version) and not added any mods other than the 1280x720 widescreen and the UI. It works if I don't install the UI mod, but also if I uninstall it and just keep the widescreen. Very strange. Since the other resolutions works, I have been using 1280x1024 - it looks good!

[ghostdog]

Error found !

It was a wrong offset for 2CD version of PST when using the 1280x720 resolution. A lame mistake on my part, many thanks to taplonaplo for spotting it. The fact that I couldn't reproduce the crashes (I have the 4CD version) and that some of the people who had them said they were using the 2CD ver. should have made me find the error sooner.

A new (hotfix) version has been uploaded. I'd really appreciate some feedback that everything now works fine with the 2CD version + 1280x720 resolution.