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Having a slight difficulty resting...

Discussion in 'BG2: Shadows of Amn (Classic)' started by Septic Yogurt, Oct 13, 2003.

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    Ok... So here I was, merrily playing Baldurs Gate Two: Shadows Of Amn, everything going perfectly alright and dandy, in the middle of a wonderful romp through the temple ruins of Umar, mid-mission, I decide it would be a good idea for my party of weary adventurers to take a bit of a nap.

    So I hit the Q key as I do before every resting period. Then came the bastarding problem, everytime I rest, the game crashes, I restart the game and try again, no luck.

    I restart my machine and try again, no luck.

    Then I try Lokkens idea, saving in a new slot, closing the game, reopening, then trying to rest.

    It did not work.

    My version of BG2 is running the most recent patch and I am currently running DX8.

    My specs are Athlon XP 1900+, 512MB DDR RAM and a GF4 MX 460.

    I believe this problem could either be stemming from resting or from ingame video playback, either way, much help would be happily accepted :) .

    Cheers

    -Stavros
     
    Septic Yogurt, Oct 13, 2003
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    That sorta sounds familiar... I had a problem once where every FMV crashes the game - including cut scenes like sunrise, sunset, asylum preview, etc... AND the sleeping screen.

    For a temporary solution, I just madly clicked through it so the videos didn't actually load. You might want to try that too.
     
    Blog, Oct 14, 2003
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    hmm... is there no way to disable video playback... that would probably be a better solution.
    [edit: i went into baldur.ini and set all the FMV values to zero... it still crashes. also.... running Win2k Pro if anybody needs know]
     
    Septic Yogurt, Oct 14, 2003
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    I did the same thing as Blog. I would click "madly" until I would bypass the video. I had to do it with the asylum vid most of the time.

    Do you have a Full Install? The BG2 CDs aren't really all that balanced, so that could be the problem.
     
    Mystra's Chosen, Oct 14, 2003
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