1. SPS Accounts:
    Do you find yourself coming back time after time? Do you appreciate the ongoing hard work to keep this community focused and successful in its mission? Please consider supporting us by upgrading to an SPS Account. Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a good cause, you'll also get a significant number of ever-expanding perks and benefits on the site and the forums. Click here to find out more.
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
You are currently viewing Boards o' Magick as a guest, but you can register an account here. Registration is fast, easy and free. Once registered you will have access to search the forums, create and respond to threads, PM other members, upload screenshots and access many other features unavailable to guests.

BoM cultivates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We have been aiming for quality over quantity with our forums from their inception, and believe that this distinction is truly tangible and valued by our members. We'd love to have you join us today!

(If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you've forgotten your username or password, click here.)

Flickering everything, need some advice

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale 2' started by Totalkef, Feb 5, 2015.

  1. Totalkef Gems: 1/31
    Latest gem: Turquoise

    Joined:
    Feb 5, 2015
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Remove all ads!
    Hi there,

    So like a lot of other people running windows 7, I'm experiencing issues with, well, EVERYTHING flickering. Intro movie, buttons in the menu, in character creation, the works.

    Unfortunately, none of the fixes suggested for other people have worked for me. Changing colour depth, applying different modes of compatibility modes, disabling directdraw through the windows toolkit, disabling 3d acceleration and enabling it as well, through Nvidia control panel, nothing works.

    I'm at the end of my rope here. I'd really, REALLY like to enjoy the wonders of Icewind Dale 2 again, but it's simply unplayable with all this flickering!
    Any and all advice would be GREATLY appreciated!

    Regards,
    Kef
     
    Totalkef, Feb 5, 2015
    #1
  2. coineineagh

    coineineagh I wish for a horde to overrun my enemies Resourceful Adored Veteran

    Joined:
    Jun 6, 2008
    Messages:
    1,637
    Media:
    13
    Likes Received:
    134
    Gender:
    Male
    sounds like a framerate issue. did you try adjusting the number? 24 is standard, i believe.
    old ID2 still requires you to adjust to your computer manually, i'm afraid.
    I recently installed W7 on my own laptop, and i can confirm ID2 works. for me at least.
     
    coineineagh, Feb 5, 2015
    #2

  3. Totalkef Gems: 1/31
    Latest gem: Turquoise

    Joined:
    Feb 5, 2015
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Ayup. Standard is 30, turned it up to 60. Just flickers more quickly. turning it down does the same thing in reverse.

    Also installed the widescreen mod. Flickers both before and after. Patched to latest version too (though no idea if it flickered before that... hoping to fix it without uninstalling).
     
    Totalkef, Feb 5, 2015
    #3
  4. coineineagh

    coineineagh I wish for a horde to overrun my enemies Resourceful Adored Veteran

    Joined:
    Jun 6, 2008
    Messages:
    1,637
    Media:
    13
    Likes Received:
    134
    Gender:
    Male
    you'll need to keep adjusting the number until you guess it right. try 24 or 25. just a hunch.
     
    coineineagh, Feb 5, 2015
    #4

  5. Totalkef Gems: 1/31
    Latest gem: Turquoise

    Joined:
    Feb 5, 2015
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Tried 24 and 27 (the presets that IWD2 allow), and neither work (nor did 30 or 60). Can't manually change it to 25, as IWD2 overrides manual changes and reverts to its presets.

    Any other ideas?
     
    Totalkef, Feb 5, 2015
    #5
  6. coineineagh

    coineineagh I wish for a horde to overrun my enemies Resourceful Adored Veteran

    Joined:
    Jun 6, 2008
    Messages:
    1,637
    Media:
    13
    Likes Received:
    134
    Gender:
    Male
    update your video drivers? i'm out of ideas, i'm afraid.
     
    coineineagh, Feb 5, 2015
    #6

  7. Totalkef Gems: 1/31
    Latest gem: Turquoise

    Joined:
    Feb 5, 2015
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Haha, I already had, but your suggestion made me reinstall the same ones, just in case, AND IT FREAKING WORKED!

    Master Coineineagh, I love you! Thank you!
    If I ever come into my domain on the Sword Coast, there's a pouch of gold just for you!
     
    Totalkef, Feb 5, 2015
    #7
  8. coineineagh

    coineineagh I wish for a horde to overrun my enemies Resourceful Adored Veteran

    Joined:
    Jun 6, 2008
    Messages:
    1,637
    Media:
    13
    Likes Received:
    134
    Gender:
    Male
    happy to help!
     
    coineineagh, Feb 6, 2015
    #8
Sorcerer's Place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. Maintaining Sorcerer's Place and a stable environment for all our hosted sites requires a substantial amount of our time and funds on a regular basis, so please consider supporting us to keep the site up & running smoothly. Thank you!

Sorcerers.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.