Baldurs Gate, Planescape Torment, Icewind Dale in full resolution widesceen!

quarryman · 01-02-2008 10:13PM #1

This has just made my week! A mod to (somehow) patch the game to run in a selection of resolutions.

Grab it here.

Just tried it on Planescape Torment and it looks AMAZING.

Can't wait to give Baldur's gate a try.

Note: It needs a bit of tweaking to get right. I found I had turn down the hardware acceleration to get the fog of war working correctly.

screeny: (full res one attached)

Sarky · 01-02-2008 11:19PM

Holy crap!

Now if only the game wasn't so bloody hard to get.

super_furry · 02-02-2008 12:28AM

Oh man, just bought the Icewind Dale boxset. Cheers.

Creature · 02-02-2008 12:36AM

Sweet. I've been meaning to do Icewind Dale 2 again.

Spunge · 02-02-2008 12:37AM

Cool, ive had some unfinished tormet saves for a while, good excuse to get it out again.

Khalim · 02-02-2008 05:49AM

Oh wow. Cool.

Now time to dig through my boxes for the game...

Zapp Brannigan · 02-02-2008 07:12PM

Want.

Damn you Mac!!

DingChavez · 02-02-2008 09:08PM

Best RPG engine ever.

Kiith · 02-02-2008 09:38PM

DingChavez wrote: »

Best RPG engine ever.

+1

qwertz · 02-02-2008 11:05PM

Slightly OT: Is it possible to push the resolution to 1280x1024 with this mod?

Zillah · 03-02-2008 01:30AM

Wait, what the hell is the point? Look at the freaking control panel in the bottom right, this is retarded.

quarryman · 03-02-2008 02:32PM

Zillah wrote: »

Wait, what the hell is the point? Look at the freaking control panel in the bottom right, this is retarded.

try it before you knock it. The mod edits the environment and enlarges the playing area. Inventory, menus and load screens are unchanged. These are minor quibbles as its amazing the game can be modified in this way in the first place. Its a 9 year old game and it looks so much fresher now with the improved with resolution.

qwertz wrote:

Slightly OT: Is it possible to push the resolution to 1280x1024 with this mod?

I would say that is very much ON topic

Yes you can run well past that resolution if you want. Check my screenshot, its running for me at 1680x1050. I've also read that you can give it ANY x/y size, 1000x800 etc.

qwertz · 03-02-2008 05:01PM

Thanks, much appreciated!

Boro · 03-02-2008 08:41PM

Made my day mate!

quarryman · 04-02-2008 11:49AM

edit: Fallout 2 possibly....

for some reason I can't edit the original post.

here's a fallout 2 resolution patch I found also. Haven't test it yet.

Cardinal · 05-02-2008 03:47PM

Zillah wrote: »

Wait, what the hell is the point? Look at the freaking control panel in the bottom right, this is retarded.

I have to agree. Increasing the resolution beyond a certain point is a waste of time. It just makes everything too small. If you want better pixel density, play on a smaller screen.

quarryman · 05-02-2008 04:07PM

If you want better pixel density, play on a smaller screen.

ha, sorry but that's crap

Have you tried it?
1650x1050 is extreme but it works fine for me. The interface is very usable and I only spend 2% of the time looking at it anyway.

The interface is the only thing that isn't increased. Say what you like, I'm keeping it!

Keith C · 05-02-2008 11:14PM

Is this the games your talking about??

http://www.dvd.co.uk/Games/Baldurs-Gate-Compilation-PC-DVD/OC26868/product.htm

http://www.dvd.co.uk/Games/Icewind-Dale-Compilation-PC-DVD/OC26905/product.htm?sr=gsp

Would these work on Vista?? always on the lookout for good rpgs

quarryman · 06-02-2008 09:37AM

Yep that's them. In my opinion they go in this order:

1. Planescape Torment (Light combat, heavy role-playing, lots of reading, best story)
2. Baldur's Gate Series (Even mix of combat and roleplaying)
3. Icewind Dale Series (Heavy combat)

Try pick up Planescape Torment if you can on ebay or somewhere, the best RPG I've ever played.

Also the Infinity engine is old, don't expect Oblivion-like graphics. The key aspect was the crafting that went into the environments and spell effects.

Enjoy!

quarryman · 17-02-2008 10:21PM

So I finally got around to testing Baldur's Gate 2 on this and it looks brilliant. Even better than PST as it resizes the surrounding UI.

I've attached full res pics of the images below.

Zombrex · 18-02-2008 09:35AM

holy f**king sh*t ball batman

this is exactly what I was waiting for, having had to the games from that Pack they brought out about 4 years ago, but never played them properly because they looked crap on my monitor.

Now if they could just do this for Fall Out I might get around to playing those games from that other pack they brought out again about 4 years ago

MooseJam · 18-02-2008 10:39AM

pretty impressive stuff

Baldurs Gate, Planescape Torment, Icewind Dale in full resolution widesceen!

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