[Bug 17956] BGII: Sluggish performance with fixpack installed

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Dawid Hanak <nugrud at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Dawid Hanak <nugrud at gmail.com>  2009-05-04 15:43:24 ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> (...)

Biffing just at the end will give the same result, and it's also strongly
advised on windows megamod combinations to avoid sluggish performance of game,
and not only that:

Quote:
"1. Always patch the game(s) with the latest patch, start a new game and exit
after the game has auto-saves itself(so you have to make a char or choose a
pre-made one), before you do any moding, and you might as well make a safe
backup from the important files: data and override folders, baldur.exe,
BGMain.exe, dialog.tlk and CHITIN.key . 
2. Put the ambient sounds off from the BGConfic.exe, as some of the areas might
have no ambient sounds and so the game tries to start them many time
continuously, and so looses processing power. 
3. Don't mess with the game configurations so the speed adjustment percentages
stay on "normal" ratings even if you have very high end machine, as the game
has own it's internal fps counter, it sometimes tries to correct the fps on
it's own by lowering graphs etc. Also the games frame rate should be set to
about 30, as that's the default. 
4. I wouldn't recommend to install any of the speaking item mods, as they run
their scripts and fire their comments everywhere, and that's bad for the
fps(frames/second count). 
5. Inventory management(no stacks that have more than about 200 items, in a
bag, arrows etc.), -might also help. And do not carry too many bags of holding
and the like storage items. 
6. Trying to avoid too many effects on a character(about 20 is fine, 200 is too
many, and 20 000 is way way too many...)
7. De-fragmenting your hard drive might also help... as you don't have to go
find the data in the pieces. (hmm, there is a joke in there, hih)
8. Before installing the mods, plan the exact order, so they are in correct
order, and make sure if you uninstalled the game that you deleted the old mod
files, the data and override folders(don't go and overwrite them) so you can
start from a clean install, so there is no leftovers from old mods. 
9. Helpful links for Tutu and BGT(the .pdf files) -based Megamods. 
10. Take note that you should do all the points 1-9 before you install any
mods! 
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11. And when you have installed all the mods you are going to, it might be a
good idea to biff your override folder, but do that knowing that you generally
can't change the game much after. The easiest way to do this is to use the
End_biff from here.
12. Repeat the step 7 again, if you think it might help. 
13. When you quit the game, delete the old files from the Cache folder, if the
game puts any files there.
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14. Complete all the quests you are given, as in a long game, the scripts that
are looking IF you have this-or-that quest active, they will be screaming and
causing lags, if their checks are in global category and used all the time..."


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