Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
Holepunch said:
Eh, Good enough for me. I really cant see it NOT happening.
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Eh, Good enough for me. I really cant see it NOT happening.
jaundicejuice
Member
The fact that someone from Oddworld Inhabitants/Just Add Water is posting here, taking notes about peoples, offering solutions and what not is encouraging. Initially I was going to avoid buying this package until everything was fixed, now I may actually buy the Oddbox knowing that fixes are coming.
brain_stew
Member
V_Ben said:
Everyone else on the platform manages to cope just fine. If you release a product for sale then you're expected to cope as everyone else does. Even on internally tested configurations, we already know this is performing similar or worse to your average 360 port, yet its an Xbox game with less than a ~tenth of the complexity (if that).
Sorry, but that's not fit for sale, any which way you slice it and I don't take kindly to developers releasing unfinished products on the PC platform. Be sure, currently the game is performing 10-20x worse than other games of similar complexity do on the same hardware.
samoset said:
Just had the exact same amazing experience. :lol
Also Abe's Oddysee crashes at the start and Exodus works for one second and then goes to the desktop all the time when I click on the window.
0/3
Haven't tried Stranger's but hearing the impressions I better wait for a patch because my laptop won't be able to handle it.
Buttonbasher
Member
Bought when it first went live, and am disappointed but not mad. I'm sure it'll be sorted out soon enough, and when that happens I'll reinstall em. I'll finally play Abe's Exodus in the mean time.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
It's good to read that the Devs are active and monitoring the status of the PC release. I'll just be patient and wait to play games after they've all been patched. I've got plenty of games
to play in the mean time.
WoW
Enemy Of Fate
Member
Hey can someone confirm that Abes Odyssey and Exodus can be played in a decent resolution? Hell even something like 1360X768 would be fine. Thanks!
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Just realized that PSOne version has co-op! Does that mean that PC version has co-op as well? Online co-op would be Godly!
TheOctagon
Member
You know, sometimes I feel ashamed for having that Steam press account, and sometimes I thank my lucky stars. I'm almost afraid to start Stranger's Wrath after reading this thread, it's in my all-time top ten.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Shiity performance on Stranger's Wrath here too. Initial attempts to force AA failed, please do not let this fall into the same pit as Halo with the renderer cock-blocking AA.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Stranger's Wrath
Ultra
Full Screen won't work
Huge black bar running full length of bottom of the window
10FPS~
High
20FPS~
Normal
Small black bar stripe running down right hand side of screen
Otherwise runs fine, no slowdown
Low
Fine
Notes:
Good 360 pad support by default
Occasional brief instant hiccups in frame rate during loading transitions
8600GT
Athlon XP X2 4800 CPU
1GB RAM
Win XP
Ultra
Full Screen won't work
Huge black bar running full length of bottom of the window
10FPS~
High
20FPS~
Normal
Small black bar stripe running down right hand side of screen
Otherwise runs fine, no slowdown
Low
Fine
Notes:
Good 360 pad support by default
Occasional brief instant hiccups in frame rate during loading transitions
8600GT
Athlon XP X2 4800 CPU
1GB RAM
Win XP
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
wwm0nkey said:
Ah, that got full screen to work but didn't fix the main issue.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
wwm0nkey said:
Yeah hopefully. Just trying to provide any helpful feedback I can. I loved Stranger's Wrath back when it came out, it deserves all the polish and love it can get.
DiabolicalBagel
Member
Stranger's Wrath
Crashes on display of 'The way of the hunter' screen at beginning of new game.
Win 7 x64
Q6600
GTX 460
3GB RAM
Crashes on display of 'The way of the hunter' screen at beginning of new game.
Win 7 x64
Q6600
GTX 460
3GB RAM
riceandbeans
Member
What a dissapointment and right in time for the Holiday Sale too. I was really forward looking to this too being a huge Oddworld fan in the early 2000's. Gonna have to pass on this.
freethought
Member
On top of everything else, there are no icons showing up for Stranger's Wrath or Munch's Oddysee in Steam (in the list view at any rate).
I also can't get Abe's Oddysee to recognise L2 and R2 on my Dualshock (running through MotioninJoy as a 360 controller and the triggers aren't buttons, they're the Z-axis). I'm using an xpadder profile to play right now, but I have to go and set keys for Gamespeak every time I boot it up. It also doesn't let me use the d-pad with the gamepad selected.
