[Bug 17956] BGII: Sluggish performance with fixpack installed

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17956





--- Comment #3 from Casper <casperbruun at gmail.com>  2009-04-06 07:33:26 ---
Okay, a solution is available. The slow down is caused by too many files in the
Override folder. By "biffing" (removing the files from the override so they can
be read natively by the game) will make the game fast again.


HOW-TO:

Before biffing, make sure you have the Fixpack installed
(http://www.gibberlings3.net/bg2fixpack/) as well as whatever other mods you
would like to use.

1. Download Generalized Biffing from here:
http://www.shsforums.net/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=741

2. Extract the files somewhere (Desktop would be fine). Open the extracted
folder and copy the contents to your BGII installation (probably
~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Black Isle/BGII - SoA). There should be a
generalized_biffing folder and an exe.

3. Run the setup-generalized_biffing.exe. Follow the on screen instructions.
The biffing might take a while. If the .exe did NOT ask you to install
anything, close the window and proceed to the next step. The rest of you can
enjoy your snappy game.


4. If you are at this step, the generalized_biffing.exe failed to update to the
latest WeiDu version. Download an addon with the latest version 210 (I used UB
which can be found here:
http://www.pocketplane.net/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=101&Itemid=80).

5. Extract the Unfinished Business files to your installation just like you did
in step 2.

6. Delete setup-generalized_biffing.exe from your installation folder.

7. If you don't want to install UB, just change SETUP-UB.exe's name to
setup-generalized_biffing.exe and run it. It should install.

Should you want to install UB as well, make a copy of SETUP-UB.exe so you have
both SETUP-UB.exe and SETUP-UB.exe (copy) in your BG folder. Change the name of
SETUP-UB.exe (copy) to setup-generalized_biffing.exe and run it.


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