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System crashes in inventory screen (without clicking on items)

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale 2' started by noldor372, Jan 15, 2007.

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    [​IMG] I just transferred my mpsaves onto a new system, but now the game crashes as soon as I open the inventory screen. I have the ease of use mod installed. Any ideas?

    Never mind. Turning on the BLTs seems to have fixed it.

    [ January 15, 2007, 03:06: Message edited by: noldor372 ]
     
    noldor372, Jan 15, 2007
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    Same problem again; on my unmodded install of Ultimate Collection (CD), CTD on 32bit color settings regardless of resolution, WinXP SP2.

    Somewhat repaired by the following:

    full uninstall
    cleanout of older video drivers
    update and install of latest NVIDIA driverset for XP
    full reinstall of IWDII to HD
    manual set of drivers to "application controlled"
    Contrary to documentation, installation of the standard issue patch over Ultimate Collection
    no software BLTs enabled
    32bit color, 1024x768dpi resolution, disable EAX

    So far, able to play through the initial village and create characters/change colors of animation without incident. Not as pretty a fog of war as BGII for some reason (looks grainy and a little old-school) but works.

    Warnings from research: apparently at least one area cannot progress without crashing using 1024x768; posted advice is to reduce to 800x600 for that battle. Advice on older drivers is contra-indicated; the patch apparently deals with OpenGL issues well enough. Do not bother messing with the .ini; something hardcoded resets several of the settings, probably because of proprietary engine stuff (but this is a random uneducated guess from a non-programmer, so take it the same way you would take a conversation with a friend after a few drinks). Do not attempt to solve problems by running in 98 compatability mode, as the game is an XP game with backwards compatability; you are warned in several tech docs *not* to run in mode. For the best tech advice, look for the folks who have been working on getting this running under Wine.
     
    cmorgan, Apr 16, 2007
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    Err did you have the patch? I had this problem too without the patch, and when I got it it never ever happened again!
     
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