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| 9 DEC 2009 at 8:31pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By maum (8 DEC 2009 8:29pm)
OK I've decided to attempt Gothic 3. I'm currently downloading the v.173 community patch, are there any others I require?
Yes, do the official patches first, then that community patch 1.73. I did both community and official patches. I understand that the community ones are in addition to the official ones, so get both.
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| 9 DEC 2009 at 8:37pm |
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Status : Offline | Yes i just checked and you do need the official patch first and then the lastest community patch, I added the link for all the patches above.
Hi Traveller! We seem to be playing helpful leapfrog here it is so nice to see ppl diving into some of these great games isnt it?
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| 10 DEC 2009 at 12:57pm |
MaumPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Thanks for all your help guys!
Except I'm now probably going to wait till I get my copy of Oblivion. I have downloaded all the G3 patches though.
I'm looking forward to it now. I haven't played a 'proper' (ie 3D) RPG since the Witcher- which I'm still hoping to finish at some point, I had reached chapter 3 until my old laptop died on me.
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 10 DEC 2009 at 1:30pm |
| Deleted User | So did you get a new PC in the meantime, Maum? Why don't you continue with The Witcher for a bit? I cannot imagine how Witcher must be if you interrupt play - I finished my playthrough in one fell swoop of a few weeks uninterrupted play..
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| 10 DEC 2009 at 5:38pm |
MaumPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | I've got a new PC Traveller. The issue with the old laptop is rather strange.
When I press the on button it just refuses to switch on. The power comes on for a split second and then dies again. The thing is that sometimes after literally a few weeks of being left alone, it miraculously starts working again.
As I'd made it to chapter 3 and defeated the Queen, I just keep trying my laptop every few days. I just can't face replaying those 3 chapters just yet!
In fact you've spurred me on now, I'm going to try it again on the offchance.
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 10 DEC 2009 at 5:43pm |
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Status : Offline | Sounds like your power switch needs to be replaced. I had a similar problem with an old Mac Powerbook i had, had to replace the power switch twice.
enjoy Witcher, my XP system could not run the sound for that, sadly due to EAX incompatabilty. so have fun and remember to SHARE we love to hear about adventures we all have. There is a great Witcher thread here
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| 10 DEC 2009 at 5:44pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By maum (10 DEC 2009 5:38pm)
I've got a new PC Traveller. The issue with the old laptop is rather strange.
When I press the on button it just refuses to switch on. The power comes on for a split second and then dies again. The thing is that sometimes after literally a few weeks of being left alone, it miraculously starts working again.
As I'd made it to chapter 3 and defeated the Queen, I just keep trying my laptop every few days. I just can't face replaying those 3 chapters just yet!
In fact you've spurred me on now, I'm going to try it again on the offchance.
Aaaw, -if you can only get it working long enough to get the gamesaves off of it! Might it be something to do with the battery/powersupply perhaps?
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PS, in case you do get it working, your Witcher saves should be sitting in: My Documents\The Witcher\. Good luck!
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| 10 DEC 2009 at 5:48pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By CrisGer (10 DEC 2009 5:42pm)
Sounds like your power switch needs to be replaced. I had a similar problem with an old Mac Powerbook i had, had to replace the power switch twice.
enjoy Witcher, my XP system could not run the sound for that, sadly due to EAX incompatabilty. so have fun and remember to SHARE we love to hear about adventures we all have. There is a great Witcher thread here
I'm pretty certain one of the patches fixes EAX problems, Chris, I think it was patch 1.5 IIRC.. Have you applied all the patches and still no joy?
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| 10 DEC 2009 at 11:17pm |
MaumPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | How would I go about changing the power switch? The battery was always a bit dodgy (I think I didn't charge it long enough when I first got it) but I always plug in my laptops anyway.
I was quite a regular on that Witcher thread before my laptop gave up on me!
Currently playing: Dragon Age Origins, Dishonored, The Witcher, Fallout 3, Deponia
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| 10 DEC 2009 at 11:29pm |
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Status : Offline | It was just a guess about the lappy if you have a reliable place to have it checked out i would do that, as i am no expert.
Traveller, i did try all the patches, sad to say, i was very disapointed. I dont know for sure that the game itself woudl all be bugged, but when the intro video came on and the sound was going on and off i got very depressed, i jus couldn ot bear to watch such lovely work with such lousy sound. And the equally sad thing was that i had found a fix before but cant find the notes now in my research archives.....i posted about it on the offical forum but after seeing so many problems posted about the sound online i decided to give up. My system i think is too old and just not fast enough to deal with the demands of the game, and I am not going to be upgrading my card anymore as my tech says i am at the limit to what my AMD 3400 2.6 ghz system can upgrade to, FX 7600GT. Not in the budget right now to go more modern. so that is the tale.
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| 11 DEC 2009 at 6:38am |
| Deleted User | Oh, boo, Chris, that really is a sad tale, especially since The Witcher features such lovely Eastern European folk music. In the EEd you get a whole disc just for the soundtrack.
If your system is up to it TW really has very good sound, actually.
So let's hope you get some windfall soon that will enable you to upgrade and join us.
