Need Mega Help

AnneX · Post by **AnneX** » Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:30 pm

Heres tha deal BG2 has been acting up i get to a certant part in the game and i go through a door and bam i get a message please insert balders gate 2 cd (its already in) then on top of that it lags during play after about an hour of play i have way above minimal requirments for play so can someone help me on my situation? please and thank you

Mini Me · Post by **Mini Me** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:54 am

maybe you need to insert a different BG2 disc? (there are four, and need changing for different areas)

im not sure, but for the lag i believe you need to change your frame rate in the configuration and make it higher.....could anyone give me a second opinion?

Venge · Post by **Venge** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:55 am

Re: The Lag

I have the same problem with lag after about an hour of play. I find it is not quite so bad when I shut off the 3D aspect of the game. But having to do this is quite annoying when my machine is well and truly way better than the recommended requirements on the box.
About the only suggestions I can make is to make sure you have the latest drivers for your video card and the latest DirectX release installed.
If that does not help, unfortunately I think you are in the same boat I am and just put up with it.
Although shutting down your computer and restarting it does seem to help.

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 3:18 pm

doing a full install means you don't have to change the cd rom...

turn off enhanced pathfinding....

set statics to disable during combat...

make sure you're using 16 bit color...

and defrag, defrag, defrag....make sure you have latest patches...and video drivers and direct x...

and did i mention defrag???

AnneX · Post by **AnneX** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:05 pm

Hehe i will defrag in fact im doing so now thank you all for the help im going to try the full install afte my defrag is done THANK YOU for the hel

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:41 pm

forgot to mention...you can turn off and carefully set parameters by running the "bgconfig" in your menu...

be very careful, as setting some configuration may make your game unplayable...

actually bgconfig will warn you when you open up the advanced graphics section and video card configuration...

you should avoid fooling around with those unless you know exactly what you're doing...in fact, I don't ever go into those menu options...

Thommy_H · Post by **Thommy_H** » Wed Sep 10, 2003 6:01 am

You can also try to delete the content of the cache folder in your BG2 directory.