PST still crashing?

[Guest Whatnot]

I have widescreen 0.8 installed; resolution set to 1440 x 900.

 

Nvidia video card - set with the known settings to avoid problems.

 

I haven't had a problem in the game until now: when entering the Curiosity Shoppe in Clerk's Ward, the game crashes.

 

Should I upgrade the mod to v1? From the readme, it doesn't seem to have anything changed on that side.

[the bigg]

0.8 fixes the problem already. Do you have a save game prior to entering the CS? There are no cheats in PST and it'd take too long to manually walk there.

[Guest Guest]

sure, here it is:

http://rapidshare.de/files/38662997/000000303-303.zip.html

 

PST, english version.

 

Grazie in anticipo

[Guest Guest]

I wonder if you were able to replicate the error... in the meanwhile, I tried to uninstall the widescreen mod, and walked into the CS at the default resolution: everything went fine.

 

Saved while in the CS, re-installed the mod, loaded the savefile: crash

 

So now I'm quite certain that the problem is in the widescreen mod... or in its interaction with my card

[the bigg]

Saved while in the CS, re-installed the mod, loaded the savefile: crash

That is a guaranteed crash. Resolution-dependent information is stored in save files.

 

Since I'm at 1680x1050 I can't even load your save game, I'm going to try it at 1440.

[Guest Guest]

Saved while in the CS, re-installed the mod, loaded the savefile: crash

That is a guaranteed crash. Resolution-dependent information is stored in save files.

My experience is different, actually. I'll add more details.

 

Uninstalled the mod (and I mean unistall like press U at the selection), loaded the savefile 1440x900 while at original resolution, no prob and could walk into the CS: no crash.

 

Saved while in the CS; also exited the shop and saved while in Clerk's Ward (still playing with mod uninstalled and original resolution).

 

Re-installed the widescreen mod 0.8, and set to 1440 x 900.

 

Tried loading the savegame in CS: immediate crash.

Tried loading the savegame taken outside, _after_ exiting the shoppe, when in Clerk's Ward: loaded with no errors, and could continue the game.

[the bigg]

If you ever visit the CS at 640, 640-dependent information (the explored part of the map) is stored in the save file. Hence, next time you try to enter the CS it'll load the 640-dependent info and crash.

 

The Clerk's Ward doesn't crash because it's larger than the screen and thus saves the explored map at its resolution and not at the enlarged 1440 area.

 

Anyway, I still can't load your save file, even after forcing 1440x900. Are you using any other mods by chance?

[Guest Guest]

my total idiocy, not having mentioned the installed thingies! Sorry, the bigg...

 

I have:

- PST 2cd version, so already patched 1.1

- Platter's Torment Fix Pack 1.37 + the little successive beta

- Cilantro's Restoration Pack

- G3 Tweaks: only Stackable Items, and Identify All Items

- Platter's Candlestick Quest Fix

[the bigg]

Right, I'm going to assume that one of the PCs is wearing an item and/or a spell from there, thus breaking the save when it can't load the item (whereas more advanced engines like BG2's will simply ignore the 'broken' slot).

 

I never install non-WeiDU things, so you're out of luck, sorry about that.

[Guest Guest]

no problems, my dear!

this evening, when I go back home after work, I'll just dump all the items and (if possible) spells, and upload a new save

[Guest Guest]

And here it is; I stripped the charas of all the items, weapons, spells, etc, and left them in a different map, not in clerk's ward.

 

http://rapidshare.de/files/38675498/newsave.zip.html

[the bigg]

Still no dice, can't load that save. I'm going to fast-play there.

[the bigg]

After having spent an hour looking for some junk and quick-playing to the CW, I've been able to succesfully enter the CS, so I'm afraid you're out of luck here

[Guest Guest]

ah well, ty anyway

 

I was able to get past the shoppe, using the method I described above, so it's fine anyway.... I just hope I don't find another troublesome area in the future.

 

I still wonder if the problem comes from the video card, or not. I should try a clean installation.

 

E comunque, saluti da Torino

[Guest gmk]

Hi, new guy here.

 

I was wondering if the problem has been solved by any way (I mean Curiosity Shoppe and Apothecary crash).

I use 4CD game, Widescreen Mod 2.1 @ 1280x1024, UI mod and Platter's 1.37 fixpack. I started a new game after modding.

 

Would modding back to 640x480, loading, entering the Curiosity Shoppe, exiting it, saving and re-modding back to 1280x1024 do the trick? Or maybe there is a more elegant solution/workaround?