Release Gemrb

[bismuthdrummer]

I got 800x480 working recently for BGII.

1. Install the game somewhere using Windows or Wine.

2. Download and install this patch.

Install for GemRB. I tried the Infinity Engine at first, but mine wouldn't patch because of an .exe problem. You don't need to patch the executables because you're using a different engine! The GemRB option works fine.

3. Lowercase everything in the install directory.

I used spacetornado Renamer for Windows.

4. Move each of the CD#\Data directory contents to the main data directory.

5. Copy the following directories and all non-executable data in the root directory to appdata\bg2 on your Pandora:

• characters
• data
• music
• override
• scripts
• sounds
• widescreen

After all this it runs smooth as butter with a bit of overclocking (800 MHz), until you hit special effects that force it to stutter. This was actually a dealbreaker for me, as the stuttering really destroys the immersion. I'll keep this particular game to my laptop unless further improvements in processing for the Pandora arise.

 

[DaMummy]

explain step 3 and 4 a bit more as i think i messed up somewhere in that are, bg2 runs, but i didnt get it full screen

 

[bismuthdrummer]

If you run but don't get full screen, that tells me the patch perhaps didn't apply, so step #2 might be your holdup... Did you use the Windows version of the patch?

3. All files/folders should have only lower case letters. I think after using spacetornado some of my folders still had upper case letters, but it seemed to work fine all the same. I don't know how to lower case in Linux, but I have seen scripts and I'm sure you could Google some if you want to go that route. This is a Linux compatibility thing, where Windows doesn't care about case but Linux does.

4. If you install the CD versions, then after a full install you will have directories CD2, CD3, and CD4. Each of these will contain a data directory whose contents needs to go to the main /data folder. So, bg2/CD2/Data => bg2/data, and so on. Don't worry about copying over duplicate files, as they should be exactly the same. I believe the CD's contained some redundant data, so that when you played a minimal install and swapped CD's, you wouldn't have to do so as often.

 

[DaMummy]

i used a win netbook to do all the patching, seemed to work out fine, but i didnt do any renaming to lower case latters, so im guessing this is where my problem is, and i dont have the cd version, i grabbed it off GOG.com

 

[bismuthdrummer]

Hmm, probably don't have to worry about the CD thing then. Try lower casing to see if that resolves it. Otherwise maybe the mod won't work with the GOG version.

 

[kuru]

OK seems like the stuttering is just lack of power

Is there a way to stop the characters blabbering all the time? It makes the audio unbearable. The ingame option doesn't seem to have any effect. That's BG1.

 

[DaMummy]

well damnit somebody couldve said the widescreen mod doesnt affect the menu, i probably had it right the first time, but redid it 3 times because i saw the menu wasnt fullscreen

 

[Magic Sam]

Hi,

Is there a place where I could download only the required files to play the BG1 demo with Gemrb ?

I'm just too lazy to run setup.exe through Wine

Bye and thanks

Magic Sam

 

[JurnD]

Updated to gemrb 0.6.5 on http://repo.openpandora.org/

Jurn

 

[ldaneels]

Awesome,
thanks for keeping Gemrb up to date. I a having great fun with BG1.
However, I still can´t get BG2 & IWD to work. I am using the GOG versions & copied all the appropriate files to their respective directories. When I select BG2 or IWD from the menu, it just exits the menu & then nothing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[DaMummy]

i was able to use the bh2 from GOG, so you should be fine, just follow the instruction few pages behind this one about full screen mod.

 

[ldaneels]

Still no joy after doing the widescreen install.
Any idea what is going on ?
Thanks for any help

 

[zapman]

is there a way to make the games full screen on linux using wine? i also only have the GOG files

The instructions given here should also work with wine.

The site where the fullscreen GUI mod can be downloaded is online again, I will try it out just now.

EDIT: dang! the fullscreen mod doesn't support 800x480 px. I asked the developer of the mod if he could implement it though.

There is an updated widescreenmod available. It now has the 800x480 resolution, yay! I can't get it to work though, but I'm still on it, talking to the developer. I will keep you updated.

 

[zapman]

Half an hour ago, Zed Nocear kindly updated his wide screen GUI mod for GemRB. Get it here. I recommend to set 150% bigger fonts (when asked by the installer), it's so much better to read!