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Well I'm halfway through, this had better be a good download. Not sure I can last until 2am to find out. Time to start loading up on the caffine 
nO}{8 said:that doesnt sound good to me, Im glad I didnt go down that route
Indeed mate... A little bit annoying I agree. On the bright side though, this being an X360 game I would expect the game to be in more of a "finished" state and that there shouldn't be too much in the way of patches. If I remember correctly, morrowind only had two patches in it's entire lifespan. But I could be completely wrong of course.
Oh and you can download the manual in pdf format from D2D aswell apparently.
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GordyR said:Indeed mate... A little bit annoying I agree. On the bright side though, this being an X360 game I would expect the game to be in more of a "finished" state and that there shouldn't be too much in the way of patches. But I could be completely wrong of course.
Oh and you can download the manual in pdf format from D2D aswell apparently.
Well if you look at the official forum there are loads of issues like:
If you want to name the save games you have to go into my documents and edit a file!
The sound doesnt fade right!
It crashes/blows up your pc or xbox!
But apart from that (lol) I think it will be fine.
Edit: Oh and someone saw a spec of dust on his manual! Thats just not on!
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I avoid the official forums due to the amount of crap that gets posted there (most of the time) but I just paid a visit.
People expect it to run ok on an FX5200.........
A few good performance reports though. Looks promising
People expect it to run ok on an FX5200.........
A few good performance reports though. Looks promising
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How do you reckon it will play on a X850 XT PE?
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You'll also have to buy any future expansions from D2D as well.
I think its a big risk if your into modding games as well (some mods are TC's after all and change a lot more than a routine expansion).
I think its a big risk if your into modding games as well (some mods are TC's after all and change a lot more than a routine expansion).
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Street said:
I have 24" monitor so I'd like to run full resolution, although am not entirely sure if my poor X850 XT PE is going to cut it. 1900XTX time
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rlm said:
Oh am sure it will!
xander_uk2 said:I avoid the official forums due to the amount of crap that gets posted there (most of the time) but I just paid a visit.
People expect it to run ok on an FX5200.........
A few good performance reports though. Looks promising
I saw some pics from someone running low gfx, it was dump. but I suppose it would run on a low spec machine.
Im hoping it will run okay at at least medium at a good res on my:
Athlon64 3500+
2GB GeIL Value
X800GTO2 (Overclocked)
Ok just to let you all know I have the game downloaded from D2D and it is working perfectly! Absolutely fantastic!
I should make you all aware however that I had to change my location to US in Windows in order to activate the game.
I have been doing a bit of reading and apparently Direct2Drive made a bit of a mistake. The game was only supposed to be downloadable by those in the US until Friday. However they did not put in the warning at first and for a few hours they allowed international users to download without any warning or issue. This is why I saw no mention of a US only download and had no problems despite putting in my location as UK.
Since realising their mistake they implemented the US only thing and put in the warning which is what you guys were seeing when trying to download it. Some of you got around it by changing your location to US.
Unfortunately once the game is downloaded and unzipped you also have to activate it and this checks your location. All I did was change my location to US and everything went smoothly and the game is now running. If this doesn't work for you then there is another workaround which I am 100% sure works as it has been discussed in depth on other forums but I am hesitant to mention it here as I am not too sure about OcUK's policy regarding this method. For the record it is not illegal or copyright infringement but I would still not like to take that chance.
As a side note for anyone who after downloading cannot get it to work, Direct2Drive are offering refunds straight away due to it being their mixup. You can email their tech support by going here:
http://support.gamespy.com/article.aspx?id=10600
And clicking the "send request" button.
In all honesty had I known about all this hassle I wouldn't have pointed the D2D thing out to you guys at all. But I truthfully had no idea that this download was only intended for those in the US since at the time they had no mention of it on their website and definately no warning during the purchasing and downloading procedure. I sincerely apologise to anyone who is annoyed over this but as I said, I had no idea, I thought I was doing you all a favour.
Good luck guys. If anyone is having trouble getting their copy to work feel free to email me and i'll see if I can help, though I won't be able to reply until tomorrow afternoon. Worst case scenario is that you will have to wait until Friday then your D2D versions should work fine.
I should make you all aware however that I had to change my location to US in Windows in order to activate the game.