Maum, can't you telephone the place you bought your laptop from and ask them what the faults detection/repair procedure is with them? I tend to take my stuff back to where I bought them, and they either send them back to manufacturer, or repair it themselves, depending on their policy and my warranty.
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| 11 DEC 2009 at 4:03pm |
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Status : Offline | Fnord, I've kept wanting to thank you for linking to Herr Mannelig..-it's wonderful! What a perfect song for a medieval-style RPG, don't you think? Hmm- I think I might just have married the troll for those gifts of hers, they certainly seem very useful, especially that sword... pity the shirt isn't magic that makes you invulnerable..
Here is one with visuals from G3... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7mcEG69asU&feature=related
I actually feel like seeing if I can find some old gamesaves, so I can find that nice li'l easter egg - where exactly in the game does this happen?
Hey, and here is a different version of it, sung by someone else.. - I wonder in which language this one is - can you tell? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_erNGdfJfA&feature=fvw
Btw, if this is part of the LOTR special edition bundle pack, I think this is what might just convince me to buy it... 8-) I've been vaccilating, as it is quite pricey...
It seems to be quite a popular song, btw... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQhJu3NJrRM&feature=related
Oh, and i found a version similar to the version that Fnord had linked to, with lyrics added, though the sound quality is not as good as the one that Fnord had linked to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn-0eIgey-s
I'm glad that you liked the song. Garmarna has made several songs along that line, many of them based on other ballads, and most of them seem to be on youtube. They are indeed very fitting for a medieval setting.
I think you could hear the song during chapter 2 (or was it 3). They will play on the large stage in the old camp (near Diego) during night time. This is what it looks like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU3LR7nNjd0&feature=PlayList&p=EABB2F71EA4ACA4F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4 , which seem to be by the same band as the last of the links that you posted.
This sounds like a latin language. It's either classic Latin or Italian, as far as I can tell (although that is only based on the male singer's performance, I have a hard time haring what the female singer actually sings).
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| 11 DEC 2009 at 4:17pm |
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Status : Offline | what fun, i will have to check that out, i love easter eggs.
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| 11 DEC 2009 at 6:17pm |
| Deleted User | Will be starting round 2 of "ead Space" this weekend and is only the second game I've done so. This is definitely the best game I've played since "The Witcher".
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| 12 DEC 2009 at 4:59pm |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By CrisGer (10 DEC 2009 11:29pm)
It was just a guess about the lappy if you have a reliable place to have it checked out i would do that, as i am no expert.
Traveller, i did try all the patches, sad to say, i was very disapointed. I dont know for sure that the game itself woudl all be bugged, but when the intro video came on and the sound was going on and off i got very depressed, i jus couldn ot bear to watch such lovely work with such lousy sound. And the equally sad thing was that i had found a fix before but cant find the notes now in my research archives.....i posted about it on the offical forum but after seeing so many problems posted about the sound online i decided to give up. My system i think is too old and just not fast enough to deal with the demands of the game, and I am not going to be upgrading my card anymore as my tech says i am at the limit to what my AMD 3400 2.6 ghz system can upgrade to, FX 7600GT. Not in the budget right now to go more modern. so that is the tale.
re the sound going out and back on. T his is a known problem with .bik/bink files (witch the Witcher uses for the intro, etc).
It's caused by a setting on your pc that throttles back your cpu to run at a lower clock when it's idle/not under max load (to reduce heat/energy consumption).
There should be a setting in your bios to turn it off if this is turned on somehow.
i know this solved that exact issue for me on my e8400, I'm not sure if it's something they did for older cpu's like yours though, still can't hurt to check it.
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| 12 DEC 2009 at 6:23pm |
| Deleted User | In round 2, I've made it half way through chapter 3 and I'm still jumping out of my chair at points (Gotta love it). The atmosphere, esp. the sfx, is just plain awesome. Happy Gaming.
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| 12 DEC 2009 at 6:42pm |
| Deleted User | Just noticed that there is a pc demo for 'Batman-Arkham Asylum' and started the download. The trailer looked interesting and the reviews look good also. Just might be up my alley though it may not run well on my system. I have hopes though since 'Dead Space' is running fine. Happy Gaming.
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| 12 DEC 2009 at 6:50pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Masher (12 DEC 2009 6:42pm)
Just noticed that there is a pc demo for 'Batman-Arkham Asylum' and started the download. The trailer looked interesting and the reviews look good also. Just might be up my alley though it may not run well on my system. I have hopes though since 'Dead Space' is running fine. Happy Gaming.
Please let us know what you think of Batman, Masher? I'd heard it's very good, and I'm interested in trying it myself.
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| 12 DEC 2009 at 7:50pm |
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Stiler (12 DEC 2009 4:59pm)
Originally Posted By CrisGer (10 DEC 2009 11:29pm)
It was just a guess about the lappy if you have a reliable place to have it checked out i would do that, as i am no expert.
