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[Tash]

I think that's, uh... a non-3D-accelerated version of the animation. Is it just Cloudkill? Maybe drop us your baldur.ini, too.

[Tash]

Ah, but you see, you actually have to use 3D acceleration for a modern setup. Otherwise glitches will happen. There are a few issues with your config. Try to set these to proper values:

 

GLSetup Driver=0 // or run Config program and select "Default OpenGL Driver" from the drop-down.

16Bit Textures=0

3D Acceleration=1

Disable Brighten=0

Automated Speed Adjustment=0

Use 3d Animations=1

 

Low Mem Sounds 1=0
Low Mem Sounds 2=1 // this is just an extra for speed-up in nasty BG1 areas. Restore to 0 for BG2.

Environmental Audio=0 // also an extra; this feature is bugged in the original BG2 engine, and positional audio won't work correctly.

 

If this doesn't work, then your graphics card may have some disabled functionality and doesn't provide the required acceleration. First, for a general test, run dxdiag and check 3D acceleration to be on the safe side. Then, if you have access to OpenGL settings through your drivers, take a look; maybe there's some mess in there. What's your graphics card?

Edited by Tash, 12 July 2014 - 09:50 AM.

[The Imp]

Low Mem Sounds 1=0
Low Mem Sounds 2=1 // this is just an extra for speed-up in nasty BG1 areas. Restore to 0 for BG2.

One doesn't need to restore that to a thing, as the sounds get turned off only if the game notices that it's producing lag... as it has hard time keeping up with their demands or if there's any other lag causes.
That is, this needs to be on 1:

Automated Speed Adjustment=0

Edited by The Imp, 12 July 2014 - 11:51 AM.

[The Imp]

I habe tried to activate 3D acceleration and it worked after I deactivated the triple buffering of my graphic card. But the Cloudkill still looks not the way it should. I now have an upgraded version of the ugly animation in my first screenshot. But I'm looking for the animation of the second screenshot witch is the original Baldurs Gate 2 animation.

If you tell the file name, it would help.

Or you could --change-log the file, and possibly get the original animation by replacing the spell file with one of the backups.

PS, if you use the file attached to the post, do not overwrite the weidu.exe with the one in the archive, it's an older version and it won't give you the "expected result".

[Tash]

Cloudkill uses "SPHORPUF.bam" animation file. You've installed 1PPv4 big-cloudy version through "Softer Spell Effects" component. As to why it's tinted green, I'm not sure which mod changes the palette.

 

Keep in mind that this component requires 3D support to work properly.

Edited by Tash, 13 July 2014 - 05:36 AM.