Update your drivers, install the game to C:\Games\ or some other unprotected location, update to the latest fan-patch, force single-core affinity, disable Aero and kill your browser (yes really, and no I couldn’t tell you why).
If memory serves, just about the only thing you don’t have to do, is change the program compatibility settings. But whatever, it can run on Win7x64.
Oh and, while you’re at it you may want to check out some of the mods for the game, and/or a launcher or a screen res registry hack.
- Fucking Gothics, why can’t they just work?™
OF those the only ones I did were forcing single-core affinity and disabling Aero. Although I always have Aero disabled, anyway.
The first three things may not be necessary, though I must admit I’m surprised saving & changing game settings work when you install to a protected location, and I don’t understand why you wouldn’t use the fan patch.
EDIT: Can I ask which browser you’re using? G2 fails to run if I have FireFox or Chrome running.
Oh and… It may be possible to run G2 windowed without killing Aero. I’m not sure I’ve tried with G2, but it works with a lot of games that have Aero issues.
I just didn’t install the fan patch because I didn’t pay attention, and the game wasn’t complaining. I probaly should have.
I use Firefox and I even alt tabbed between the game and browser.
Also, thinking about it, I didn’t install G2 to a protected location. Again, it’s something I always do anyway. So I guess I did almost everything you suggested. :)
Spect
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Yep, having my browser open was my issue. I can now play the game.
What does the fan patch do? Is it a fix, or is it content added?
Divine Divinity is one of the few CRPG’s I’ve ever managed to play to completion. I don’t recall ever being bored or experiencing tedium with the dungeons, which happens to me a lot with CRPG’s and I give up before finishing.
Definitely worth the price of FREE. :)
The new game today is Dragonsphere, by Microprose, and it’s free.
Chuck
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Microprose made a point & click? Wow, how diverse were these guys? Flight simulators, a spy game, Civilization, RR Tycoon, and my old favorite: Airborne Ranger.
And thumbs up for GOG for more free goodness.
The closest thing to additional content it brings, is a FOV fix for widescreen users. Other than that it is purely bug fixes. Gothic 2 is mostly bug-free, and what remains are (to my knowledge) non-fatal. But you’re quite likely to run into at least a handful of them if you don’t use the fan patch, and while they’re non-fatal they really are annoying as hell. Thus, I would not recommend playing without the fan patch.
They made a few if I remember correctly, like this and Rex Nebular.
Gorath
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Gothic 2 isn’t really buggy, but not all B and C bugs have been fixed. Installing a few fan patches and/or mods is a good idea. Especially the one which allows to adjust the difficulty level is useful. Gothic 2 Gold is very difficult according to today’s standards.
Kurina
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Looks like GOG is trying to save their users some headaches when it comes to regional pricing. I find this incredibly interesting, simply because this has been a hot topic for digital distribution ever since Valve took the initial steps to enforce it with Steam, and others followed suit.
GOG will no longer use Geo IP to determine user region
We’ve come to the conclusion that there are a number of issues with using a customer’s IP address to determine what offer they are being presented with from GOG.com. A good number of users can find themselves negatively impacted by a policy of using geo IP to set their region.
For example, customers may be travelling when they want to purchase or download a game from GOG.com. In this case, automatic IP address capture might change the price or the content of the game they’re ordering (such as the default language of the installer). Further, geo IP data collection is not always right. IP addresses are not a perfect or unique identifier of location, and can report the incorrect region of users, particularly ones who are not using standard Internet connections. Finally, we’re always very sensitive of our users’ privacy. Effective privacy protections for our users means that any data that we don’t need to collect, we shouldn’t. We only need to know the country that you’re making this purchase from, so although we originally planned to use geo-IP to determine user’s location, we’ve decided to trust our users and let them inform us as to the correct region for their purchase.
Any of you who are having problems with your country’s location (and the offer you’re presented with) can update this by going to ”My Account” and clicking on “Account & Settings."
The change is now live on GOG.com and will effect all current purchases and preorders.
EDIT: We’ll update the privacy policy on our website to reflect this tomorrow, because we’re having caching problems with it today. rest assured, the new changes are in effect even if the page doesn’t show it.
reason #374 why GOG is the best gaming shop ever.
That’s pretty cool of them. :)
That’s very nice of them. I personally have no use for it, but I know a couple of people that do.
Is the GOG preload for TW2 still happening today?
You can now preload TW2 via GOG.
Gotta give them some serious kudos for going to bat for the consumer on this issue. As a completely unrelated aside, do you guys know that there’s a professional Australian baseball league?
…that is completely unrelated. And, uh, just how professional are they? I’ve never heard of them.
Well, in quality I’d say they’re about on par if not actually a step up from the last attempt (the ABL … nobody likes to talk about the IBL) but when it comes to fan support, it’s basically nonexistant. Baseball is something of a non-starter with fans over there when compared to watching googlies and outswingers, but MLB is providing some support to hopefully grow the market and export a largely U.S. product. The league is 6 teams, currently, and from what I understand the ticket prices are all the same regardless of where you watch the game.
