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IWD2 Vista and Nvidia 8800GTX problem

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IWD2 Vista and Nvidia 8800GTX problem

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I decided to dust off IWD2 and install it on my Vista Ultimate box. It loads fine and comes up no problem at all...until I get in game. There are some horrible graphics anomalies that I have no idea how to address. Black boxes..corrupt text and images of inventory items popping up on screen. Anyone heard of this problem before and know of a fix? I'm using a PNY 8800GTX with the latest Nvidia Driver...1.54 I think. Open to any suggestions..I've tried all the compatabilty modes and options I can think of.

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Fixed it. You have to put the game into 16bit texture mode and use software rendering in the graphics options to correct the problem, but it works fine now otherwise.
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Thanks for the tip. I'm building a Vista machine next week, so it's good to know that at least one Infinity Engine game works on the new OS.
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Not sure I have the same problem. I am having huge text boxes in black. The words are there but the text box covers a big area on the screen. Like a square the size of the length of the text on the screen.

I tried setting to 16 color and I didn't see anything about rendering in the graphics options. Has anyone had this problem?
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