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should "Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition" folder be created in My Documents during installation?

LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
edited December 2012 in Windows PC (Archive)
I've noticed that for the computer I have that the game is crashing, the installation does not create a "Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition" folder in My Documents. (That's the folder with Baldur.ini.) Is that folder populated after you press the Play button on the launcher? Or should it appear upon installation? I've uninstalled/reinstalled over half a dozen times, and this folder doesn't appear.

On the computer that I have on which the game runs fine, that folder is there, obviously. I guess I'm just asking how it gets there.

Could the explanation for my crashes be as simple as the installer not creating that folder?

By the way, I did try copying that folder from the computer on which the game runs -> compter that the game crashes, but to no avail. The computer still crashes when I press the Play button in the launcher.

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  • moody_magemoody_mage Member Posts: 2,054
    I'mm 99% sure it is created by the game, not the installer.
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    edited December 2012
    I'm not so sure... There is now supposed to be a crash folder in that Baldur's Gate -Enhanced Edition folder the creates a .dmp file for a crash. So there's a chicken-and-egg problem there. Hope that makes sense.
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    edited December 2012
    Could someone from Beamdog please advise whether the folder described in the topic starter

    C:\Users\NAME\Documents\My Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition

    is supposed to be created upon installation of the game?


    Because this is not happening for me. And if the lack of that folder's existence is causing my crashes, then how might I fix it?


    For example I am unable try adding

    'Graphics', 'OpenGL Version', '1',
    'Window', 'Full Screen', '0',

    into Badlur.ini because the folder that contains Baldur.ini wasn't created upon installation. Nor is it created after the computer crashes.

    The computer I had planned to play BG:EE on crashes when I try to play BG:EE:

    ASUS P5B SE motherboard (specs)
    Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20 GHz (specs)
    NVIDIA GEForce 8600 GT (specs)
    2.0 GB RAM
    Windows 7 Premium Home (32 bit)

    For this computer I have updated the Intel chipset driver, NVIDIA graphics card driver, reinstalled OpenAL, manually forced the graphics card to the NVIDIA setting (versus the CPU, via the NVIDIA PhysX control), and turned off V-sync. I have uninstalled/resintalled over half a dozen times to no avail. That is basically everything that is outlined here: http://www.beamdog.com/support/766, plus some direction from Philip Daigle. I have also emailed the diagdx file to Beamdog support. I have tried reinstalling with each new patch.

    I cannot email the .dmp file because the crash folder exists in the folder that never gets created.

    I am now wondering it the problem is as fundamental as the above required folder not being created during installation.
    Post edited by Lemernis on
  • DurlachionDurlachion Member Posts: 82
    Baldur.ini is created by starting the game (not the launcher).

    If it's bothering you that the folder is not created during installation and this might cause the problem... well, why not create it by yourself?
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    Actually, what is "bothering" me is that I can't seem to get this problem of the game crashing solved! I'm just trying to methodically rule out what's wrong.

    I realize there's a lot to digest in what I posted above, but I did state the following in the topic starter:
    Lemernis said:

    ...By the way, I did try copying that folder from the computer on which the game runs -> compter that the game crashes, but to no avail. The computer still crashes when I press the Play button in the launcher.

    Thanks for your response @Durlachion. That's two players now advising that the folder is generated by pressing the Play button, so I suspect it is the case.

    Confirmation from a dev would be appreciated.
  • DurlachionDurlachion Member Posts: 82
    Lemernis said:

    That's two players now advising that the folder is generated by pressing the Play button, so I suspect it is the case.

    Actually... that is not what I wrote. The 'baldur.ini' is created, when you press the Play Button / Start 'baldur.exe'. The folder 'Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition' however is only created once, during installation. I renamed mine, started Baldur.exe, changed some settings, closed the game and there is NO new folder (and hence no new baldur.ini) created...

    So... yes, I think one could say it is a bug...

    What does it mean especially for you: Simply create Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition by yourself. After that it should save the crashdumps ;)
    Good Luck!
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    Okay, thanks for the advice, I will give it a go. :)
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    No good. Creating the folder did have the game create the Baldur.ini file, but nothing else. I modified the .ini file with

    'Graphics', 'OpenGL Version', '1',
    'Window', 'Full Screen', '0',

    but it still crashes.

    I then created a "crash" folder there, but still no good. No .dmp file showed up there after the crash. I keep getting a blue screen crash when I try to run the game.
  • bigdogchrisbigdogchris Member Posts: 1,336
    edited December 2012
    @Lemernis

    How is your documents folder configured? Have you done anything like folder redirection or are using a program that syncs your my documents to cloud storage?
  • LemernisLemernis Member, Moderator Posts: 4,318
    edited December 2012
    @bigdogchris Well, the computer is on a home network with two others, but I don't recall ever having synced them or doing anything to back their data up in the cloud. The computer in question is not currently active in the Homegroup. I'm not using Windows Media Center.

    For the My Documents folder in question, in Properties I set it to default just in case. Still the crashes.
    Post edited by Lemernis on
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