[compnovo]

Hey coastie,
I'm still early on in the game and learning the ropes. I'm not used to playing RPGs so all of this business with the inventory is taking some time. One thing I learned the hard way is that quick saves don't give you a load point when you die (which I do frequently) --- unless I'm doing something else wrong. The manual doesn't help much.

[coastie65]

compnovo, on 26 December 2011 - 11:21 AM, said:

Hey coastie,
I'm still early on in the game and learning the ropes. I'm not used to playing RPGs so all of this business with the inventory is taking some time. One thing I learned the hard way is that quick saves don't give you a load point when you die (which I do frequently) --- unless I'm doing something else wrong. The manual doesn't help much.

Hey Comp, you can set it to svae every 5 mins or you can save it whenever you chose. I was saving everytime I ran up on those Gromms ( or go into a cave or something ). Some of those Gromms are particularly nasty and I saved after each kill to keep from having to do it again. Speaking of inventory, don't forget that sheilds weapons and armor can be broken down into their elemental parts and used to upgrade weapons, sheild, and armor. Also leather and material. Also, those side quests help in gaining XP so you can level up. I have one side quest that looks like it involves a horse race and I can't stand racing. They took something from The Witcher in that that have a dice game in which you can win more coin. There are two to choose from. One of them is Dice Poker ( same as in The Witcher ). You will run into that on the second Island you visit. Be sure to look everywhere for stuff, especially skill books as those things are handy. The metalurgy skills in particular for upgrading weapons. The game doesn't work so good on the PS3 either. If there were any patches, it wasn't upgraded at installation as it would normally do. It will freeze / stutter at times ( primarily when you are on the second island and riding the horse ). Probably due to the somewhat limitatons of the PS3. It has a total of 512 Mb of ram, 256 Mb dedicated to graphics and 256 Mb dedicated to the system. As far as I know the Xbox uses the ram as needed and it is not split and dedicated.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 27 December 2011 - 06:49 AM

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coastie65, on 26 December 2011 - 04:53 PM, said:

Hey Comp, you can set it to svae every 5 mins or you can save it whenever you chose.

I'm saving often, especially after a difficult kill (like you said) and no longer relying on autosaves. Also, I did finally figure out how to upgrade items and get them set in the quicklaunch bar --- the instructions in the PC game seem to be meant for the PS3 so I've had to do some guessing.

When I finally got a horse I noticed it doesn't seem to have any advantage over walking unless, once again, I'm missing something. It's slower than walking.

[coastie65]

compnovo, on 27 December 2011 - 11:01 AM, said:

coastie65, on 26 December 2011 - 04:53 PM, said:

Hey Comp, you can set it to svae every 5 mins or you can save it whenever you chose.

I'm saving often, especially after a difficult kill (like you said) and no longer relying on autosaves. Also, I did finally figure out how to upgrade items and get them set in the quicklaunch bar --- the instructions in the PC game seem to be meant for the PS3 so I've had to do some guessing.

When I finally got a horse I noticed it doesn't seem to have any advantage over walking unless, once again, I'm missing something. It's slower than walking.

There is one side quest that invoves a horse race and seeing as how I can't steer that nag too well at High speed, I'll probably skip it. Geez, you got off that island in a hurry. Must have left as soon as you found that thing to fix the teleport. By the time I left, there wasn't a Gromm left to be found anywhere. There is one cave that I can't seem to find. May go looking for it again since I have returned.

[compnovo]

coastie65, on 27 December 2011 - 02:15 PM, said:

Geez, you got off that island in a hurry.

Trust me, it's more luck than skill.

[coastie65]

compnovo, on 27 December 2011 - 02:53 PM, said:

coastie65, on 27 December 2011 - 02:15 PM, said:

Geez, you got off that island in a hurry.

Trust me, it's more luck than skill.

Some of those Gromms gave me a fit. I didn't think to go back to that guy and leave the island. I could have leveled up some and gotten some better weapons and had a chance. Those things would run back to their little encampment and heal unless I could draw them back out in a hurry. This second island is rather large and will take some time to explore. Been busting on everything I can find on the savannah as it is good for getting XP.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 27 December 2011 - 06:29 PM

[coastie65]

compnovo, on 27 December 2011 - 11:01 AM, said:

coastie65, on 26 December 2011 - 04:53 PM, said:

Hey Comp, you can set it to svae every 5 mins or you can save it whenever you chose.

I'm saving often, especially after a difficult kill (like you said) and no longer relying on autosaves. Also, I did finally figure out how to upgrade items and get them set in the quicklaunch bar --- the instructions in the PC game seem to be meant for the PS3 so I've had to do some guessing.

When I finally got a horse I noticed it doesn't seem to have any advantage over walking unless, once again, I'm missing something. It's slower than walking.

As for the horse, you can speed him up. On the PS3 you keep double clicking L2. I don't know how it works on the PC ( I will as I have the PC version coming ).

[compnovo]

coastie65, on 28 December 2011 - 07:52 AM, said:

compnovo, on 27 December 2011 - 11:01 AM, said:

coastie65, on 26 December 2011 - 04:53 PM, said:

Hey Comp, you can set it to svae every 5 mins or you can save it whenever you chose.

I'm saving often, especially after a difficult kill (like you said) and no longer relying on autosaves. Also, I did finally figure out how to upgrade items and get them set in the quicklaunch bar --- the instructions in the PC game seem to be meant for the PS3 so I've had to do some guessing.

When I finally got a horse I noticed it doesn't seem to have any advantage over walking unless, once again, I'm missing something. It's slower than walking.

As for the horse, you can speed him up. On the PS3 you keep double clicking L2. I don't know how it works on the PC ( I will as I have the PC version coming ).

Got it. On the PC I just keep right-clicking. Sorry nag...

[coastie65]

The PS3 version is seriously messed up. The graphics will get all screwy and it will hang up and stuff at times. Man, I hate to have to start over with the PC version, but should be a bit more fun without the problems.

[compnovo]

I'm getting pretty frustrated with the PC version. Last night I noticed I no longer had a bow on my weapons bar, no idea where it went and I can't get it back again. Actually, I can get it on the weapons bar but I can't get my guy to use it (if that makes any sense). Makes me want to launch Rage and just kill a bunch of stuff.

[coastie65]

I only had one instance of that ( armor ), but it was because I accidentally recycled it. It is easy to do with the PS3 as you hit the Triangle button to upgrade, and The L1 + Triangle button to recycle the stuff. I got the Game of the Year Edition and it just got here. It is really packaged nice and includes "The Pirates of the Flying Fortress" which has another bunch of islands. Might want to check and see if there are any patches for that game. man, I hate starting over as i was having a great time in Bayan at the dice table winning 2000 auras each time. Needed it as I spent a bunch on healing potions.

[compnovo]

Speaking of starting over, I already mentioned I had to start Batman Arkum Asylum over when I switched to x64 (the save games wouldn't work). Well, now I've discovered that Bioshock barely runs under x64, the graphics are awful (most current drivers) and it is unstable. Another game that will never get finished...

[LiveBrianD]

compnovo, on 30 December 2011 - 10:56 AM, said:

Speaking of starting over, I already mentioned I had to start Batman Arkum Asylum over when I switched to x64 (the save games wouldn't work). Well, now I've discovered that Bioshock barely runs under x64, the graphics are awful (most current drivers) and it is unstable. Another game that will never get finished...

Man, and I would think that Windows 7 64-bit and an nvidia 400 series gpu are a fairly common combination! It's surprising that manufacturers don't actually test a lot of their products before releasing them it seems.

[compnovo]

LiveBrianD, on 30 December 2011 - 11:40 AM, said:

compnovo, on 30 December 2011 - 10:56 AM, said:

Speaking of starting over, I already mentioned I had to start Batman Arkum Asylum over when I switched to x64 (the save games wouldn't work). Well, now I've discovered that Bioshock barely runs under x64, the graphics are awful (most current drivers) and it is unstable. Another game that will never get finished...

Man, and I would think that Windows 7 64-bit and an nvidia 400 series gpu are a fairly common combination! It's surprising that manufacturers don't actually test a lot of their products before releasing them it seems.

I meant that Bioshock is unstable, there's nothing wrong with the graphics card or its drivers. The game was never meant to run under x64.
I'm still wondering what I gained by moving up from 32-bit besides a lot of extra RAM that I don't use. I'm glad I didn't pay for the OS upgrade itself and the memory was cheap.

[coastie65]

installed this thing, or at least the first disk. Had no adjustment on the characters face and he looked like he had whiteface on. Also no AA adjustment a a bunch of artifacts. I went straight from the installation into the game ( no Finish button, just play ). I did what I cpould with the Graphics settings at the start. I went back in and found additonal settinggs and tweaked them and had to do a restart. After the resart, the game looks good although I haven't checked to see if I have any adjustment on AA. I am doing this on the laptop as I have the game up on the desktop. I need to save and log out as I got a code for an in game treat. trying to switch from the fire to the ice on that staff drove me up a wall. I found out that the tutorials are not timely, particularly in the double arrow thing. The guy was talking about the double arrow and the tutorial was doing Sniper mode.

