Darth333 Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 This means that between work, study, obligatory g/f attention time, NWN2, MII, LucasForums there will be only 1 0.5 hours left for sleep each day yay for insomnia \o/ mtfbwya Fixed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Fixed! indeedy. I knew 1.5 seemed like far too much The scary thing is, that estimation is only slightly exaggerated. I'm getting an average of 3-5 hours sleep nowdays - due to aforementioned factors. It has gotten to the point where I will actually be cutting down a day of work(and taking less pay!) to catch up on sleep, study, exercise, NWN2 etc mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Man Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Edit: Jae's had a Moron Moment ! Darn it, I was on Jimbo's computer and I didn't realize he hadn't logged off, so if you're wondering about a guy commenting on being a mother hen, it's because I forgot to log on under my own name....Honest, I'm not trying to boost his post count. (Jae here) Heh, Astro, if you don't catch up on sleep, it has the nasty habit of catching up on you. One summer my motto was "I'm going to sleep when I'm 60!" I worked one full time and one part time job and went out with friends nearly every weekend and at least once, if not twice a week. I averaged about as much sleep as you. Then, because I was so worn out, I managed to catch mono. My motto then became "I'm going to sleep until I'm 60!" It'll be worth the pay cut to get more sleep...and I'll quit playing mother hen now. Anyway, Jimbo asked me what I wanted for my b-day next week, since it's one of those 'special' ones. I told him I thought the kitchen ceiling drywall and new flooring in the upstairs bath would likely be it. (leaking toilet A meter square piece of wet cementboard ceiling nearly fell on my head a week ago--I got up from my chair literally a moment before it crashed down--divine protection there--whew!). Well, he decided that that was not fun enough, and asked if I wanted NWN2 or Oblivion also. Of course I said NWN2! Besides, I was planning on getting Oblivion for him for Christmas.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Source Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I bought NWN2. My only problem is that I need to upgrade my graphics card. So far, the game is pretty sweet. I am glad the player can customize the characters. I can't say anything for the story, for I have not had a chance to play. After I buy a newer card, I will play it through. I am very impressed with the level of detail they utilized. Also, the modding tools are slightly compatible with KotOR II files, but I haven't done enough testing yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjpb3 Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I bought NWN2. My only problem is that I need to upgrade my graphics card. So far, the game is pretty sweet. I am glad the player can customize the characters. I can't say anything for the story, for I have not had a chance to play. After I buy a newer card, I will play it through. I am very impressed with the level of detail they utilized.Me too! I have to get a new graphics card because the game runs SLOWLY for me (just like KotOR I and KotOR II did before we got the graphics card we have now. *sigh*). But other than that it looks wonderful and should be tons of fun to play, once I get to play it, that is... @chainz: 7 disks!!! My Lord! Thank goodness hubby got us the DVD version. I don't think I could've handled a 7 disk install! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Source Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Me too! I have to get a new graphics card because the game runs SLOWLY for me (just like KotOR I and KotOR II did before we got the graphics card we have now. *sigh*). But other than that it looks wonderful and should be tons of fun to play, once I get to play it, that is... @chainz: 7 disks!!! My Lord! Thank goodness hubby got us the DVD version. I don't think I could've handled a 7 disk install! I ended up getting the DVD version myself. I will probally be buying a 512MB Graphics Card by Nivida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantzen Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 It was well worth the money, i have arrived to Neverwinter now, and have done some mission there. I love the party members conversations, they are hilarious. So what are you guys playing for race/aligiment/class. Im a lawfulevil drow wizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Source Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 It was well worth the money, i have arrived to Neverwinter now, and have done some mission there. I love the party members conversations, they are hilarious. So what are you guys playing for race/aligiment/class. Im a lawfulevil drow wizard. If you don't mind me asking, how much system RAM are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 It was well worth the money, i have arrived to Neverwinter now, and have done some mission there. I love the party members conversations, they are hilarious. So what are you guys playing for race/aligiment/class. Im a lawfulevil drow wizard. I'm a chaotic neutral Aasimar warlock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho_HfxCA Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 NWN2 is great so far but I made the mistake of not going to see the lizard chief right away when asked if Iwanted to see him. This got me stuck in Highcliff because I could not talk to Slaa to take me to the chief AAARRRRRGGGHHHH (Glitch? or not enough knowledge?