Do people have trouble running Baldurs Gate 2 on Windows XP?

gershwin · Post by **gershwin** » Tue Dec 25, 2001 9:22 am

Please help. If there's no problems then I will get this game. Would save me a lot of hassle.

phantom_DD · Post by **phantom_DD** » Tue Dec 25, 2001 9:45 am

No probs here

Akubi · Post by **Akubi** » Tue Dec 25, 2001 2:09 pm

NO PROBLEM here either

dopplehanger · Post by **dopplehanger** » Tue Dec 25, 2001 2:29 pm

i Havent run into any problems with gamin with Win Xp but i must say that XP is by far the biggest piece of **** windows they have ever made. I am a computer guy so i work with computers i hate havin to fix so many bugs in it

Quitch · Post by **Quitch** » Tue Dec 25, 2001 4:45 pm

I also do tech support, and Windows XP is by far the best Windows OS around, it's more reliable and faster than any of the previous OS's. I run it on my machine, without any problems.

I can run BG2 on my machine under XP, but I had to run the config tool in 98 compatibility mode. You will also need to disable 3D acceleration.

Amidala · Post by **Amidala** » Tue Dec 25, 2001 4:46 pm

My C-media Soundcard crashed BG2.
Screensave option also crashes BG2 sometimes.
Disabled Screensaver and switched to onboard sound, now it works fine.

And Win XP is the BEST Windows ever made !
Though that does not mean much.

MegaToerist · Post by **MegaToerist** » Wed Dec 26, 2001 2:33 pm

My only problem is that BG2 seems to trigger reboots every 10 minutes

.

TC, Geert

JosephCSu · Post by **JosephCSu** » Wed Dec 26, 2001 3:01 pm

Win XP is piece of crap OS. Go back to Win 98 SE. That is still the best ever.

dopplehanger · Post by **dopplehanger** » Wed Dec 26, 2001 4:44 pm

yea Win 98 is best ever made i still run on that OS for my good my computers

dopplehanger · Post by **dopplehanger** » Wed Dec 26, 2001 4:44 pm

yea Win 98 is best ever made i still run on that OS for my good my computers

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Wed Dec 26, 2001 5:41 pm

BG2 runs fine under WinXP. Just make sure you download the latest drivers for your graphics card, so 3D accelleration will work.

I love WinXP.

Sure, everything was incompatible at first (

), but now the only thing still not working is our scanner (and also our Microsoft joystick, which we had to throw out because they decided not to support it

).

But it's still a great OS. Complete crashes are non-existent, programs are faster, and a start-up of under 1.5 minutes.

Quitch · Post by **Quitch** » Thu Dec 27, 2001 3:28 am

Originally posted by Viagra Boy:
<STRONG>Win XP is piece of crap OS. Go back to Win 98 SE. That is still the best ever.</STRONG>

Hah....hah.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Yeah, good one.

BlackBreeze · Post by **BlackBreeze** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 6:11 am

I run BG2 under XP to and no problems at all. I do encounter some strange bugs with the traps on the map screen sometimes.
When you look at the map screen and hover over a trap marking with the mouse, BG2 closes so you have to start it again.

MegaToerist · Post by **MegaToerist** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 6:27 am

@BlackBreeze: I had that same problem under Win98, so it's not related to XP.

TC, Geert

UserUnfriendly · Post by **UserUnfriendly** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 12:07 pm

best ever was win 95 osr 2.5!

every body knows this, for stability and reliability.

nt 4 with serve pak 3 is also outstanding. note I mention stuff that is reliable and predictable, as they all were majorly buggy and YOu need to decide what you want to do and choose os to fit. anyway, every body knows the most reliable systems are

Os2
linux!!!!

Quitch · Post by **Quitch** » Fri Dec 28, 2001 8:09 pm

You're talking rubbish. People like to bathe in this myth that 95 was some stable wonderland. It wasn't.

XP is faster than 95, XP is a hell of a lot more stable than 95, and should you have a crash, XP is more likely to recover than 95.

XP is simply the best Windows OS around.

NT4 with sp 3....you're kidding right? If you didn't have the latest service pack then you were screwing yourself. Not to mention that 2000 blows NT4 out of the water.

Linux, nice idea, but it's not there yet, not by a long shot.

[ 12-28-2001: Message edited by: Quitch ]

Quitch · Post by **Quitch** » Sat Dec 29, 2001 10:34 am

Originally posted by Gaxx_Firkraag:
<STRONG>BG2 runs fine under WinXP. Just make sure you download the latest drivers for your graphics card, so 3D accelleration will work.</STRONG>

I have the latest nVIDIA drivers, and 3D acceleration still doesn't work. What graphics card do you use?

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Wed Jan 02, 2002 5:01 am

The nVidia reference drivers worked for me...

I got a Geforce 2.