[coastie65]

There is a bit of difference in the layout of the first Island between the PS3 version and PC version. When ford the creek and cross the bridge ( to the left is a dead end with a chest ) and go right, you will run into an intersection. Go right and battle some Gromms then keep going. To the left you will go thorugh a canyon type thing with some pretty mean dudes. if you take the right fork, and this where it took me a long time, there are some super bad dudes. This doesn't exist in the PC version, but there are some super bad dudes elswhere that weren't in the PS3 version. Probably should be a level 6 with the super sharp blade that has been upgraded considerably.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 30 December 2011 - 05:57 PM

[compnovo]

compnovo, on 30 December 2011 - 12:03 PM, said:

LiveBrianD, on 30 December 2011 - 11:40 AM, said:

compnovo, on 30 December 2011 - 10:56 AM, said:

Speaking of starting over, I already mentioned I had to start Batman Arkum Asylum over when I switched to x64 (the save games wouldn't work). Well, now I've discovered that Bioshock barely runs under x64, the graphics are awful (most current drivers) and it is unstable. Another game that will never get finished...

Man, and I would think that Windows 7 64-bit and an nvidia 400 series gpu are a fairly common combination! It's surprising that manufacturers don't actually test a lot of their products before releasing them it seems.

I meant that Bioshock is unstable, there's nothing wrong with the graphics card or its drivers. The game was never meant to run under x64.
I'm still wondering what I gained by moving up from 32-bit besides a lot of extra RAM that I don't use. I'm glad I didn't pay for the OS upgrade itself and the memory was cheap.

I'm replying to myself again (really need to get help for that ) but I got Bioshock running. I uninstalled/reinstalled the game and downloaded the latest beta drivers for my video card. I'm not sure which one did the trick but the game is playing smoothly. I've had it for years but I'm determined to finish it.

[coastie65]

Hey comp, I do not run Beta drivers............period. I have found that no good can come from that. I just get the latest WHQL drivers and leave it at that. man, this PC version is killing me. I thought i had run into some pretty bad Gromm dudes in the PS3 version, but I have run into some pretty bad assed dudes that are whipping me six ways from Sunday ( still haven't gotten the quest for the Portal stone to fix it ). Heck, I even reduced the difficulty to easy and it didn't help much at all. These guys are in a different place on the island from the ones in the PS3 version. I did some of the other game ( Pirates of the Flying Fortress ) that came with the Game of the Year version. You start out at level 48 with a bunch of points to distribute and a host of really nice weapons and skills. You need it with the critters in this game.

[compnovo]

coastie65, on 01 January 2012 - 10:44 AM, said:

Hey comp, I do not run Beta drivers............period. I have found that no good can come from that. I just get the latest WHQL drivers and leave it at that. man, this PC version is killing me. I thought i had run into some pretty bad Gromm dudes in the PS3 version, but I have run into some pretty bad assed dudes that are whipping me six ways from Sunday ( still haven't gotten the quest for the Portal stone to fix it ). Heck, I even reduced the difficulty to easy and it didn't help much at all. These guys are in a different place on the island from the ones in the PS3 version. I did some of the other game ( Pirates of the Flying Fortress ) that came with the Game of the Year version. You start out at level 48 with a bunch of points to distribute and a host of really nice weapons and skills. You need it with the critters in this game.

I couldn't figure out what the heck I was doing with TWII so I'm taking a break. That's why I started playing around with Bioshock --- no problems with the video drivers yet <fingers crossed>. I'm alternating with Dead Island just to keep things exciting....

[coastie65]

compnovo, on 01 January 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

coastie65, on 01 January 2012 - 10:44 AM, said:

Hey comp, I do not run Beta drivers............period. I have found that no good can come from that. I just get the latest WHQL drivers and leave it at that. man, this PC version is killing me. I thought i had run into some pretty bad Gromm dudes in the PS3 version, but I have run into some pretty bad assed dudes that are whipping me six ways from Sunday ( still haven't gotten the quest for the Portal stone to fix it ). Heck, I even reduced the difficulty to easy and it didn't help much at all. These guys are in a different place on the island from the ones in the PS3 version. I did some of the other game ( Pirates of the Flying Fortress ) that came with the Game of the Year version. You start out at level 48 with a bunch of points to distribute and a host of really nice weapons and skills. You need it with the critters in this game.

I couldn't figure out what the heck I was doing with TWII so I'm taking a break. That's why I started playing around with Bioshock --- no problems with the video drivers yet <fingers crossed>. I'm alternating with Dead Island just to keep things exciting....

That thing is pretty heavily story driven. To be honest, I don't have a clue either at this point, except for the fact, that I want to rescue my sister. I know that once you leave the first island and get to the second, your goal is to get to Hatmandor and you will have others give you reason to get there as well ( more side quests ). usually, they become clearer in your goal as the game progresses and can seem to be a bit convoluted in the early stages. personally, I get out in the Savannah and whack things to get XP and level up ( so much for the story at that point ). I got over there in the PC version, but need to go back and whack the rest of the Gromms. The ones left are some real bad boys for sure.