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantzen Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 I didnt get stuck, i didnt go to him right away either, have you download both patches? But i encounterd a bug in Neverwinter, one of the party members get a personal quest there, and i could ask her about the mission before it trigged and get the location of where the person we should find lived, then maybe 10 mins later, the mission trigged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Down Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Hey, I need your advice on NWN2. I just don't know which race to pick, I'm having a hard time choosing between these races; 1. Shield Dwarf, 2. Half-Orc and 3. Human. Also, which classes whould be best suited for them. I like fighting most so it has to be a warrior or fighting class. - Ghost Down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho_HfxCA Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Hey, I need your advice on NWN2. I just don't know which race to pick, I'm having a hard time choosing between these races; 1. Shield Dwarf, 2. Half-Orc and 3. Human. Also, which classes whould be best suited for them. I like fighting most so it has to be a warrior or fighting class. - Ghost Down Try Half Orc Barbarion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Down Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Any other suggestions? Also, which race whould make the cutscenes the most enjoyable? - Ghost Down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantzen Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 What do you mean with "cutscenes the most enjoyable", you could try a monk, in BG2 my first characther was a human monk, and that was quite fun, and i have found many items that boost damage on monks attack and so on. Monk are specialist in unarmed attacks, so you dont have to run around and buy wepons for him either. I have a question about the NWN1 story, who the hell is Garius? I never finished NWN1, and i dont remember so much, but it's clear he was a villian in the first game And he seems to be the main villian in NWN2 to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Down Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I mean that which race will make the cutscene more funny, Like when I first choosed the Orc and encoutered that Dwarf the dialog was pretty funny.. - Ghost Down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoffe Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I've gotten the game today, and so far I've just gotten out of the door of the house you start in, but so far it's been quite underwhelming from a performance standpoint. With the default graphics settings I got a whopping frame rate of 9 FPS in that first room. Quite unplayable. After messing around a bit with the graphics settings I found that I got a jump from 9 FPS to 52 FPS by disabling the "point light shadows" setting whatever that means. So far so good, until I got outside of the door. There it dropped down to on average 13-15 FPS again. After messing around with the graphics settings some more I found no clear remedy to that problem, nothing I changed did much of a difference to the frame rate. Do anyone have any idea which graphics settings are particularily resource consuming that could be turned off/down so I could gain a playable framerate in the game? I have an ATI Radeon X1900XT graphics card, if that matters. (I find it mildly amusing that this game appears to be about 1000% more demanding graphically than Oblivion despite the fact that it certainly doesn't look as good or better than it from what I've seen so far.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 What are your specs compared to the requirements (just curious)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoffe Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 What are your specs compared to the requirements (just curious)? Requirements: OS: Windows XP Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP2000 or equivalent Memory: 512 MB (1 GB recommended) Hard disk space: 5.5 GB free DVD-ROM drive: 4X speed or faster Video: 128 MB Pixel Shader 2.0 (ATI 9700 Pro or nVidia 6600 or better), 256 MB Pixel Shader Model 3.0 (ATI X1600 or nVidia 6800 GT/GS or higher) recommended. Sound: DirectX version 8.1 compatible sound card DirectX: DirectX version 9.0c or higher My computer: OS: Windows XP Home Edition (SP2) Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Memory: 2 GB Hard disk space: 67 GB free DVD-ROM: X16 speed according to the specs I can find Video: ATI Radeon X1900 XT, 512 MB (should support shader model 3) Sound: Think it is DX 8.1 compatible. It's on-board audio on an Asus A8N-E (nVidia nForce 4 Ultra) motherboard. Works fine with other games requiring DX8.1 sound at least. DirectX: version 9.0c Rather frustrating to look forward to and wait so long for a game only to find it unplayably slow once I get it. (In particular since it's the only game I've tried so far on this machine that averages below 30 FPS.