Increasing the Framerate of the game

Bubbleboy

Has anyone managed to speed up the game? I find it very slow and i'm used to playing at around 50 frames per second.
I noticed that the Config.exe file no longer exists so i went to Baldur.ini and manually set the max frame rate to 50. However when i run the game it's still running at 30 frames like normally.
Anyone got any clues?

Bynary_Fission

I don't even have a baldur.ini in my folder. I play at 60, and 30 is unbearably slow to me.

Jared4242

I suggest you run it not in full screen, mine chugged when played in Full screen. Also see the stickied thread about performance issues ;3

Elendar

Its simple.. Edit the Baldur.ini file... which is in the documents folder for windows under BGEE...

I suggest using WordPad instead of Notepad to open it, much easier to read that way..

Bubbleboy

@Bynary_Fission the baldur.ini is located in c:\Users\(account name)\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\

@Jared4242 it's not really a performance issue, the game is working as intended, however in the original version you could increase all the sprite animation frame rate so that the whole game moved faster. Your characters walk and fight faster etc.

Bubbleboy

Elendar said:

Its simple.. Edit the Baldur.ini file... which is in the documents folder for windows under BGEE...

I suggest using WordPad instead of Notepad to open it, much easier to read that way..

em.. i wrote i already did that and it doesn't seem to be working

Dee

I believe they're still working on the framerate thing. I don't recall what about it wasn't working, but there was something funky going on with it that was keeping it from working.

Elendar

Well dat's lame....... I can't stand playing the game on frame-rate 30.... it sucks ballz when they move that slow...

Bubbleboy

Oh thanks that explains a lot!

Kortok

I'll wait to play until they get that worked out. 30 framerate is unplayable for me.

Whhheaton

I'm thinking its maybe not possible in BG EE...having spent 1/2 an hour (probably more) tweaking the config file - nothing I'm doing affects movement speed, I will post if I can get it to work...

Whhheaton

Okays...here it is! Edit the ini file (in notepad++) add the two lines into their respective sections
'Game Options', 'Cheats', '1',
'Program Options', 'Debug Mode', '1',

Save the ini launch the game load a save game and hold CONTROL+B for a few seconds
The display will show 'speed xx' cycling from 0 to 22 several times
Now when you move your wee chap will dart around like batman

Does not seem to be very precise but it works!

(Update: it seems to affect only the character you have currently selected)
A little half baked I must admit

begolf00

@Whhheaton

I think I'll just wait but A+ for effort.

Dee

A++ even. Although I thought Flash was the one who darted around like Batman.

Elendar

Well, if it only affects your own character(s) its not really the same thing, as the framerate thing upped the speed of all of the monsters too... monsters being slow while you being fast is a bit too much of a cheat (and you might as well just cheat in some boots of speed instead :P ) thanks for effort though.