Dark Sector

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 27 Mar 2009, 02:07

The game is actually pretty fun, controls work well on PC... shame it was hit with such a disastrous fault. Since it was released in EU first, one would think they have known about it for a while and would have fixed it if they were going to.

We'll see I guess. I would love to revise this after a patch.

Post by **dopefish** » 27 Mar 2009, 04:33

Yeah, it looks like they didn't really care to do anything when porting it to the PC.

If I get my hands on the game, I might be able to make a fix for it.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 27 Mar 2009, 08:53

That would be cool, as the game is quite good I think. Just fought a huge mech, which is always fun, and I finally have an assault rifle to call my own.

Still, I would bet there are more popular games to work on.

Post by **dopefish** » 27 Mar 2009, 09:49

Yeah. I like the game. It's not good or bad. There are some fun things about it, but it doesn't have the same effect on you as Gears of War or some other interesting third-person games.

Sweetz · Post by **Sweetz** » 27 Mar 2009, 19:32

According to post over on the Digital Extremes forums that's quoting an email from one of the developers (so take this with appropriate skepticism), the porting of the PC version was outsourced to some no-name Russian developer by the game's publisher. Looks like said developer didn't know what they were doing.

I'm really wondering if they're going to patch it. Given the "budget" nature of the port and the game's price, I'd say chances are good the publisher will never do anything about it.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 27 Mar 2009, 22:15

I'm really wondering if they're going to patch it. Given the "budget" nature of the port and the game's price, I'd say chances are good the publisher will never do anything about it.

I'm sure it depends on sales... if they make a profit from the game that will pay for a patch, they will probably do so. If the port is never profitable, they probably won't. Of course, the widescreen issue is preventing sales I am sure, so it's a vicous circle.

One wonders why Digital Extremes, a fairly experienced PC developer, didn't port it themselves.

Post by **g00seberry** » 27 Mar 2009, 23:09

I heard that apparently this game is 'officially' broken on 64bit versions of Windows. I've had sound problems, and of course the vertical stretching, but otherwise it's been OK. Well ... a couple of crashes :P

According to post over on the Digital Extremes forums that's quoting an email from one of the developers (so take this with appropriate skepticism), the porting of the PC version was outsourced to some no-name Russian developer by the game's publisher.

:( Not holding out much hope for a quick fix then. You may indeed be our only hope Dopefish ;)

Quazimojo · Post by **Quazimojo** » 27 Mar 2009, 23:29

Ya the vertical stretching is horrendous to say the least :( and makes it unplayable to me for the moment . I sure hope someone can up with a quickfix for it .

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 27 Mar 2009, 23:36

I heard that apparently this game is 'officially' broken on 64bit versions of Windows. I've had sound problems, and of course the vertical stretching, but otherwise it's been OK. Well ... a couple of crashes :P

I'm playing in Vista 64 and my only issue has been the stretching... sound is fine, stability is fine.

Baloonatic · Post by **Baloonatic** » 28 Mar 2009, 00:55

I actually really love this game, have it on the 360 and decided to buy it again because I prefer PC gaming. I'm gutted about the widescreen issue to be honest. Not being able to see the ammo counter is the thing that bugs me the most.

Really doubt we'll get a patch, so fingers crossed someone clever can figure out a fix.

Post by **Abram** » 28 Mar 2009, 02:17

That's a shame about the stretch. I played teh Russian rip copy and though tit looked pretty fyun adn was considering picking up a NA copy.

But there's no way i could play with that stretch for more than a minute or so, so I guess I'll be hodling off and hoping for a community fix.

These cross-platform games are getting worse and worse for us PC gamers..:(

Baloonatic · Post by **Baloonatic** » 28 Mar 2009, 13:55

I don't know if this tells anyone anything but this is what's in one of the config files:

+version=3

[CacheCfg,/Types/CacheCfg]

