Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks buggyest damn game ive ever played

well... im not locking up or anything ( this time ) but seems like i cant progress any further, when me and zan port to the council chamber to kill the succubus, dialog wont come up after i kill the bish and the funny thing is zan is still in the magic paralizing field... think im stuck and im getting pretty fet up with all the bugs ive encountered, and at this point ive got half a mind to snap these CD's in half, any suggestions ( besides telling me NOT to break my CD's )? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />

Try running the configuration program and switching to software mode (and maybe reduce the resolution). That helps with some cut scene problems.

Troubleshooting Tips (& manual install procedure)

Dont break your CD's! I had loads of problems with my games - thats probably why I didnt play them for an age - but I got through i the end. It must just be an unstable game. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />

Defrag? Check drivers? what vid card you got? I've just run the entire game in 1.33a and never got a black map for screwed graphic anywhere. Got a few CTDs, caused i think buy trying to cast Fix armour skill on the bad guys, then opening my spell book and trying to cast a new spell.. ctd..

This sounds like a bad install, more then game itself messing up, you got any memory checking applications running? or anything running when installing or patching?

Which reminds me...I'll start a new post....link is bad..

radeon 7500 with a 2.8 processor, sweet [nocando] mother board a7n8x with duel channel ddr 400 333mhz fsb etc. with a gig of ram... uhh did a re-install, didnt work so i deleted files in the dynamic folder, didnt work... only time i have other applications running is maybe some techno... but other then that, nope. ill try defraging, but im pretty sure im screwed, man i swear this is prolly the 100th damn problem ive had with this game... frikken more buggy then any other game ive ever played, 10 y/o nes could play games stored in a soggy shack better then this game runs i swear to jebus. ill try defraging, but im not expecting miricles...

which operating system? it aint your vid card, and so long as you have updated drivers, should be fine, only thing which differs largely from many pcs is operating system and whats running when the game is. is your operating system fully uptodate? i use winxp and i have had a few crash to desktop fatals all of which had reasons for fatal.

If you're running an original version, without the presence of any hacks, (no-cd for example) on an uptodate operating system (not winme, win95) it should work ok.

Also try to list anything common when you play/crash, ie if internet link open? firewalls or av running?

Besides defrag which probably wont have anything to do with it, but normally for installing a new game its best to defrag first, then install and patch.

Theres also running updated anti virus for obvious reasons, run scan disk, run anti-spyware, incase theres something activating in background you're not aware of..uninstalling drivers, and installing older drivers can work, check memory sticks are properly seated (especially if getting alot of random CTDs) remove the memory then reseat it. Hoover up any large deposits of dust, use a matchstick to gently scrap dust away from components, or a soft brush, make sure your fans are running when pc is on, after long periods, if crashing it could be hardware failure..due to overheating. (very rare)

I use winxp pro, on a 2.4 ghz athlon with 768meg ram, fx5600 and onboard sound from nvidia motherbouard all drivers uptodate.

no, the buggiest game you will ever play is Temple of Elemental Evil

Be glad this company has supported this game at least

imo buggy games arent what i hate the most, buying a game for £40 which has dire graphics, sounds and zero gameplay is. Or worse a 2nd version of a game which is identical to the first version..oh and addons i hate expansion sets they hardly ever add anthing to the game other than a load of bugs!

sorry i havent posted recently, ive been sorta busy. ya i defraged and tryed closing down anti-verus or whatever i didnt need, re-installed, cleared dynamic folder, cracked my case open and dusted everything, checked connections and squeezed everything in tight ( eww ), and restarted DD then load my save, kill the succubie and i still dont get dialog... so is there somthing im not doing right? im thinking that maybe i scratched the disk or somthing, so i cleaned it with cd cleaner but there wasnt any scratches anyways, yaaa... i think im gonna have some fun with my zippo...
PS, windows 2k

I had a lot of problems with Balder gate but none so far with <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/div.gif" alt="" />

flames are kewl... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif" alt="" />
You've tried the trick where you delete the files from the Dynamic Folder(DivineDivinity) uno??
Maybe portal out and talk to someone then bop back in?
Doing a different action than the one that was crashing me fixed my problem.
Good luck
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