Aid with Baldur's Gate

psychicpanda · Post by **psychicpanda** » 14 Oct 2007, 05:22

This is possibly in the wrong category, please move if it is
Anyway
http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image2zs6.gif
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6065/image1rj4.th.gif
The gif's are the graphics settings that nVidia control panel lets you change
The png's below are the pictures of the problem, notice the black around all the pictures of weapons etc. more so in some cases.
Is this a problem with the fact that I am using an 8800 GTS 320 mb? and if so or even if not, how do I fix it.
http://img461.imageshack.us/my.php?image=baldr000ro2.png
http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=baldr001dv4.png
http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=baldr002ac4.png
http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=baldr003ho4.png
Thanks for any help given, hoping to get this problem fixed.

This is a repost from a different part of these forums, as not a single person replied to this post, or to any post on that board.

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 14 Oct 2007, 06:21

Usually the tech support section would be the best place to post this.

One of your two Nvidia pics is unreadable. If possible larger pics next time.

That driver interface looks old. What driver version are you using and what is your OS?

EDIT - There are three software rendering options under the graphics menu. Try turning these on and see what happens.

psychicpanda · Post by **psychicpanda** » 16 Oct 2007, 11:06

I have the latest drivers for my card, running Windows XP
The gif that didn't work is just the rest of the options in the nVidia menu
I went into the graphics, and it fixes the black problem when I change it down to a colour depth of 16 bit and turn on Software Transparent BLT and/or Software Standard BLT. However, in fixing one problem, it creates another, the colour depth must be set to 16 for it to be fixed, with 32 bit it will not fix itself, but the problem is, when either of the Software BLT option are turned on, it slows the game down noticeably.

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 16 Oct 2007, 19:35

I use a 7800 with 32 and no software and everything is fine. Unlike B2.

It looks like you have multipGPU selected but it looks like you only have one card.

Post both G-card screens again so I can read them. You may have some stuff enabled that you do not need.

Just take a screenshot with Printscreen and save it as a jpeg. Upload at imageshack and you will not have to shrink the size.

And software mode will always be slower because the CPU is doing the GPUS work. And an inferior job of it as well. 8)

psychicpanda · Post by **psychicpanda** » 25 Oct 2007, 14:34

I turned off multi GPU and it made no difference, anyway, here is the screen caps
http://img455.imageshack.us/my.php?image=96347485kj4.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=18426220jr4.jpg

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 25 Oct 2007, 18:25

Some things to try..

1. Antialiasing to application controlled. Certain games have visual distortions when forcing anti-aliasing.

2. Turn off Texture Filtering - Anisotropic Sample Optimization. This is a performance feature that degrades the image. You should not need this on with your card.

3. Texture Filtering to High Quality. This turns off any texture filters. Again a performance feature on the lower settings.

Ones you may want to turn on to see if any change...

Antialiasing transparency
Force Mipmaps
Triple Buffering

None of these should degrade your picture quality.

You could also try putting Anisotropic filtering to application controlled but that should not make a difference.

If worse comes to worse there is the software mode or you can live with the problem. You should only need one software option selected to get the fix. And you should only notice slowdown in the menus. I have the same problem with Torment.

Best of luck.

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