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

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  • 01-02-2008 11:13pm
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    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭


    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)

    sm3634.jpg


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    #2
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    Holy crap!

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


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    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,321 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


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


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    Creature
    Registered Users Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭Creature


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


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    #5
    Spunge
    Registered Users Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭Spunge


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


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    #6
    Khalim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 345 ✭✭Khalim


    Oh wow. Cool.

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


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    #7
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Want.


    Damn you Mac!!


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    #8
    DingChavez
    Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭DingChavez


    Best RPG engine ever.


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    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    DingChavez wrote: »
    Best RPG engine ever.
    +1


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    qwertz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭qwertz


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


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    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


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


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    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    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.


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    qwertz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭qwertz


    Thanks, much appreciated!


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    Boro
    Registered Users Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭Boro


    Made my day mate!


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    #15
    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    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.


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    Cardinal
    Registered Users Posts: 237 ✭✭Cardinal


    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.


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    #17
    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    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!


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    Keith C
    Registered Users Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭Keith C


    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


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    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    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!


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    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    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.

    eu24iq.jpg

    35lf32e.jpg


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    #21
    Zombrex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,848 ✭✭✭✭Zombrex


    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


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    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭MooseJam


    pretty impressive stuff


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