I have been doing a bit of reading and apparently Direct2Drive made a bit of a mistake. The game was only supposed to be downloadable by those in the US until Friday. However they did not put in the warning at first and for a few hours they allowed international users to download without any warning or issue. This is why I saw no mention of a US only download and had no problems despite putting in my location as UK.
Since realising their mistake they implemented the US only thing and put in the warning which is what you guys were seeing when trying to download it. Some of you got around it by changing your location to US.
Unfortunately once the game is downloaded and unzipped you also have to activate it and this checks your location. All I did was change my location to US and everything went smoothly and the game is now running. If this doesn't work for you then there is another workaround which I am 100% sure works as it has been discussed in depth on other forums but I am hesitant to mention it here as I am not too sure about OcUK's policy regarding this method. For the record it is not illegal or copyright infringement but I would still not like to take that chance.
As a side note for anyone who after downloading cannot get it to work, Direct2Drive are offering refunds straight away due to it being their mixup. You can email their tech support by going here:
http://support.gamespy.com/article.aspx?id=10600
And clicking the "send request" button.
In all honesty had I known about all this hassle I wouldn't have pointed the D2D thing out to you guys at all. But I truthfully had no idea that this download was only intended for those in the US since at the time they had no mention of it on their website and definately no warning during the purchasing and downloading procedure. I sincerely apologise to anyone who is annoyed over this but as I said, I had no idea, I thought I was doing you all a favour.
Good luck guys. If anyone is having trouble getting their copy to work feel free to email me and i'll see if I can help, though I won't be able to reply until tomorrow afternoon. Worst case scenario is that you will have to wait until Friday then your D2D versions should work fine.
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PeterNem said:
The game is simply astonishing. I have only just gotten to the sewer section and rushed through the beginning just to get a taste. I'll be starting over soon and taking in the story properly. Unfortunately I have to get off to bed now as I need to be up early tomorrow so I can't really play anymore.
My specs are as following:
Athlon 64 3700 @ 2500
Geforce 7800GTX
2GB RAM
etc... etc...
It runs beautifully at 1280x1024. I'll be hooking it up to my big HDTV tomorrow with a res of 1360x768 so we shall see how good that looks!
I don't know the FPS but I would guess in the 40's-60's on average. Thats with everything maxed (all draw distance sliders to the right) and HDR enabled. Load times are astonishingly quick... FAR faster than the videos shown of the 360 version. I'll play around with AA+Bloom instead when I get a chance but right now I need some sleep. Sorry I don't have the time to write a more detailed review.
Oh but one minor niggle I have noticed is the journal/inventory system. There are no "hot-tips" and everything uses symbols. It's a little tricky to work out how to navigate it at first but to be honest thats a minor issue and I would imagine 20 minutes with the game and most people would know exactly what they are doing.
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Sounds pretty good then - that's rather reassuring, your rig sounds a little better than mine but hopefully not too much in it.
I have a X2 3800 @ 2400
2 gigs ram
7800GT with both core and mem about 15% above stock.
I've decided tomorrow I'm going to spend the whole day doing work on my final year project for Uni, as that way if the game arrives Thur/Fri and I don't put it down until after the weekend I won't feel too bad about it!!
I have a X2 3800 @ 2400
2 gigs ram
7800GT with both core and mem about 15% above stock.
I've decided tomorrow I'm going to spend the whole day doing work on my final year project for Uni, as that way if the game arrives Thur/Fri and I don't put it down until after the weekend I won't feel too bad about it!!
GordyR said:
LOL - wait till you get outside
Yeah - I'm amazed by that myself. Even in the huge outdoor areas the load time are fast. They also break the outdoor areas into "mini loads" - occasionally it will say "loading area" and the game will pause briefly. Doesn't bother the flow at all tho. Really like the way they've done it.
Oh but one minor niggle I have noticed is the journal/inventory system. There are no "hot-tips" and everything uses symbols. It's a little tricky to work out how to navigate it at first but to be honest thats a minor issue and I would imagine 20 minutes with the game and most people would know exactly what they are doing.
Yeah, I agree. Fortunately it's all very intuitive - especially if you're into RPG's. Tooltips would have been nice tho I must admit. Also, I've yet to find an easy way to get the map up - it can be a pain to have to navigate around just to get the map, but maybe I'm missing something obvious