Larian Studios Forums Beyond Divinity (English) Technical Problems Hard Lock, Act II - Going to Battlefields

I just patched w/ 1.42 two days ago. I do not have 1.44 because I have a dial up account and these 25 meg patches are a wee bit difficult to d/l.

Anyway...

I'm in Act II - Imp City and I've found two keys for the Battlefield. I haven't been there yet and when I try to go, the game locks hard. No crash, but a hard lock on the program.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

If anyone from Larian is reading this, some "upgrade" patches would be nice for those of us who don't have high-speed accounts. It took over an hour and a half to get the last patch. Please don't make us redownload huge files if possible.

The first time you leave the imp village, you get summoned by a necromancer. If you try to leave by entering the BF, this can take awhile. Try walking out of the village (say, to the north west) and see if that also causes a problem.

blackadar -> I had the same thing while playing (also in version 1.42, but now I have 1.44), but the thing is, that the game hasn't exactly locked up, it's just loading. It took my (crappy) computer about 5 minutes to load, so I suggest you go away from your computer, have a drink, and see if the game has loaded yet. While loading, the game doesn't alt-tab, or alt-F4 etc..., making it seem like a lock-up.

I'd say wait about 15 minutes just to be sure... Don't worry though, as the next time you access the battlefields, the loading will take only a few seconds.

Try and tell us what happens, because I could be wrong, mind you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

You were exactly right. It was taking about 10 minutes to get to the battlefield. Weird.

I guess the reason for the long first time load is because it has to generate the random maps, and that takes time. Even with proper algorythms and limitations, it still takes some time for the computer to create a bug-free map.

Fortunately the maps are saved, so next time it's faster.

Anyway, glad I could help <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />