Ok, I've got a minor issue.

Simulacre

Whenever I move my cursor the in-game view moves away as it should. However, every once in a while, when scrolling - so going left, right, up, down with my mouse - there's a small lag and I have to wait for almost a second for the image to keep moving. It's like a brief freeze and while it's not a big deal it eventually becomes annoying.

Any ideas on how to resolve this ?

lolien

Moved this to Troubleshooting to get faster reply.

Edit: It was in the BG section, so i assume your game is BG1. What is the platform you play on?

Simulacre

Thank you !

I'm playing on Steam and yes, this is Baldur's Gate 1.

Gusinda

Hi @Simulacre, have a quick look at this. As a test, place the OpenGL32.dll file into your game folder as described in the OP. If it has nothing to do with the problem and it remains, just delete it... Worth a try.

If it doesn't work, would you be able to run DXDIAG on your system and upload the results? Does it happen with BG2EE / IWDEE as well?

Has it only started recently or happened since the game has been installed? I say this because Windows 10 (if you are using it) has been undergoing a major update to 1809; currently halted but my Hybrid was updated prior to MS stopping the rollout. Updates have been known to cause some problems.

Gus

Simulacre

Hello @Gusinda,

Thank you for your time, I appreciate it.

I've tried your OpenGL32.dll-trick and it didn't change anything. I probably should mention that everything works fine on my PC except that little detail. I have no trouble saving, going from one map to another or anything like that. Just that small and annoying freeze.

Since it's a minor inconvenience, I'm thinking about something related to the refresh rate. It only occurs when I let my mouse at the right corner of the screen - it's just an example, it happens for every direction - and let the view go away from where my party is on the map. At some point, it will block for a micro second and then continue moving until it freezes again.. I'd like the game to be perfectlty smooth when the image is moving.

Here's what I get with DXDIAG :

Time of this report: 10/17/2018, 14:49:06

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 17134) (17134.rs4_release.180410-1804)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
System Model: GE72VR 6RF
BIOS: E179BIMS Ver:1.04 (type: BIOS)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16258MB RAM
Page File: 6134MB used, 26507MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 144 DPI (150 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.17134.0001 64bit Unicode

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
DAC type: Internal
Device Type: Full Device (POST)

Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 8257 MB
Dedicated Memory: 128 MB
Shared Memory: 8129 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (120Hz)
HDR Support: Not Supported
Display Topology: Internal
Display Color Space: DXGI_COLOR_SPACE_RGB_FULL_G22_NONE_P709
Color Primaries: Red(0.678234,0.309094), Green(0.264172,0.678234), Blue(0.151867,0.060070), White Point(0.313977,0.329602)
Display Luminance: Min Luminance = 0.500000, Max Luminance = 270.000000, MaxFullFrameLuminance = 270.000000
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
=
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (120.000Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Monitor Capabilities: HDR Not Supported
Display Pixel Format: DISPLAYCONFIG_PIXELFORMAT_32BPP
Advanced Color: Not Supported

Driver File Version: 24.20.0100.6194 (English)
Driver Version: 24.20.100.6194
DDI Version: 12
Feature Levels: 12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
Driver Model: WDDM 2.1
Graphics Preemption: Triangle
Compute Preemption: Thread
Miracast: Supported
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Integrated
Power P-states: Not Supported
Virtualization: Paravirtualization
Block List: No Blocks
Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:False
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 20/06/2018 01:00:00, 2004712 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a

Driver Strong Name: oem76.inf:5f63e5340a14bf6c:iSKLD_w10_DS:24.20.100.6194:pci\ven_8086&dev_191b
Rank Of Driver: 00D12001
_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend
D3D9 Overlay: Supported
DXVA-HD: Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
MPO MaxPlanes: 3
MPO Caps: RGB,YUV,BILINEAR,HIGH_FILTER,STRETCH_YUV,STRETCH_RGB
MPO Stretch: 5.000X - 0.334X
MPO Media Hints:
MPO Formats: YUY2,R16G16B16A16_FLOAT,R10G10B10A2_UNORM,R8G8B8A8_UNORM,B8G8R8A8_UNORM
PanelFitter Caps: RGB,YUV,BILINEAR,HIGH_FILTER,STRETCH_YUV,STRETCH_RGB
PanelFitter Stretch: 5.000X - 0.334X

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 1060
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device

Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 11116 MB
Dedicated Memory: 2987 MB
Shared Memory: 8129 MB
Current Mode: Unknown
HDR Support: Unknown
Display Topology: Unknown
Display Color Space: Unknown
Color Primaries: Unknown
Display Luminance: Unknown

Driver File Version: 24.21.0013.9901 (English)
Driver Version: 24.21.13.9901
DDI Version: 12
Feature Levels: 12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1
Driver Model: WDDM 2.4
Graphics Preemption: Pixel
Compute Preemption: Dispatch
Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Discrete
Power P-states: Not Supported
Virtualization: Paravirtualization
Block List: No Blocks
Catalog Attributes: Universal:False Declarative:False
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 13/08/2018 01:00:00, 952504 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a

Driver Strong Name: oem17.inf:0f066de34b6d70f1:Section144:24.21.13.9901:pci\ven_10de&dev_1c20&subsys_11d71462
Rank Of Driver: 00D10001
Video Accel: Unknown
DXVA2 Modes: DXVA2_ModeMPEG2_VLD DXVA2_ModeVC1_D2010 DXVA2_ModeVC1_VLD DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_Stereo_Progressive_NoFGT DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_Stereo_NoFGT DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_NoFGT DXVA2_ModeHEVC_VLD_Main DXVA2_ModeHEVC_VLD_Main10 DXVA2_ModeMPEG4pt2_VLD_Simple DXVA2_ModeMPEG4pt2_VLD_AdvSimple_NoGMC DXVA2_ModeVP9_VLD_Profile0
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
D3D9 Overlay: Unknown
DXVA-HD: Unknown
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
MPO MaxPlanes: 0
MPO Caps: Not Supported
MPO Stretch: Not Supported
MPO Media Hints: Not Supported
MPO Formats: Not Supported
PanelFitter Caps: Not Supported
PanelFitter Stretch: Not Supported

Gusinda

@Simulacre, when you start your game, does it default to the Intel or NVidia card?

You can quickly look at baldur.lua to find out:

Your NVdia card should look some thing like (except that you will have the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060):

------------
SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','renderer','GeForce GTX 770M/PCIe/SSE2')
SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Backend','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','version','DirectX 9.0c')
SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','vendor','NVIDIA Corporation')
------------

and the Intel will look similar to except you are looking for Intel(R) HD Graphics 530:

------------
SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','renderer','Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600')
SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','Backend','0')
SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','version','OpenGL version 4.3.0 - Build 20.19.15.4531 - build XXXX')
SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','vendor','Intel')
------------

For some testing, you can change your card by right clicking on baldur.exe in the game install folder, then move to 'Run with graphics processor' and select the card not in use.

You can also change the backend. You can see that I currently have NVidia using DirectX (Backend = 1) and the Intel using OpenGL (Backend = 0).

I would test one card with DirectX then OpenGL (I always use NVidia with DirectX), then switch the card and do the same. This might sovle the prob. For DirectX, I also install DirectX v9.0c as it seems there are functions that the game uses that are no longer in DirectX 12. The two version of DirectX can happily be installed on the same system...

Gus

Simulacre

Updates, @Gusinda

My default card is the GeForce GTX 1060 according to baldur.lua. This is also indicated in one of the game menus : "Graphics".

If I use the "run with graphics processor" option, the game now indicates that my card if the HD 530 so I know the switch is actually working.

I've then loaded a game and the problem has worsened. There are even more lags and there is some kind of blur effect when the view is moving.

So I switched back to my 1060 and noticed that the backend was not 1 but 0. I changed that and unfortunately it did not resolve my problem. What is "backend" supposed to change anyway ?

I'm afraid I didn't understand your last paragraph..

I shall try to install DirectX 9 in the meantime.

UPDATE : I'm unable to install DirectX 9. If I try to install it directly it says that I must have a former version of Windows. If I try to install the DirextX End-User Runtine Web Installer like some people recommended - did a little bit of research - then it says "Direct X setup has determined that a newer or equivalent version of Direct X has been installed already. No installation is necessary".

I'm afraid that mission is a bust.

Simulacre

Hurrah!

I just found the solution on my own!

Ok, I hope this will help some people in the future so here's how I did it :

First, you need to go to the folder where the application of the game is. For those who are not that great with computers, an application is traditionally a file ending with " .exe ".

For Steam Users with W10 PRO, that application should be located in the following folder using this path : C: > Program Files (x86) > Steam > Steamapps > Common > Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition

There you'll see the application.

If you're on Windows 10, like me, you might just see a file named "Baldur" with a "BG" logo on the left right next to the name. It's also described as "Application" in the "Type" column, this time on the right. That file is the .exe I was talking about so don't worry about it.

So, right-click on that file, then go to "Properties" before clicking on "Compatibility".

There, you should see a box named "disable full-screen optimisations".

You should try to tick that box and see if it resolved that minor lagging problem. In my case, as soon as I ticked it my game was moving smoothly again.

I came back and unchecked the box to see if my problem would show up again, and it did. Therefore, I'm positive that unchecked option is the source of the problem I've had all along.

That said, I really want to thank from the bottom of my heart those who tried to help me. @Gusinda made some very good proposals and if it didn't work for me, it might work for others. I also want to thank the moderator that transferred my thread here, @lolien !

lolien

I'm happy you solved the problem @Simulacre , and thanks for sharing the solution here.