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thinking of getting this from amazon, anyone played it and if you have do you suggest it? it certainly sounds interesting.

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Well, I played it and it's a great game, prolly the most in-depth of the infinity engine-series. However, it looks very pixelized these days with a crappy max resolution. So it'll depend on how bad you'll want to try to overcome it's age. :) Otherwise, solid game.

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I played it for 10 minutes. Then it would crash. There was a problem with the CD.

1st 10 minute impression? = WARPED ASS GAME (in a good way).

Its got good reviews aswell. Oh and about 4 CD's.

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I have played it once. I liked it. 8-)

Only problem I had was constant requesting CDs. I.e. every time when I opened the list of creatures, my CDROM started fucking with CD. Annoying. I could not solve it with some virtual CD because I could not exit (without closing the game) from the game nor game had windowed mod so - I could not change CD. There might be some patch or newer version, I don't know. I just deleted it after 26hrs of non-stop playing.

Btw, how much it cost now, tyranus?

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If you can get it killer cheap, go for it. Its well worth its reputation. Yes i agre the graphics are crappy but the game was built when the story and gameplay was nr1 and graphics came in 2nd. Great classic.

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GFreeman wrote:
Btw, how much it cost now, tyranus?


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If you can get it killer cheap, go for it. Its well worth its reputation. Yes i agre the graphics are crappy but the game was built when the story and gameplay was nr1 and graphics came in 2nd. Great classic.


its not that cheap, about £25 - £30. :?

shame, because it looks like a really interesting game. might try somewhere else.

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yeah thats a bit much. I agree that you should look elsewhere.

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30 quid?! Hehe, damn right you should look elsewhere. :o I think I picked it up for less than 5€. (granted, it was a bank sale of some guy who bankrupted :roll: )

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im downloading a trial copy of this as we speak.

Torment was somethign i missed out on, and since talking with Ox a few days ago, it's been on my mind.
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heh...you resurrected a 5 year old thread. :roll:

I've never played it either, but my graphics whoreism probably wouldn't allow me to enjoy it properly. Maybe someone'll do a remake. :P

I kinda wish someone would go back and redo some of the great classics of gaming. It happens with movies... I don't see why it can't happen with games.
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Actually, they're already doing that:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/vi ... ies-Remake

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Since we're afraid of things that are new and different, let's start with the old. Coming later this summer for Xbox Live Arcade and PC is The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, an upgraded version of the 1990 classic that sports modern graphics (you can switch back to the classic visuals instantly if you want), a re-mastered score and full voice-over for dialogue. New gameplay features include a hint system that'll supposedly assist players in solving the game's dastardly puzzles. It's being developed internally at LucasArts.


With Telltale at the helm of the remake, this should be good. :)

Btw Satis, there are some very good high-res mods out for Planescape torment. Some areas of the game look like they were originally designed for much better resolutions and are still great. I think the mention of these mods is one of the reasons Derf was won over by the idea. :)

Check out these screens

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05 ... andscapes/

(click to enlarge)

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nice, i grabbed the mod for IWD2, should i ever get around to finish it again.

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mmm. cant seem to install the friggin mod...

Code:
[C:\Games\Torment\setup-widescreen.exe] WeiDU version 21000
[C:\Games\Torment\setup-widescreen.exe] Using scripting style "PST"
Using Language [English]

Would you like to display the readme? [Y]es [N]o
n

Install Component [Widescreen Mod]?
[I]nstall, or [N]ot Install or [Q]uit? i

Installing [Widescreen Mod]
Creating 1 directory

Enter your X coordinate. It should be a number, >= 640.
640

Enter your Y coordinate. It should be a number, >= 480.
480

640 x 480.

Are you sure? Y/N
y
Copying and patching 1 file ...
Copying and patching 1 file ...
FAILURE:
EXE patching failed.
Stopping installation because of error.
ERROR: [torment.exe] -> [torment.exe] Patching Failed (COPY) (Failure("EXE patch
ing failed."))
Stopping installation because of error.
Stopping installation because of error.

ERROR Installing [Widescreen Mod], rolling back to previous state
Will uninstall   0 files for [WIDESCREEN/WIDESCREEN.TP2] component 0.
Uninstalled      0 files for [WIDESCREEN/WIDESCREEN.TP2] component 0.
ERROR: Failure("EXE patching failed.")
PLEASE post the contents of the file SETUP-WIDESCREEN.DEBUG to this forum: http:
//forums.gibberlings3.net/index.php?showtopic=12988
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Install Component [Widescreen Mod]?
[I]nstall, or [N]ot Install or [Q]uit?
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I had a similar error. It has to do with the folder structure of your install. Lemme find it...

Here we go:

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- Installation:

1. First of all you should make a full install of Planescape Torment. You can find instructions on how to do this, here
2. Install Bigg's Widescreen Mod with either a 1280x800, a 1280x720, a 1280x768 or a 1280x1024 resolution.
3. Extract the rar archive into your game directory.
4. Run Setup-PST-Widescreen-UI.exe
5. Choose the type of font you want the UI installed with. The Installer will check automatically if the Widescreen mod is installed with a supported resolution. If it finds one of these resolutions installed then it will proceed and install the corresponding UI. If it doesn't find a desired resolution then it will abort.

You can easily uninstall the mod by running the .exe again and choosing the
[U]ninstall option. Afterwards, to completely remove all components, delete the
PST-Widescreen-UI folder, the Setup-PST-Widescreen-UI.exe and the
Setup-PST-Widescreen-UI.tp2 file.

Always uninstall the old version if you are to install a new one.



It's the first step, the "full install" I linked to, that made it not want to work with me at first (and then it was solved by following those steps). With a bit of luck that's your only problem. :)

Why on earth were you trying a 640x480 install in that error report anyway? Because y'know, that kinda beats the point of using a wide screen mod. :P ;)

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yeah, i think i did everything right. This is my torment.ini file. It doesnt have anything referring to "disk", so i used the "ALIAS" section instead...

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[Alias]
HD0:=C:\Games\Torment
CD1:=C:\Games\Torment\cd1
CD2:=C:\Games\Torment\cd2
CD3:=C:\Games\Torment\cd3
CD4:=C:\Games\Torment\cd4
CD5:=C:\Games\Torment\cd5

[Config]
CacheSize=120

[Movies]
BISLOGO=1
TSRLOGO=1
OPENING=1

[Game Options]
Footsteps=1
Mouse Scroll Speed=50
GUI Feedback Level=5
Locator Feedback Level=3
Command Sounds Frequency=3
Selection Sounds Frequency=3
Bored Timeout=3000
Always Dither=0
Keyboard Scroll Speed=50
Effect Text Level=62
Attack Sounds=1
Auto Pause State=0
Difficulty Level=3
Quick Item Mapping=1
Always Run=0
Memory Access=100
Memory Level=1
Health Bar Settings=63
Subtitles=0
Environmental Audio=1
Sound Processing=1
Music Processing=1

[Program Options]
Tooltips=0
Sprite Mirror=1
Gamma Correction=0
Brightness Correction=0
Volume Movie=100
Volume Music=100
Volume Voices=100
Volume Ambients=100
Volume SFX=100
Strref On=0
Screen Position X=0
Screen Position Y=0
Full Screen=1
Path Search Nodes=4000
Maximum Frame Rate=30
Translucent Shadows=1
SoftSrcKeyBltFast=0
SoftBltFast=0
SoftSrcKeyBlt=0
SoftBlt=0
SoftMirrorBlt=0


I'm tempted to reinstall the entire thing and try again.
Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:41 pm
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