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Make sure you're running the right executable. AMD users should use the nwn2main_amdxp executable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceAlex Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Ya, this game performs awful on any system. What resolution are you playing at? At 1650x1080 i'm getting around 20 FPS outside (i have a 7800 GTX 512MB). I found out that turning off the shadows gives you a nice FPS boost. FPS jumped from 20 to 35 by turning them off completely. Anyway, i'm getting a 8800GTX soon... so hopefully i'll be able to play the game at the highest settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoffe Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Make sure you're running the right executable. AMD users should use the nwn2main_amdxp executable. Since there was an nwn2.exe, nwloader.exe, nwn2main.exe and nwn2main_amdxp.exe I figured it was safer to just run via the Launcher while testing this, since I was confused as to what the different files were for. I had hoped that the launcher would be smart enough to pick the correct exe file. But it's good to know which one to use so I can properly add it to ATI Tray Tools along with all other game profiles. But isn't the "_amdxp" one not only for AMD Athlon XP processors, and not Amd Athlon 64? Or does the "XP" in the filename refer to Windows XP? Confusing ambiguous abbreviations. Ya, this game performs awful on any system. What resolution are you playing at? I'm playing at 1280x1024, and most changes to the graphics settings didn't do any noticable difference, maybe 1 or 2 FPS on average in either direction. The one that did a huge change was the "Point light shadow" or whatever it was called, which bumped me up from 8 FPS to 53 FPS in the starting room. The only setting that did any noticable difference in the outdoors area I managed to find was "Reflective water". Turning that off bumped me up from 13-15 FPS to roughly 28-32 FPS. Way poorer than my average FPS in Oblivion, but at least it's playable so I won't complain as long as it stays there and doesn't get any worse as I get to other places. Time to find out, and see if I can find something better to wear than that awfully ugly starting attire I got that cramps my character's style. (Odd that the auto-configuration would turn on graphics settings that made my GPU beg for mercy, but at least they could be changed manually once found.) Anyway, i'm getting a 8800GTX soon... so hopefully i'll be able to play the game at the highest settings. Unless that card runs in circles around my R X1900 XT I wouldn't get my hopes up. Unless the game handles nVidia cards a lot better than ATI/AMD ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Since there was an nwn2.exe, nwloader.exe, nwn2main.exe and nwn2main_amdxp.exe I figured it was safer to just run via the Launcher while testing this, since I was confused as to what the different files were for. I had hoped that the launcher would be smart enough to pick the correct exe file. But it's good to know which one to use so I can properly add it to ATI Tray Tools along with all other game profiles. But isn't the "_amdxp" one not only for AMD Athlon XP processors, and not Amd Athlon 64? Or does the "XP" in the filename refer to Windows XP? Confusing ambiguous abbreviations. . All I know is that I've been playing it at 1920x1200 with nearly all the settings maxed out since I started using the _amdxp executable, whereas before it wasn't playable at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoffe Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 All I know is that I've been playing it at 1920x1200 with nearly all the settings maxed out since I started using the _amdxp executable, whereas before it wasn't playable at all. I tried with the AMDXP variant of the executable, and while it seemed to work overall better (no flickering loadscreens etc) it didn't do any noticably difference for performance. And it seems I spoke to soon about managing to get a decent framerate. Didn't get any further than the bridge in the village until the framerate was back down at 14-15 FPS on average. I've tried playing with all graphics options, but nothing seems to make a difference for more than 2-3 FPS at highest. This is ridiculous. Do anyone have any ideas on what can be done, other than admit I have been fooled, uninstall the game and forget about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 I tried with the AMDXP variant of the executable, and while it seemed to work overall better (no flickering loadscreens etc) it didn't do any noticably difference for performance. And it seems I spoke to soon about managing to get a decent framerate. Didn't get any further than the bridge in the village until the framerate was back down at 14-15 FPS on average. I've tried playing with all graphics options, but nothing seems to make a difference for more than 2-3 FPS at highest. This is ridiculous. Do anyone have any ideas on what can be done, other than admit I have been fooled, uninstall the game and forget about it? Hmm. Have you patched the game? That's the only thing I can think of right now :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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