SOA, TOB, and Windows XP ??

[Pangur Ban]

Can SOA/TOB be run on Windows XP - What do I (need to know/have to do) to do this?

All advice and tips accepted with appreciation.

[andrewas]

If you have the latest patch, it will run flawlwessly. If you dont, you will get the infamous "NPC X Appears busy" bug, and wont be able to get anywhere in the game.

There is one other possible problem for those upgrading to XP from 98. XP takes more memory for itself, so if you are on the boderline for system specifications, you may have trouble. But its not likely. 256Mb RAM or more will be ample. It can be done in 128MB RAM with slight performance degredation.

[Sir Goulum]

Originally posted by andrewas: If you have the latest patch, it will run flawlwessly. If you dont, you will get the infamous "NPC X Appears busy" bug, and wont be able to get anywhere in the game. There is one other possible problem for those upgrading to XP from 98. XP takes more memory for itself, so if you are on the boderline for system specifications, you may have trouble. But its not likely. 256Mb RAM or more will be ample. It can be done in 128MB RAM with slight performance degredation.

Is there any way to fix that if your computor that has the game lacks the internet?

[andrewas]

Originally posted by Sir Goulum: Is there any way to fix that if your computor that has the game lacks the internet?

Get a stack of floppies.Download patch to a computer with the internet. Use Winzip to create a zip containing the patch on a floppy. Create it direct on floppy, dont make one on HDD and move it later. When your floppy is full, it will ask for another and create one zip file across multiple disks.

Move stack of floppies to other computer, and open the .zip.and extract to desktop.

Simple.

[LennonCook]

Originally posted by andrewas: Quote: Originally posted by Sir Goulum: Is there any way to fix that if your computor that has the game lacks the internet?

Get a stack of floppies.Download patch to a computer with the internet. Use Winzip to create a zip containing the patch on a floppy. Create it direct on floppy, dont make one on HDD and move it later. When your floppy is full, it will ask for another and create one zip file across multiple disks.

Move stack of floppies to other computer, and open the .zip.and extract to desktop.

Simple.[/QUOTE]Or just burn the patches onto CD...

[Sir Goulum]

Originally posted by LennonCook: Quote: Originally posted by andrewas: Quote: Originally posted by Sir Goulum: Is there any way to fix that if your computor that has the game lacks the internet?

Get a stack of floppies.Download patch to a computer with the internet. Use Winzip to create a zip containing the patch on a floppy. Create it direct on floppy, dont make one on HDD and move it later. When your floppy is full, it will ask for another and create one zip file across multiple disks.

Move stack of floppies to other computer, and open the .zip.and extract to desktop.

Simple.[/QUOTE]Or just burn the patches onto CD... [/QUOTE]Ooooh! Thanks! Would this also help the problem of people not showing when there supposed to; Mellisan not teleporting in after you kill the guy in Saradush...

[andrewas]

Installing the official patch and then the baldurdash fixpack should remove almost every problem with BG2. Including scripting errors.

The specific one you mention though is often because one of the henchmen runs down stairs, the battle isnt over till you find and kill all the enemies.

[Hayashi]

Originally posted by LennonCook: Quote: Originally posted by andrewas: Quote: Originally posted by Sir Goulum: Is there any way to fix that if your computor that has the game lacks the internet?

Get a stack of floppies.Download patch to a computer with the internet. Use Winzip to create a zip containing the patch on a floppy. Create it direct on floppy, dont make one on HDD and move it later. When your floppy is full, it will ask for another and create one zip file across multiple disks.

Move stack of floppies to other computer, and open the .zip.and extract to desktop.

Simple.[/QUOTE]Or just burn the patches onto CD... [/QUOTE]Or use a zip disk (if you have the drive)

[Sir Goulum]

Originally posted by Hayashi: Quote: Originally posted by LennonCook: Quote: Originally posted by andrewas: Quote: Originally posted by Sir Goulum: Is there any way to fix that if your computor that has the game lacks the internet?

Get a stack of floppies.Download patch to a computer with the internet. Use Winzip to create a zip containing the patch on a floppy. Create it direct on floppy, dont make one on HDD and move it later. When your floppy is full, it will ask for another and create one zip file across multiple disks.

Move stack of floppies to other computer, and open the .zip.and extract to desktop.

Simple.[/QUOTE]Or just burn the patches onto CD... [/QUOTE]Or use a zip disk (if you have the drive)[/QUOTE]Whats a zip disk?

[LennonCook]

Originally posted by Sir Goulum: Whats a zip disk?

Basically, an external floppy disk drive that uses slightly bigger, higher capacity, disks.
CDs and DVDs are better in terms of the amount of storage; but a zip disk is better in that it acts like a floppy - you can write more too it, and delete it, at any time you want. Only disadvantage is that you need the right drive(rs), and *possibly* the right onboard stuff. Which is why I would *realy* like a thumb drive - infinately rewritable, multiplatform, self powered, compact, plug-and-play for Win 98 + and MacOS 8+ (I think), easy to move from computer to computer, plugs into a USB port, more than enough storage for what I`d be doing... only drawback being the price of the things.