[MRU,/Types/RecentDatabase]
HistorySize=16
Tables={
{
typeName=Scene
items={
/Levels/Mission01/Scene1Cinematic.scene,
/Levels/Mission07/Stalker.scene,
/Levels/Mission07/EncounterFactoryInsideOne.scene,
/Levels/Mission07/EncounterUndergroundThree.scene,
/Levels/Mission07/EncounterUndergroundTwo.scene,
/Levels/Mission07/EncounterUndergroundOne.scene,
/Levels/Mission05/PierEast.scene,
/Levels/Mission05/Start.scene,
/Levels/Mission04/Catacombs.scene,
/Levels/Mission04/Church.scene,
/Levels/Mission04/NewGrave.scene,
/Levels/Mission04/Bridge.scene,
/Levels/Mission04/Mansion.scene,
/Levels/Mission04/FocusTest.scene,
/Levels/Mission04/ColossusIntro.scene,
/Levels/Mission04/SchoolInterior.scene
}
}
}

[MainDarkitect,/Editor/WinRect]
PosX=4
PosY=42
SizeX=987
SizeY=925

[MainGameFullScreen,/Editor/WinRect]
SizeX=1920
SizeY=1080

[MainGameWindowed,/Editor/WinRect]
PosX=213
PosY=245
SizeX=853
SizeY=480

[PhysicsDebugRenderOptions,/Types/DebugRenderOptions]

Destroy · Post by **Destroy** » 28 Mar 2009, 17:16

Looking forward to a FOV fix.

If there ever is one, I'll buy this game cause it is pretty good.

Sweetz · Post by **Sweetz** » 31 Mar 2009, 07:34

Found out Noviy Disk was the Russian dev responsible for porting the game, but you're probably not going to have much luck there unless you speak Russian.

Aspyr Media is publishing the game in North America. If anyone wants to see the widescreen fixed, please submit a support ticket to Aspyr ( http://support.aspyr.com/ )

Sweetz · Post by **Sweetz** » 01 Apr 2009, 23:13

So I got a reply from Aspyr tech support, but it seems pretty much like a shove off:

Thank you for contacting Aspyr Tech Support!

I figured out what your problem is. You're running Windows Vista 64 bit and that's an unsupported operating system. I'm going to check a Vista 64 system here and see if I can find a work around for the problem, although since you are not supported we can't guarantee it.

Aspyr Tech Support

The official system requirements do state that 64bit OSes are unsupported, but I strongly, strongly doubt the problem is specific to Vista x64. Usually x64 problems are just that the game won't run at all. I've never seen a 64bit compatibility problem manifest as the aspect being all messed up.

This seems a lot like the support rep was looking for any easy way out, noticed I listed Vista x64 as my OS - bam, instant excuse.

However, I can't claim with 100% certainty that 32bit OSes have the same problem since most people that have reported the problem don't list there OS. Can anyone who has this problem please list their OS so I can go back to them with some definite evidence?

Also, just in case, can you try running the game in XP compatibility mode?

Baloonatic · Post by **Baloonatic** » 01 Apr 2009, 23:18

I have the Steam version. Tried creating a desktop shortcut and changing the compatibility mode and nothing changed.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 01 Apr 2009, 23:48

This seems a lot like the support rep was looking for any easy way out, noticed I listed Vista x64 as my OS - bam, instant excuse.

This.

They're trained to do that... any way they can find to show you are outside requirements or supported configs they will do so, then tell you that is your problem.

Sweetz · Post by **Sweetz** » 02 Apr 2009, 00:31

I have the Steam version. Tried creating a desktop shortcut and changing the compatibility mode and nothing changed.

If you created the shortcut from the Steam itself - that won't work for assigning a compatibility mode. Shortcuts created from Steam are actually shortcut to Steam itself that tells it to launch the select app.

You need to browse to your Steam folder and create a shortcut for the actual executable.

They're trained to do that... any way they can find to show you are outside requirements or supported configs they will do so, then tell you that is your problem.

Yup pretty much what I figured, although a responded that it's occurring on 32bit OSes and then the support rep responded that he just tried it on a 32bit system and couldn't duplicate it, which is also likely BS.

In any case, still worth a chance just to try compatibility mode.

Baloonatic · Post by **Baloonatic** » 02 Apr 2009, 00:47

You need to browse to your Steam folder and create a shortcut for the actual executable.

That didn't change anything either. I got a similar reply from them so I guess I'll send a message back.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 02 Apr 2009, 00:58

Is ANYONE playing this on a 32bit OS? If so, can you send in a ticket for the same issue and see what they say?

Thanks.

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