Traveller, i did try all the patches, sad to say, i was very disapointed. I dont know for sure that the game itself woudl all be bugged, but when the intro video came on and the sound was going on and off i got very depressed, i jus couldn ot bear to watch such lovely work with such lousy sound. And the equally sad thing was that i had found a fix before but cant find the notes now in my research archives.....i posted about it on the offical forum but after seeing so many problems posted about the sound online i decided to give up. My system i think is too old and just not fast enough to deal with the demands of the game, and I am not going to be upgrading my card anymore as my tech says i am at the limit to what my AMD 3400 2.6 ghz system can upgrade to, FX 7600GT. Not in the budget right now to go more modern. so that is the tale.
re the sound going out and back on. T his is a known problem with .bik/bink files (witch the Witcher uses for the intro, etc).
It's caused by a setting on your pc that throttles back your cpu to run at a lower clock when it's idle/not under max load (to reduce heat/energy consumption).
There should be a setting in your bios to turn it off if this is turned on somehow.
i know this solved that exact issue for me on my e8400, I'm not sure if it's something they did for older cpu's like yours though, still can't hurt to check it.
wow Stiller, that would be great i figured it was something like that but got tired of searching the net where so many have this problem and no one seesm to have found a fix.... can you tell me what the setting was you were able to change? maybe my tech can re set mine....or help me figure it out...
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| 12 DEC 2009 at 7:55pm |
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Status : Offline | When I was building this PC, I remember reading about how to turn off that slow-down kind of feature. I'll see if I can find it.
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| 12 DEC 2009 at 8:08pm |
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Status : Offline | At the moment I'm giving Gothic 2 a serious go. While I have not gotten far into the game, I do think that the setting in Gothic 1 was better (the setting in gothic 2 feels a bit more average than the one in gothic 1). I'm also re-experiencing the joy of getting killed by every small woodland creature around I have recently managed to join the militia, and darn, the guard for their first quest (find the weed) was hard... I had to use 2 magic scrolls, and about 10 arrows, and then hack away the last 1/5 with my axe in order to beat him (he got too close for me to use my bow).
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| 12 DEC 2009 at 8:26pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Fnord (12 DEC 2009 8:07pm)
At the moment I'm giving Gothic 2 a serious go. While I have not gotten far into the game, I do think that the setting in Gothic 1 was better (the setting in gothic 2 feels a bit more average than the one in gothic 1). I'm also re-experiencing the joy of getting killed by every small woodland creature around I have recently managed to join the militia, and darn, the guard for their first quest (find the weed) was hard... I had to use 2 magic scrolls, and about 10 arrows, and then hack away the last 1/5 with my axe in order to beat him (he got too close for me to use my bow).
If it makes you feel any better, NOTR is notorious for it's difficulty - they made it even more difficult than vanilla G2 (as if that was not difficult enough already : )
Have fun!
PS. I agree with you that G1 has the most unique setting of all the Gothics; - but they get bigger 'n bigger but more generic worlds as they progress - and then Risen was tiny again - about the same as G1, I'd say...
I'm very curious about Arcania, I must say...
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| 12 DEC 2009 at 9:55pm |
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Status : Offline | I thinik i found the fix for Witcher again: the same one that fixed this problem before: it is to use an older dll for Bink32.dll it worked before and this is a fix that was found on the Witcher forums...
You're in luck..... turns out that Binkw32.dll version 1.9.1.0 works fine. Trick is getting the thing. If you are lucky it's buried somewhere on you PC via another game. You can do a search of your PC for that file and dig into properties of each you find and hope you can find one with that version number (I say this just in case. I mean I don't think these .dll files are considered freeware per say...). I had no luck with that.... I had to search on line for many hours before I weeded it out. Wasn't easy....
guy who figured it out: http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=24645.msg530821#msg530821
link to 1.9.1.0: http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=24645.msg5318242#msg5318242
Worked for me anyway... Only downside is that the logo movies take a wee bit longer to start up, but other than that, works perfectly..... just rename the old "Binkw32.dll" as "Binkw32.dll.old" or something.... just in case. I mean, skipping audio is still better than broken video.
Anyway I suspect the skipping is due to our CPU's not being powerful enought to handle the newer .dll version of Bink. You using a single core, too? My CPU is a single core 939 AMD 3000+.
will test it today.
The Witcher EE Bink Audio Fix
http://www.filefront.com/15120447/Witcher-Bink-Audo-Fix.zip/
YES.. it works. PErfect sound, got to see the intro video in full sound and loved it. OK, we are set, now to begin the adventure. Looks challenging but hey, that is what life is about.
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| 13 DEC 2009 at 8:17pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By TheTraveler (12 DEC 2009 6:50pm)
Originally Posted By Masher (12 DEC 2009 6:42pm)
Just noticed that there is a pc demo for 'Batman-Arkham Asylum' and started the download. The trailer looked interesting and the reviews look good also. Just might be up my alley though it may not run well on my system. I have hopes though since 'Dead Space' is running fine. Happy Gaming.
Please let us know what you think of Batman, Masher? I'd heard it's very good, and I'm interested in trying it myself.
I've only played a little of the demo (looks to be the tutorial for the game) but it's amazing. I'll definitely be picking this one up. So far, everything is top notch and I really like the stealth aspects. Anyone who likes third person action gameplay with a healthy dose of stealth, please download a try this demo now and yes Traveller, I think you'll like (love) it.
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