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Thanks! I did use the search but most of the comments seemed to relate to the game performance, not the cutscenes. I'll give it a shot when I get home.
For some reason, there's a lot of really terrible aliasing and shimmering, even though I'm using DPFix, with SMAA set to 4. It's especially obvious when running to Greenvale at the start, with all the trees in the background shimmering like crazy. Anyone know how to fix this? For what it's worth, my Nvidia Control Panel settings are set to enhance the AA.
I'd disable the enhanced AA, even though that may not be the problem. Honestly, I had my AA set to something below the max DPFix could do, and instead rendered it at 1.5x the resolution and downscaled it to 1080p. Pretty much eliminated all aliasing.
As for your problem, if disabling enhanced AA didn't fix it, you can try DPFix 0.9.1. Some people have problems running DPFix 0.9.5, and 0.9.1 usually works in its place. (Although you lose the things that 0.9.5 fixed -- but at least the game's playable!)
Yeah it is! It's been awhile since I messed with whatever .ini works, but once you do find a stable environment the game is very charming.Game is fun when it works.
$1.49 GOG ftw. Yes it was a pricing error.
Thanks a lot for the info, forgot to pick it up during the Steam sale. Going for it immediately!
how does a guy apply the DP fix properly now?
Just unzip it and place it in the directory of the game, restart your computer and just play it like normal, right.
Then upon startup you should be able to pick your resolution at the launcher?
Has anyone heard of or came across a bug that severely limits vertical aiming? Because i can't seem to find any fix that works. It's literally preventing from progressing any further in the story.
I seem to be running into a problem with this game. Everytime I try to run the game it just crashes right at the start up and was wondering if there was anything I can do? I tried some of the stuff suggested on the OP but it still crashes.
Is your DPFix set to windowed? If you use borderless fullscreen, the game must be windowed in the settings or was it fullscreen? Anyway, the settings should match otherwise the game will crash at start up.
Did they ever fix the screeching noise in rear channels when playing it with a 5.1 system? I know you can change your system setting to stereo, but thats annoying everytime I want to play it.
Where do you check this?
EDIT: Nevermind, I think I figured it out.
EDIT EDIT: Nope, still crashes
Another big update to the OP. It addresses even more issues and with greater detail than before, offering solutions and even directing to posts about them. It has also been split to two parts, one suggesting fixes and another community made enhancements.
Sucks that this game remained a mess post-release. I also had a painful experience with it. One of the only PC games in the last 10 years to give me this kind of grief.
Deserved, sure, but if anyone actually expected one, they're insaneI was one of the lucky ones, it only crashed on me 4 times.
It's a shame, this game deserved a better port.
This might be a solution you already tried, but have you tried starting it from the game exe in the install folder, rather than the launcher exe (ie. the steam shortcut)?
It's a great game though. Last game I finished in a year. Granted I'm more of a tweaker than a gamer. But this game had a real charm, a personality that I won't forget.
OP updated once again with even more troubleshooting options.
Trying to get this to work well and not having much luck despite trying most of the troubleshooting pointers in OP.
I should have checked the OP more carefully, using the Win98 compatibility mode on dp.exe does indeed get rid of the light flicker bug with 0.9.5.Unfortunately still getting the light flickering bug with the dpfix095, so I guess I'll use 091 instead.
Right, this used to work fine for me with the 360 controller wireless, but now its greyed out on the menu. Any ideas?
Are you turning the controller on before launching the game? I don't think it checks if you turn it on afterwards.