I also can't get Abe's Oddysee to recognise L2 and R2 on my Dualshock (running through MotioninJoy as a 360 controller and the triggers aren't buttons, they're the Z-axis). I'm using an xpadder profile to play right now, but I have to go and set keys for Gamespeak every time I boot it up. It also doesn't let me use the d-pad with the gamepad selected.
The Friendly Monster
Member
Ok stranger's runs perfectly at 720p for me (res of my projector) 360 pad works great too.
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
ATI Radeon 4850 512 mb
Windows 7 64bit
so I'm happy with that.
is there a way of changing the resolution of Munch's Oddysee? I don't seem to get the crashes others are reporting here.
Also there are no pictures for the game when you view Steam in list mode.
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
ATI Radeon 4850 512 mb
Windows 7 64bit
so I'm happy with that.
is there a way of changing the resolution of Munch's Oddysee? I don't seem to get the crashes others are reporting here.
Also there are no pictures for the game when you view Steam in list mode.
For those getting the crash at the very start of Munch's Oddysee:
I was getting the same thing and a post in the Steam forums suggested WinXP SP3 compatibility, disabled visual themes and admin mode. I tried it and managed to play for a few hours without any issues. Might have been coincidence but give it a shot.
Has anyone figured a way to set mouse sensitivity in Munch? Sliding my hand like 3 ft to turn 90 degrees is getting a bit old.
I was getting the same thing and a post in the Steam forums suggested WinXP SP3 compatibility, disabled visual themes and admin mode. I tried it and managed to play for a few hours without any issues. Might have been coincidence but give it a shot.
Has anyone figured a way to set mouse sensitivity in Munch? Sliding my hand like 3 ft to turn 90 degrees is getting a bit old.
boutrosinit
Street Fighter IV World Champion
Hey gents - chiming in here as I work with Goldenhelmet.
This stuff WILL get fixed in both games. As for an ETA on a patch, that's down to Stew / Golden to answer. I'd say it's as soon as they figure out how to nail these problems and the they test them.
FYI - All the tests for these versions came back clean, so this is a very nasty shock to the Odd crew.
Oh, and the art upgrade PC patch WILL happen, once the PSN stuff is done.
This stuff WILL get fixed in both games. As for an ETA on a patch, that's down to Stew / Golden to answer. I'd say it's as soon as they figure out how to nail these problems and the they test them.
FYI - All the tests for these versions came back clean, so this is a very nasty shock to the Odd crew.
Oh, and the art upgrade PC patch WILL happen, once the PSN stuff is done.
I went out on a limb and bought your games so now you guys should have money to fund you until you can patch them to better condition
And pleeeaaaase, can we get a widescreen patch for at least Stranger's Wrath if not Munch & Strangers? I'm sure if you don't the mod community will probably do it since they do widescreen patches for lots of old games, but it'd probably be a lot easier for you guys to do it yourself since you have direct access to the code. If you want any help the Widescreen Gaming Forum is where most of the 4:3->16:9 mods get made for old games (http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/).
If you can get Stranger's Wrath running at 1080p, 16:9, 60fps, 4x AA on a modern power PC it should hold up pretty well as is and be a blast to play.
And pleeeaaaase, can we get a widescreen patch for at least Stranger's Wrath if not Munch & Strangers? I'm sure if you don't the mod community will probably do it since they do widescreen patches for lots of old games, but it'd probably be a lot easier for you guys to do it yourself since you have direct access to the code. If you want any help the Widescreen Gaming Forum is where most of the 4:3->16:9 mods get made for old games (http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/).
If you can get Stranger's Wrath running at 1080p, 16:9, 60fps, 4x AA on a modern power PC it should hold up pretty well as is and be a blast to play.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Those two are fine:Bebpo said:
Metalic Sand
who is Emo-Beas?
How about 16:10?
jaundicejuice
Member
wwm0nkey said:That right there probably just sold a few copies :lol
Im sure the Odd team is hard at work on the preformance patch right now though
It's the only reason I even bought the Oddbox at this point. In hindsight, I probably should've purchased the Vietnam expansion along with Bad Company 2.
